Ghanzi Township (Refuse) Bye-laws (Chapter 40:02)

Copyright Government of Botswana 3. Establishment of council 4. Filling of vacancies 5. Functions to be performed by council S.I. 118, 1974, S.I. 77, 1980, S.I. 57, 1984, S.I. 110, 1984, S.I. 98, 1994, S.I. 45, 1999, S.I. 103, 2004. 1. Citation This Order may be cited as the Establishment of the Selebi-Phikwe Town Council Order. 2. Interpretation In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires "council" means the Selebi-Phikwe Town Council established by paragraph 3(1). 3. Establishment of council (1) There shall be established a town council, to be known as the Selebi-Phikwe Town Council, in respect of the area defined in paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the Declaration of Townships Order. (2) The Council shall consist of (a) 14 elected members; and (b) 2 nominated members. 4. Filling of vacancies If the seat of a member of the council becomes vacant, the vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3. 5. Functions to be performed by council The council shall perform the functions specified in paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to the Town Council Regulations and may perform all or any of the remaining functions specified in the said Schedule. GHANZI TOWNSHIP (REFUSE) BYE-LAWS (under regulation 5 of the Ghanzi Township Regulations) (27th January, 1978) ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS BYE-LAW 1. Citation Copyright Government of Botswana 2. Interpretation 3. Refuse not to be deposited in public place 4. Accumulation of refuse on private premises 5. Removal of refuse from private premises 6. Refuse dump 7. Maintenance of refuse receptacles 8. Fees for refuse removal services 9. Depositing refuse in water supplies 10. Penalties Schedule - Charges S.I. 9, 1978, S.I. 102, 1999. 1. Citation These Bye-laws may be cited as the Ghanzi Township (Refuse) Bye-laws. 2. Interpretation In these Bye-laws "occupier of premises" means any person in actual occupation of premises or entitled by law to occupy those premises; "premises" includes any yard, field, garden or land, whether enclosed or not; "public place" includes any public way or square, any tribal kgotla and any public or communal land; "refuse" includes any filth, trash, garbage, excrement, waste products from any source, rubble, derelict vehicles or tyres, and any matter which is offensive or a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health or favours the breeding of flies or mosquitoes or the harbouring of rodents; "township" means the Ghanzi Township as defined in terms of the Townships Act; "Township Authority" means the Ghanzi Township Authority. 3. Refuse not to be deposited in public place (1) Subject to sub-bye-law (2), no person shall within the township deposit any refuse in or near a public place. (2) A person may deposit refuse at a refuse dump designated by the Township Authority or in a receptable provided by the Township Authority for the reception of refuse. 4. Accumulation of refuse on private premises No owner or occupier of private premises situated within the township shall permit or allow any refuse to accumulate or remain on the premises so as to be offensive or a nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health or to favour the breading of flies or mosquitoes or the harbouring of rodents. Copyright Government of Botswana 5. Removal of refuse from private premises (1) The Township Authority may, by notice in writing served on the owner or occupier of private premises situated within the township, require him within three days after the date of service of the notice to remove from the premises any refuse thereon. (2) Every owner or occupier of private premises on whom a notice has been served under sub-bye-law (1) shall comply with the requirement contained in the notice. (3) Where an owner or occupier of private premises on whom a notice has been served under sub-bye-law (1) fails to comply with the requirement to remove refuse contained in the notice, the Township Authority may, by its servants or agents, enter upon the premises and remove the refuse and recover from the owner or occupier the cost of so doing. (4) Where any person is convicted of contravening sub-bye-law (2), the court may, in addition to any penalty it may impose, order that person to reimburse the Township Authority or to pay any expenses the Township Authority may have incurred in removing refuse in consequence of that contravention. 6. Refuse dump Every owner or occupier who removes refuse in compliance with the requirement contained in a notice served on him under bye-law 5(1) shall deposit the refuse at a place designated or in a receptable provided by the Township Authority for the reception of such refuse. 7. Maintenance of refuse receptacles Every occupier of premises situated within the township shall ensure that all refuse receptables in use on the premises are regularly emptied and cleaned and that such receptacles, including the covers thereof, are at all times maintained in a sound condition. 8. Fees for refuse removal services (1) Subject to sub-bye-law (3), every occupier of premises situated within the township for which a refuse removal service is provided by the Township Authority, shall pay on demand to the Township Authority such fee for that service as is set out in the Schedule. (2) The Township Authority may by resolution make such charges for collecting and emptying dustbin and septic tank situated on institutional or private business premises as it may from time to time determine. (3) No fees shall be payable under sub-bye-law (1) for the removal by the Township Authority of refuse from the communal receptacles provided by the Township Authority for the reception of refuse within the unsurveyed residential area of the township. 9. Depositing refuse in water supplies No person shall deposit any refuse in or cause or permit or allow any refuse to enter any river, stream, spring, pool, well, borehole, dam, catchment basin or any channel or source of water supply situated within the township. 10. Penalties Copyright Government of Botswana (1) Any person who contravenes these Bye-laws, other than Bye-law 9, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding P100, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or, in the event of a second or subsequent conviction for the same offence, to a fine not exceeding P200, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. (2) Any person who contravenes Bye-law 9, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding P150, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding four months, or, in the event of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding P200, or in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months. SCHEDULE CHARGES REFUSE BYE-LAWS (Bye-law 8(2)) Households (a) Standard dustbin P1 per month (b) 200 litres drum P2 per month (c) P30 per load Business Premises (i) Small business P25 per month (ii) Large business P30 per month (iii) Bulk removal P20 per month (iv) Desludging P30 per month SOWA TOWNSHIP (HAWKING AND STREET VENDING) BYE-LAWS (under regulations 34 and 35) (4th March, 1994) ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS BYE-LAW 1. Citation 2. Interpretation 3. Licence required to carry on hawking business 4. Street vendors to be registered 5. Procedure of licensing authority 6. Issue of hawker's licence and street vendor's certificate 7. Issue of duplicate hawker's licence and street vendor's certificate