Inherited Debit Relief Act

1. In this Act, except if inconsistent with the context— (i) (ii) (iii) ‘‘affected province’’ means any one of the following provinces, namely— (a) Eastern Cape; (b) Mpumalanga; (c) North West; and (d) Northern Province; (i) ‘‘former homeland’’ means the former— (a) Republic of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda or Ciskei; or (b) self-governing territory of Gazankulu, Kangwane, Kwandebele or Lebowa; and (iii) ‘‘inherited debt’’ means the liabilities incurred on behalf of any former homeland, which— (a) in terms of section 239(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of 1993), or by virtue of any allocation made in terms of that section, had devolved upon an affected province; (b) was still outstanding on 31 March 1995; and (c) is represented by the amount as specified in column 2 of the Schedule to this Act opposite the name of the affected province concerned (which is specified in column 1 of that Schedule). (ii) Minister of Finance may borrow money to discharge affected provinces’ inherited debts and compensate them for partial repayment 2. (1) Despite the provisions of any other law, the Minister of Finance may borrow an amount of R936 138 000 during the financial year ending on 31 March 1999, for the purposes of settling the outstanding balances of the affected provinces’ inherited debts and compensating any affected province for having partially settled its inherited debt after that date, as provided hereafter. 5 10 15 20 25 (2) (a) The Minister of Finance will transfer to each affected province from the money 30 so borrowed— (i) the sum of money that may be required to settle the outstanding balance of the affected province’s inherited debt; and 4 (ii) where applicable, a sum of money equivalent to the total amount the affected province had repaid on its inherited debt after 31 March 1995. (b) A transfer in terms of paragraph (a), will be made on the terms and conditions that the Minister of Finance determines, subject to subsection (3). (3) The money so transferred to an affected province for the purpose of settling the outstanding balance of its inherited debt, must be utilised for that purpose without delay. (4) An affected province must keep separate accounts in respect of the money so 5 transferred to it. Short title

3. This Act is called the Inherited Debt Relief Act, 1998. 10 6 SCHEDULE Inherited Debts Column 1: Name of Affected Province Column 2: Amount of Inherited Debt (R’000) Eastern Cape Mpumalanga North West Northern Province TOTAL (R’000): R596 700 R 58 281 R189 124 R 92 033 R936 138