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Trust Fund for Regional Development and Equity Provisions Act, 2000 (No. 22 of 2000).

Country/Territory
Namibia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia No. 2451 of 21 December 2000.
Long title
An Act to establish a Trust Fund for Regional Development and Equity Provisions and a Board of Trustees to manage the affairs of the Fund; to constitute the Board and define the powers, duties and functions thereof; and to provide for incidental matters.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Agricultural development Institution Special fund Local government Public participation
Geographical area
Africa, South Atlantic, Southern Africa
Abstract

The Act provides for the establishment a Trust Fund for Regional Development and Equity Provisions and defines its functions. The Fund shall financially assist the development of regions and local authorities and the implementation, through the active participation of the local people, of decentralisation programmes at regional and local authority levels. It shall also carry out other specified funding activities, either at its own initiative or when so requested by a regional council or a local authority council. There is established a Board of Trustees of the Fund and an Executive Committee of the Board for management of the Fund.

Full text
English