CHANTELLE GLADWIN-WOOD
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REVERSAL OF RATES AS A RESULTS OF A CATEGORIZATION CHANGE
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
INTRODUCTION This article considers when, and the extent to which, charges ought to be reversed from a consumer’s account as a result of a categorization change. RATING CATEGORIZATIONS The law provides that municipalities are entitled to determine the categories in respect of which properties within their jurisdictions fall for rating purposes. These categories must, by
- Published in 2015, Reversal of Rates
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ENGINEERING CONTRIBUTION FIGURES
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
INTRODUCTION Sections 20(2)(c)(i), 48, 63, and Chapter 5 of the Town Planning and Townships Ordinance 15 of 1986 (“the Ordinance”) deal with the levying and payment of engineering contribution figures. These are essentially amounts payable by a person who has applied for rights to change the use of a property, in order to facilitate the
- Published in 2015, Engineering Contribution Figures
NOISE POLLUTION
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
INTRODUCTION Noise is a natural consequence of whatever we do. It forms part of our everyday lives and, we often just tolerate it. However, noise has the capacity to cause conflict between those who are generating it and those who are victims of it. Noise pollution can be described as unwanted or offensive sounds that
- Published in 2019, Noise Pollution
NHBRC CERTIFICATES
Monday, 13 January 2020
WHAT IS THE NHBRC? The Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act 95 of 1998 was introduced into our law to protect housing consumers and establish the National Homebuilders Registration Council (NHBRC) as the regulatory body of the home building industry. The NHBRC also sets out to promote ethical and technical standards, holds home builders accountable for
MUDDYING THE WATERS:COJ’S CONFUSING “ZONING DRIVEN RATING POLICY”
Monday, 13 January 2020
INTRODUCTION HOW PROPERTY RATES ARE CHARGED In terms of the Act a consumer’s liability for property rates is determined by two factors, the first of which is the municipal property valuation and the second of which is the rating categorization that the property is put into by the municipality. The rating categorization must be one
- Published in City Of Johannesburg
VOETSTOOTS AND THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Friday, 10 January 2020
INTRODUCTIONSince the promulgation of the Consumer Protection Act on 1 April 2011 (CPA) there has been debate as to whether the voetstoots clause is permitted by the CPA. This article serves as an argument in the first instance that the CPA does not apply to the vast majority of residential immovable property sales and in
- Published in Consumer Protection Act, 2015
NOTIONAL INPUT TAX CREDIT: FIXED PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY A VAT VENDOR FROM A NON-VAT VENDOR
Friday, 10 January 2020
INTRODUCTION Where a VAT Vendor acquires fixed property from a Non-VAT Vendor, such transaction is subject to Transfer Duty at the prescribed rates. Prior to 10 January 2012, the purchasing VAT-Vendor was (under certain circumstances) able to claim the transfer duty paid in respect of the acquisition from SARS as a notional input tax credit.
- Published in 2015, Notarial Law
UPDATE : HOW TO CANCEL A RESIDENTIAL LEASE
Thursday, 09 January 2020
INTRODUCTION This is an update to the article published under the same title in 2015 by Renand Pretorius and Chantelle Gladwin-Wood with a renewed emphasis (by Anja van Wijk of Schindlers) on how the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act affect the issue. There are a number of different laws that impact residential lease agreements.
- Published in 2019, Property Law
BODY CORPORATES LOANS
Thursday, 28 November 2019
INTRODUCTION Many owners living in sectional title schemes fail to pay their levies on time or at all and management contracts. Management contracts (which are contracts that deal with the obligations and duties of the managing agent as prescribed by the Sectional Titles Act 95 of 1986 (“the STA”)and the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act 8
- Published in 2019, Loan Agreement
