Administrative Committees for Communities Regulations,

L.N. 54 of 2010

LOCAL COUNCILS ACT

(CAP. 363)

Administrative Committees for Communities Regulations,

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 72 of the

Local Councils Act, the Prime Minister has made the following

regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Administrative

Committees for Communities Regulations, 2010.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires:-

“the Act” means the Local Councils Act;

“Administrative Committee” means the Administrative

Committee elected from the community residents in terms of

the procedure established by these regulations;

“Community” means the Community listed in the Ninth

Schedule to the Act;

“Executive Secretary” has the same meaning as is

assigned to it in the Act;

“the Minister” means the Minister responsible for Local

Government;

“political party” has the same meaning as is assigned to

it in the Act.

Every Community shall have an Administrative

Committee to safeguard the interests of the community situated

within an area within its locality having boundaries clearly

delineated and bearing a particular name.

(1) The members of the Administrative Committee

shall be elected from the residents registered in the area of that

community.

(2) The election for the members of the Administrative

Committee shall be according to the procedure established in

the Third Schedule to the Act, except for the provisions in the

following sub-regulations.

(3) The election shall be held over a period of seven

hours and the counting of the votes shall be carried out in the same

polling place, immediately after the time for voting is over.

(4) For the purposes of this election, the Idenity Card

shall be deemed to be the voting document.

(5) The eligible voters are those registered in Electoral

Register and residing within the boundary of the Community.

(6) The Electoral Commission shall appoint two

Assistant Commissioners, whilst every political party contesting

this election shall have the right to appoint an Assistant

Commissioner each to perform their functions on an honorary

basis.

The members elected in the Administrative Committee

shall serve on an honorary basis are not entitled to any form of

payment.

The Administrative Committee meetings shall be held at

the administrative offices of the Local Council or in another place

within the Community as indicated by the Minister.

The matters to be discussed during the Administrative

Committee meetings shall be those only pertaining to the particular

community.

The Chairperson of the Administrative Committee shall The Chairperson

have the right to attend the Council meetings and participate in the shall

discussions but shall not be entitled to participate in the decisions. meetings.

The Mayor of the locality or Local Council representative

shall have the right the right to attend and participate in the

Admistrative Committee meetings.

The Executive Secretary of the Local Council shall be

the Executive Secretary of the Administrative Committee and shall

also be responsible for the financial management thereof.

The term of office of Administrative Committee

members shall be for four years with the exception of the first

Administrative Committee whose term of office shall expire at the

same time of the expiry of the respective Councils.