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Botswana Housing Corporation - Functions, Powers And Duties Of The Corporation (Ss 14-18)

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14.     Functions and powers

 

            (1) The functions of the Corporation shall be-

     (a)     to provide for the housing, office and other building needs of the Government and local authorities;

     (b)     to provide for, and to assist and to make arrangements for other persons to meet the requirements of paragraph (a);

     (c)     to undertake and carry out, and to make arrangements for other persons to undertake and carry out building schemes in Botswana.

            (2) The Corporation shall have all powers necessary for the performance of its functions and duties, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may-

     (a)     undertake the management of land, houses, classes of houses and housing estates, and other buildings in respect of which the Government transfers, vests, makes over or entrusts ownership or lesser rights or interests to the Corporation;

     (b)     carry out surveys and assessments of needs for housing and other buildings of every kind throughout Botswana;

     (c)     devise, undertake and carry out programmes for the provision of housing and other buildings;

     (d)     determine priorities in accordance with which such programmes shall be undertaken;

     (e)     undertake the construction and management of houses and the development and management of housing estates, and, where appropriate, the development and management of other buildings and properties;

     (f)      devise, prepare, undertake and carry out housing schemes;

     (g)     sell houses or other buildings outright, or on terms of tenant purchase, or legal mortgage, or otherwise, or lease them;

     (h)     purchase, hold or manage any land or interest in or right over land, and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, any land or interest in or right over land owned or held by the Corporation upon such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, including, in the case of sale by the Corporation, conditions as to the payment of the price upon deferred terms:

                      Provided that a lease granted by the Corporation shall not be assigned by the lessee, nor shall such lessee sublet, without the consent in writing of the general manager or of a senior officer so authorized by the general manager;

     (i)      either for or in connection with any house or building or estate owned, developed, constructed or managed by the Corporation, provide, and where appropriate maintain, roads, footways, bridges, drains, sewers and water courses other than those the maintenance of which the Government or a local authority has undertaken or decides to undertake;

     (j)      acquire, construct, maintain or repair any vehicle, plant or apparatus necessary or desirable for the performance of the functions of the Corporation;

     (k)     enter into agreement with any person for the supply, construction, manufacture, maintenance or repair by such person of any movable property that is necessary for the performance of the functions of the Corporation, or for the provision by such person of any services required of the Corporation for the performance of its functions;

     (l)      subject to the approval of the Minister, enter into agreement with any person for the management by such person of any housing or building estate owned by the Corporation;

     (m)    subject to the provisions of this Act, raise money on loan for the purpose of funding any of its programmes;

     (n)     lend money for the construction of houses or other buildings, or to enable housing or building schemes to be carried out;

     (o)     administer on an agency basis such funds as may lawfully be entrusted to the Corporation by the Government or by a local authority.

 

15.     Powers to contract

 

            (1) The Corporation may enter into such contracts as may be necessary or expedient for the carrying out of its functions under this Act.

            (2) Any contract may be entered into, and any instrument may be executed, on behalf of the Corporation, by the general manager or by any person generally or specially authorized by the Board for that purpose.

 

16.     Co-operation with authorities

 

            In the discharge of its functions the Corporation shall co-operate with local and other public authorities, including departments, agencies and instruments of the Government, and shall consult with local authorities on matters of concern to the Corporation which affect their interests.

 

17.     Research and records

 

            With a view to facilitating present or future research or planning, the Corporation shall keep full and accurate records of all its operations, and shall have power to engage in research, and to assist others to engage in research, in respect of any matter relating to its functions, and to publish such records and the results of any such research.

 

18.     Power of Minister to give directions