A Premier’s intergovernmental forum is a consultative forum for the Premier of a province and local governments in the province—
| a) | to discuss and consult on matters of mutual interest, including— |
| i) | the implementation in the province of national policy and legislation affecting local government interests; |
| ii) | matters arising in the President’s Co-ordinating Council and other national intergovernmental forums affecting local government interests in the province; |
| iii) | draft national policy and legislation relating to matters affecting local government interests in the province; |
| iv) | the implementation of national policy and legislation with respect to such matters; |
| v) | the development of provincial policy and legislation relating to such matters; |
| vi) | the implementation of provincial policy and legislation with respect to such matters; |
| vii) | the co-ordination of provincial and municipal development planning to facilitate coherent planning in the province as a whole; |
| viii) | the co-ordination and alignment of the strategic and performance plans and priorities, objectives and strategies of the provincial government and local governments in the province; and |
| ix) | any other matters of strategic importance that affect the interests of local governments in the province; and |
| b) | to consider reports from— |
| i) | other provincial intergovernmental forums on matters of mutual interest to the province and local governments in the province; and |
| ii) | district intergovernmental forums in the province. |
