Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law Chapter 1. General provisions of the Law on Local Government and Self-Government in the Republic of Kazakhstan

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The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

1) akim - the representative of the President and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who heads the local executive body (if established) and ensures the implementation of state policy in the relevant territory, the coordinated functioning of all territorial divisions of the central state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the management of executive bodies funded from the relevant budget, endowed with the powers of local government and self-government functions in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, responsible for the state of socio-economic development of the relevant territory;

2) akim's office is a state institution that ensures the activities of the local executive body (if established), akim, and performs other functions provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

3) the administrative-territorial unit management scheme is a system of executive bodies located in the relevant territory, funded from the budget of the relevant administrative-territorial unit.;

3-1) social infrastructure – a set of legal entities that functionally ensure the normal functioning of a locality, which include: socio-cultural facilities, housing and communal services, organizations of health care, education, preschool education; organizations related to recreation and leisure; retail trade, catering, services, sports and recreation institutions; organizations that produce and provide public utilities;

3-2) prevention of social emergencies – a set of legal, economic, social, organizational, educational, propaganda and other measures carried out within the competence of state and local executive bodies to identify, study, eliminate the causes and conditions contributing to the occurrence of social emergencies;

4) local executive body (akimat) - a collegial executive body headed by the akim of a region, a city of republican significance and the capital, a district (city of regional significance), exercising, within its competence, local government and self-government in the relevant territory;

5) an executive body funded from the local budget is a state institution authorized by the akimat to carry out certain functions of local government and self-government, funded from the relevant local budgets;

6) local community - a set of residents (members of a local community) residing in the territory of the relevant administrative-territorial unit, within the boundaries of which local self-government is carried out, its bodies are formed and function;

6-1) meeting of the local community – participation of representatives of the local community, delegated by the meeting of the local community, in resolving current issues of local importance within the limits and in accordance with the procedure defined by this Law;

6-2) gathering of the local community – direct participation of residents (members of the local community) in resolving the most important issues of local importance within the limits and in accordance with the procedure defined by this Law;

7) issues of local importance - issues related to the activities of a region, district, city, district in a city, rural district, settlement and village that are not part of a rural district, the regulation of which, in accordance with this Law and other legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, is related to ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of the majority of residents of the relevant administrative-territorial unit.;

8) local public administration - activities carried out by local representative and executive bodies for the purpose of carrying out state policy in the relevant territory, its development within the competence defined by this Law and other legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as those responsible for the state of affairs in the relevant territory;

9) local self-government is an activity carried out by the population directly, as well as through maslikhats and other local self-government bodies, aimed at independently resolving issues of local importance under their own responsibility, in accordance with the procedure established by this Law and other regulatory legal acts.;

9-1) the authorized body for the development of local self–government is the central executive body responsible for the management, as well as, within the limits provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, intersectoral coordination in the field of local self-government development;

9-2) the territorial council of local self–government is an advisory body under the akimat of a city of republican significance, the capital, or a city of regional significance on issues of interaction between the akim of the city and the population, formed within the boundaries of one or more electoral districts for the election of deputies to the city maslikhat.;

10) local self-government bodies - bodies that, in accordance with this Law, are entrusted with the functions of resolving issues of local importance.;

11) local representative body (maslikhat) is an elected body elected by the population of a region, city of republican significance and the capital or district (city of regional significance), expressing the will of the population and, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, determining the measures necessary for its implementation and overseeing their implementation;

12) the maslikhat apparatus is a state institution that ensures the activities of the relevant maslikhat, its bodies and deputies;

13) maslikhat session - the main form of maslikhat activity;

14) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.06.2021 No. 60-VII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication);

15) territorial subdivision of a central state body is a structural subdivision of a central executive body that performs the functions of a central executive body within the relevant administrative-territorial unit.

16) non–stationary facility - used for the provision of services and (or) for other purposes, unless otherwise provided by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Regulation of Trade activities", a temporary structure or temporary structure that is loosely connected to the ground, regardless of the presence or absence of connection (technological connection) to engineering and technical support networks, including an automated device or vehicle.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 23, 2001 No. 148.

This Law, in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regulates public relations in the field of local government and self-government, defines the competence, organization, and order of activity of local representative and executive bodies, as well as the legal status of deputies of maslikhats.

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