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The Village Management Board of Lambert’s Bay was established on 22 February 1934 under provision of section 4(a) of Ordinance No 10, 1921 in terms of Proclamation No 37, 1934 (The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 1492, 2 March 1934).

The Municipality of Lambert’s Bay was established on 4 January 1969 under provision of section 8 of the Municipal Ordinance, 1951 read with section 4(b) of the Village Management Boards Ordinance, 1921 and in terms of Proclamation No 303, 1968 (The Province of the Cape of Good Hope Official Gazette No 3478, 4 October 1968).

In terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act 117 of 1998) the existing Lambert’s Bay Municipality together with the Citrusdal Transitional Council, Clanwilliam Transitional Representative Council, Clanwilliam Transitional Local Council, Graafwater Municipality, Piketberg Transitional Representative Council and the Vanrhynsdorp Transitional Representative Council was disestablished and the Cederberg Local Municipality established (Province of Western Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary No 5589, 22 September 2000, Provincial Notice No 482, 22 September 2000). The Cederberg Local Municipality forms part of the larger West Coast District Municipality.