The Provincial Council continued to exist until 1986, at which point its functions were transferred to a strengthened executive authority appointed by the State President.
[1] The Provincial Council was composed of members elected, by the first past the post electoral system, Originally provinces with fewer than 25 single member electoral divisions, used for the House of Assembly elections (like Natal), were divided into 25 provincial seats.
However under the Constitution and Elections Amendment Act 1973, provinces with at least 20 House of Assembly seats (like Natal at the time) used the same electoral divisions for both bodies.
The administrator was appointed, by the national government, for a five-year term and could not be removed except by the Governor General for "cause assigned".
The administrator was the chairman of the provincial executive committee and had both an original and casting vote in its deliberations.