19.1(1)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the Community Planning Act, when the inhabitants of an unincorporated area are incorporated as a new municipality, any rural plan under subsection 77(2.1) or 77.2(1) of the Community Planning Act or any portion of a rural plan or any other regulation under the Community Planning Act that is designated in the Order in Council effecting the incorporation shall be deemed to be the basic planning statement, municipal plan, rural plan, zoning by-law or other by-law, as designated in the Order in Council, of the municipality as of the effective date of the incorporation and shall be deemed to be validly enacted as such in accordance with this Act and with the Community Planning Act.

19.1(2)If the inhabitants of two or more unincorporated areas are incorporated as a new municipality, subsection (1) applies with the necessary modifications to any regulation designated in the Order in Council effecting the incorporation as a basic planning statement, municipal plan, rural plan, zoning by-law or other by-law, as the case may be, of the portion of the new municipality designated in the Order in Council.

19.1(3)The council of a newly incorporated municipality shall conduct a review of any basic planning statement, municipal plan, rural plan, zoning by-law or other by-law deemed to be such under subsection (1) or (2) within five years after the effective date of the incorporation and shall report the results of the review to the Minister in writing.

19.1(4)A basic planning statement, municipal plan, rural plan, zoning by-law or other by-law deemed to be such under subsection (1) or (2) shall remain in force in the new municipality until repealed by the council of the municipality.