Acts and Regulations

2014-43 - Rural Community of Cocagne

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2014-43
under the
Municipalities Act
(O.C. 2014-94)
Filed March 28, 2014
Under section 190.072 of the Municipalities Act, on the recommendation of the Minister, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Regulation:
Citation
1This Regulation may be cited as the Rural Community of Cocagne Regulation - Municipalities Act.
Definition of “Act”
2In this Regulation, “Act” means the Municipalities Act.
Incorporation of Cocagne
3The area comprising the local service district of Cocagne is incorporated as a rural community and the name of the rural community is Cocagne.
Territorial limits of Cocagne
4The territorial limits of Cocagne are shown on the plan attached as Schedule A.
Body corporate
5The inhabitants of the area shown on the plan attached as Schedule A are a body corporate called Cocagne.
Effective date of incorporation
6The effective date of the incorporation of Cocagne as a rural community is May 23, 2014.
First election
7(1)For the purpose of the first election in Cocagne
(a) the notice of election shall be published no later than March 29, 2014,
(b) the nomination of candidates shall close at 2 p.m. on April 17, 2014,
(c) the election shall be held on May 12, 2014, and
(d) the taking of the oath of office and the first meeting of the rural community council shall be held on May 28, 2014.
7(2)Despite paragraph (1)(d), if a quorum of the rural community council cannot be constituted on May 28, 2014, as a result of a petition requesting a recount under section 42 of the Municipal Elections Act, the taking of the oath of office and the first meeting of the rural community council shall be held within ten days after the candidates have been declared elected under the Municipal Elections Act.
Council composition
8The rural community council of Cocagne shall be composed of the following five members:
(a) the rural community mayor elected at large; and
(b) two rural community councillors elected from each ward referred to in section 9.
Wards
9The territorial limits of Cocagne are divided into Ward 1 and Ward 2, both of which are shown on the plan attached as Schedule A.
Services provided by Minister
10The services of fire protection, street lighting and recreational facilities are prescribed as services to be provided by the Minister throughout the entire rural community.
Services provided by Cocagne
11The service of land use planning is prescribed as a service that shall be provided by Cocagne throughout the entire rural community.
Community funding and equalization grant
12Despite any provision of the Act or the Community Funding Act, after May 23, 2014, the Minister shall pay or credit, as the case may be, to the rural community of Cocagne amounts under the Community Funding Act that are owed to or owed to the credit of the former local service district of Cocagne.
Commencement
13This Regulation comes into force on March 28, 2014.
SCHEDULE A