106(1)If a rural community or a regional municipality has not made a by-law under section 10 with respect to any of the following services, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, by regulation, prescribe that the service shall be provided by the Minister in the rural community or regional municipality:

106(2)Subject to subsection (1), the Minister may provide any service to a rural community or regional municipality that is prescribed by a regulation effecting the incorporation, amalgamation, annexation or decrease in territorial limits of the rural community or regional municipality, as the case may be, or prescribed by a regulation under paragraph 191(1)(y), if the rural community or regional municipality has not made a by-law under section 10 with respect to the service.

106(3)If a rural community or a regional municipality makes a by-law under section 10 that prescribes that a service be provided by the rural community or regional municipality that had previously been prescribed in a regulation as being provided by the Minister, the service provided by the Minister shall be discontinued without requiring an amendment to the regulation.

106(4)A council of a rural community or a regional municipality shall advise the Minister on the provision of a service under this section.

106(5)Animal control services shall be provided in accordance with the regulations made under paragraph 191(1)(z).

106(6)The Minister may, by order, prescribe sorting and packaging requirements with respect to solid waste collection and disposal services.

106(7)The provision of solid waste collection and disposal services is subject to

106(8)Subject to the Regional Service Delivery Act, the Minister may enter into an agreement with any person with respect to the provision of any service under this section.

106(9)The Regulations Act does not apply to an order made under subsection (6).