169(1)A local service district advisory committee elected under this section shall advise the Minister on the administration of the local service district for which it was elected.

169(2)If 25 or more residents of a local service district who are qualified to vote under the Elections Act petition the Minister to call a meeting for the election of an advisory committee for the local service district, or if the Minister is of the opinion that a meeting for the election of an advisory committee for a local service district ought to be called, the Minister shall, in accordance with the regulations, call a meeting of all the residents in the local service district who are qualified to vote under the Elections Act.

169(3)If, at a meeting called under subsection (2), a majority of those in attendance decide in favour of the election of an advisory committee, an election of an advisory committee of not fewer than three members and not more than five members shall be held at that meeting in the manner prescribed by regulation.

169(4)A local service district advisory committee shall be called the “Advisory Committee of the Local Service District of (the name of the local service district for which it was elected shall be inserted here)”.

169(5)A meeting called under subsection (2) may be combined with a meeting called under subsection 162(4) or 168(3).

169(6)The date for determining whether the elector qualifications under the Elections Act are met shall be the date of the making of the petition or the calling of the meeting, as the case may be.