Acts and Regulations

2017, c.18 - Local Governance Act

Section 46
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Deemed by-law dividing a local government into wards
46(1)If a local government is divided into wards in a regulation effecting an incorporation, amalgamation, annexation or a decrease in territorial limits of the local government,
(a) the division of the local government into wards in the regulation shall be deemed to be the division of the local government into wards by by-law of the council made under section 42 and the division of the local government into wards in the regulation shall remain in effect until four years have elapsed from the making of the regulation, and
(b) no by-law made under section 42 respecting the division of a local government into wards shall have any effect until four years have elapsed from the making of the regulation.
46(2)If a council does not make a by-law under section 42 to take effect after the expiration of the four-year period referred to in subsection (1), the division of the local government into wards in the regulation shall be deemed to be the division of the local government into wards by by-law of the council until the local government makes a by-law under the authority of section 42 dividing the local government into wards.
46(3)Despite subsection (1), after being petitioned by a council, the Minister may, within the four-year period referred to in that subsection, approve a by-law made by the council in which a local government is divided into wards that differ from the wards under the regulation referred to in that subsection.
Deemed by-law dividing a local government into wards
46(1)If a local government is divided into wards in a regulation effecting an incorporation, amalgamation, annexation or a decrease in territorial limits of the local government,
(a) the division of the local government into wards in the regulation shall be deemed to be the division of the local government into wards by by-law of the council made under section 42 and the division of the local government into wards in the regulation shall remain in effect until four years have elapsed from the making of the regulation, and
(b) no by-law made under section 42 respecting the division of a local government into wards shall have any effect until four years have elapsed from the making of the regulation.
46(2)If a council does not make a by-law under section 42 to take effect after the expiration of the four-year period referred to in subsection (1), the division of the local government into wards in the regulation shall be deemed to be the division of the local government into wards by by-law of the council until the local government makes a by-law under the authority of section 42 dividing the local government into wards.
46(3)Despite subsection (1), after being petitioned by a council, the Minister may, within the four-year period referred to in that subsection, approve a by-law made by the council in which a local government is divided into wards that differ from the wards under the regulation referred to in that subsection.