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MHHS · Parks Towns Act

3 Formation of town

Current to 2019-09-01 · Official PDF

(1) On an agreement being entered into with respect to an area's being formed into a town, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make an order forming that area into a town.
(2) The order forming a town shall
(a) describe the boundaries of the town as set out in the agreement or in Schedule 4 of the Canada National Parks Act (Canada);
(b) give a name to the town as "The Town of ";
(c) state the effective date of the order.
(3) The order made under this section may be made effective on a date or dates as the Lieutenant Governor in Council may determine, which may be in the year that is prior to the year within which the order is made.
(4) When a town is formed under this Act, the mayor, councillors and other electors of the town become a corporation with the name given to the town in the order forming it.
(5) The Minister may make regulations
(a) governing the transfer from a school board to a town of any municipal function or service that is being provided by the school board under Division 6 of Part 6 of the Education Act;
(b) governing, in accordance with an agreement, the dissolution of a town;
(c) providing for any matter with respect to a town that is necessary to achieve the purposes and intent of
(i) this Act or an agreement, or
(ii) an order made under subsection (1).
RSA 2000 cP-2 s3;2012 cE-0.3 s281;2018 c20 s13