RTA · Municipal Government Act
Part 4 — Formation, Fundamental Changes and Dissolution Division 1 General Criteria
103 Initiation by municipal authority
written notice of the proposed amalgamation to
(a) the one or more municip al authorities with which it
proposes to amalgamate,
(b) the Minister, and
(c) all local authorities having jurisdiction to operate or provide
services in the initiating municipal authority or in any of the
municipal authorities with which it proposes to amalgamate.
(2) If an amalgamation proposed by an initiating municipal
authority would result in an area of land that is within the perimeter
of the boundary of the amalgamated municipal authority, but is not
part of the amalgamated municipal authority, the initiating
municipal authority must give notice of its intention to annex that
land when it gives notice of the proposed amalgamation.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the area of land within the
perimeter of the boundary of the proposed amalgamated municipal
authority is the area of an existing municipal authority.
(4) The notice for an amalgamation must
(a) include the names of all the municipal authorities that are to
be amalgamated and the reasons for the proposed
amalgamation, and
RSA 2000
Section 104 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ACT Chapter M-26
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(b) include proposals for con sulting with all local authorities
referred to in subsection (1)(c) and the public about the
proposed amalgamation.
RSA 2000 cM-26 s103;2017 c13 s1(11)
May, 2026
development appeals
commencement of appeal, 686(1)
filing with wrong board, 686(1.1)
development permit appeals (See
development appeals)
electronic hearings, 627.3(1)(c)
evidence and records, 629-630
filing with wrong appeal board,
686(1.1)
grounds for appeals, 685
jurisdiction, 678
members
liability of, 628.1
panels, 627(3)-(4), 677.1
prohibitions, 627(3)-(4)
qualifications, 627(5)
regulations, 618.4, 627.3, 627(5)
use of published municipal policies,
638.2(3)
subdivision appeals, 678-682
appeals of Tribunal and SDAB
decisions to Court of Appeal,
688-689
appeals to SDAB, 678(2), 685 (See
also subdivision and
development appeal board
(SDAB))
appeals to Tribunal, 488(1)(i),
656(2), 657(1)(b), 678(2), 680,
685 (See also Land and
Property Rights Tribunal
(formerly Municipal
Government Board))
appellants, 678
authority's failure to make decision,
681
commencement of action, 678(2)-
(5)
decisions, 656, 678(3), 680, 681
definitions
adjacent land, 616(a.001), 653
owner, 653(6.1)(b), 679(4),
680(1.1)
grounds for appeal, 685
hearing, 679-680
intermunicipal subdivision and
development appeal board (See
intermunicipal subdivision and
development appeal board)
jurisdiction, 678(2)-(2.1)
plan endorsement, 682
time
agreement to extend, 681
hearing and decision, 680(3)-(4)
notice of appeal, 678(2)-(5)
subdivision authority, 623-625
ALSA regional plans, compliance
with, 618.3
bylaw for, 623
CEO as member, 154(3)
closed meetings, 1(3), 197
decision, 681
development authority (See
development authority)
failure to make decision, 681
intermunicipal planning
commission, 625
intermunicipal service agency, 625
offences and penalties, 557(a.1)
regulations, 618.4
use of published municipal policies,
638.2(3)
subdivision plans, 652-660
appeals (See subdivision appeals)
application for approval (See
subdivisions and subdivision
approvals)
approvals for existing plan,
652(2)(e), 652(3)
cancellation of plans, 658-660
conditions for approval, 654(1)(a)-
(c)
tax collection on cancellation of
plan, 659
subways. See transportation systems
summer village
amalgamation, 101
application of Act, 89.1
CEO appointment or election, 150-
151
council, number of councillors, 143
definitions
building, 1(2.1)
defined as municipality, 1(1)(s)(i)