Part 3 — Special Municipal Powers and Limits on Municipal Powers Division 1 Expropriation
44.1 Transfer of municipal public utility
(a) a controlled corporation established under Division 9 of Part
3,
(b) a regional services commission established under Part 15.1,
or
(c) any other entity prescribed by regulation.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing entities that are public utility entities for the
purposes of subsection (1)(c);
(b) requiring a municipality to transfer ownership or control of
a municipal public utility to a public utility entity.
(3) A regulation made under subsection (2)(b) may
(a) provide for the
(i) ownership, control and governance of the public utility
entity,
(ii) operation of the transferred municipal public utility by
the public utility entity, or
(iii) transfer of assets, employees and ongoing operations
from the municipality to the public utility entity,
(b) specify or describe by reference the provisions of this Act
that do not apply, or that apply with modifications, to a
public utility entity,
(c) apply either gener ally or specifically,
(d) provide that the regulations prevail to the extent of any
inconsistency between the regulations and this Act, or
RSA 2000
(e) provide for any other matter or thing the Lieutenant
Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to
carry out the purposes of this section.
2026 c10 s4(3)