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BILL 76 -- 2003: COMMUNITY CHARTER TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER AMENDMENTS ACT, 2003
BILL 76 -- 2003
COMMUNITY CHARTER TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS,
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND OTHER
AMENDMENTS ACT, 2003
Part 1 -- Transitional Provisions
Part 2 -- Consequential Amendments
Part 3 -- Other Amendments to the Community Charter
(b)	the enactment as amended or substituted by the relevant provision of this Act;
3	(1)	Despite this Act, the Community Charter or any other Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations as follows:
(a)	respecting any matter that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers is not provided for, or is not sufficiently provided for, in the Community Charter, this Act or another Act affected by the Community Charter or this Act;
(b)	making provisions the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable for the purpose of more effectively bringing the Community Charter or this Act into operation;
(2)	A regulation under subsection (1) may be made retroactive to a date not earlier than March 11, 2003, being the date on which the Community Charter received First Reading in the Legislative Assembly.
(5)	A regulation may not be made under subsection (1) if a regulation has been made under that subsection that has the same effect.
(6)	Regulations may not be made under subsection (1) after December 31, 2005.
4	(1)	If a previous enactment provided authority for an existing bylaw that could not be adopted under a new enactment, the bylaw continues in force as a valid bylaw until it is repealed or amended, unless the amendment is adopted after a regulation under subsection (2) has continued the necessary authority.
(2)	If a bylaw is continued under subsection (1), a local government that intends to amend the bylaw may request that the Lieutenant Governor in Council, by regulation, continue the authority necessary in relation to the bylaw and the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for that purpose.
(3)	A regulation under subsection (2) may be made retroactive to the date on which the enactment that provided authority was repealed, amended or substituted.
(4)	If an existing bylaw has new authority, the bylaw
(a)	is deemed to have been adopted under that authority, and
5 Section 8 (9) of the Community Charter does not apply in respect of a bylaw deemed under section 4 (4) of this Act to have been adopted under section 8 (3), (4), (5) or (6) of the Community Charter, unless the council
(a)	amends the bylaw in a manner that requires the exercise of a power under section 8 (3), (4), (5) or (6) of that Act to regulate, prohibit or impose requirements, or
(b)	repeals the bylaw.
6 (1) If a previous enactment required that a counter petition opportunity be provided in relation to a bylaw or other matter, and if notice of the counter petition opportunity has been given in accordance with the previous section 172.4 [notice of counter petition opportunity] of the Local Government Act,
(a)	the rules under the Local Government Act respecting a counter petition opportunity continue to apply so long as the bylaw is adopted or the relevant action is taken, as applicable, within one year after the requirement for a counter petition is repealed, and
(b)	the provisions of the new enactment respecting approval of the electors do not apply.
(2)	A bylaw adopted or another action taken under a previous enactment following a counter petition opportunity is deemed to have been adopted with the approval of the electors.
8 If a bylaw, resolution or proceeding was voted on by a local government before section 131 [mayor may require reconsideration of a matter] of the Community Charter came into force, the mayor or chair may require reconsideration of the matter only in accordance with the previous section 219 [mayor may return bylaw for reconsideration by council] of the Local Government Act, and for these purposes section 219 of that Act applies.
9 (1) If the construction under a construction bylaw adopted under the previous section 623 [works that may be undertaken as local improvements] or 624 [sidewalk canopies as local improvements] of the Local Government Act is started or completed by, or will be started within one year of, the date that the previous Part 19 [Local Improvements and Specified Areas] of the Local Government Act is repealed, the previous Division 1 [Local Improvements] of Part 19 of the Local Government Act continues to apply in relation to that construction.
10 (1) In relation to a tax exemption provided under the previous section 342 [exemptions for heritage properties] of the Local Government Act, the previous section 343 [repayment requirement in relation to heritage tax exemptions] of that Act continues to apply.
12	(1)	This section applies only in relation to grants provided by the Provincial government before this section comes into force.
(2) As a limitation on section 8 (1) [natural person powers] of the Community Charter and section 176 (1) (d) [corporate powers -- property] of the Local Government Act, unless excepted under subsection (3) of this section, a local government must notify the inspector before disposing of land, improvements or works acquired or constructed by or for a local government in whole or in part with a Provincial grant that was provided for that purpose.
(3)	The obligation to notify the inspector under subsection (2) does not apply if
(a)	the first payment of all or part of the grant was provided at least 20 years before the intended disposal and the local government no longer receives grant payments with respect to that property, or
(b)	the land, improvement or work will be used for the public purpose for which it was acquired or constructed for at least 20 years after the date of the first payment of all or part of the grant.
(4)	Within 30 days after receiving notice under subsection (2) or, if applicable, within the longer period established under subsection (6), the inspector may, subject to the regulations, by notice in writing require the local government to repay all or part of the Provincial grants paid to the local government with respect to the property, on the terms specified in the notice.
(6)	The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this section as follows:
(a)	respecting the matters or information to be included in the local government's notification to the inspector;
(b)	prescribing the conditions under which a grant becomes repayable under this section;
(c)	respecting the means and basis for calculating the whole or part of the Provincial grant that is repayable;
(d)	specifying the circumstances in which the inspector may take more than 30 days to issue a notice under subsection (4).
13 The vesting of Crown land in a municipality under section 29 [transfer of subdivision park land] of the Community Charter that occurs on the date that section comes into force is subject to any reservations that applied to the Crown's title.
14 (1) For the first annual report required under section 98 [annual municipal report] of the Community Charter, the following do not apply:
(a)	the obligations under subsection (2) (b), (c) and (d) of that section;
(b)	the obligation under subsection (2) (f) of that section to include a statement of objectives for the current year;
(c)	the obligation under subsection (2) (f) of that section to include measures that will be used to determine progress respecting objectives for the current and next year.
15 Section 106 (2) [disclosure of gifts] of the Community Charter does not apply in respect of any gift or benefit received before the date that section comes into force.
16 (1) The obligation to adopt a procedure bylaw respecting the matters referred to in section 124 (2) [procedure bylaws -- required provisions] of the Community Charter does not apply until 120 days after that section comes into force.
(2)	Until a procedure bylaw respecting the matters referred to in subsection (1) of this section is adopted,
(a) for the purposes of section 124 (2) (c) [procedure bylaws -- council and council committee minutes] of the Community Charter, the previous sections 236 [minutes of council meetings] and 237 [minutes of council committee meetings] of the Local Government Act apply,
(b) for the purposes of section 124 (2) (e) [procedure bylaws -- public notice posting places] of the Community Charter, the municipal hall is deemed to be the public notice posting place, and
17 (1) A sinking fund to which the previous Division 1 [Sinking Funds] of Part 13 of the Local Government Act applied and that is in existence at the time that Division is repealed, continues as a sinking fund and, for that purpose, that Division continues to apply until the debt for which the sinking fund was established is paid.
18 If, at the time Division 4 [Parcel Taxes] of Part 7 of the Community Charter comes into force,
(b)	the bylaw imposes the parcel tax for more than one year, and
19 (1) Specified areas under the previous Part 19 [Local Improvements and Specified Areas] of the Local Government Act are deemed to be local service areas under Division 5 [Local Service Taxes] of Part 7 of the Community Charter.
20 The new section 6.6 (3) [variation authority] of the Local Government Act applies to regulations under this Act.
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