Population Data
2.(1)The assessment commissioner shall provide to the Commission the results of the determination of population provided to the secretary of each existing board and the clerk of each municipality under subsections 230 (6) and 329 (3) of the Act. (2)The secretary of each existing board shall provide the results to the members of the committee. (3)If a municipality or ward that is to be used for the election is composed of a part of one or more municipalities or wards in respect of which results were provided under subsections 230 (6) and 329 (3) of the Act, the assessment commissioner shall determine the populations of the relevant electoral groups of the municipality or ward. (4)As soon as possible, the assessment commissioner shall provide the results of the determination under subsection (3) to, (a) the Commission; (b) the secretary of each existing board whose members are elected by members of an electoral group that is part of the relevant electoral group; and (c) the clerk of each municipality in the area of jurisdiction of the board that is also in the area of jurisdiction of the assessment commissioner. (5)On receipt of the results, the Commission shall provide them to the clerk of each municipality in the area of jurisdiction of the board who has not received them from the assessment commissioner. (6)If the assessment commissioner does not provide the results within seven days after the date of filing of this Regulation, he or she shall notify the Commission of the municipalities and wards for which the results have not been provided. (7)If results have not been provided for two or more adjacent municipalities or wards in the area of jurisdiction of a board, the Commission may, on receipt of the notice, direct that, (a) the clerks referred to in subsection 5 (1) include those municipalities or wards wholly within a geographic area identified under rule 2 of subsection 8 (5) in the case of a high density board with no low population areas; (b) the committee include those municipalities or wards wholly within the low population area or wholly outside of it and the clerks include them wholly within a geographic area identified under rule 5 or rule 7 of subsection 8 (6), as the case may be, in the case of a high density board with one or more low population areas; or (c) the committee include those municipalities or wards wholly within a geographic area identified under rule 3 of subsection 9 (2) in the case of a low density board. (8)The Commission may, if it considers it appropriate to do so, make a direction before receiving the notice from the assessment commissioner. (9)Ifthe Commission gives no direction under subsection (7) or (8), it shall estimate the results for the municipalities or wards referred to in subsection (3). (10)The Commission shall give any direction or estimate within 14 days after the date of filing of this Regulation. (11)The Commission shall provide the supervisory officer with any direction or estimate, who shall provide a copy of it to the clerks referred to in subsection 5 (1) and to the committee at the beginning of the meeting convened under that subsection. (12)The clerks and the committee shall comply with any direction or use any estimate in respect of municipalities and wards referred to in subsection (3) instead of the results provided under subsections 230 (6) and 329 (3) of the Act. O. Reg. 250/97, s. 2.