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Additional Powers Where Former Municipality Dissolved When New Municipality Incorporated

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22 (1) In this section:

  • “dissolved municipality” means a municipality dissolved on the incorporation of a new municipality;
  • “new municipality” means the municipality incorporated by the letters patent referred to in subsection (2).
  • (2) Letters patent incorporating a municipality may do one or more of the following:
    • (a) transfer to and vest in the new municipality any of the dissolved municipality’s rights, property and assets;
    • (b) transfer to and declare as assumed by the new municipality any of the dissolved municipality’s obligations;
    • (c) continue in force any bylaws or resolutions of the dissolved municipality as bylaws or resolutions of the new municipality applicable to the area of the new municipality to which they applied as bylaws or resolutions of the dissolved municipality until those bylaws or resolutions are amended or repealed by the council of the new municipality;
    • (d) require the council of the new municipality to amend or repeal by a specified date a bylaw or resolution continued under paragraph (c);
    • (e) deem a reference to the dissolved municipality in any commercial paper, lease, licence, permit or other contract, instrument or document to be a reference to the new municipality.

FORMS

Submissions on an Electronic Form 17

To transfer and vest a dissolved municipality’s fee simple interest in property to the applicable new municipality, use the Form 17 Fee Simple, select Nature of Interest, Transfer of Asset by Order in Council (Municipal), and attach an image of the Letters Patent.

To transfer and vest a dissolved municipality’s interest in a charge to the applicable new municipality, use the Form 17 Charge, Notation or Filing, select Nature of Interest, Transfer of Asset by Order in Council (Municipal), and attach an image of the Letters Patent.