Appendix D: Legislation

Municipal Act, 2001 - Business Improvement Areas

Designation of improvement area

204. (1) A local municipality may designate an area as an improvement area and may establish a board of management,

  1. to oversee the improvement, beautification and maintenance of municipally-owned land, buildings and structures in the area beyond that provided at the expense of the municipality generally; and
  2. to promote the area as a business or shopping area. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (1).

Corporation

(2)  A board of management is a corporation consisting of the number of directors established by the municipality. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (2).

Local board status

(2.1) A board of management is a local board of the municipality for all purposes. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 89.

Composition

(3) A board of management shall be composed of,

  1. one or more directors appointed directly by the municipality; and
  2. the remaining directors selected by a vote of the membership of the improvement area and appointed by the municipality. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (3).

Membership

(4) Members of an improvement area consist of persons who are assessed, on the last returned assessment roll, with respect to rateable property in the area that is in a prescribed business property class and tenants of such property. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (4).

Determining tenancy

(5) In determining whether a person is a tenant or not, the clerk of the municipality may accept a list provided under clause 210 (2) (b) or the declaration of a person that the person is a tenant and the determination of the clerk is final. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (5).

One vote

(6) Each member of an improvement area has one vote regardless of the number of properties that the member may own or lease in the improvement area. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (6).

Nominee

(7)  A corporate member of an improvement area may nominate in writing one individual to vote on behalf of the corporation. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (7).

Joint nominee

(8) Subject to subsection (6), one individual may be nominated for voting purposes by two or more corporations that are members of an improvement area. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (8).

Refusal to appoint

(9) The municipality may refuse to appoint a person selected by the members of an improvement area, in which case the municipality may leave the position vacant or direct that a meeting of the members of the improvement area be held to elect or select another candidate for the municipality’s consideration. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (9).

Term

(10)  The term of the directors of a board of management is the same as the term of the council that appointed them but continues until their successors are appointed. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (10).

Reappointment

(11) Directors are eligible for reappointment. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (11).

Vacancies

(12) Subject to subsection (9), if a vacancy occurs for any cause, the municipality may appoint a person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term and the appointed person is not required to be a member of the improvement area. 2001, c. 25, s. 204 (12).

Budget

205. (1) A board of management shall prepare a proposed budget for each fiscal year by the date and in the form required by the municipality and shall hold one or more meetings of the members of the improvement area for discussion of the proposed budget. 2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 40 (1).

Council to approve

(2) A board of management shall submit the budget to council by the date and in the form required by the municipality and the municipality may approve it in whole or in part but may not add expenditures to it. 2001, c. 25, s. 205 (2); 2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 40 (2).

Limitations

(3) A board of management shall not,

  1. spend any money unless it is included in the budget approved by the municipality or in a reserve fund established under section 417;
  2. incur any indebtedness extending beyond the current year without the prior approval of the municipality; or
  3. borrow money. 2001, c. 25, s. 205 (3).

Limitations on power

(4) Section 65 of the Ontario Municipal Board Act and section 401 of this Act apply to the municipality’s approval under clause (3) (b) in the same manner as if it were incurring a debt of the municipality. 2001, c. 25, s. 205 (4).

Notice

206. A board of management shall give reasonable notice to the general membership of the improvement area of a meeting to hold a vote under clause 204 (3) (b) or for the purposes of a discussion under subsection 205 (1). 2001, c. 25, s. 206; 2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 41.

Annual report

207. (1) A board of management shall submit its annual report for the preceding year to council by the date and in the form required by the municipality and the report shall include audited financial statements. 2001, c. 25, s. 207 (1).

Auditor

(2)  The municipal auditor is the auditor of each board of management and may inspect all records of the board. 2001, c. 25, s. 207 (2).

Funds to be raised

208. (1) The municipality shall annually raise the amount required for the purposes of a board of management, including any interest payable by the municipality on money borrowed by it for the purposes of the board of management. 2001, c. 25, s. 208 (1).

Special charge

(2) The municipality may establish a special charge for the amount referred to in subsection (1),

  1. by levy upon rateable property in the improvement area that is in a prescribed business property class; or
  2. by levy upon rateable property in the improvement area that is in a prescribed business property class and that, in council’s opinion, derives special benefit from the improvement area, which levy may be calculated using different percentages of the assessment for one or more separately assessed properties or categories of separately assessed properties in the prescribed class if the resulting levy is equitable in accordance with the benefits that, in council’s opinion, accrue to the properties from the activities related to the improvement area. 2001, c. 25, s. 208 (2).

Minimum and maximum charges

(3) The municipality may establish a minimum or maximum charge or both, expressed for one or more separately assessed properties or categories of separately assessed properties in a prescribed class, as,

  1. percentages of the assessed value of rateable property in the improvement area that is in a prescribed business property class;
  2. dollar amounts; or
  3. percentages of the board of management’s annual budget. 2001, c. 25, s. 208 (3).

Effect of bylaw

(4) When a bylaw under subsection (3) is in force,

  1. the amount of a charge levied in a year under subsection (2) shall not, when calculated for the individual property in the prescribed class to which it applies, be less than or greater than the amount of the applicable minimum and maximum charge for the property established under the bylaw; and
  2. if necessary for a fiscal year to raise the amount referred to in subsection (1) because a minimum or maximum charge applies to one or more separately assessed properties or categories of separately assessed properties in the prescribed class, the municipality shall for the year adjust any charges applicable to the remaining individual properties or subclasses of properties in the prescribed class by adjusting the percentage or percentages of assessment established under subsection (2) for those properties. 2001, c. 25, s. 208 (4).

Exclusion

(5) Section 210 does not apply to an adjustment made under clause (4) (b). 2001, c. 25, s. 208 (5).

Borrowings

(6) If only a part of money borrowed by the municipality in any year for the purposes of a board of management is required to be repaid in that year or a subsequent year, only that part and any interest payable on the total amount shall be included in the levies under this section in that year or subsequent year, respectively. 2001, c. 25, s. 208 (6).

Priority lien status

(7)  Charges levied under this section shall have priority lien status and shall be added to the tax roll. 2002, c. 17, Sched. A, s. 42.

Changes to boundary

209. The municipality may alter the boundaries of an improvement area and the board of management for that improvement area is continued as the board of management for the altered area. 2001, c. 25, s. 209.

Notice

210. (1) Before passing a bylaw under subsection 204 (1), clause 208 (2) (b), subsection 208 (3) or section 209, notice of the proposed bylaw shall be sent by prepaid mail to the board of management of the improvement area, if any, and to every person who, on the last returned assessment roll, is assessed for rateable property that is in a prescribed business property class which is located,

  • where the improvement area already exists, in the improvement area and in any geographic area the proposed bylaw would add to the improvement area; and
  • where a new improvement area would be created by the proposed bylaw, in the proposed improvement area. 2001, c. 25, s. 210 (1).

When notice received

(2) A person who receives a notice under subsection (1) shall, within 30 days after the notice is mailed,

  1. give a copy of the notice to each tenant of the property to which the notice relates who is required to pay all or part of the taxes on the property; and
  2. give the clerk of the municipality a list of every tenant described in clause (a) and the share of the taxes that each tenant is required to pay and the share that the person is required to pay. 2001, c. 25, s. 210 (2).

Objections

(3) A municipality shall not pass a bylaw referred to in subsection (1) if,

  1. written objections are received by the clerk of the municipality within 60 days after the last day of mailing of the notices;
  2. the objections have been signed by at least one-third of the total number of persons entitled to notice under subsection (1) and under clause (2) (a); and
  3. the objectors are responsible for,
    1. in the case of a proposed addition to an existing improvement area,
      1. at least one-third of the taxes levied for purposes of the general local municipality levy on rateable property in all prescribed business property classes in the improvement area, or
      2. at least one-third of the taxes levied for purposes of the general local municipality levy on rateable property in all prescribed business property classes in the geographic area the proposed bylaw would add to the existing improvement area, or
    2. in all other cases, at least one-third of the taxes levied for purposes of the general local municipality levy on rateable property in all prescribed business property classes in the improvement area. 2001, c. 25, s. 210 (3).

Withdrawal of objections

(4) If sufficient objections are withdrawn in writing within the 60-day period referred to in clause (3) (a) so that the conditions set out in clause (3) (b) or (c) no longer apply, the municipality may pass the bylaw. 2001, c. 25, s. 210 (4).

Determination by clerk

(5) The clerk shall determine whether the conditions set out in subsection (3) have been met and, if they are, shall issue a certificate affirming that fact. 2001, c. 25, s. 210 (5).

Determination final

(6) The determination by the clerk is final. 2001, c. 25, s. 210 (6).

Repeal of bylaw

211. (1) Council shall give notice in accordance with subsection 210 (1) of a proposed bylaw to repeal a bylaw under subsection 204 (1) if the municipality has received,

  1. a resolution from the board of management requesting the repeal; or
  2. a request for the repeal signed by persons who are responsible for at least one-third of the taxes levied for purposes of the general local municipality levy on rateable property in all prescribed business property classes in the improvement area. 2001, c. 25, s. 211 (1).

Statement

(2) A person signing a request under clause (1) (b) shall state what amount of taxes on rateable property in the area that the person is required to pay. 2001, c. 25, s. 211 (2).

Time

(3) Council shall give the notice within 60 days after receiving the resolution or request. 2001, c. 25, s. 211 (3).

Repeal

(4) Council shall repeal the bylaw under subsection 204 (1) if requests for the repeal are received by the clerk of the municipality within 60 days after the last day of mailing of the notices and,

  1. the requests have been signed by at least one-half of the total number of persons entitled to notice under subsection 210 (1) and under clause 210 (2) (a); and
  2. those who have signed the requests are responsible for at least 50 per cent of the taxes levied for purposes of the general local municipality levy on rateable property in all prescribed business property classes in the improvement area. 2001, c. 25, s. 211 (4).

 Timing

(5) The repealing bylaw must come into force on or before December 31 of the year in which it is passed. 2001, c. 25, s. 211 (5).

Requests withdrawn

(6) If sufficient requests are withdrawn in writing within the 60-day period referred to in subsection (4) so that either condition set out in that subsection no longer applies, the municipality is not required to repeal the bylaw. 2001, c. 25, s. 211 (6).

Determination by clerk

(7) The clerk shall determine whether the conditions set out in clause (1) (b) and subsection (4) have been met and, if so, shall issue a certificate affirming that fact. 2001, c. 25, s. 211 (7).

Determination final

(8) The determination by the clerk is final. 2001, c. 25, s. 211 (8).

Restriction

(9) If the conditions of subsection (4) are not satisfied, council is not required to give notice under subsection (1) in response to a resolution or request for a period of two years after the last mailing of the notices. 2001, c. 25, s. 211 (9).

Non-application

(10) No requirement under this section or under section 210 applies to the repeal by a municipality on its own initiative of a bylaw under subsection 204 (1). 2001, c. 25, s. 211 (10).

Effect of bylaw

212. A bylaw passed under subsection 204 (1), subsection 208 (2) or (3), section 209 or subsection 211 (4) is not invalid by reason only that,

  1. a person required to give a copy of a notice to a tenant or other information to the municipality under subsection 210 (2) has not done so;
  2. the objections referred to in clause 210 (3) (b) have not been signed by at least one-third of the total number of persons entitled to receive notice under subsections 210 (1) and (2) because a person required to give a copy of the notice under subsection 210 (2) has not done so; or
  3. the requests referred to in clause 211 (4) (a) have not been signed by at least one-half of the total number of persons entitled to notice under subsections 210 (1) and (2) because a person required to give a copy of the notice under subsection 210 (2) has not done so. 2001, c. 25, s. 212.

Tenants

213.  For the purposes of clauses 210 (3) (c) and 211 (1) (b), subsection 211 (2) and clause 211 (4) (b), a tenant shall be deemed to be responsible for the part of the taxes that the tenant is required to pay under the tenant’s lease or under sections 367 and 368. 2001, c. 25, s. 213.

Dissolution of board

214. (1) Upon the repeal of a bylaw under subsection 204 (1), the board of management is dissolved and the assets and liabilities of the board become the assets and liabilities of the municipality. 2001, c. 25, s. 214 (1).

Liabilities exceed assets

(2) If the liabilities assumed under subsection (1) exceed the assets assumed, the council may recover the difference by imposing a charge on all rateable property in the former improvement area that is in a prescribed business property class. 2001, c. 25, s. 214 (2).

Regulations

215 . The Minister may make regulations prescribing one or more classes of real property prescribed under the Assessment Act as business property classes for the purposes of sections 204 to 214. 2001, c. 25, s. 215.

Municipal Act, 2001 - Dissolution and change of local boards

Power to dissolve or change local boards

216. (1) Without limiting sections 9, 10 and 11, those sections authorize a municipality to dissolve or change a local board. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 90.

Conflict

(2) In the event of a conflict between a bylaw described in subsection (1) and any provision of this or any other Act, excluding this section and sections 194 to 202, or in the event of a conflict with a regulation made under any other Act, the bylaw prevails. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 90.

Restriction

(3) Despite subsection (1), a municipality shall not, in accordance with subsection (1), dissolve or change a local board that is,

  1. a society as defined in subsection 3 (1) of the Child and Family Services Act .
  2. a board of health as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
  3. a committee of management established under the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act.

Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, clause (c) is amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 2007, chapter 8, subsection 218 (4) by striking out “Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act” and substituting “Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007”. See: 2007, c. 8, ss. 218 (4), 232 (2).
(c.1) an appeal body established under section 8.1 of the Planning Act.
(d) a police services board established under the Police Services Act.
(e) a board as defined in section 1 of the Public Libraries Act.
(f) a corporation established in accordance with section 203.
(g) such other local boards as may be prescribed. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, ss. 90, 91 (2).

Exception, City of Greater Sudbury

(4) Despite subsection (3), the City of Greater Sudbury may, in accordance with subsection (1), change the number of members it appoints as its representatives on the board of health of the Sudbury and District Health Unit, subject to the following rules:

  • The number shall not be smaller than two or larger than seven.
  • At least one of the members shall also be a member of the council of the City.
  • At least one of the members shall not be a member of the council of the City. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 90.

Scope of power to change a local board

(5) Without limiting sections 9, 10 and 11, the power of a municipality to change a local board under those sections includes the power to pass bylaws with respect to,

  1. the matters described in paragraphs 1 to 7 of subsection 196 (1), subject to the restrictions set out in section 196;
  2. the assumption of a power or duty of the board, but if the power or duty was delegated to the board by the municipality, the municipality cannot assume the power or duty if it cannot revoke the delegation;
  3. the delegation of a power or duty to the board to the extent authorized under this Act;
  4. the restriction or expansion of the mandate of the board. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 90.

Dissolution, etc., of joint board

(6) If a municipality passes a bylaw in accordance with subsection (1) to dissolve or change a local board which is a local board of the municipality and one or more other municipalities,

  1. the bylaw does not come into force until at least half of the municipalities, excluding the municipality that passed the bylaw, have passed a resolution giving their approval to the bylaw; and
  2. when the bylaw comes into force, the bylaw is deemed to be a bylaw passed by each of the municipalities of which the board is a local board. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 90.

Regulations

(7) For the purposes of this section, the Minister may, despite any Act, make regulations,

  1. providing that any body performing any public function is a local board;
  2. providing that a local board is a local board of the municipality specified in the regulation;
  3. providing that a municipality does not have the power to dissolve or make a prescribed change to a local board specified in the regulation;
  4. imposing conditions and limitations on the powers of a municipality under this section;
  5. providing that, for the purposes specified in the regulation, a municipality is deemed to be a local board of the type dissolved or changed under this section;
  6. providing that, for the purposes specified in the regulation, a municipality shall stand in the place of a local board dissolved or changed under this section;
  7. providing for matters that, in the opinion of the Minister, are necessary or desirable to allow the council of a municipality to act as a local board, to exercise the powers of a local board or to stand in the place of a local board for any purpose;
  8. providing that the provisions of any Act specified in the regulation do not apply to the council of a municipality acting as a local board, exercising the powers of a local board or standing in the place of a local board for any purpose;
  9. providing for the continuation, cessation or amendment of any or all bylaws and resolutions of a local board which is dissolved or changed under this section;
  10. providing that a municipality or local board pay money to each other or to another municipality or local board;
  11. providing for transitional matters related to a dissolution of or change to a local board under
  12. this section. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 90.

Municipal Act, 2001 - Procedure Bylaw

Definitions

238. (1) In this section and in sections 239 to 239.2,
“committee” means any advisory or other committee, subcommittee or similar entity of which at least 50 per cent of the members are also members of one or more councils or local boards; (“comité”)
“local board” does not include police services boards or public library boards; (“conseil local”)
“meeting” means any regular, special or other meeting of a council, of a local board or of a committee of either of them. (“réunion”) 2001, c. 25, s. 238 (1); 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 102 (1, 2).

 Procedure bylaws respecting meetings

(2) Every municipality and local board shall pass a procedure bylaw for governing the calling, place and proceedings of meetings. 2001, c. 25, s. 238 (2).

Notice

(2.1) The procedure bylaw shall provide for public notice of meetings. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 102 (3).

Outside municipality

(3) The procedure bylaw may provide that meetings be held and public offices be kept at a place outside the municipality within an adjacent municipality. 2001, c. 25, s. 238 (3).

Presiding officer

(4) The procedure bylaw may, with the consent of the head of council, designate a member of council, other than the head of council, to preside at meetings of council. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 102 (4).

Secret ballot

(5) A presiding officer may be designated by secret ballot. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 102 (4).

Municipal Act, 2001 - Meetings

Meetings open to public

239.  (1)  Except as provided in this section, all meetings shall be open to the public. 2001, c. 25, s. 239 (1).

Exceptions

(2) A meeting or part of a meeting may be closed to the public if the subject matter being considered is,

  1. the security of the property of the municipality or local board;
  2. personal matters about an identifiable individual, including municipal or local board employees;
  3. a proposed or pending acquisition or disposition of land by the municipality or local board;
  4. labour relations or employee negotiations;
  5. litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the municipality or local board;
  6. advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose;
  7. a matter in respect of which a council, board, committee or other body may hold a closed meeting under another Act. 2001, c. 25, s. 239 (2).

Other criteria

(3) A meeting shall be closed to the public if the subject matter relates to the consideration of a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act if the council, board, commission or other body is the head of an institution for the purposes of that Act. 2001, c. 25, s. 239 (3).

Educational or training sessions

(3.1) A meeting of a council or local board or of a committee of either of them may be closed to the public if the following conditions are both satisfied:

  1. The meeting is held for the purpose of educating or training the members.
  2. At the meeting, no member discusses or otherwise deals with any matter in a way that materially advances the business or decision-making of the council, local board or committee. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 103 (1).

Resolution xxx

(4) Before holding a meeting or part of a meeting that is to be closed to the public, a municipality or local board or committee of either of them shall state by resolution,

  1. the fact of the holding of the closed meeting and the general nature of the matter to be considered at the closed meeting; or
  2. in the case of a meeting under subsection (3.1), the fact of the holding of the closed meeting, the general nature of its subject-matter and that it is to be closed under that subsection. 2001, c. 25, s. 239 (4); 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 103 (2).

Open meeting

(5) Subject to subsection (6), a meeting shall not be closed to the public during the taking of a vote. 2001, c. 25, s. 239 (5).

Exception

(6) Despite section 244, a meeting may be closed to the public during a vote if,

  1. subsection (2) or (3) permits or requires the meeting to be closed to the public; and
  2. the vote is for a procedural matter or for giving directions or instructions to officers, employees or agents of the municipality, local board or committee of either of them or persons retained by or under a contract with the municipality or local board. 2001, c. 25, s. 239 (6).

Record of meeting

(7) A municipality or local board or a committee of either of them shall record without note or comment all resolutions, decisions and other proceedings at a meeting of the body, whether it is closed to the public or not. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 103 (3).

Same

(8) The record required by subsection (7) shall be made by,

  1. the clerk, in the case of a meeting of council; or
  2. the appropriate officer, in the case of a meeting of a local board or committee. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 103 (3).

Record may be disclosed

(9) Clause 6 (1) (b) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act does not apply to a record of a meeting closed under subsection (3.1). 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 103 (3).

Investigation

239.1  A person may request that an investigation of whether a municipality or local board has complied with section 239 or a procedure bylaw under subsection 238 (2) in respect of a meeting or part of a meeting that was closed to the public be undertaken,

  1. by an investigator referred to in subsection 239.2 (1); or
  2. by the Ombudsman appointed under the Ombudsman Act, if the municipality has not appointed an investigator referred to in subsection 239.2 (1). 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Investigator

239.2  2 (1) Without limiting sections 9, 10 and 11, those sections authorize the municipality to appoint an investigator who has the function to investigate in an independent manner, on a complaint made to him or her by any person, whether the municipality or a local board has complied with section 239 or a procedure bylaw under subsection 238 (2) in respect of a meeting or part of a meeting that was closed to the public, and to report on the investigation. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Powers and duties

(2) Subject to this section, in carrying out his or her functions under subsection (1), the investigator may exercise such powers and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him or her by the municipality. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Matters to which municipality is to have regard

(3) In appointing an investigator and in assigning powers and duties to him or her, the municipality shall have regard to, among other matters, the importance of the matters listed in subsection (5). 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Same, investigator

(4) In carrying out his or her functions under subsection (1), the investigator shall have regard to, among other matters, the importance of the matters listed in subsection (5). 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Same

(5) The matters referred to in subsections (3) and (4) are,

  1. the investigator’s independence and impartiality;
  2. confidentiality with respect to the investigator’s activities; and
  3. the credibility of the investigator’s investigative process. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Delegation

(6) An investigator may delegate in writing to any person, other than a member of council, any of the investigator’s powers and duties under this Part. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Same

(7) An investigator may continue to exercise the delegated powers and duties, despite the delegation. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Status

(8) An investigator is not required to be a municipal employee. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Application

(9) Subsection 223.13 (6) and sections 223.14 to 223.18 apply with necessary modifications with respect to the exercise of functions described in this section. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Report and recommendations

(10) If, after making an investigation, the investigator is of the opinion that the meeting or part of the meeting that was the subject-matter of the investigation appears to have been closed to the public contrary to section 239 or to a procedure bylaw under subsection 238 (2), the investigator shall report his or her opinion and the reasons for it to the municipality or local board, as the case may be, and may make such recommendations as he or she thinks fit. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

Publication of reports

(11) The municipality or local board shall ensure that reports received under subsection (10) by the municipality or local board, as the case may be, are made available to the public. 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 104.

City of Toronto Act, 2006 - Business Improvement Areas

429. (1)  Every board of management that exists immediately before this section comes into force for a business improvement area in the City is continued as a local board of the City until the board of management is dissolved by the City. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 429 (1).

Same

(2) Sections 204 to 215 of the Municipal Act, 2001 apply to those boards of management and to the City for the purposes of those boards. 2006, c. 11, Sched. A, s. 429 (2).

Deemed local board

(3) A board continued by subsection (1) is deemed to be a local board of the City for all purposes. 2006, c. 32, Sched. B, s. 87.