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BILL NO. 6
Local Bill
6th Session, 56th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
46 Elizabeth II, 1997
An Act to Amend Chapter 3
of the Acts of 1994,
the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Act
Honourable W. Manning MacDonald
Cape Breton South
Halifax
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Explanatory Note
This Bill
(a) removes a provision that makes the term of office of the
Deputy Mayor the same as the term of office of the Council
and replaces it with a provision that makes the term of
office of the Deputy Mayor such period of time as is
determined by the Council;
(b) enables the Council to prescribe additional duties and
responsibilities for the Deputy Mayor;
(c) removes a provision that states that the Deputy Mayor
is not entitled to any additional remuneration as such,
except when acting as Mayor; and
(d) removes a provision that enables the Council to fix the
salary of the Deputy Mayor when acting as Mayor and
replaces it with a provision that enables the Council to fix
the salary of the Deputy Mayor.
An Act to Amend Chapter 3
of the Acts of 1994,
the Cape Breton Regional Municipality Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 (1) Subsection 13(2) of Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1994, the
Cape Breton Regional Municipality Act, is repealed and the
following subsection substituted:
(2) The Deputy Mayor serves for such term of office as the
Council, by recorded resolution, determines.
(2) Subsection 13(3) of Chapter 3 is amended by adding "and
shall perform and carry out such additional duties and
responsibilities as the Council, by recorded resolution,
prescribes" immediately after "vacant" in the last line.
(3) Subsection 13(5) of Chapter 3 is repealed.
2 Subclause 27(d)(i) of Chapter 3 is amended by striking out
"when acting as Mayor" in the second line.
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