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URBAN COUNCILS ACT
board and the local government area concerned subject to such restrictions or modifications as
may be specified in such notice.
(8) Where a local board includes appointed members, the Minister—
(a) may appoint a chairman and deputy chairman of that board; and
(b) shall give notice in the Gazette of the names of the members appointed by him and of the
chairman and deputy chairman if appointed by him.
(9) Where any by-laws or regulations are in force in any area immediately before such area
is included in or becomes a local government area in respect of which a local board has been or
is being established, the by-laws or regulations shall be deemed to be by-laws made by the
local board and shall continue in force, mutatis mutandis, until amended or repealed by the
local board.
(10) Whenever a local board is abolished and the administration, control and management of
the local government area concerned or any part thereof is not to be vested in any council,
person or local authority, the Minister shall—
(a) give such directions as to the transfer or disposal of property, assets, rights and liabilities;
and
(b) give such directions as to any other matters or things, including the payment of money and
the protection of the rights of employees;
as may be necessary or desirable to give effect to any proposals relating thereto which were set
out in a notice published in terms of section eleven and may, in any other case, give such other
directions as he considers to be necessary or desirable to ensure the proper dissolution of the
local board concerned.
(11) Where the Minister has, in terms of subsection (10)—
(a) directed the transfer of property or assets to a local authority, the ownership of such
property and assets shall vest in the local authority with effect from such date as may be
specified by the Minister and, in the case of immovable property, a Registrar of Deeds
shall, at the request of the local authority, free of charge cause the name of the local
authority to be substituted as the owner of the property concerned in the appropriate
register in the Deeds Registry and on the deeds relating to that property;
(b) given any direction, the person to whom the direction has been given shall forthwith
comply with that direction.
7 Provisions relating to vesting of administration of local government area in
council or person
(1) The Minister may, after consultation with a council, by statutory instrument, vest in that
council the administration, control and management of a local government area and any
services provided by the State in that area, and any regulations in force in that area immediately
before such vesting shall be deemed to be by-laws made by the council and shall continue in
force, mutatis mutandis, until they are amended or repealed by the council.
(2) Where the Minister acts in terms of subsection (1) he may—
(a) give directions or impose conditions relating to the administration, control and
management of the local government area concerned, including the provision of services
therein;
(b) give directions or impose conditions providing for the vesting in the council concerned of
property, assets, rights and liabilities connected with the local government area concerned;
(c) direct that all or any provisions of section ten shall, mutatis mutandis, apply;
(d) direct that any moneys payable by the council in connection with any property, asset, right
or liability shall be regarded as a loan and that section two hundred and ninety shall not
apply in relation thereto.
(3) The Minister may, after consultation with the person and any local authority concerned,
by statutory instrument, vest the administration, control and management of a local government
area and any services provided by the State in that area in any person, and any regulations or
by-laws in force in that area immediately before such vesting shall be deemed to be regulations
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