Chapter 29:15 URBAN COUNCILS ACT area and there is any conflict or inconsistency between any provision of the model building bylaws as applied and any other by-laws of the council in force in that area, the provision of the model building by-laws as applied shall prevail. 233 Minister’s power to make or adopt by-laws on behalf of councils (1) Where— (a) a council has not made by-laws for any matter in respect of which it may make by-laws; and (b) the Minister considers that the matter should be controlled or regulated by by-laws; he may direct the council to make by-laws or to adopt model by-laws in relation to that matter within such period as he may specify, and if the council fails to do so the Minister may, subject to this section— (i) make by-laws on behalf of the council in respect of that matter; or (ii) make by-laws adopting the appropriate model by-laws on behalf of the council. (2) If the Minister proposes to make by-laws on behalf of a council in terms of paragraph (i) or (ii) of subsection (1), he shall— (a) cause a notice to be published in two issues of a newspaper— (i) describing the general effect of the proposed by-laws and, where appropriate, the model by-laws concerned and the area within which such by-laws or model by-laws will apply; and (ii) stating that— A. copies of the proposed by-laws and, where appropriate, of the model by-laws concerned will be open to inspection at the State offices specified in the notice and at office of the council for a period of thirty days from the date of the last publication of the notice in the newspaper; and B. objections to the proposed by-laws or, where appropriate, to the adoption of the model by-laws may be lodged with the Secretary of the Ministry for which the Minister is responsible, before a specified date, which date shall not be earlier than thirty days after the date of the last publication of the notice in the newspaper;and (b) ensure that copies of the proposed by-laws and, where appropriate, the model by-laws concerned, are open to inspection at the State offices specified in the notice referred to in paragraph (a) and at the office of the council. (3) If, during the period referred to in subparagraph B of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2), any objections have been lodged in terms of that subparagraph, the Minister shall consider the objections and, before publishing the proposed by-laws in the Gazette, the Minister may modify or amend the proposed by-laws as if they had been submitted to him by the council and he were acting in terms of section two hundred and twenty-nine. (4) Any by-laws made by the Minister in terms of this section shall have effect in all respects as if they had been made by the council concerned. 234 Power of the Minister to make general regulations (1) The Minister may make regulations providing for— (a) the conduct of elections, including the precautions to be taken for the purposes of securing secrecy of voting at elections of mayors, councillors or members of local boards; (b) in respect of a local board, the qualifications of, and the qualifications of voters for candidates for elections, the allowances payable to members, the procedure to be followed at meetings and the application of all or any of the provisions of this Act relating to councillors, with such modifications as the Minister considers to be desirable; (c) the formation of ward development committees and neighbourhood development committees for the purpose of exercising such consultative and advisory functions as may be prescribed in the regulations; (d) the form of accounts, statements and reports to be prepared and the manner in which information should be set out in such accounts, statements and reports; 90