Sentences with phrase «municipal government act»

Keywords: Procedural Fairness; Municipal Law; Stop Order; Municipal Government Act; Administrative Law

On this, it is interesting to note that Justice Thomas Wakeling has imposed a much lower onus on applicants under section 688 of the Municipal Government Act.

And we might also note that leave applications under the Municipal Government Act before Justice Veldhuis seem to turn primarily on whether the applicant can demonstrate it has a reasonable prospect of success if the matter is heard on its merits.

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An application for leave to appeal a municipal planning decision in Alberta falls under the planning and development provisions contained in Part 17 of the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000, c M - 26.

Accordingly, we can perhaps glean more here by comparing this decision with previous decisions by Justice Veldhuis concerning an applicant seeking to appeal a development approval decision under the Municipal Government Act.

The administrative law issue in Capilano concerns the Edmonton assessment review board, a statutory tribunal empowered by Part 11 of the Municipal Government Act, RSA 2000, c M - 26 to hear complaints from city taxpayers on their property assessments, typically arguing the assessed value is too high and should be reduced by the Board.

The Alberta Court of Appeal gave us a surprising new exception to the presumption of deference owed to statutory tribunals by ruling in Capilano, ABCA that the statutory right of appeal set out in section 470 of the Municipal Government Act demonstrates a legislative intent for an intrusive judicial role into municipal property tax assessment and therefore is an indication that the standard of review should be correctness (see Where Are We Going on Standard of Review in Alberta?

The Assessor relied on a provision of the Alberta Municipal Government Act that provided that an assessment review board may, upon hearing a complaint, «change» the assessment or «decide that no change is required».

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688 (3) of the Municipal Government Act).

688 (3) of the Municipal Government Act — there was a reasonable prospect of success on this ground.

688 (3) of the Alberta Municipal Government Act to appeal the decision of the SDAB.

687 (2) of the Municipal Government Act requires that the SDAB provide written reasons for its decision.

Beyond merely rejecting the appeal, the review board's assessor used vague language in the Municipal Government Act to increase the assessment to $ 40.8 million.

Appointed to cabinet in 2017, the Municipal Affairs Minister will oversee the implementation of the new City Charters and a reformed Municipal Government Act in 2018.

See: Section 251 (1) of the Municipal Government Act).

The case involves Alberta's Municipal Governments Act, RSA 2000 c M - 26, including statutory rights of appeal that are similar to those recently considered by the Supreme Court (and only slightly less recently considered by the Alberta Court of Appeal) in Edmonton (City) v Edmonton East (Capilano) Shopping Centres Ltd., 2016 SCC 47 (CanLII).

Not exact matches

The city argues in a news release that the company should be required to comply with all municipal bylaws, despite its argument they were unconstitutional because they conflicted with approval from the federal government and the National Energy Board Act.

Another way of looking at it is that the voters already have decided — they elected the provincial government that put into place the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act 20 or so years ago.

New Democrats are calling on the Christy Clark government to take a first step towards improving the affordability and availability of rental housing by updating the Residential Tenancy Act and pursuing innovative federal - provincial - municipal cooperation to spur new rental construction.

Bill 204 — Justice System Monitoring Act (Heather Forsyth) Bill 205 — Municipal Government (Delayed Construction) Amendment Act, 2011 (Dave Taylor) Bill 208 — Health Statutes (Canada Health Act Reaffirmation) Amendment Act, 2011 (Brian Mason) Bill 209 — Tailings Ponds Reclamation Statutes Amendment Act, 2011 (Laurie Blakeman)

Robinson noted that the act has wide support at the municipal level and called on the B.C. Liberal government to move forward with it.

Robinson noted that the act has wide support at the municipal level and called on the Christy Clark government to move forward with it.

At the same time, Cuomo moved to amendment the recently approved Clean Water Infrastructure Act that provides emergency financial assistance for municipal governments, making the money available immediately.

The infographics below capture features of a Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies, as specified in Ghana's Local Government Act.

Federal covered security: A security that is exempt from state registration because either it must be registered with the Federal government under the Securities Act of 1933 or it is exempt from federal registration under the 1933 Act (except that municipal securities may be regulated by the state of which the issuer is a part).

Municipal, county, and state governments across the country have all passed various local ordinances regulating puppy mills, pet stores, exotic animal acts, and research facilities.

The Local Government Act provides very detailed regulation of Municipal taxation.

Its work on the arena complements the Town's commitment to the Partners for Climate Protection's Five Milestone Framework for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, a roadmap for sustainable action developed by a network of municipal governments that have committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and acting on climate change.

Represented municipal government in defense of a multi-million dollar action under the federal False Claims Act.

One of our contacts even told us about a municipal court landlord - tenant case that turned into a federal lawsuit involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act because the lessee was a foreign government.

In 2000, South Africa adopted its Municipal Systems Act, a comprehensive law for city governments throughout the country that also included a model Code of Conduct for Councillors (see Schedule 1).

Additionally, the provincial and municipal governments across the country have a large role to play as they have been explicitly given authority by the federal government to fill in some of the legislative holes (e.g. as the law will relate to retail and distribution) or to alter some of the existing baselines set out by the Cannabis Act (e.g. the minimum age for purchase and consumption).

Chris acts on behalf of employers in manufacturing, utilities, municipal government and emergency services.

Targets of SLAPPs in various parts of North America have been local residents, neighbourhood associations, municipal governments, and peaceful protesters, who have been sued for acts such as reporting bylaw violations, speaking at municipal meetings or even just picketing and circulating petitions.

Local government's authority with respect to zoning by - laws is also set out in the Municipal Act.

There are two types of RCC, namely an Abridged (2 year) clearance (in terms of s118 (1) of the Local Government: Municipal Property Rates Act) or a full (Historical) clearance (in terms of s118 (3)-RRB- of the same Act).

On the question of ratepayers not being liable to pay disputed rates the City refers on its website to Section 50 (6) of the LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL PROPERTY RATES ACT 6 OF 2004 («MPRA») and concludes as follows: «Therefore the account must still be paid until the objection process has been finalised.»

Although no citation is included, the context reveals that the article refers to the judgment of City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality v Peregrine Joseph Mitchell, in which the SCA interpreted section 118 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act No 32 of 2000.