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Clause 6

of Town Councils (Amendment) Bill

Clause 6

Amendment of section 19

Section 19 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(a)with the prior written consent of the Board, establish and maintain places and facilities on or make improvements to the common property of the residential and commercial property for the benefit of residents of housing estates of the Board within the Town;”;

(b)

by deleting paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)impose charges for such use of any part of the common property as the Minister may prescribe, or for the use of any facility or service provided, or for any improvements to the common property made, by the Town Council as it considers necessary, except that no charge shall be imposed for the use by the Board or its agents of any part of the common property;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the words “food centre of” in the third line of subsection (2), the words “the Board or”; and

(d)

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(3) A Town Council may, on the request of any public authority or any community-based association, and with the approval of the Minister, carry out any work on behalf of the public authority or association on any property within the Town upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed between the Town Council and the public authority or association, as the case may be.(4) The Minister may, in prescribing the uses for which charges may be imposed under subsection (1)(c), exempt any person or class of persons from the payment of such charges.”.

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