The Local Governance (Amendment) Act, 2016

• Jurisdiction: Jamaica
• Date: 2016

A BILL

ENTITLED

AN ACT to Amend the Local Governance Act and to

provide for connected matters.

BE IT ENACTED by The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by

and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of

Representatives of Jamaica, and by the authority of the same, as

follows:-

Short title and

construction.

1. This Act may be cited as the Local Governance (Amendment) Act,

2016, and shall be read and construed as one with the Local Governance

Act (hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”).

Amendment of

section 5 of

principal Act.

2. Section 5 of the principal Act is amended –

(a) in subsection (3), by inserting next after the words “(repealed by

section 53 of this Act)” the words “, subject to subsection (3A)”;

(b) by inserting next after subsection (3) the following subsection –

“ (3A) Without prejudice to any power conferred by

section 8 or 8A, the area specified in Part II(A) of the First

Schedule and delineated on the map set out in Part II(B) of the

First Schedule shall be the area of the Municipality of

Portmore.” and;

(c) in subsection (4), by inserting next after the words “set out in” the

words “Part I of”.

Insertion of new

section 8A in

principal Act.

3. The principal Act is amended by inserting next after section 8 the

following section -

“Alteration of

boundaries of

Municipality.

8A. - (1) Where an order is made under

section 8(1) in respect of a City Municipality or