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WATER AND SEWERAGE CORPORATIONS ACT 2008 (NO. 12 OF 2008) - SECT 13

Adoption, modification and repeal of constitution

(1)  The constituent councils who are to be the members of a Regional Corporation are to give to the Treasurer a copy of the proposed constitution of the Regional Corporation.
(2)  The constituent councils who are to be members of each Regional Corporation are to give the Treasurer a copy of the proposed constitution of the Common Services Corporation.
(3)  The Treasurer is to cause a copy of the proposed constitution to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 5 sitting days of the House after receiving it.
(4)  Before the incorporation of a Regional Corporation or the Common Services Corporation, the proposed constitution of the Regional Corporation or Common Services Corporation, as the case may be, is to be approved by both Houses of Parliament.
(5)  For the purposes of subsection (4) , a House of Parliament is to be taken to have approved the proposed constitution of a Regional Corporation or the Common Services Corporation, as the case may be, if a copy of it has been laid on the table of that House and –
(a) it is approved by that House; or
(b) at the expiration of 5 sitting days after it was laid on the table of that House, no notice has been given of a motion to disallow it or, if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or
(c) if any notice of a motion to disallow it is given during that period of 5 sitting days, the notice is, after the expiration of that period, withdrawn or the motion is negatived.
(6)  As soon as practicable after approval of the constitution of a Regional Corporation by both Houses of Parliament, the constituent councils who are to be members of that Regional Corporation are to procure the incorporation of the Regional Corporation.
(7)  The consulting group of a Corporation must give the Treasurer notice of a proposed modification to, or adoption or repeal of, the constitution of the Corporation.
(8)  The Treasurer is to cause a copy of the proposed modification to, or adoption or repeal of, the constitution of the Corporation to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 5 sitting days of the House after receiving it.
(9)  The proposed modification to, or adoption or repeal of, the constitution of a Corporation is of no effect until it has been approved by both Houses of Parliament.
(10)  For the purposes of subsection (9) , a House of Parliament is to be taken to have approved a proposed modification to, or adoption or repeal of, the constitution of a Corporation if a copy of it has been laid on the table of that House and –
(a) it is approved by that House; or
(b) at the expiration of 5 sitting days after it was laid on the table of that House, no notice has been given of a motion to disallow it or, if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or
(c) if any notice of a motion to disallow it is given during that period of 5 sitting days, the notice is, after the expiration of that period, withdrawn or the motion is negatived.
(11)  Any special resolution of a Corporation that purports to adopt, modify or repeal the constitution of that Corporation or a provision of the constitution of that Corporation does not have any effect unless the provisions of this section have been complied with in respect of the proposed adoption, modification or repeal.



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