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(1) If an upper-tier municipality is the approval authority under section 17 in respect of the approval of official plans of lower-tier municipalities, the council may by by-law delegate all or any of the authority to approve amendments to official plans to a committee of council or to an appointed officer identified in the by-law by name or position occupied.  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 6.

(2) A delegation of authority made by a council under subsection (1) may be subject to such conditions as the council by by-law provides.  1994, c. 23, s. 10.

(3) A council may by by-law withdraw a delegation of authority made by it under subsection (1) and the withdrawal may be in respect of one or more requests for approval specified in the by-law or any or all requests for approval in respect of which a final disposition was not made by the committee or officer before the withdrawal.  1994, c. 23, s. 10.

(1) Where a plan is prepared by a planning board, the plan shall not be recommended to any council for adoption as an official plan unless it is approved by a vote of the majority of all the members of the planning board.  R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, s. 18 (1).

(2) When the plan is approved by the planning board, the board shall submit a copy thereof, certified by the secretary-treasurer of the board to be a true copy,

(a) in the case of a plan prepared for a planning area, to the council of each municipality that is within the planning area; and

(b) in the case of a plan prepared at the request of a single municipality, to the council of that municipality, together with a recommendation that it be adopted by the council.  R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, s. 18 (2).

(3) Each council to which the plan is submitted may, subject to subsections 17 (15) to (22), by by-law adopt the plan and the clerk of each municipality, the council of which adopted the plan, shall provide the secretary-treasurer of the planning board with a certified copy of the adopting by-law and shall comply with subsections 17 (23), (32) and (33).  R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, s. 18 (3); 1994, c. 23, s. 11 (1); 1996, c. 4, s. 11 (1); 2015, c. 26, s. 19.

(4) When the secretary-treasurer of the planning board has received a certified copy of an adopting by-law from a majority of the councils to which the plan was submitted, he or she shall, unless it is exempt from an approval, submit the plan for approval together with each certified copy of the adopting by-law and subsections 17 (31) to (50.1) apply with necessary modifications in respect of the plan as if the planning board were the council of a municipality and the secretary-treasurer of the planning board were the clerk of the municipality.  1996, c. 4, s. 11 (2); 2006, c. 23, s. 10 (1).

(5) Where a planning area consists of the whole of one or more municipalities and territory without municipal organization subsections 17 (15) to (50.1) apply, with necessary modifications, in respect of the part of the planning area that consists of territory without municipal organization as though the planning board were the council of a municipality and the secretary-treasurer of the planning board were the clerk of the municipality.  R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, s. 18 (5); 1994, c. 23, s. 11 (3); 1996, c. 4, s. 11 (3); 2006, c. 23, s. 10 (2).

19 In a planning area consisting solely of territory without municipal organization, section 17 applies with necessary modifications to a plan being prepared and adopted by a planning board and that is to come into effect as the official plan of the planning board as if the planning board were a council of a municipality and the secretary-treasurer were the clerk.  1996, c. 4, s. 12.

19.1 Sections 34 to 39 and 45 apply in respect of land within the planning area consisting of territory without municipal organization and the planning board shall be deemed to be a council of a local municipality and the secretary-treasurer of the planning board shall be deemed to be the clerk of the municipality for those purposes.  1994, c. 23, s. 12.

(1) A certified copy of the official plan shall be lodged in the office of the clerk of each municipality to which the plan or any part of the plan applies.  R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, s. 20.

(2) The lodging required by subsection (1) shall be carried out,

(a) in the case of an official plan that applies to only one municipality or part thereof or to only one municipality and territory without municipal organization, by the clerk of the municipality; and

(b) in the case of an official plan that applies to more than one municipality or parts thereof, by the clerk of the municipality that has the largest population.  R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, s. 20.

(3) All copies lodged under subsection (1) shall be available for public inspection during office hours.  R.S.O. 1990, c. P.13, s. 20.