The Wood Bull Guides

(1) The County of Oxford may exercise all the powers of a lower-tier municipality under this Act, and no lower-tier municipality in the County of Oxford shall, except as provided in this section, exercise any powers under this Act.  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 28.

(2) The council of each lower-tier municipality in the County of Oxford shall be deemed to be a committee of adjustment.  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 28.

(3) A lower-tier municipality in the County of Oxford may exercise the powers provided in section 28, except under subsection 28 (12), and in sections 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46 and 69.  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 28; 2006, c. 23, s. 29 (1).

(3.1) If a lower-tier municipality passes a by-law constituting and appointing a committee of adjustment under subsection 44 (1), subsection (2) of this section ceases to apply to the council of the lower-tier municipality on the day the by-law comes into force, except with respect to matters that, on that day, are before the council and have not been finally disposed of.  2006, c. 23, s. 29 (2).

(4) Despite subsection (3), if there is a conflict between a by-law passed by the County of Oxford and a by-law passed by a lower-tier municipality in the exercise of a power under subsection (3), the by-law of the County of Oxford prevails.  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 28.

(5) Subsection 54 (1) does not apply to the County of Oxford and the County of Oxford may be or may constitute and appoint a land division committee for the purpose of giving consents under this Act.  2002, c. 17, Sched. B, s. 28.