(1)  A council, by an absolute majority, may resolve to adopt any model by-law which has not been disallowed under section 171 .

(2)  The council must adopt the whole of the model by-law.

(3)  The resolution adopting the model by-law may provide for the repeal of any other by-law dealing with any of the matters provided for by the model by-law.

(4)  The council must cause a notice to be published in the Gazette that a model by-law has been adopted by the council.

(5)  A model by-law that is adopted by a council has, on and from the date on which notice is given under subsection (4) in relation to the model by-law, effect, according to the terms of the model by-law, as if it were a by-law made by the council, except that sections 162 and 164 do not apply in relation to it.

(5A)  If a model by-law (the amending model by-law ) amends another model by-law that has been adopted by a council, the amending model by-law –

(a) is, on and from the date on which notice is given under section 171(5) that the amending model by-law has not been disallowed, to be taken to be a model by-law adopted by the council; and

(b) despite section 163 , commences on the day on which it is published in accordance with section 153 .

(5B)  A council that adopts, or is to be taken under subsection (5A) to have adopted, a model by-law is to affix its common seal to 2 copies of the model by-law and is to forward one of them to the Director.

(6)  A council, by an absolute majority, may resolve to repeal any model by-laws adopted by the council.

(7)  The repeal of a model by-law is to be notified in the Gazette .