(1) If the Minister considers that 1 or both of the grounds in subsection (2) exist, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette,—
(a) appoint a Commissioner to perform and exercise a local authority's responsibilities, duties, and powers; or
(b) call a general election of the local authority; or
(c) both.
(2) The grounds are that the local authority—
(a) is unable to perform and exercise its duties and powers under this Act or any other enactment because it cannot hold meetings owing to the lack of a quorum; or
(b) requests the appointment of a Commissioner to perform and exercise its duties and powers under this Act and any other enactment.
(3) The Minister must send to the local authority a copy of a notice published under subsection (1).
(4) The Minister may appoint a Commissioner on such terms and conditions as the Minister thinks fit.
(5) Clauses 16 to 19 of Schedule 15 apply, with all necessary modifications, to a Commissioner appointed under this section as if the Commissioner were a commission appointed under clause 14 of that schedule.
(6) Every reference in this Act and every other enactment to a local authority is to be read as including a Commissioner appointed under this section.
Compare: 1974 No 66 s 721