11.1. A local municipality may enter into any agreement provided for in this Act with a regional county municipality whose territory is contiguous to that of the regional county municipality on whose council its mayor sits if such local municipality cannot, in given circumstances,(1) establish a local municipal court;
(2) enter into an agreement to establish a common municipal court with a local municipality whose territory is situated in the territory of the same regional county municipality or the same urban community or with the regional county municipality;
(3) join in an existing agreement.
Such an agreement may also be entered into with a local municipality whose territory is comprised in that of another regional county municipality or of an urban community where such territory is contiguous to the territory of the regional county municipality on whose council the mayor of the local municipality referred to in the first paragraph sits.
The municipality concerned may also join in an existing agreement.
The provisions of this section also apply to a regional county municipality that, for the purposes of its jurisdiction, wishes to enter into an agreement with a contiguous regional county municipality or a local municipality forming part of a contiguous regional county municipality or to join in an existing agreement.
The provisions of this section do not apply if the other prescriptions contained in this Act are not complied with.
1993, c. 62, s. 4; 1996, c. 2, s. 611; 1998, c. 30, s. 1.