The appellant municipalities appealed a decision quashing a by-law passed by the upper-tier municipality to assume police services.
The by-law required a triple majority approval under the Municipal Act to come into force.
Although a majority of local municipalities consented, their consents were conditional on a specific cost allocation method.
The Court of Appeal held that these conditional consents did not satisfy the statutory requirement.
Therefore, the by-law never came into force and was validly repealed by the upper-tier municipality.
The appeal was dismissed.
