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| (1) For each area within the administrative limits of a local authority, there shall be constituted an Advisory Board consisting of-
| | (a) if the local authority is a Municipal Council, the Mayor, or in his absence, the Deputy Mayor, or if the local authority is other than a Municipal Council, the Chairman, or in his absence, the Vice-Chairman of that local authority; | | |
| | (b) the Medical Officer of Health, or the officer in charge of the sanitation, of the local authority; | | |
| | (c) the Assistant Commissioner of Local Government of the Region in which the local authority is situated; | | |
| | (d) if the local authority is a Municipal Council, the Government Town Planner or his authorized representative, or, if the local authority is other than a Municipal Council, the Executive Engineer for the area within the administrative limits of that local authority; and | | |
| | (e) a member of that local authority elected to serve on the Advisory Board on a resolution passed in that behalf at a duly constituted meeting of that local authority. | | |
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| (2) An Advisory Board shall advise the local authority on all matters relating to the execution of housing schemes by that local authority and to the determination of the persons to whom houses to which this Act applies shall be let and on any other matter on which the local authority requires advice. |
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| (3) A local authority shall act on the advice of the Advisory Board and any disagreement on any matter between the local authority and the Board shall be referred to the Minister for his decision and such decision shall be binding on the local authority. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts