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First
Session, 45th General Assembly 53
Elizabeth II, 2004 |
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BILL 46 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE FORESTRY
ACT |
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Received and Read the First Time................................................................................................... |
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Second |
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Committee............................................................................................................................................ |
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Third |
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Royal Assent...................................................................................................................................... |
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HONOURABLE
EDWARD J. BYRNE Minister
of Natural Resources |
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Ordered
to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
EXPLANATORY NOTES Clause 1 of the Bill would add the definition of the word "parcel" to section 2 of the Forestry Act. Clause 2 of the Bill would add a subsection 6(3) to the Act to allow a variation in the annual allowable cut of timber provided that the average cut over a 5 year period remains as approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council for that period. Clause 3 of the Bill would add a subsection 9(2) to the Act to allow the minister to combine parcels for the purpose of establishing an annual allowable cut of timber. Clause 4 of the Bill would add a subsection 12.1 to the Act to allow the minister to direct the sale of timber cut from lands acquired by the Crown under an exchange agreement. Clause 5 of the Bill would add a subsection 15(2) to the Act to allow the minister to impose a first offer refusal system for the sale of timber cut under a Crown timber licence. Clause 6 of the Bill would add a subsection 22(2) to the Act to allow the minister to impose a first offer refusal system for the sale of timber cut under a timber sale agreement. Clause 7 of the Bill would add a subsection 27(8) to the Act to allow the minister to impose a first offer refusal system for the sale of timber cut under a cutting permit Clause 8 of the Bill would add a regulatory section 38.1 to the Act to allow the minister to make regulations respecting a right of first refusal system as referred to at clauses 4, 5 and 6 and respecting the directed sale of timber as referred to in clause 4. Clause 9 of the Bill would amend the definition of the word "parcel" in paragraph 39(d) of the Act so as to distinguish its application to Part III of the Act from the general application of the definition added under clause 1. A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE FORESTRY ACT Analysis 1.
S.2 Amdt. 2. S.6 Amdt. 3.
S.9 Amdt. 4. S.12.1 Added 5. S.15 Amdt. 6. S.22 Amdt. 7. S.27 Amdt. 8. S.38.1 Added 9.
S.39 Amdt.
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