Second Session, 44th General Assembly

49 Elizabeth II, 2000

BILL 15

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANDS ACT

Received and Read the First Time
Second Reading
Committee
Third Reading
Royal Assent

HONOURABLE ERNEST MCLEAN

Minister of Government Services And Lands

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend section 7 of the Lands Act with respect to the buffer of Crown land around waterways in the province.

 

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANDS ACT

Analysis

      1. S.7 Amdt.
      Reservation of shoreline

        Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SN1991 c36
as amended


1. Subsection 7(1) of the Lands Act is repealed and the following substituted:


Reservation of shoreline


7. (1) Where Crown lands that border on a lake, pond, river, the seashore or foreshore are granted, leased or licensed under this Part, it is considered, in the absence of an express grant, lease or licence of those Crown lands, that a strip of Crown lands not less than 15 metres wide around and adjoining the lake, pond, seashore or foreshore or along each bank of the river was not intended to pass and did not pass to the grantee, lessee or licensee.

(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where lands are granted, leased or licensed under this Part

      (a) for residential purposes;

      (b) for a purpose referred to in section 9 including the installation of water and sewer works and the construction of public roads by a municipality; or

      (c) for the purpose of a grant, lease or licence under a lease, licence or permit to occupy issued before the coming into force of this subsection,

the strip of Crown lands around and adjoining the lake, pond, seashore or foreshore or along each bank of the river may be no less than 10 metres wide.

ŠEarl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer