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Third
Session, 48th General Assembly 68 Elizabeth II, 2019 |
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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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Royal Assent................................................................................................. |
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HONOURABLE GERRY BYRNE Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources |
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Ordered to be printed by
the Honourable House of Assembly |
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EXPLANATORY NOTES This Bill would amend the Forestry Act to exempt holders of agricultural Crown land leases from the requirement to obtain a commercial cutting permit to clear land where the timber cut is not offered for sale or barter.
A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE FORESTRY ACT Analysis 1.
S.14.1 Added Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: RSNL1990 cF-23 1. The Forestry Act is amended by adding immediately after section 14 the following: Agricultural Crown land leases 14.1 Notwithstanding section 14, where an area of Crown lands is leased on the condition that it be used for an agricultural purpose under section 3 of the Lands Act, the holder of the lease is not required to obtain a cutting permit to clear that land provided that the timber cut is not offered for sale or barter. ©Queen's Printer |