NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 79/25

Restricted Travel Area Order
under the
 Forestry Act

(Filed August 13, 2025)

Under the authority of section 93 of the Forestry Act, I make the following Order.

Dated at St. John’s, August 13, 2025.

Jamie Chippett
Deputy Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

ORDER

Analysis

        1.   Short title

        2.   Definitions

        3.   Restricted travel area

        4.   Exception

        5.   Use of off-road vehicle to exit restricted travel area

        6.   Duration of order

Short title

        1. This Order may be cited as the Restricted Travel Area Order.

Definitions

        2. In this Order,

             (a)  "off-road vehicle" means off-road vehicle as defined in the Off-Road Vehicles Act; and

             (b)  "restricted travel area" means the area described in section 3.

Restricted travel area

        3. All forest land in the province is a restricted travel area.

Exception

        4. Notwithstanding section 3, a person may travel through or be in a restricted travel area except while operating an off-road vehicle when the fire weather index is high, very high or extreme.

Use of off-road vehicle to exit restricted travel area

        5. Notwithstanding section 4, for the purposes of exiting a restricted travel area, a person may, on or before 11:59 on August 15, 2025, operate an off-road vehicle through or in a restricted travel area when the fire weather index is high, very high or extreme where

             (a)  the person is in a restricted travel area on the coming into force of this Order; and

             (b)  the operation of an off-road vehicle is required for the person to exit the restricted travel area.

Duration of order

        6. This Order remains in effect until 11:59 p.m. on August 17, 2025.

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