BILL NO. 80
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
Environment Act
(amended)
Leo Glavine
Kings West
First Reading: May 10, 2006
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill adds a definition of "wetland".
An Act to Amend Chapter 1
of the Acts of 1994-95,
the Environment Act
1 Section 3 of the Acts of 1994-95, the Environment Act, as amended by Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2001, is further amended by
(a) striking out the period at the end of clause (bf) and substituting a semicolon; and
(b) adding immediately after clause (bf) the following clause:
(bg) "wetland" means land that is saturated with water for a period of time long enough to promote wetland or aquatic processes that are evidenced by poorly drained soils, hydrophytic vegetation and biological activities adapted to a wet environment.
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