BILL NO. 74
(as passed, with amendments)
2nd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
59 Elizabeth II, 2010
Land Titles Clarification Act
(amended)
CHAPTER 55 OF THE ACTS OF 2010
The Honourable John MacDonell
Minister of Natural Resources
First Reading: October 29, 2010 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: November 1, 2010
Third Reading: November 25, 2010 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)
Royal Assent: December 10, 2010
An Act to Amend Chapter 250
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Land Titles Clarification Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Section 8 of Chapter 250 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Land Titles Clarification Act, is repealed and the following Section substituted:
(2) The Minister shall make or cause to be made such independent investigation as is required in the opinion of the Minister to determine whether or not the applicant has been adversely affected.
(3) Where the independent investigation determines that the applicant has been adversely affected, the Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council and subject to subsection (4), pay to the applicant such compensation as the Minister considers fair in the circumstances.
(4) The compensation must not exceed the value of the land at the time the certificate of title was filed.
(a) the nature and extent of the current and historical usage of the land; and
(b) any other information the Crown determines necessary to be satisfied that title has been extinguished.
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