Environment Act (amended)

BILL NO. 245

(as introduced)

1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
54 Elizabeth II, 2005

Private Member's Bill

Environment Act
(amended)

Leo Glavine
Kings West

First Reading: October 18, 2005

(Explanatory Note)

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

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

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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