BILL NO. 129
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
59 Elizabeth II, 2010
Wilderness Areas Protection Act
(amended)
Jamie Baillie
Cumberland South
First Reading: December 3, 2010
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Notes
Clause 1 allows for off-highway vehicle use on existing trails within a designated wilderness area and requires that management plans for wilderness areas be enacted and adopted within twelve months of this Bill receiving Royal Assent.
Clause 2 allows persons holding renewable leases and licences to access camps or cottages to renew those leases and licences.
An Act to Amend Chapter 27
of the Acts of 1998,
the Wilderness Areas Protection Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1998, the Wilderness Areas Protection Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 23 the following Section:
(2) The Minister shall cause public consultations to be held with the persons and stakeholders who use, or reside within the region of, a wilderness area to
(a) determine the number and location of
(b) develop a management plan for each wilderness area; and
(c) designate traditional roads, routes and trails for use by off-highway vehicles.
(3) The management plan developed pursuant to subsection (2) must be enacted and adopted within twelve months of this Section coming into force.
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