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:

This Bill adds a definition of "wetland".

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.