BILL NO. 109

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006

Private Member's Bill

Wilderness Areas Protection Act
(amended)

John MacDonell
Hants East

First Reading: May 11, 2006

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Clause 1 repeals a subsection in the Wilderness Areas Protection Act that permits the Minister of Environment and Labour to issue licences permitting use of a vehicle or bicycle on a trail or route within a wilderness area in certain circumstances.

Clause 2 restricts the Minister's power to issue to a holder of an interest in a campsite lease a licence to use a vehicle in a wilderness area so that a licence may only be issued for the purpose of removing campsite structures.

1 Subsection 23(5) of Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1998, the Wilderness Areas Protection Act, is repealed.

2 Section 25 of Chapter 27 is amended by adding immediately after subsection (4) the following subsection:

(5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the Minister may only issue a licence permitting use of a vehicle to the holder of an interest referred to in clause (1)(d) for the purpose of removing campsite structures.