BILL NO. 154

(as introduced)

1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
56 Elizabeth II, 2007



Private Member's Bill



An Act to Amend Chapter 179
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Forests Act, Respecting Watercourses



Leo Glavine
Kings West



First Reading: March 27, 2007

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

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Explanatory Note

This Bill requires the establishment of a special management zone of 50 metres along the boundaries of a watercourse where the average width of a watercourse on or adjacent to forest land on which a forestry operation is carried out is equal to or greater than 50 centimetres.

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An Act to Amend Chapter 179
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Forests Act, Respecting Watercourses

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Chapter 179 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Forests Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 9 the following Section:

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