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Rouge National Urban Park Act
Parks Canada Agency Act
Canada National Parks Act
First Session, Forty-second Parliament,
64-65-66 Elizabeth II, 2015-2016-2017
STATUTES OF CANADA 2017
CHAPTER 10
An Act to amend the Rouge National Urban Park Act, the Parks Canada Agency Act and the Canada National Parks Act
ASSENTED TO
June 19, 2017
BILL C-18
SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Rouge National Urban Park Act to set out priorities in respect of factors to be considered in the management of the park. Additionally, it adds land to the park. It also amends the Parks Canada Agency Act to allow the New Parks and Historic Sites Account to be used in a broader manner. Finally, it amends the Canada National Parks Act to modify the boundary of Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada.
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64-65-66 Elizabeth II
CHAPTER 10
An Act to amend the Rouge National Urban Park Act, the Parks Canada Agency Act and the Canada National Parks Act
[Assented to 19th June, 2017]
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
2015, c. 10
Rouge National Urban Park Act
1 Section 2 of the Rouge National Urban Park Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
ecological integrity means, with respect to the Park, a condition that is determined to be characteristic of its natural region and likely to persist, including abiotic components and the composition and abundance of native species and biological communities, rates of change and supporting processes. (intégrité écologique)
2 Section 6 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Factors to be considered
6 (1) Maintenance or restoration of ecological integrity, through the protection of natural resources and natural processes, must be the first priority of the Minister when considering all aspects of the management of the Park.
For greater certainty
(2) For greater certainty, subsection (1) does not prevent the carrying out of agricultural activities as provided for in this Act.
3 The schedule to the Act is amended by adding the following after the last paragraph:
Fourthly;
Parcels 1, 2, 3 and 4, Plan 105195 CLSR, being part of Lots 26, 27, 28, 29 and part of the East 3/4 of Lot 30, Concession 8, and part of Lots 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, Concession 9, and all of Lots 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, Concession 10,
containing 773.68 hectares, or 7.7368 square kilometres, more or less;
Fifthly;
Parcels 1 and 2, Plan 105196 CLSR, being part of Lots 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, Concession 9, and all of Lots 21, 22 and 23 and all of South Half of Lot 24, all of North Half of Lot 24, all of West Half of Lot 25 and all of East Part of Lot 25, Concession 10,
containing 678 hectares, or 6.78 square kilometres, more or less;
Sixthly;
Parcel 1, Plan 105197 CLSR, being part of Lot 17 and all of Lots 18, 19 and 20, Concession 10,
containing 217 hectares, or 2.17 square kilometres, more or less.
1998, c. 31
Parks Canada Agency Act
2002, c. 18, s. 38(1)
4 (1) Paragraphs 21(3)(b) and (c) of the Parks Canada Agency Act are replaced by the following:
(b) to acquire any real property or immovables for the purpose of establishing, enlarging or designating, as the case may be, any national park, national historic site, national marine conservation area or other protected heritage area;
(c) to develop or maintain any national park, national historic site, national marine conservation area or other protected heritage area that is being established, enlarged or designated, and to make any related contribution or other payment;
2002, c. 18, s. 38(1)
(2) Subsections 21(4) and (5) of the Act are repealed.
2000, c. 32
Canada National Parks Act
5 The last paragraph of the description of Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Canada National Parks Act is replaced by the following:
Ninthly: in Theoretical Township 112, Range 23, West of the 4th Meridian and in Theoretical Townships 111 and 112, Range 24, West of the 4th Meridian, all that land and land covered with water labelled Garden River Indian Reserve No. 238 as shown on Plan 100429 recorded in the Canada Lands Surveys Records in Ottawa of which a copy is deposited in the Alberta Land Titles Office in Edmonton under Plan Number 1222163, the said Garden River Indian Reserve No. 238 containing 37.41 square kilometres (3 741 hectares), more or less, together with all mines and minerals.
6 Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the French version of the Act is amended by replacing “canton” with “township” in the following provisions of the description of Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada:
(a) the paragraph beginning with “Secondly”;
(b) the paragraph beginning with “Thirdly”;
(c) the paragraph beginning with “Fourthly”;
(d) the paragraph beginning with “Fifthly”;
(e) the paragraph beginning with “Sixthly”; and
(f) the paragraph beginning with “Seventhly”.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
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