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NEWFOUNDLAND AND

LABRADOR

REGULATION 62/09

Main River Special Management Area Regulations

under the

Lands Act

(O.C. 2009-213)

Amended by:

2021 cO-5.1 s48

NEWFOUNDLAND

AND

LABRADOR

REGULATION 62/09

Main River Special Management Area Regulations

under the

Lands Act

(O.C. 2009-213)

(Filed July 15, 2009

Under the authority of sections 58, 59 and 60 of the Lands Act,

the Lieutenant-Governor in Council

makes the following Regulations.

Dated at St. Johns

, July 15, 2009

Sandra Barnes

Deputy Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

Short title

Definitions

Application

Purpose

Land restrictions

Forestry

Mining

Motor vehicles prohibited

ATV trails & use

Scientific research

Hunting and fishing permitted

Short title

These Regulations may be cited as the Main River Special Management Area Regulations

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Definitions

In these regulations

(a)

"special management area" means the Main River Special Management Area;

(b)

"structure" means an artificial construction intended to be permanent or semi-permanent in nature and includes a

(

i) house,

(ii)

cottage,

(iii)

cabin,

(iv)

wharf,

(

v) dock,

(vi)

boathouse,

(vii)

slipway,

(viii)

trailer,

(ix)

mobile home,

(

x) tent,

(xi)

tent platform, and

(xii)

recreational vehicle used for any purpose, including a motor vehicle.

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Application

These regulations apply throughout the special management area.

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Purpose

Maintenance of the ecological and viewshed integrity of the special management area so as to maintain the natural and recreational values of the Main

River

Canadian

Heritage

River

shall be the first priority in the consideration of any use of the special management area.

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Land restrictions

(1)Crown lands and public land, as defined in the Lands Act

, shall not be conveyed, leased or licensed within the special management area without the prior consent of the minister responsible for the special management area.

(2) Where the minister responsible for a special management area is the minister responsible for the Lands Act

, the consent of the minister personally is required for a conveyance, lease or licence of public land located within the special management area.

(3) A structure shall not be constructed within the special management area without the prior consent of the minister responsible for the special management area.

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Forestry

(1) Forest

harvesting is permitted in accordance with the relevant forest management plan approved by the minister responsible for forest resources, but clear-cutting is prohibited within the special management area.

(2) The construction of forest access roads within the special management area shall be in accordance with the relevant forest management plan approved by the minister responsible for forest resources.

(3) Forest

access roads within the special management area shall be decommissioned and rehabilitated on a sequential basis as the roads cease to be required for the harvesting of timber, in accordance with the relevant forest management plan approved by the minister responsible for forest resources.

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Mining

Mining and mineral exploration is prohibited within the special management area.

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Motor vehicles prohibited

A person shall not operate a motor vehicle in the special management area unless

(

a) that person is an authorized government employee in the course of his or her duties;

(

b) the motor vehicle is lawfully being operated on a provincial highway that intersects the special management area;

(

c) the motor vehicle is lawfully being operated on a roadway or other highway that has been designated by the minister for that purpose;

(

d) the motor vehicle is operated in a part of the special management area designated by the minister for that purpose; or

(

e) that person operates a motor vehicle under the authority of a written permit from the minister.

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ATV trails & use

(1)A person shall not operate an all-terrain vehicle as defined in the Off-Road Vehicles Act

within the special management area except:

(

a) an authorized government employee in the course of his or her duties;

(

b) a person who has obtained a written permit from the minister.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a person may operate a motorized snow vehicle, commonly known as a snowmobile, within the special management area.

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Scientific research

(1)A person shall not conduct scientific research in the special management area unless he or she has obtained a written permit to do so from the minister.

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Hunting and fishing permitted

(1)Hunting in accordance with the Wild Life Act

or the Migratory Birds Convention Act

( Canada

) or regulations made under these Acts is permitted within the special management area.

(2) Fishing or angling in accordance with the Wild Life Act

or the Fisheries Act

( Canada

) or the regulations made under those Acts, is permitted within the special management area.

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