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Chapter 34 (not in force provisions only current as of May 1, 2021) FORESTS (GROWING ALBERTA’S FOREST SECTOR) AMENDMENT ACT, 2020

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1 FORESTS (GROWING ALBERTA’S FOREST SECTOR) AMENDMENT ACT, 2020

Chapter 34 HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cF-22 1 The Forests Act is amended by this Act. 6

Section 5 is amended (

b) by adding the following after clause (f): (

g) prescribing standard clauses for the purposes of

section 16(1.1); (

h) respecting matters that m ust be addressed in a forest management agreement under

section 16(1.1)(b); (

i) respecting transitional ma tters arising as a result of changes to the prescribed standard clauses referred to in clause (g). 11

Section 16 is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) A forest management agreement (

a) is deemed to include the s tandard clauses set out in the regulations, (

b) must include clauses addressing the matters set out in the regulations, and (

c) may include any other clauses negotiated between the parties.

Section 23

Chapter 34 2 FORESTS (GROWING ALBERTA’S FOREST SECTOR) AMENDMENT ACT, 2020 23 The following is added after

section 76: Transitional 77(1) If a forest management agreement is entered into before the coming into force of

section 16(1.1),

section 16(1.1) does not apply to that forest management agreement.

(2) If negotiations in respect of a forest management agreement have commenced but no forest management agreement has been entered into in respect of those negotiations before the coming into force of

section 16(1.1),

section 16(1.1) applies to any forest management agreement that is entered into as a result of those negotiations on or after the coming into force of that section. 24(1) This Act, except sections 6(b), 11 and 23, has effect on May 1, 2021.

(2) Sections 6(b), 11 and 23 come into force on Proclamation.

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