p44 s1 bill 26 b026 e corr.pdf

Ontario — Bills

1ST SESSION, 44TH LEGISLATURE, ONTARIO CHARLES III, 2025 Bill

An Act to amend the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 Mr. A. Dowie Private Member’s Bill 1st Reading May 26, 2025 2nd Reading 3rd Reading Royal Assent Bill

An Act to amend the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1 (1) Subsection 8 (1) of the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 is amended by adding the following paragraphs: 7. Adventure Class Parks. 8. Urban Class Parks. 9. Such other class of parks as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(2) Section of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections: Objectives: adventure class parks

(8) The objective of adventure class parks is to provide opportunities for outdoor recreational activities that may or may not require alterations to the natural environment, including activities such as rock climbing, tree-top trekking, mountain biking and driving snowmobiles or all-terrain vehicles. Objectives: urban class parks

(9) The objective of urban class parks is to improve access to compatible nature -based recreation in or near urban centres. 2 Subsection 54 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause: (0.

a) prescribing classes of parks for the purpose of subsection 8 (1) and specifying the objectives of each prescribed class; Commencement This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title The

short title of this Act is the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Amendment Act, 2025. _______ _______ EXP LANATORY NOTE The Bill amends the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 to add two new classes of provincial parks: (

a) Urban Class Parks, the objective of which is to improve access to compatible nature-based recreation in or near urban centres; and (

b) Adventure Class Parks, the objective of which is to provide opportunities for outdoor recreational activities that may or may not require alterations to the natural environment, including activities such as rock climbing, tree - top trekking, mountain biking and driving snowmobiles or all-terrain vehicles. The Bill also authorizes the Lieutenant Governor in Coun cil to make regulations adding new classes of provincial parks and specifying objectives for such parks.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	p44 s1 bill 26 b026 e corr.pdf
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p44 s1 bill 26 b026 e corr.pdf
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	4fa1daee4c67c4a5c8bc5865d040e3762a7589a0

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