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Bill 111, No More Pits or Quarries in the Greenbelt Act, 2023

Schreiner, Mike

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Greenbelt Act, 2005 to provide that

the Greenbelt Plan is deemed to prohibit any person from applying for an

aggregate permit to operate a new pit or quarry in the Greenbelt Area or

expanding an existing pit or quarry in the Greenbelt Area. A consequential

amendment is made to

section 9 of the Act.

Bill 111 2023

Act to amend the Greenbelt Act, 2005 to provide for a prohibition on pits and quarries

in the Greenbelt Area and make related amendments

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Subsection 1 (1) of the Greenbelt Act, 2005 is

amended by adding the following

definitions:

“pit”

has the same meaning as in the Aggregate Resources Act ;

(“puits d’extraction”)

“quarry”

has the same meaning as in the Aggregate Resources Act .

(“carrière”)

Section 6 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Prohibition

re pits and quarries

(1.1) The

Greenbelt Plan is deemed to prohibit any person from,

(

a) applying

for an aggregate permit to operate a new pit or quarry in the Greenbelt Area;

(

b) expanding

an existing pit or quarry in the Greenbelt Area.

Subsection 9 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “any of the areas

designated as Protected Countryside in the Greenbelt Plan” in the portion

before clause (

a) and substituting “the Greenbelt Area”.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the No More Pits or Quarries in the Greenbelt Act, 2023 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

May 17, 2023

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

May 17, 2023

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

May 17, 2023

Carried