Third Session, 44th General Assembly

50 Elizabeth II, 2001

BILL 30

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANDS ACT

Received and Read the First Time

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

HONOURABLE WALTER NOEL

Minister of Government Services and Lands

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Clause 1 of the Bill would amend

section 5 of the Lands Act to change the word "grant" to the word "issue".

Clause 2 of the Bill would amend subsection 17(2) of the Act to change the word "granted" to the word "issued".

Clause 3 of the Bill would amend subsection 39(1) of the Act to allow the Provincial Court and another court of competent jurisdiction to be points of registration for certificates respecting Crown land issued under the Act. Presently the only court referred to is the Supreme Court.

Clause 4 of the Bill would repeal and replace

section 55 of the Act to permit the minister to dispose of Crown lands that have been reacquired by the minister, in accordance with the Act without requiring the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANDS ACT

Analysis

1. S.5 Amdt.

Easement

2. S.17 Amdt.

Correction of error

3. S.39 Amdt.

Certificate of minister

4. S.55 R&S

Lands reconveyed to Crown

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SN1991 c36

as amended

Section 5 of the Lands Act is amended by deleting the word "grant" and substituting the word "issue".

2. Subsection 17(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the word "granted" the second time that it occurs and substituting the word "issued".

3. Subsection 39(1) of the Act is amended by adding immediately after the word "Court" a comma and the words "the Provincial Court and another court of competent jurisdiction".

Section 55 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Lands reconveyed to Crown

55. Where lands leased, granted, licensed or disposed of under

Part I or a predecessor Act or transferred under this Part or a predecessor Act are conveyed to and vested in or transferred to or acquired by the minister, those lands shall be considered to be Crown lands and may be granted, leased, licensed, transferred, disposed of or dealt with under

Part I or this

Part in the same manner as other lands to which

Part I or this Part applies.

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