(b) conducting litigation 



(c) conveyancing 



(d) representing the Department as Counsel in Provincial Land Tax Appeals 



(e) settlement of claims and disputes including grievances of department 



employees 



(f) title searching 



LEGISLATION 



At the Session of the Legislature, which convened on the 29th day of October, 

 1963 and prorogued on the 8th day of May, 1964, amendments were made to 

 The Crown Timber Act, The Game and Fish Act, 1961-62, The Killarney Recrea- 

 tional Reserve Act, 1962-63 and The Trees Act. With the exception of the 

 amendment to section 36 of The Crown Timber Act, which amendment is effective 

 April 1st, 1965, the amendments to the Acts came into force on March 25th, 1964. 



NOTES ON LEGISLATION 



The Crown Timber Amendment Act, 1964 



Section 1 of The Crown Timber Act was amended to provide definitions of 

 productive lands and professional forester. 



Subsection 4 of section 2 of the Act was amended to clarify the intent of the 

 section. 



Subsection la was added to section 3 of the Act to provide for a one-year 

 renewal of a licence granted with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in 

 Council. A complementary amendment was made to subsection 2 of section 3. 



Subsection 1 of section 6 of the Act was re-written to provide that a licence 

 shall state the total area, the productive area and unproductive area. 



Section 24 of the Act was re-written to provide for management plans which 

 must be prepared under the supervision of and certified by a professional forester. 

 The Minister will determine whether a licensee shall file a management plan or an 

 operating plan. Management plans or operating plans may be approved as submitted 

 or changed with such alterations as the Minister deems advisable. Operations on 

 licensed areas shall be conducted in accordance with the approved plan. Where a 

 plan is not submitted within the fixed time the plan may be prepared by the 

 Minister at the expense of the licensee. 



Subsection 2 of section 25 and subsections 1 and 2 of section 26 were amended 

 to bring them in line with the new requirements for plans. 



Section 31 of the Act was re-enacted to authorize a manual of management 

 plan requirements prescribing the method of preparing management plans, operat- 

 ing plans, inventories and forms. 



Subsections 2 and 3 of section 36 were amended to provide for three-year 

 terms for scalers licences. 



Subsection 1 of section 45 was enlarged to require a mill licence to recon- 

 struct a mill. Subsection 2 was re-enacted to provide that a licence shall not be 

 granted unless the applicant has, in the opinion of the Minister, a sufficient supply 

 of logs or wood bolts. 



Section 46, dealing with provincial forests, was repealed. 



The minimum penalties under clause j of section 47 were reduced to $25 on 

 a first offence and $50 on a subsequent offence. 



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