Act (Canada) that is permitted to control, manage and expend its revenue monies 

 under section 68 of that Act. 



THE PROVINCIAL PARKS AMENDMENT ACT, 1962-63 



Subsection 1 of section 11 of The Provincial Parks Act was amended to 

 permit the district forester or superintendent in charge of a provincial park to open 

 or close to travel any portage in the provincial park. 



THE PUBLIC LANDS AMENDMENT ACT, 1962-63 



Section 61b was added to The Public Lands Act. Subsection 1 provides that 

 unless the Minister otherwise directs, every patent, lease or licence of occupation 

 issued under this Act shall contain a provision to the effect that the surface rights 

 in any public or colonization road or any highway crossing the land granted, leased 

 or licensed, are exempt therefrom. Subsection 2 provides that every patent, lease 

 or licence of occupation issued under the Act shall reserve to the Crown such per- 

 centage, if any, of the surface rights of the land as the Minister deems necessary 

 for road purposes. Subsection 3 provides that where there were reservations of 

 percentages for road purposes and the rights have not been exercised before the 

 1st day of May, 1963, the reservation shall be deemed to be a reservation of the 

 surface rights only. 



Effective Dates 



With the exception of The Conservation Authorities Amendment Act, 1962- 

 63, The Game and Fish Amendment Act, 1962-63 and The Grand River Conser- 

 vation Amendment Act, 1962-63, the Statutes came into force on Royal Assent. 

 With the exception of The Parks Assistance Amendment Act, 1962-63 and The 

 Lakes and Rivers Improvement Amendment Act, 1962-63, which received Royal 

 A^ssent on December 20th, 1962, the date of Royal Assent was April 26th, 1963. 

 Fxcept the amendment to section 35 of The Conservation Authorities Act, The 

 Conservation Authorities Amendment Act, 1962-63, came into effect on April 

 26th, 1963. The exception was deemed to come into force on January 1st, 1963. 

 The amendment to The Grand River Conservation Act, 1938, came into force on 

 January 1st, 1963. The Game and Fish Amendment Act, 1962-63, came into 

 force on Proclamation. By a Proclamation dated May 30th, 1963, this Act and 

 The Game and Fish Act, 1961-62, were proclaimed as of the 1st day of June, 

 1963. 



REGULATIONS 



44 regulations made under the authority of the Statutes administered by the 

 Department of Lands and Forests were approved and filed during the fiscal year 

 from April 1st, 1962 to March 31st, 1963. The following are the regulations which 

 were approved and filed: 



The Conservation Authorities Act 



O.Reg. 80/62 — New — Fill — Grand Valley Conservation 



Authority 

 O.Reg. 95/62 — New — Fill — Sydenham Valley 



Conservation Authority 

 O.R«g. 96/62 — New — Fill — MaJtitagami Valley 



Conservation Authority 



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