Clause a of section 25 of the Act was amended to delete the requirement 

 that a licensee shall file with the Minister an annual statement of measures to 

 be taken to promote and maintain the productivity of the licence area. Subsection 

 4 was replaced by a subsection authorizing the Minister to enter into agreements 

 for such promotion and maintenance. 



The Fish Inspection Amendment Act, 1961-62 



Section 13 of The Fish Inspection Act was amended by adding thereto 

 clause aa which provides for regulations prohibiting or regulating the marketing 

 of fish that are not inspected or that are below any prescribed grade, quality or 

 standard and to provide that any regulation made under the section may be 

 limited to area, species of fish, time or otherwise. 



The Forest Fires Prevention Amendment Act, 1961-62 



Subsection 1 of section 14 of The Forest Fires Prevention Act was amended 

 to provide for agreements with the Crown in right of Canada or any Province 

 of Canada and any agency of any of them. Subsection 2 of the said section 14 

 was repealed. 



The Forestry Amendment Act, 1961-62 



Qause c of section 1 of The Forestry Act was amended by striking out 

 of the definition of "owner" the words "and includes the holder of a licence 

 under The Crown Timber Act." 



The Provincial Parks Amendment Act, 1961-62 



Section 9 of The Provincial Parks Act was amended to add "conservation 

 officers" to the list of officers who have, in a provincial park, the authority of a 

 member of the Ontario Provincial Police Force. 



The Public Lands Amendment Act, 1961-62 



Section 2a was added to The PubHc Lands Act to confirm the policy that 

 25 per cent of the remaining public lands that border on bodies of water shall 

 be set aside and preserved for recreational and access purposes. 



Section 9 of the Act was amended to provide that the Minister would file 

 the annual report with the Lieutenant Governor in Council and lay it before the 

 Assembly. 



Subsection 1 of section 15 was re-enacted to extend the zoning principle 

 to all public lands. 



Subsection 1 of section 17 of the Act was re-enacted to provide for supple- 

 mental regulations respecting the terms and conditions of sale or lease of pubhc 

 lands. New subsection la authorizes the Minister to fix terms and conditions in 

 addition to those required by the regulations. By subsection 3a the Minister was 

 authorized to dispose of lands not disposed of by public auction or tender. 



Subsection 2 was added to section 25 to permit the extension of the time 

 for the performance of conditions of sale or leases in accordance with regulations. 



Section 26 dealing with the taking of possession of public lands occupied 

 without authority was re-enacted for the purpose of strengthening these 

 procedures. 



Section 67a was added to the Act to provide that the use of a public beach 

 for travel is not sufficient to make it a highway. 



Section 73 of the Act which deals with one-quarter of land subdivided 

 within five years of the Crown grant was re-enacted to strengthen the provisions 

 of the section. 



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