THE PUBLIC LANDS AMENDMENT ACT, 1966 



A new section 61a was added to The Public Lands Act to permit the granting 

 of title in cases of sales or free grants of agricultural land where there had been 

 substantial compliance with the conditions of the sale or free grant. 



Section 67 of the Act was amended by adding subsection la which provides 

 for the continuation of existing easements in cases where there is a forfeiture under 

 the section. 



A reservation in letters patent granting a tract of land in the Town of Niagara 

 in the County of Lincoln was declared void. 



This Act came into force on April 6th, 1966. 



THE RAILWAY FIRE CHARGE AMENDMENT ACT, 1966 



A new section 10a was added to The Railway Fire Charge Act to provide 

 that patentees and subsidiaries of railway subsidy land may control and impose 

 fees for hunting or fishing on the lands only in accordance with a system estab- 

 lished or approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 



Clause (ba) was added to section 11 to authorize regulations establishing or 

 approving systems for the use of designated railway lands for hunting or fishing. 



This Act came into force on July 8th, 1966. 



THE WOODLANDS IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1966 



This new Act was passed for the purpose of authorizing the Minister of Lands 

 and Forests to enter into agreements with owners of private lands for the planting 

 of nursery stock and improvement of the woodlands thereon. Section 3 of the 

 Act prohibits the owner of the land who has entered into an agreement from 

 cutting or removing any trees growing on the land covered by the agreement except 

 in accordance with the management programme under the agreement. 



Section 4 provides that where the owner of land enters into an agreement and 

 violates or fails to observe any provisions of the agreement or the Act the Minister 

 may terminate the agreement and may recover the cost of planting of nursery 

 stock or the improvement of the woodlands. 



Paragraph 5 provides for the making of regulations, fixing the cost of planting 

 of nursery stock and the cost of improvment of woodlands, prescribing maximum 

 sums per acre that may be expended and establishing private forest management 

 areas. 



This Act came into force on April 6th, 1966. 



REGULATIONS 



Thirty-four 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, 1965, to March 31st, 1966. 



The following are the regulations which were approved and filed: 



The Forestry Act 



O.Reg. 173/65 — Amending Reg. 185 of —Nurseries. 



R.R.O. 1960 

 The Forest Fires Prevention Act 

 O.Reg. 195/65 — Amending Reg. 184 of — Fire Districts — Chapleau, Lake Sim- 



R.R.O. 1960 coe, Sault Ste. Marie and Tweed. 



O.Reg. 237/65 — Amending Reg. 184 of —Fire Districts — Chapleau. 



R.R.O. 1960 



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