Section 1 definitions of "forests and range ministry statutes" and "forestry statutes" BEFORE amended by 2011-18-30, effective November 14, 2011.
"forests and range ministry statutes" means the Forest Act and the Forest and Range Practices Act and includes the regulations under the Forest Act and the regulations under the Forest and Range Practices Act;
"specified enactment" means a provision of the forests and range ministry statutes, pertaining to the forest resources of the Crown, that is designated by regulation under section 4;
Section 1 definitions of "Crown Timber" and "private land" were added by 2011-18-31, effective November 14, 2011.
Section 1 definition of "tourism minister" BEFORE repealed by 2011-18-31, effective November 14, 2011.
"tourism minister" means the minister responsible for the Tourism Act and includes a delegate, under section 2, of the tourism minister.
Section 2 (1) BEFORE amended by 2011-18-32, effective November 14, 2011.
(1) The tourism minister, by conditional or unconditional written authority, may delegate the tourism minister's powers and duties under this Act to an employee in the ministry of the tourism minister.
Section 3 BEFORE amended by 2011-18-30,33, effective November 14, 2011.
Minister's responsibilities under specified enactments
3 (1) In relation to a controlled recreation area or an all seasons resort in a controlled recreation area, the tourism minister, instead of any official referred to in a specified enactment,
(a) has all the powers pertaining to a discretion, function or duty referred to in the specified enactment, and
(b) is charged with all the responsibilities pertaining to that discretion, function or duty.
(2) Each of the tourism minister's powers, discretions, functions and duties under a specified enactment applies only in controlled recreation areas.
(3) The exercise of the powers conferred on the tourism minister by this section, the carrying out of each discretion, function and duty under a specified enactment and the responsibilities with which the tourism minister is charged under this section remain subject in all respects to whichever of the forests and range ministry statutes contains the specified enactment.
Section 4 (2) BEFORE amended by 2011-18-30,34, effective November 14, 2011.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) designating Crown land as a controlled recreation area, cancelling such a designation or amending the boundaries of a controlled recreation area, and
(b) subject to subsection (3), designating any provision of the forests and range ministry statutes as a specified enactment for the purposes of this Act.