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Forest Improvement Act (Chapter 114).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Nova Scotia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1968
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Photocopy, 10 pp.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Public forest Forestry protection measures Timber extraction/logging Internal trade Credit Protected area Institution
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Act creates the Provincial Forest Practices Improvement Board for Nova Scotia as well as the Timber Loan Board. Purchase for commercial purposes of primary forest products requires a buyer's certificate of registration (sect. 2). The Minister may designate and describe forest districts for the purposes of this Act (sect. 6). The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint for any forest district a Forest Improvement Practices Board (sect. 7). Sections 10-12 deal with felling for commercial purposes. (19 sections)

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Implemented by

Regulations made pursuant to Section 13 of the Forest Improvement Act (Chapter 7, Statutes of Nova Scotia 1965).

Legislation | Canada | 1965

Keyword: Institution, Public forest, Timber extraction/logging, Authorization/permit, Forest management/forest conservation

Source: FAO, FAOLEX