Soil Drifting Control Act (R.S.S. 1978, c. S-54). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Saskatchewan Document type Legislation Date 1978 (1990) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act respecting the control of tillage operations. Subject Land & soil Keyword Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Erosion Abandoned land/unoccupied land Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Entry into force notes The present Act enters into force on 26 February 1979. Abstract The present Act lays down provisions relating to the control of tillage operations. Section 2 establishes that the Council of a Rural Municipality may, and shall on a receipt of a petition signed by forty resident ratepayers requesting the council to do so, pass a bylaw providing for the regulation and control of tillage practices which, in the opinion of the Council, are liable to cause rapid soil deterioration by wind erosion. The text - consisting of 12 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following matters: power of council to pass by-law, unoccupied or abandoned land, failure to comply with order and penalties. Full text English Website www.qp.gov.sk.ca