Forest Land Use and Management Regulations (Alta Reg. 197/76)

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The official Statutes and Regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpreting and applying the law. (Consolidated up to 27/2010) ALBERTA REGULATION 197/76 Public Lands Act FOREST LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1 In these regulations, (a) repealed AR 27/2010 s2; (b) “motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle as defined in the Traffic Safety Act; (c) “off-highway vehicle” means an off-highway vehicle as defined in section 117 of the Traffic Safety Act; (d) “Park” means the Willmore Wilderness Park established pursuant to the Willmore Wilderness Park Act. AR 197/76 s1;221/2004;27/2010 2 The lands described in the Appendix are set aside for recreational use. AR 197/76 s2 3 No person shall operate an off-highway vehicle or a motor vehicle on any land described in the Appendix, without the permission of the director. AR 197/76 s3;27/2010 4(1) The director may by order in writing restrict or prohibit, for any specified period of time, entry into all or any part of the lands described in the Appendix. (2) No person shall enter any part of the lands described in the Appendix in contravention of an order made by the director pursuant to subsection (1). AR 197/76 s4;27/2010 5 Subject to section 6, no person shall operate an off-highway vehicle or a motor vehicle or land an aircraft within the boundaries of the Park. AR 197/76 s5 Section 6 AR 197/76 FOREST LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 2 6(1) A person may operate an off-highway vehicle or a motor vehicle or land an aircraft in the Park (a) to transport persons or equipment employed by the Government of Alberta (i) for the prevention or extinguishing of a forest fire, or (ii) in the course of management of a natural resource, (b) to transport persons or equipment to do work authorized by the director, or (c) to remove a seriously ill or seriously injured person. (2) The director may give written permission to any person to use an off-highway vehicle or a motor vehicle or land an aircraft within any area of the Park in connection with a use not set out in subsection (1). AR 197/76 s6;27/2010 7(1) The Minister may by order in writing restrict or prohibit entry into all or any part of the Park. (2) No person shall enter any part of the Park in contravention of an order made by the Minister pursuant to subsection (1). AR 197/76 s7 8 Except with the written permission of the director, no person shall (a) injure, disturb or remove any live tree, mineral, rock or soil, in the Park, or (b) erect a structure other than a tent in the Park. AR 197/76 s8;27/2010 9 Any person who contravenes these regulations is guilty of an offence and is liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of not less than $50.00 and not more than $1,000.00, and in default of payment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 60 days. AR 197/76 s9 10 Alberta Regulations 416/63 and 6/75 are repealed. AR 197/76 s10 Appendix AR 197/76 FOREST LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 3 APPENDIX All those parcels or tracts of lands, situate, lying, and being in the fifth (5) township, in the third (3) range, west of the fifth (5) meridian, in the Province of Alberta, Canada, and being composed of: FIRSTLY: The north west quarter and the north half of the south west quarter of section nine (9); all those portions of the north east quarter and the north half of the south east quarter of the said section nine (9), the north west quarter of section ten (10), and the west half of section fifteen (15) which lie generally to the west of the left bank of the unsurveyed Castle River; all that portion of the north east quarter of section eight (8) which lies generally to the south and east of the right bank of the unsurveyed West Castle River; all that portion of the south half of section sixteen (16) which lies generally to the south and east of the southeasterly limit of the unsurveyed West Castle forestry road; all that portion of the north east quarter of the said section 16 which lies generally to the south and west of the left bank of the said unsurveyed Castle River, and to the south and east of the southeasterly limit of the said unsurveyed West Castle forestry road; and all that portion of the south east quarter of section seventeen (17) of the said township, which lies generally to the east of the right bank of the said unsurveyed West Castle River, and to the south of the southerly limit of the said unsurveyed West Castle forestry road, containing three hundred sixty-seven and ninety-six hundredths (367.96) hectares, more or less; SECONDLY: The statutory road allowances adjoining the south and west boundaries of the lands described in the Firstly portion above, and their intersections, containing ten and sixty-eight hundredths (10.68) hectares, more or less; The lands herein described containing three hundred seventy-eight and sixty-four hundredths (378.64) hectares, more or less. Excepting thereout all mines and minerals. AR 197/76 App.;291/79