Public Lands Act
Loi sur les terres publiques
ontario REGULATION 453/96
WORK PERMIT — CONSTRUCTION
Note: This Regulation was revoked on January 1, 2014. (See: O. Reg. 239/13, ss. 12, 13)
Last amendment: O.Reg. 239/13.
This Regulation is made in English only.
1.In this Regulation,
“building” means a structure consisting of a roof, wall or floor, but does not include floating structures, docks, boathouses, tents or ice huts;
“dredge” means to remove or displace material from any shore lands, but does not include removal or displacement relating to the installation of service cables, heat loops or water intakes for private residences;
“shore lands” means lands covered or seasonally inundated by the water of a lake, river, stream or pond;
“trail” means a path over public lands that is not used for mineral exploration or extraction;
“water crossing” means a bridge, culvert or causeway constructed to provide access to two points separated by water. O.Reg. 453/96, s.1.
2.(1)No person shall,
(a)construct or place a building, or cause a building to be constructed or placed, on public land;
(b)construct a trail, water crossing or road, or cause a trail, water crossing or road to be constructed, on public land;
(c)dredge shore lands or cause shore lands to be dredged;
(d)fill shore lands or cause shore lands to be filled;
(e)remove aquatic vegetation, or cause aquatic vegetation to be removed, from shore lands located in the area set out in Schedule 1;
(f)remove more than 100 square metres of aquatic vegetation annually, or cause more than 100 square metres of aquatic vegetation to be removed annually, from shore lands located in the area set out in Schedule 2; or
(g)construct or place a structure or combination of structures, or cause a structure or combination of structures to be constructed or placed, that occupies more than 15 square metres of shore lands. O.Reg. 335/00, s.1.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a person acting under the authority of and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a work permit or an instrument granted under the Act that authorizes the activity. O.Reg. 335/00, s.1.
(3)Clause (1) (b) does not apply to a trail, water crossing or road that has been authorized under a Forest Management Plan under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act or constructed as part of a forest operation to which the Crown Forest Sustainability Act applies. O.Reg. 453/96, s.2.
Schedule 1
The land situated north of Highway 401 starting at the Ontario-Quebec border to the junction of Highway 401 and Highway 38, then east of Highway 38 from the junction of Highway 401 and Highway 38 to the junction of Highway 38 and Highway 7, then north of Highway 7 from the junction with Highway 38 and 7 to Clearwater on Lake Huron.
O.Reg. 453/96, Sched.1.
Schedule 2
The land situated south of Highway 401 starting at the Ontario-Quebec border to the junction of Highway 401 and Highway 38, then west of Highway 38 from the junction of Highway 401 and Highway 38 to the junction of Highway 38 and Highway 7, then south of Highway 7 from the junction of Highway 38 and 7 to Clearwater.
O.Reg. 453/96, Sched.2.
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