The present Act lays down provisions concerning activities to extracting quarry materials; quarry material means a substance used in its natural form for civil construction or agricultural purposes and includes clay, sand, gravel, rock, soil, peat and slag but does not include slate, marble, granite and similar stone used as dimension stone. The ACt disciplines the licensing system, this includes exploration license, quarry permit, beach permit, quarry leases. OTher elements include royalties, inspection, seizure, waste disposal and offences.
Canada · 1998-12-15