The purpose of this Act is to provide for the conservation, control and prudent use of resources through the establishment of conservation districts, and to protect the correlative rights of owners (sect. 2). The Act continues the Conservation Districts Commission and regulates its operation and functioning. The Act defines the procedure for the establishment of conservation districts and provides for the management of each district by a dedicated board and regulates the operation of such boards. The purposes of the Act, in its last consolidated version, are: (a) to provide for the protection, preservation, conservation, management, control and prudent use of resources through the establishment of watershed districts, and the development and implementation of schemes by the watershed districts; and (b) to protect the correlative rights of owners.
Канада · 1987-07-17