This Act provides for the Minister, through the Water Resources Branch (sect. 2(1)), to manage and administer matters under the direction administration and control of the executive government of the province, that relate to the construction, operation of water control works, and, those matters dealt with under the following Acts, or regulations: (a) The Dyking Authority Act; (b) The Ground Water and Water Well Act; (c) The Rivers and Streams Act; (d) The Water Power Act; (e) The Water Rights Act; (f) The Water Supply Districts Act (sect. 2(3)). This Act is divided up into 29 sections as follows: 1. Definitions; 2. Water Resources Branch; 3. Officers and employees; 4. Costs and expenditures; 5. Rights of minister re water control works; 6. Agreements with local authorities; 7. Provisions applicable to contracts; 8. Jurisdiction in unorganized territory; 9. Acquisition and use of property; 10. Disposal of property; 11. Closure or abandonment of works; 12. Proceeds of sale of property; 13. Provincial waterways; 14. Jurisdiction over provincial waterways; 15. Construction and operation of provincial waterways; 16. Designated reservoir areas; 17. Designated flood areas; 18. Evacuation orders; 19. Power of minister re contracts; 20. Right of entry; 21. Power to order delivery of documents; 22. Actions to be brought by A.-G.; 23. Arbitration documents; 24. Certified copies of documents; 25. Authority to delegate powers; 26 .Regulations; 27. Offence and penalty (sects. 24 and 16 ); 28. Damage to water control works; 29. Offence and penalty, (sect. 18 ).
加拿大 · 1987-07-17