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Forest Fire Protection

Cap. 212 · Revised Edition 2020 · 14 sections

• s. 1Short title
• s. 2Interpretation
• s. 3Declaration of a fire protection area
• s. 4Chief Forest Officer to prepare a fire protection plan
• s. 5Landowner to be notified
• s. 6Landowner to carry out prescription or pay the Chief Forest Officer to do so
• s. 7Right of appeal against prescriptions
• s. 8Chief Forest Officer to apply plan to national lands
• s. 9Chief Forest Officer may carry out prescriptions on private lands and claim costs
• s. 10Chief Forest Officer may carry out prescriptions on private land at Government expense
• s. 11Firefighting
• s. 12Liability for damage
• s. 13Controlled areas
• s. 14Disaster preparedness and response related power