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2021, c.11 - An Act to Amend the Highway Act

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2021, c.11
An Act to Amend the
Highway Act
Assented to June 11, 2021
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:
1Paragraph 23d) of the French version of the Highway Act, chapter H-5 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is repealed and the following is substituted: 
(d) entrer sur tout terrain en vue de construire des canalisations pour évacuer les eaux d’une route et de les maintenir en bon état,
2Subsection 39(10) of the Act is amended
(a) in paragraph (a) by striking out “abutting that highway where those lands” and substituting “that”;
(b) in paragraph (c) by adding the following after subparagraph (ii): 
(ii.1) public highway access lying outside the boundaries of a local government,
3Paragraph 69(1)c) of the French version of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:
(c) modifie toute route ou remblaie ou obstrue tout fossé, tout cours d’eau ou toute canalisation construit en vue d’évacuer les eaux d’une route,
4The Act is amended by adding after section 70 the following: 
Immunity for liability in nuisance
70.01The Minister shall not be liable in an action in nuisance, if the damage is the result of
(a) water overflowing from a water or wastewater system, drain, ditch or watercourse due to excessive snow, ice, mud or rain,
(b) the construction, operation or maintenance of a system or facility for the distribution of water or for the collection, conveyance, treatment or disposal of wastewater, storm water or both,
(c) the alteration of a highway, or
(d) the filling up or obstruction of a ditch, water course or drain constructed for the purpose of carrying off water from a highway.