Acts and Regulations

F-14.1 - Fish and Wildlife Act

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Trespass on leased land
74(1)Every person who, not being lawfully authorized to do so, enters upon or passes over the land described in an angling lease, without permission of the lessee or his representative, and interferes with the quiet enjoyment of the lessee, commits an offence.
74(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1),
(a) a person may enter upon or pass over lands held under an angling lease in discharge of any duty imposed by law;
(b) where lands held under the angling lease are also included in a Crown timber license, Crown timber sub-license or Crown timber permit under the Crown Lands and Forests Act, the holder of such license, sub-license or permit has the right to cut and take away all trees, timber and lumber within the limits of his license or permit;
(c) the owners or occupiers of lands bordering any waters have a general right of passage to and from such waters across the lands held under an angling lease; and
(d) a user under licence by the Crown may use the lands and waters held under an angling lease for any purpose or occupation not inconsistent with this Act.
1982, c.3, s.29; 1997, c.1, s.20