Licence of occupation
26(1)The Minister may issue a licence of occupation to any person authorizing that person to occupy and use Crown Lands for a period not exceeding twenty years.
26(1.1)A licence of occupation under subsection (1) may be issued following a call for tenders or a call for proposals made in accordance with the regulations, if any.
26(1.2)The Minister, under a licence of occupation, may authorize the extraction, the harvesting or the taking of any resource prescribed by regulation.
26(1.3)A licence of occupation shall include the terms, conditions and reservations prescribed by regulation and any other additional terms, conditions and reservations imposed by the Minister.
26(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may issue a licence of occupation to any person authorizing that person to occupy and use Crown Lands for such period of time the Minister considers necessary where the occupancy and use are for the purpose of placement of utility poles and anchors.
26(3)The Minister may renew a licence of occupation as many times as the Minister considers necessary, but the period for which a licence under subsection (1) may be renewed shall not exceed twenty years.
(a)
permit the assignment of a licence of occupation, and
(b)
amend a licence of occupation.
26(5)The holder of a licence of occupation issued under subsection (1) shall pay to the Crown a rental set in accordance with the regulations or, where there is no applicable regulation, a rental set by the Minister having regard to the rental value of similar land on the open market.
26(6)The holder of a licence of occupation shall not occupy or use Crown Lands for a purpose not provided for in the licence of occupation.
1984, c.21, s.2; 1986, c.27, s.8; 1987, c.15, s.3; 2005, c.1, s.2; 2006, c.9, s.5; 2008, c.51, s.3