Existing and future interests and agreements
22Nothing in this Act or the regulations affects the rights, duties, obligations or responsibilities of any person in respect of any of the following interests and agreements in relation to lands within a protected natural area, and any person acting pursuant to such an interest or agreement may carry on an activity that is otherwise prohibited under section 11 or 12:
(a)
a licence to search or a lease granted under the
Oil and Natural Gas Act and in effect immediately before the establishment of the protected natural area;
(b)
a mineral claim recorded or a mining lease granted under the
Mining Act and in effect immediately before the establishment of the protected natural area;
(c)
a Crown timber license or a Crown timber sub-license issued under the
Crown Lands and Forests Act and in effect immediately before the establishment of the protected natural area;
(d)
a lease issued under the
Crown Lands and Forests Act and in effect immediately before the establishment of the protected natural area;
(e)
a licence of occupation issued under the
Crown Lands and Forests Act and in effect immediately before the establishment of the protected natural area;
(f)
a right-of-way or easement granted under the
Crown Lands and Forests Act and in effect immediately before the establishment of the protected natural area;
(g)
a lease, authorization, right-of-way or easement referred to in section 20;
(h)
an agreement entered into under paragraph 21(
b);
(i)
an agreement entered into before the establishment of the protected natural area and that is prescribed by regulation; and
(j)
an interest acquired before the establishment of the protected natural area and that is prescribed by regulation.