Riparian Areas Protection Act [SBC 1997] Chapter 21.
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Abstract
This Act establishes a broad legal framework for the regulation of fish markets. Section 1 contains definitions, section 2 deals with the relationship between aboriginal and treaty rights, and section 3 outlines the relationship with the Water Act. Section 4 lists the protected rivers, where by a person must not construct a bank to bank dam anywhere on them, nor can the comptroller or regional water manager not issue or amend a licence, approve or permit the construction of a bank to bank dam anywhere on a protected river. Sections 5 -12 are nolonger in force. Section 13 deals with the regulation making authority. Consequential Amendments have been made to sections 14 -35, and section 36 is no longer in force.
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Title changed to Riparian Areas Protection Act by the Water Sustainability Act, SBC2014, c. 15, s. 162, effective 29 February 2016 (B.C. Reg. 35/2016).Last amendments up to 29 February 2016 (BC Reg 35/2016). Reprinted as at 16 October 2019.
Repealed
No
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Revised Statutes and Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia.
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English
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No