Forests (Growing Alberta's Forest Sector) Amendment Act, 2020 (Unproclaimed Sections Only)

FORESTS (GROWING ALBERTA’S FOREST SECTOR) AMENDMENT ACT, 2020 Chapter 34 HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cF‑22 1 The Forests Act is amended by this Act. 6 Section 5 is amended (b) by adding the following after clause (f): (g) prescribing standard clauses for the purposes of section 16(1.1); (h) respecting matters that must be addressed in a forest management agreement under section 16(1.1)(b); (i) respecting transitional matters arising as a result of changes to the prescribed standard clauses referred to in clause (g). 11 Section 16 is amended by adding the following after subsection (1): (1.1) A forest management agreement (a) is deemed to include the standard clauses set out in the regulations, (b) must include clauses addressing the matters set out in the regulations, and (c) may include any other clauses negotiated between the parties. 23 The following is added after section 76: Transitional 77 (1) If a forest management agreement is entered into before the coming into force of section 16(1.1), section 16(1.1) does not apply to that forest management agreement. (2) If negotiations in respect of a forest management agreement have commenced but no forest management agreement has been entered into in respect of those negotiations before the coming into force of section 16(1.1), section 16(1.1) applies to any forest management agreement that is entered into as a result of those negotiations on or after the coming into force of that section. 24 (1) This Act, except sections 6(b), 11 and 23, has effect on May 1, 2021. (2) Sections 6(b), 11 and 23 come into force on Proclamation.