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Twelve Mile Stream Wilderness Area Designation
made under subsection 11(3) of the
Wilderness Area Protection Act
O.I.C. 2015-382 (December 29, 2015), N.S. Reg. 382/2015
Order approved by O.I.C. 2015-382
I, Randy Delorey, Minister of Environment for the Province of Nova Scotia, pursuant to clause 11(3)(a) of Chapter 27 of the Acts of 1998, the Wilderness Areas Protection Act, hereby designate an area of Crown land in Halifax County, with approximate boundaries as shown on the map attached as Appendix A, as a wilderness area to be known as Twelve Mile Stream Wilderness Area.
The actual boundaries of Twelve Mile Stream Wilderness Area shall be as described and shown on a description and plan signed by the Director of Surveys and deposited in the Provincial Crown Land Information Management Centre, formerly known as the Provincial Crown Lands Record Centre, as required by subsection 11(3) of the Act, the signed description and plan forming part of this designation.
This designation is effective on and after the later of the date it is approved by the Governor in Council and the date the description and plan are deposited in the Provincial Crown Land Information Management Centre, except for any portion of the land that is subject to any of the following mineral rights (referred to in this Order as “excepted portion of land”):
(a) the following mineral rights (individually referred to in this Order as “existing mineral right”):
(i) exploration licence number 08220, or any valid continuation of the mineral right granted by that exploration licence, issued to Annapolis Properties Corporation or its successor or approved transferee under the Mineral Resources Act,
(ii) exploration licence number 08592, or any valid continuation of the mineral right granted by that exploration licence, issued to Annapolis Properties Corporation or its successor or approved transferee under the Mineral Resources Act,
(iii) exploration licence number 50377, or any valid continuation of the mineral right granted by that exploration licence, issued to D.D.V. Gold Limited or its successor or approved transferee under the Mineral Resources Act,
(iv) exploration licence number 50379, or any valid continuation of the mineral right granted by that exploration licence, issued to D.D.V. Gold Limited or its successor or approved transferee under the Mineral Resources Act;
(b) any subsequent exploration licence issued under the Mineral Resources Act within 1 year following the surrender, abandonment, forfeiture, expiration, cancellation or termination of an existing mineral right for any portion of the land formerly subject to that existing mineral right, or any valid continuation of the mineral right granted by the subsequent exploration licence.
This designation is effective for an excepted portion of land on and after the date the Minister of Environment publishes a notice in the Royal Gazette Part I to that effect, which shall be done following the later of
(a) the end of 1 year after the date an existing mineral right no longer applies to the excepted portion of land as a result of the surrender, abandonment, forfeiture, expiration, cancellation, or termination of that existing mineral right; and
(b) the date any subsequent exploration licence issued under the Mineral Resources Act for the excepted portion of land within the 1-year period referred to in clause (a), or any valid continuation of the mineral right granted by that subsequent exploration licence, no longer applies to the excepted portion of land as a result of the surrender, abandonment, forfeiture, expiration, cancellation or termination of that subsequent exploration licence or continued mineral right.
Dated and made at Halifax Regional Municipality, Province of Nova Scotia, November 25, 2015.
sgd: Randy Delorey
Honourable Randy Delorey
Minister of Environment
Appendix A
Map Showing Approximate Boundaries of
Twelve Mile Stream Wilderness Area
