Area Development Act (R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. A-8).
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The present Act lays down provisions relating to land use planning. Section 2 of the above-mentioned Act establishes that the Commissioner may designate any area in the Territories as a development area where the Commissioner considers that it will be necessary in the public interest to regulate the orderly development of the area, as contemplated by this Act. The text – consisting of 6 sections – deals, amongst others, with the following aspects: designation of development area, maximum area, order to remedy default, failure to comply with order, action to remedy default, power to make order, offence and punishment and Regulations.
