AI-assisted research summary: The minister may enter on and take possession of land needed for a project, and must pay due compensation to entitled parties for land taken.
1 EXPROPRIATION (REHABILITATION PROJECTS) c E-17 The Expropriation (Rehabilitation Projects) Act being Chapter E‑17 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1978 (effective February 26, 1979) as amended by the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 2020, c 13. Table of Contents 1 Short title 2 Interpretation 3 Power to enter upon land 4 Vesting order 5 Compensation NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 c E-17 EXPROPRIATION (REHABILITATION PROJECTS) CHAPTER E-17 An Act to provide for the Acquisition of Land required for the Rehabilitation of Drought and Soil Drifting Areas Short title 1 This Act may be cited as The Expropriation (Rehabilitation Projects) Act. Interpretation 2 In this Act: (a) “minister” means the Minister of Agriculture; (b) “project” means any project heretofore or hereafter undertaken under the authority of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act (Canada), including the establishment of community pastures and grazing reserves and the construction of works for irrigation or water supply purposes. RSS 1978, c E‑17, s 2. Power to enter upon land 3 The minister may, by surveyors, engineers, forepersons, agents, workers and servants, enter upon and take possession of any land, in whomsoever vested, that may be required for or in connection with any project. RSS 1978, c E‑17, s 3; 2020, c 13, s 5. Vesting order 4 For the purpose of vesting such land in Her Majesty sections 78 to 81 of The Irrigation Districts Act shall apply mutatis mutandis, provided that the minister may by himself or his appointee do anything that the board of an irrigation district or its secretary or officials are directed or empowered to do under these sections. RSS 1978, c E‑17, s 4. Compensation 5(1) The minister shall, from moneys made available by the Government of Canada for the purpose, make due compensation to the parties entitled thereto for land taken pursuant to the foregoing sections, and in the event of such compensation and the parties entitled thereto not being mutually agreed upon the matters in dispute shall be determined by arbitration and sections 82 to 91 of The Irrigation Districts Act shall apply mutatis mutandis. (2) The compensation agreed upon by the minister or as fixed by arbitration shall not include any amount for increased value of the land resulting from the establishment or construction of the project, but a reasonable allowance may be made for any increase in value resulting from the efforts of the owner. RSS 1978, c E‑17, s 5. REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER Copyright©2020