Railway Relocation and Crossing Act
R.S.C., 1985, c. R-4
PART I
Joint Urban Development and Transportation Plans
Marginal note:Application to Agency
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- 3 (1) Where, in respect of an area in a province that includes or comprises an urban area, in this Part called a “transportation study area”, the government of the province and all the municipalities within that area have agreed on an urban development plan and transportation plan, in this Part called an “accepted plan”, for that transportation study area, the province or a municipality may, subject to subsection 4(1), apply to the Agency for such orders as the Agency may make under section 7 or 8 and as are necessary to carry out the accepted plan.
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Powers to acquire land
(2) When the Agency makes an order under subsection (1) requiring a railway company to build a railway line or to make any connections between railway lines, all the provisions of law at that time applicable to the taking of land by the railway company, to its valuation and sale and conveyance to the company, and to the compensation therefor, apply to the land required for the proper carrying out of that order.
- R.S., 1985, c. R-4, s. 8;
- R.S., 1985, c. 28 (3rd Supp.), s. 359, c. 32 (4th Supp.), s. 116;
- 1999, c. 31, s. 187(E).
Marginal note:Acquisition of railway land
9 When the Agency makes an order under section 7 requiring a railway company to cease to operate over a line within a transportation study area, the Agency may recommend that the Minister of Public Works and Government Services acquire any land that is or was occupied as part of its railway undertaking by the railway company subject to such conditions as the Agency may prescribe, and the Minister of Public Works and Government Services may acquire such land by purchase or by expropriation under the
Expropriation Act.
- R.S., 1985, c. R-4, s. 9;
- R.S., 1985, c. 28 (3rd Supp.), s. 359;
- 1999, c. 31, s. 188.
Marginal note:Necessary laws
10 An order under section 7 or 8 shall be issued only after the Agency is satisfied that the government of the province and each municipality that has agreed to the accepted plan have caused such laws to be passed or such orders to be made as are necessary to carry the accepted plan into effect.
- R.S., 1985, c. R-4, s. 10;
- R.S., 1985, c. 28 (3rd Supp.), s. 359.
