Q-2, r. 35 - Protection Policy for Lakeshores, Riverbanks, Littoral Zones and Floodplains

Section 2.8 Disposition versions

2018-04-01

2.8. Watercourse

The Policy applies to all watercourses. They include

(a)  any mass of water running along a bed in a regular or intermittent flow, including a bed created or altered by human intervention, the St. Lawrence River and all the seas surrounding Québec, except a ditch as defined in section 2.9;

(b)  in a forest in the domain of the State, a watercourse as defined by the Regulation respecting the sustainable development of forests in the domain of the State (chapter A-18.1, r. 0.01).

O.C. 468-2005, s. 2.8; O.C. 702-2014; O.C. 476-2017.

2014-08-14

2.8. Watercourse

The Policy applies to all watercourses. They include

(a)  any mass of water running along a bed in a regular or intermittent flow, including a bed created or altered by human intervention, the St. Lawrence River and all the seas surrounding Québec, except a ditch as defined in section 2.9;

(b)  in a forest in the domain of the State, a watercourse as defined by the Regulation respecting standards of forest management for forests in the domain of the Sate (chapter A-18.1, r. 7).

O.C. 468-2005, s. 2.8; O.C. 702-2014.

2012-09-01

2.8. Watercourse

This Policy applies to all constant or intermittent watercourses. Ditches, as defined in Subsection 2.9, are not included in the concept of watercourse. In public forests, the Policy applies to the categories of watercourses defined in regulation concerning forest management standards made under the Sustainable Forest Development Act (chapter A-18.1).

O.C. 468-2005, s. 2.8.