118. The Minister may, if the Minister considers it appropriate and on the conditions the Minister determines, make improvements or erect structures that are useful for the management of a wildlife sanctuary or authorize, on the conditions the Minister determines in a contract, the person, association or body concerned to do so.
The Minister may also, in the same manner, authorize them to organize activities, provide services for profit or operate a commercial undertaking with a view to the development or utilization of wildlife or for the purposes of recreational activities in a wildlife sanctuary. The Minister may, to that end, acquire improvements or constructions or authorize, on the conditions the Minister determines, the person, association or body to acquire improvements or constructions. The Minister may also, and on the conditions the Minister determines, transfer to such person, association or body the ownership of improvements or constructions.
If the improvement or construction is located on land in the domain of the State without being in a wildlife sanctuary, the Minister must obtain the authorization of the minister or body that has authority over the land.
The contract may provide that the fees collected to travel about the territory or to carry on any activity shall devolve upon the other contracting party.
1983, c. 39, s. 118; 1986, c. 109, s. 25; 1988, c. 39, s. 15, s. 41; 1996, c. 18, s. 10; 1999, c. 36, s. 92; 2000, c. 48, s. 22; 2004, c. 11, s. 37; 2021, c. 242021, c. 24, s. 6011.