Priority agricultural area
8 Priority agricultural area
A priority agricultural area is an area that—
includes 1 or more areas used for a priority agricultural land use, whether it also includes other areas or features, including, for example, a regionally significant water source; and
is either—
shown on a map in a regional plan as a priority agricultural area; or
prescribed under a regulation.
A priority agricultural land use is highly productive agriculture—
of a type identified in a regional plan for an area of regional interest; or
of a type prescribed under a regulation for an area of regional interest.
A regionally significant water source is a water source prescribed under a regulation.
This provision refers to the regulations (a regulation
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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