Deregulation Backgrounder - Bill 21 Agricultural Land Commission Act

Bill 21, the Agricultural Land Commission Act replaces the previous Agricultural Land Reserve Act
incorporating many of the provisions of the old Act, along with a number of key structural and
substantive changes, including;

• A new regionalized structure for the Land Commission
• Improved administrative powers
• Changes to the allowable non-farm uses of agricultural land plus new regulation making powers that facilitate further changes to the list of permissible non-farm uses
• Gutting of the Forest Land Reserve provisions