7 Powers of Minister
respect of any specified special area or any part of it
(a) direct that any public land, or interests in it, within a special
area be dealt with in a manner that seems to the Minister to
be for the benefit of the residents of the special area, or
prohibit the dealing in it in a manner that seems to the
Minister to be detrimental to the residents;
(b) lease public land within a s pecial area at rentals that seem
fair and equitable;
(c) set aside land for commun ity purposes such as grazing
reserves, hay reserves, water reserves and irrigation, and
make any provisions for the administration of it that the
Minister considers advisable;
(d) receive the money payable in respect of any lease or any
interest in public land or in respect of taxes or other
revenues in a special area, deposit the money in a treasury
branch or bank or other similar institution in a trust account
to be called "The Special Areas Trust Account", and expend
that money, or any part of it, as the Minister considers
advisable for the following purposes or any of them:
(i) meeting any of the expenditures required or authorized
under Part 15 of the Municipal Government Act;
(ii) the costs of administration;
(iii) the development of natural resources;
(iv) the carrying out of improvements within any special
area;
(v) the rehabilitation of settlers within any special area;
(vi) meeting the requirements of the special areas;
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(e) order and require any owner or occupant of land to adopt
any methods of farming or grazing, or farming and grazing,
that the Minister considers necessary to prevent soil drifting,
water erosion, over-grazing or any hazard that might
jeopardize the economic security of residents of the special
area;
(f) exchange any public land with in a special area for any other
land situated within any special area;
(g) promote approved farm cultural practices and efficient ran ge
management and any community effort and enterprise that
might contribute to greater economic security of residents of
the special area;
(h) classify all lands within the special area for the purpose of
utilizing them for the purpose to which they are considered
by the Minister to be most adaptable;
(i) promote measures for the development and conservation of
any and all available natural resources within any special
area for the purpose of giving greater stability of income to
the residents of the special area;
(j) promote greater stability a nd diversity of sources of income
for residents of any special area to the end that they may
become self-supporting;
(k) acquire, by purch ase or otherwise, any property whether real
or personal that is requisite or incidental to the exercise of
any powers conferred by this Act;
(l) carry out and execute any scheme or plans for the
rehabilitation or betterment of any special area and the
residents of it;
(m) dispose of, by public tender or otherwise, any real or
personal property acquired by the Minister and no longer
required for the purpose of or incidental to the exercise of
any powers of administration in the special area;
(n) enter into agreements with physicians for the supplying of
medical care and attention to the residents of a special area;
(o) do all other things that are requisite or incidental to th e
exercise of any power conferred by this Act.
RSA 1980 cS-20 s7;1994 cM-26.1 s642(68)