Agricultural Operation Practices Acts and Regulations

This Act provides the institutional framework for resolving conflicts between agricultural producers and the urban/rural non-farmers. Under the Act, farmers using generally accepted practices and not contravening the land use bylaws of the municipality in which the operation is located, are not liable in a nuisance lawsuit and cannot be prevented from carrying on their operation because it causes or creates a nuisance.

Act

Regulations

Agricultural Operations, Part 2 Matters Regulation - AR 257/2001
Board Administrative Procedures Regulation - AR 268/2001
Standards and Administration Regulation - AR 267/2001

For more information about this act, contact Vince Murray or visit the AOPA Legislation page.

For more information about the content of this document, contact Stacey Tames.
This information published to the web on December 24, 2002.
Last Reviewed/Revised on November 6, 2009.