Protocol Agreement ALR in Trust Area

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SCHEDULE A
PROTOCOL AGREEMENT
CONCERNING

AGRICULTURAL LAND RESERVE IN THE ISLANDS TRUST AREA

BETWEEN:
AGRICULTURAL LAND COMMISSION (the Commission)
AND:
ISLANDS TRUST COUNCIL (the Islands Trust)
WHEREAS:

Pursuant to Section 3 of the /slands Trust Act, the legislated object of the Islands Trust, is to
preserve and protect the Trust Area and its unique amenities and environment for the benefit of
the residents of the Trust Area and the Province generally, in cooperation with municipalities,
regional districts, improvement districts, other persons and organizations, and the government
of the Province;

Pursuant to Section 9(1) of the /slands Trust Act, for the purpose of carrying out the object of
the Trust, the Islands Trust Council may, subject to the approval by the Minister of Community,
Aboriginal and Women’s Services, enter into agreements with the Province and agents of the
Province respecting the coordination of administrative activities within the Trust Area.

The ISLANDS TRUST, through the following corporate entities is responsible for:

Trust Council - making recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor in Council
respecting the acquisition, use and disposition by the Crown in right of the Province of
land situated within the Trust Area, establishing general policies to carry out the object of
the Trust, ensuring proposed loca! planning activities comply with the Trust object and
Policy Statement;

Trust Fund Board - protecting significant environmental and cultural sites and features in
perpetuity, by acquiring, holding, and managing land and interests in land, including
conservation covenants, and by encouraging and assisting landowners to undertake
private land stewardship measures; and

Local Trust Committees - providing local land use planning and regulation in accordance
with the object of the Trust and responding to the concerns of island residents and
property owners.

The COMMISSION, pursuant to the Agricultural Land Commission Act, is an independent
Provincial agency dedicated to administering the Agricultural Land Commission Act and the
Agricultural Land Reserve Use, Subdivision and Procedure Regulation. The Commission is
responsible for protecting the scarce supply of agricultural land that is important to the current

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and future needs of British Columbia through the administration of applications for exclusion,
inclusion, subdivision and use of land within the Agricultural Land Reserve. It encourages the
establishment and maintenance of farms to provide a basis for a sustainable economy and a
secure source of food, becomes involved in land use planning that supports this objective and
provides advisory services to governments, the public and the farming community.

Both the Commission and the Islands Trust share responsibility for the protection of the
agricultural land base and the continuance of agricultural activities in the Trust Area.

Both the Commission and the Islands Trust recognize that la

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