Policy 1.3.1 Policy Statement Implementation

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POLICY – 1.3.1 Policy Statement Implementation Page 1 
 
Policy: 1.3.1 
Approved By: Trust Council 
Approval Date: June 11, 1994 
Amendment Date(s):  March 11, 1995; December 8, 2000; 
June 16, 2005; and March 23, 2016 
Policy Holder: Director of Trust Area Services 
 
POLICY STATEMENT IMPLEMENTATION 
Purpose 
To establish policy and procedures for statutory bylaw referrals and other implementation strategies in 
connection with the Islands Trust Policy Statement Bylaw No. 17. 
A. Interpretation 
1.  The Islands Trust Policy Statement Bylaw includes three types of policies: 
1.1 Commitments of Trust Council state the position or philosophy of Trust Council on 
various matters. For this category of policy, several introductory phrases are used; 
for example, “Trust Council holds that ....”; “It is the position of Trust Council that 
....”; and “It is Trust Council’s policy that ....”. 
1.2 Directive Policies direct local trust committees and island municipalities to address 
certain matters in their official community plans and regulatory bylaws under Part 
14 of the Local Government Act. Where a policy requires a local trust committee or 
island municipality to address a particular matter, the official community plans 
must contain policies that implement the policy stated by Trust Council, unless the 
plan sets out explicitly the reasons and justifications for local policies that do not 
implement that policy. Directive policies commence with the phrase “Local trust 
committees and island municipalities shall, in their official community plans and 
regulatory bylaws, address ....”. 
1.3 Recommendations of Trust Council serve as Trust Council’s encouragement to 
government agencies, non-government organizations, property owners, residents, 
and visitors to support the Policy Statement and the Islands Trust object, and 
specify principles of guidance for protocol agreements between the Trust and other 
agencies. These policies begin with the phrase “Trust Council encourages ....”. 
2.  The implementation of the Policy Statement Directive Policies is addressed under Section 
B.1 of this Policy.  
3.  The Commitments and Recommendations of Trust Council relate to other types of 
implementation strategies that are non-directive in that they merely provide suggestions 
and recommendations that may be related to land use bylaws or to other decisions and 

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activities of the Islands Trust or other agencies. The implementation of these non-directive 
policies is addressed under Section B                                      .2. 
4. As interpreted by the courts, "contrary to or at variance with," means that there is an 
absolute and direct collision between the local trust committee or island municipality bylaw 
and the Policy Statement. 
B. Policy and Procedures 
1.  Statutory Bylaw Referrals 
Background 
1.1 Local trust committees and island municipalities are required to submit bylaws to 
the Execut

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