Fort-Falls Bridge Authority Act (S.C. 1970-71-72, c. 51)

Marginal note:Municipal rights

• 35 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where the Authority intends to locate, construct or operate any works on any highway, street or other public place, it may do so only with the consent, expressed by by-law, of the municipality having jurisdiction over such highway, street or other public place, or, failing such consent within sixty days from the day a written request therefor is made to the municipality concerned by the Authority, upon such terms as may be fixed by the Canadian Transport Commission, after the municipality concerned and the Authority have been given an opportunity to make representations.

• Marginal note:Where Minister of the Crown for Ontario has jurisdiction

  (2) Where a Minister of the Crown for the province of Ontario has jurisdiction in respect of any highway, street or other public place referred to in subsection (1), that subsection applies, with such modifications as the circumstances require, and the words “Minister of the Crown for the province of Ontario” shall be substituted for the word “municipality” where that word occurs therein.

Marginal note:Authority may accept grants

36 The Authority may receive by grant from any government, municipality or persons, as aid in the construction, operation, equipping and maintenance of the bridge and works connected therewith, any real or personal property, any sums of money or any debentures or subsidies, either as gifts, by way of bonus or guarantee, or in payment or as subventions for services and may dispose thereof, and may alienate such of the said property as is not required by the Authority for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act.

Marginal note:Canadian labour and materials

• 37 (1) If available in Canada, Canadian labour and materials to the extent of at least fifty per cent of the cost thereof shall be used in the construction of the bridge and verification of the fulfilment of this requirement shall be supplied to the Department of Manpower and Immigraion of Canada by a certified statement to it from the Authority or its agent at the end of each calendar month during construction.

• Marginal note:Application of Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act

  (2) The Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act applies to Canadian labour employed by the Authority.

Marginal note:Declaration

38 The works of the Authority are declared to be for the general advantage of Canada.

Marginal note:Powers revoked

• 39 (1) Subject to subsection (2), on and after the day that the bridge is opened to the public, the rights, powers and privileges granted to the International Bridge and Terminal Company by chapter 108 of the Statutes of Canada, 1905, to maintain and operate a bridge for the passage of pedestrians, cars and vehicles and for general traffic purposes are revoked in respect of pedestrian and vehicle traffic by members of the general public.

• Marginal note:Continued use of bridge for certain purposes

  (2) Employees of the Boise Cascade Corporation, the Ontario and Minnesota Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd., and the International Bridge and Terminal Company may continue to use the bridge now owned and operated by the International Bridge and Terminal Company for purposes arising out of their employment, except travel to and from their places of employment at the beginning and end of their work day.

Marginal note:Cost of preliminary studies to be reimbursed

40 The Authority may reimburse the Governments of the province of Ontario and the state of Minnesota and the municipal authorities of International Falls and Fort Frances for expenditures incurred by reason of preliminary studies and engineering reasonably undertaken in respect of the bridge prior to the establishment of the Authority by this Act.

Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970

Marginal note:Application to new law

41 A reference in this Act to any Act that is repealed and replaced by the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, or to any provision of such an Act, shall, after the coming into force of those Revised Statutes, be read as regards any transaction, matter or thing subsequent thereto as a reference to the corresponding Act or provision included in those Revised Statutes.