Agricultural Tile Drainage Installation Act

In 2008 the inter agency drainage act section 28 regulations team dart was established by the ministry of natural resources mnr and the ministry of agriculture food and rural affairs omafra to explore the options and propose solutions to the legal liability issues for municipalities and conservation authorities arising from provisions in the drainage actand the conservation authorities act.

Agricultural tile drainage installation act.

This is the english version of a bilingual regulation. Machine operator and business says sid vander veen drainage coordinator for omafra. Directeur drainage work means a drainage system constructed of tile pipe or tubing of any material beneath the surface of agricultural land including integral inlets and outlets for the purpose of improving the productivity of the land drained. For this purpose the agricultural tile drainage installation act was passed to regulate all businesses machines and machine operators involved in installing a drainage works the official definition of a drainage works is a drainage system constructed of tile pipe or tubing of any material beneath the surface of agricultural land including integral inlets and outlets for the.

Installing tile is one of the best things you can do to improve the productivity of a farm if the ground needs tile says isu s charles brown. Omafra administers three pieces of agricultural drainage legislation. Each contractor each of his drainage machines and each of his operators must be licensed. 571 91 459 95 49 96 506 97 268 09.

For a tile drainage system to work effectively it must be carefully and accurately designed and installed. The agricultural tile drainage installation act regulates three types of licenses. The machine license ensures that every new model of drainage equipment that comes on the market goes through a series of tests to make sure it is capable of installing tile. You need to get approval from the united state department of agriculture usda for any farmland that will be installed with tile drainage.

But if the land doesn t need tile you don t need to pay the extra money to install it. The agricultural tile drainage installation act provides for the licensing of contractors engaged in the business of installation of agricultural drainage systems. The drainage act was first passed in 1859 and there have not been any significant changes to the legislation since 1975 according to omafra s discussion paper. Director means the director appointed for the purposes of this act.

From july 16 2009 to the e laws currency date.