These Regulations provide for the management and development of the Wooddale Agriculture Development Area. They contain provisions on planning, administration of the area, access rights, road construction, residential buildings, quarry, mining and drilling, residential uses, silviculture and farming.

Implements: Lands Act (S.N.L. 1991, c. 36). (2010)

The present Regulations are made under the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to development activities in the Benton Local Area. In this connexion section 3 establishes that a person, corporation, partnership, association or other organization shall not carry out any development in the local planning area unless a permit for the development has first been issued in writing by the authority. The text consists of 18 sections and 1 Schedule.

Implements: Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 (S.N.L. 2000, c. U-8). (2013)

The present Regulations are made under the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000. For the purpose of the Regulations «development» is defined very broadly and the definition includes the carrying out of any building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on, over or under land, or the making of any material change in the use or the intensity of use of any land, buildings or premises. In particular, the Regulations set out standards for land-use zones for Newfoundland in general and the City of St. John's in particular.