NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 86/22

Wind Energy Land Reserve Order
under the
Lands Act
(O.C. 2022-294)

(Filed December 14, 2022)

Under the authority of subsection 8(2) of the Lands Act, the minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, makes the following Order.

Dated at St. John’s, December 14, 2022.

Derrick Bragg
Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Krista Quinlan
Clerk of the Executive Council

ORDER

Analysis

        1.   Short title

        2.   Definitions

        3.   Purpose

        4.   Term

        5.   Exception

              SCHEDULE

 

 

Short title

        1. This Order may be cited as the Wind Energy Land Reserve Order.

Definitions

        2. In this Order,

             (a)  "available Crown lands" means Crown lands that have not been

                      (i)  granted, leased or the subject of a licence or easement, or

                     (ii)  otherwise lawfully set apart or alienated from the Crown;

             (b)  "call for bids" means the process outlined in the Guidelines: Crown Land Call for Bids for Wind Energy Projects prepared by the Department of Industry, Energy and Technology; and

             (c)  "Wind Energy Land Reserve" means Crown land reserved under section 3.

Purpose

        3. The Wind Energy Land Reserve is established to ensure that available Crown lands located within the area described in the Schedule are available for the purpose of the call for bids.

Term

        4. The Wind Energy Land Reserve is established for a one year period.

Exception

        5. Notwithstanding section 3, the minister may issue grants, leases, licences or easements in relation to Crown land included in the Wind Energy Land Reserve where the Crown land is required on an urgent basis for the public good.

SCHEDULE

All that piece or parcel of land containing approximately 1,663,815 hectares, more or less, as depicted on the Provincial Land Use Atlas.

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