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Newfoundland and Labrador NEWFOUNDLAND Department
of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture Notice (Filed February 3, 2025) Under the authority of section 5 of the Executive Council Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council gives the following Notice. Dated at St. John’s, January 31, 2025. Krista Quinlan NOTICE Analysis 1. Short title 2. Definitions 3. Departmental structure 4. Powers and duties of the minister 5. Administration of Acts 6. Repeal Schedule A Short title 1. This
Notice may be cited as the Department of
Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture Notice. Definitions 2. In this Notice (a) "department" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture; and (b) "minister" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture. Departmental structure 3. (1) The department was restructured by Order in Council 2023-170. (2) The department is presided over by the minister. (3) The department consists of 3 branches, as follows: (a) Agriculture and Lands; (b) Fisheries and Aquaculture; and (c) Forestry and Wildlife. Powers and duties of the minister 4. The powers, functions and duties of the minister include the supervision, control and direction of all matters relating to (a) the promotion, development, encouragement, conservation and regulation of fisheries and aquaculture to extract the optimum sustainable economic benefit from the fisheries and aquaculture industry (b) the provision of long term strategic direction on the sustainable use of coastal and ocean areas in the province; (c) the management, protection and utilization of the forest resources of the province including (i) environmentally sustainable forest management planning, (ii) development and maintenance of forest resource inventory, (iii) forest renewal, (iv) licensing and permitting, (v) protection from fire, insect and disease, and (vi) innovative development of a diversified forest industry sector; (e) the promotion, business development, encouragement and regulation of agricultural activities, including agrifoods, agronomy, horticulture, animal husbandry, aviculture, apiculture and the products of agriculture and agrifoods processing, including, without limitation of the word "products", animals, meats, fur, eggs, poultry, wool, dairy products, berries, grains, seeds, forage, fruit, fruit products, vegetables and vegetable products to achieve food security and sustainable economic benefit; (f) animal health and protection; (g) agricultural land and the sustainable utilization, protection, conservation, management, surveying, mapping and development of agricultural land; (h) administration and management of Crown lands, with the exception of the administration of Crown land reserved for wind energy projects; (i) the management and control of measures for the protection, preservation and propagation of wildlife; and (j) the management, protection and preservation of designated species, which are not, or in so far as they are not, the responsibility of another minister, agency, body, corporation, board, organization or person. Administration of Acts 5. (1) The minister has sole responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in Schedule A and of all orders and regulations passed or made under those Acts, including those powers, functions or duties necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of those Acts. (2) The minister and the minister of the departments indicated in Schedules B and C share responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in Schedules B and C and of the orders and regulations passed or made under those Acts, including those powers, functions or duties necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of those Acts. (3) The minister has primary responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in Schedule B and secondary responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in Schedule C. Repeal 6. The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources Notice, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 95/19, is repealed. Schedule A 1. Abitibi-Consolidated Rights and Assets Act 2. Agrologists Act 3. Animal Health and Protection Act 4. Aquaculture Act 5. Aquaculture Act, 2023 6. Crop Insurance Act 7. Crown Liability Act, 2007 8. Donation of Food Act 9. Endangered Species Act 10. Farm Practices Protection Act 11. Fish Inspection Act 12. Fish Processing Licensing Board Act 13. Fisheries Act 14. Fisheries Restructuring Act 15. 16. Foresters Act 17. Forestry Act 18. Geographical Names Board Act 19. Land Surveyors Act, 1991 20. Lands Act 21. Livestock Insurance Act 22. Natural Products Marketing Act 23. Plant Protection Act 24. Poultry and Poultry Products Act 25. Professional Fish Harvesters Act 26. Renaming of Red Indian Lake 27. Vegetable Grading Act 28. Veterinary Medical Act, 2004 29. Wild Life Act Schedule B 1. Government-Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited Agreement Act (with Finance) 2. Government-Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited Agreement Act, 1994 (with Finance) 3. Meat Inspection Act (with Digital Government
and Service Newfoundland and Labrador) Schedule C 1. Off-Road Vehicles Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador) 2. Muskrat Falls Project Land Use and Expropriation Act (with Industry, Energy and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure and Environment and Climate Change) ©King's Printer |