NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 68/25

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 68/25

Nuisance Animals Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Animal Health and Protection Act
(O.C. 2025-220)

(Filed August 7, 2025)

Under the authority of section 45 of the Animal Health and Protection Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John’s, August 6, 2025.

Denis Mahoney, K.C.
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

NLR 41/12
as amended

1. Section 3 of the Nuisance Animals Regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

Exception to containing dogs outside local government areas

3. Notwithstanding subsection 32(1) of the Act, a dog is not required to be contained outside of a local government area where

(a) it is kept under the direct control of its owner; and

(b) the keeping of the dog outside the local government area is not prohibited or otherwise regulated under another law, including the following Acts and regulations, by-laws and orders made under those Acts respecting the keeping of dogs:

(i) Fish Inspection Act,

(ii) Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement Act,

(iii) Lands Act,

(iv) Provincial Parks Act,

(v) Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act, and

(vi) Wild Life Act.

2. Section 4 of the regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

Exception to containing dogs - dog park

4. Notwithstanding subsection 32(1) of the Act, a dog is not required to be contained where it is in a recognized dog park.

3. Section 5 of the regulations is repealed.

Commencement

4. These regulations come into force on the day the Animal Health and Protection (Amendment) Act, SNL2024 c18, comes into force.