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Newfoundland and Labrador NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR Department of Finance Notice, 2019 (Filed December 19, 2019) 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, December 18, 2019. Elizabeth Day 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 Schedule B Schedule C Short title 1. This Notice may be cited as the Department of Finance Notice, 2019. Definitions 2. In this Notice (a) "department" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Department of Finance; and (b) "minister" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Minister of Finance. Departmental structure 3. (1) The department was restructured by Order in Council 2019-024. (2) The department is presided over by the minister. (3) The department has 4 branches, as follows: (a) Financial Planning and Benefits Administration; (b) Economic, Fiscal and Statistics; (c) Office of the Comptroller General; and (d) Policy, Planning and Corporate Services. 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) fiscal forecasting, including annual budget preparation; (b) Treasury Board; (c) tax policy and the administration of tax statutes; (d) general comptrollership, including public accounts preparation and collections; (e) pensions and debt management, including debt issuance and investment; (f) economic and demographic forecasting; (g) internal audit; and (h) representing the province on statistical matters, 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 Finance Notice, 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 78/03, is repealed. Schedule A 1. 2. Crown Guarantee and Loan Act 3. Crown Royalties Act 4. Government-Javelin Taxation Act 5. Government Money Purchase Pension Plan Act 6. Income Tax Act, 2000 7. Industrial Development Corporation Act 8. Labour-Sponsored Venture Capital Tax Credit Act 9. 10. Loan ( 11. Loan Act 12. Loan and Guarantee Act, 1957 13. Local Authority Guarantee Act, 2005 14. Lotteries Act 15. Medical Association Agreement Act 16. Members of the House of Assembly Retiring Allowances Act 17. Municipal Financing Corporation Act 18. 19. Offshore Area Corporate Income Tax Act 20. Other Post-Employment Benefits Eligibility Modification Act 21. Pension Contributions Reduction Act 22. Pensions Funding Act 23. Portability of Pensions Act 25. Public Service Pensions Act, 1991 26. Public Service Pensions Act, 2019 27. Revenue Administration Act 28. School Tax Authorities Winding Up Act 29. Services Charges Act 30. Statistics Agency Act 31. Stock Savings Tax Credit Act 32. Supply Act 33. Tax Agreement Act, 2010 34. Teachers' Pensions Act, 2018 35. Uniformed Services Pensions Act, 2012 36. Venture Capital Act 37. War Service Pensions Act Schedule B 1. Government-Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited Agreements Act (with Natural Resources) 2. Financial Administration Act (with Executive Council) Schedule C 1. Government-Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited
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