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Newfoundland and Labrador NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR Department of Natural Resources 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 4. Powers and duties of the minister 5. Administration of Acts 6. Repeal Schedule A Schedule B Short title 1. This
Notice may be cited as the Department of Natural
Resources Notice, 2019. Definitions 2. In this Notice (a) "department" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Department of Natural Resources; and (b) "minister" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Minister of Natural Resources. Departmental 3. (1) The department was restructured by Order in Council 2019-248. (2) The department is presided over by the minister. (3) The department consists of 3 branches, as follows: (a) Energy Development, Distribution and Benefits; (b) Mines; and (c) Corporate and Strategic 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) the promotion and exploration of mineral and energy resources and related industry development activities; (b) mines, minerals, quarries, quarry materials and beaches; (c) onshore and offshore petroleum; (d) electrical power; (e) overall responsibility for provincial energy supply and demand; (f) the development, monitoring, supervision, assistance or other government intervention, including regulations where applicable, for any of the industries described in paragraphs (b) to (e); (g) royalties, energy economics and associated matters, within or outside the province; and (h) the identification, assessment, negotiation, compliance monitoring and promotion of industrial benefits from major resource development projects, 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 Act set out in Schedule C. Repeal 6. The
Department of Natural Resources Notice,
Schedule A 1. The Churchill Falls ( 2. Electrical Power Control Act, 1994 3. Energy Corporation Act 4. Energy Corporation of 5. Hydro Corporation Act, 2007 6. Lower Churchill Development Act 7. Mineral Act 8. Mineral Holdings Impost Act 9. Mining Act 10. 11. Oil and Gas Corporation Act 12. Petroleum and Natural Gas Act 13. Quarry Materials Act, 1998 14. Undeveloped Mineral Areas Act Schedule B 1. Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic
Accord Implementation 2. Schedule C 1. Government-Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited Agreements Act (with Finance) ©Queen's Printer |