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Newfoundland and Labrador
Regulation 2025


NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 13/25

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 13/25

Department of Justice and Public Safety Notice, 2025
under the
Executive Council Act
(O.C. 2023-056)

(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
Clerk of the Executive Council

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


Short title

        1. This Notice may be cited as the Department of Justice and Public Safety Notice, 2025.

Definitions

        2. In this Notice

             (a)  "department" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Department of Justice and Public Safety; and

             (b)  "minister" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Minister of Justice and Public Safety.

Departmental structure

        3. (1) The department was restructured by Order in Council 2023-056.

             (2)  The department is presided over by the minister and the Attorney General.

             (3)  The department consists of 5 branches as follows:

             (a)  Courts and Corporate Services;

             (b)  Emergency Services;

             (c)  Legal Services;

             (d)  Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; and

             (e)  Public Safety and Correctional 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 the administration of             

             (a)  the justice system in the province;

             (b)  court services in the province;

             (c)  correctional and community service systems in the province;

             (d)  public safety and law enforcement in the province;

             (e)  emergency management services in the province; and

             (f)  fire protection services in the province,

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 Schedule B share responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in Schedule B 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.

Repeal

        6. The Department of Justice and Public Safety Notice, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 96/19, is repealed.


Schedule A

              1.  Age of Majority Act

              2.  Agreement for Policing the Province Act

              3.  American Bases Act, 1941

              4.  Apology Act

              5.  Apportionment Act

              6.  Arbitration Act

              7.  Bankers’ Books Act

              8.  Canada and the United Kingdom Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments Act

              9.  Chattels Real Act

            10.  Class Actions Act

            11.  Commissioners for Oaths Act

            12.  Contributory Negligence Act

            13.  Correctional Services Act

            14.  Court of Appeal Act

            15.  Court Security Act, 2010

            16.  COVID-19 Pandemic Response Act

            17.  Defamation Act

            18.  Detention of Intoxicated Persons Act

            19.  Electoral Boundaries Act

            20.  Emergency 911 Act, 2022

            21.  Emergency Services Act

            22.  Enduring Powers of Attorney Act

            23.  Enforcement of Canadian Judgments Act

            24.  Evidence Act

            25.  Exhumation Act

            26.  Family Law Act

            27.  Family Relief Act

            28.  Family Violence Protection Act

            29.  Fatal Accidents Act

            30.  Fatalities Investigations Act

            31.  Federal Courts Jurisdiction Act

            32.  Fire Protection Services Act

            33.  Firefighters' Protection Act

            34.  Flea Markets Regulation Act

            35.  Frustrated Contracts Act

            36.  Gunshot and Stab Wound Reporting Act

            37.  Human Rights Act, 2010

            38.  Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act

            39.  International Commercial Arbitration Act

            40. International Interests in Mobile Aircraft Equipment Act

            41.  International Sale of Goods Act

            42.  International Trusts Act

            43.  Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Protocol Act

            44.  Interpretation Act

            45.  Interprovincial Subpoena Act

            46.  Intestate Succession Act

            47.  Intimate Images Protection Act

            48.  Judgment Enforcement Act

            49.  Judgment Interest Act

            50.  Judicature Act

            51.  Jury Act, 1991

            52.  Justices Act

            53.  Justices and Public Authorities Protection Act

            54.  King's Counsel Act

            55.  Law Enforcement Identity Management Act            

            56.  Law Society Act, 1999

            57.  Leaseholds in St. John’s Act

            58.  Legal Aid Act

            59.  Limitations Act

            60.  Mentally Disabled Persons’ Estates Act

            61.  Missing Persons Act

            62.  Notaries Public Act

            63.  Oaths Act

            64.  Oaths of Office Act

            65. Obsolete Actions Extinguishment Act

            66.  Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act

            67.  Petty Trespass Act

            68.  Presumption of Death Act

            69.  Privacy Act

            70.  Proceedings Against the Crown Act

            71.  Proof of Death of Members of the Armed Forces Act

            72.  Provincial Court Act, 1991

            73.  Provincial Offences Act

            74.  Public Inquiries Act, 2006

            75.  Public Investigations Evidence Act

            76.  Public Trustee Act, 2009

            77.  Public Utilities Acquisition of Lands Act

            78.  Public Utilities Act

            79.  Quieting of Titles Act

            80.  Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act

            81.  Recording of Evidence Act

            82.  Revised Statutes, 1990 Act

            83.  Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Act, 1992

            84. Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act

            85.  Serious Incident Response Team Act

            86. Service Animal Act

            87.  Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act

            88.  Sheriff’s Act, 1991

            89.  Small Claims Act

            90.  Statutes Amendment Act, 1991

            91.  Statutes Amendment Act, 1992

            92.  Statutes and Subordinate Legislation Act

            93.  Support Orders Enforcement Act, 2006

            94.  Survival of Actions Act

            95.  Survivorship Act

            96.  Temporary Alternate Witnessing of Documents Act

            97.  Temporary Variation of Statutory Deadlines Act

            98.  Tobacco Health Care Costs Recovery Act

            99.  Victims of Crime Services Act

          100.  Wills Act

          101.  Winding Up of Judgment Recovery (NFLD) Ltd. Act


Schedule B

              1.  Access to Abortion Services Act (with Health and Community Services)

              2. Access to Health and Educational Services Act (with Health and Community Services and Education)

              3.  Advance Health Care Directives Act (with Health and Community Services)

              4.  Children’s Law Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador)

              5.  Fraudulent Conveyances Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador)

              6.  Lobbyist Registration Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador)

              7.  Partnership Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador)

              8.  Statutes Act (with the House of Assembly Management Commission of the House of Assembly)

              9.  Young Persons Offences Act (with Children, Seniors and Social Development)