2020 BILL 39

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First Session, 49th General Assembly 69 Elizabeth II, 2020
BILL 39
AN ACT TO AMEND THE ANIMAL HEALTH AND PROTECTION ACT
Received and Read the First Time................................................................
Second Reading............................................................................................
Committee.....................................................................................................
Third Reading...............................................................................................
Royal Assent.................................................................................................
HONOURABLE GERRY BYRNE Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources
Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Animal Health and Protection Act to

· add a definition of "honey bee";

· require the designation of an employee of the department as the Provincial Apiarist;

· require an applicant for a licence to provide information required by the regulations; and

· designate the Provincial Apiarist as an inspector for the purpose of the Act.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ANIMAL HEALTH AND PROTECTION ACT

Analysis

1. S.2 Amdt.
Interpretation

2. S.3.1 Added
Provincial apiarist

3. S.56 Amdt.
Application for licence

4. S.68 Amdt.
Inspector

5. Commencement

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2010 cA-9.1
as amended

1. (1) Subsection 2(1) of the Animal Health and Protection Act is amended by adding immediately after paragraph (j) the following:

(j.1) "honey bee" means the insect Apis mellifera;

(2) Subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by adding immediately after paragraph (w) the following:

(w.1) "Provincial Apiarist" means the employee designated under section 3.1;

2. The Act is amended by adding immediately after section 3 the following:

Provincial apiarist

3.1 The minister shall designate an employee of the department as Provincial Apiarist to perform the duties established in this Act and the regulations.

3. Subsection 56(1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Application for licence

56. (1) An applicant for a licence shall

(a) submit an application in the form required by the minister;

(b) provide the information required in the regulations; and

4. Subsection 68(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the word "and" at the end of paragraph (a), by deleting the period at the end of paragraph (b) and substituting a semi-colon, by adding the word "and" at the end of paragraph (b) and by adding immediately after paragraph (b) the following:

Commencement

5. This Act comes into force on a day to be proclaimed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.