40
Second Session, 50th General Assembly 1 Charles III, 2023
BILL 40
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANDS ACT
Received and Read the First Time................................................................
Second Reading............................................................................................
Committee.....................................................................................................
Third Reading...............................................................................................
Royal Assent.................................................................................................
HONOURABLE DERRICK BRAGG Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture
Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Lands Act to

· allow the minister to charge a fee for the reservation of Crown Lands; and

· incorporate gender-neutral language.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LANDS ACT

Analysis

1. S.2 Amdt.
Definitions

2. S.2.1 Amdt.
Labrador Inuit rights

3. S.7 Amdt.
Reservation of shoreline

4. S.8 Amdt.
Reservation of Crown lands

5. S.25 Amdt.
Where minister claims land

6. S.27 Amdt.
Notice of application

7. S.29.1 Amdt.
Unauthorized use of Crown lands

8. S.30 Amdt.
Court order

9. S.59 Amdt.
Prohibition against conveying

10. S.61 Amdt.
Registration grants, etc.

11. S.64 Amdt.
Entry on land

12. S.65 Amdt.
Interfering with surveyor

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

SNL1991 c36
as amended

1. (1) Paragraph 2(a) of the Lands Act is amended by deleting the words "the Trial Division of".

(2) Paragraph 2(e) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "Trial Division" and substituting the words "Supreme Court".

2. Subsection 2.1(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the minister".

3. (1) Subsection 7(6) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" wherever they appear and substituting the word "the".

(2) Subsection 7(8) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the minister".

4. Section 8 of the Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following:

(2.1) Where a reservation of Crown lands has been ordered under subsection (1) or (2), the minister may set fees for the purpose and administration of the reservation.

5. Subsection 25(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" and substituting the words "the adverse claimant's".

6. Section 27 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the adverse claimant".

7. Paragraph 29.1(1)(d) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the person".

8. Section 30 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her" and substituting the words "the judge's".

9. Subsection 59(4) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her".

10. Section 61 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the minister".

11. (1) Subsection 64(2) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her".

(2) Subsection 64(4) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "he or she acted under subsection (1), (2) or (3)" and substituting the words "the person acted under subsection (1) or the surveyor acted under subsection (2) or (3)".

(3) Subsection 64(5) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "him or her" and substituting the words "the person or surveyor".

12. Subsection 65(1) of the Act is amended by deleting the words "his or her".

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