NLR 95/19 - Department of Fisheries and Land Resources Notice under the Executive Council Act

Short title

1. This Notice may be cited as the Department of Fisheries and Land Resources Notice.

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Definitions

2. In this Notice

(a) "department" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Department of Fisheries and Land Resources; and

(b) "minister" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Minister of Fisheries and Land Resources.

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Departmental structure

3. (1) The department was created by Order in Council 2017-030.

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

(3) The department consists of 4 branches, as follows:

(a) Agriculture and Lands;

(b) Fisheries and Aquaculture;

(d) Enforcement and Resource Services.

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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) extracting the optimum sustainable economic benefit from the fishing and aquaculture industries through the promotion, development, encouragement, conservation and regulation of fisheries and aquaculture;

(b) the provision of long term strategic direction on the sustainable use of coastal and ocean areas in the province;

(i) environmentally sustainable forest management planning,

(ii) development and maintenance of forest resource inventory,

(iii) forest renewal,

(iv) licensing and permitting,

(v) the protection from fire, insect and disease, and

(vi) the innovative development of a diversified forest industry sector;

(d) enforcement responsibility in the area of fisheries, aquaculture, forestry, agrifoods, animal welfare, wildlife, protected areas and Crown lands as well as primary enforcement of motorized snow vehicles and all-terrain vehicles uses;

(e) achieving food security and sustainable economic benefit through the promotion, business development, encouragement and regulation of agricultural activities, including agrifoods, agronomy, horticulture, animal husbandry, aviculture, apiculture and the products of agriculture and agrifoods processing, including, without limitation of the word "products", animals, meats, fur, eggs, poultry, wool, dairy products, berries, grains, seeds, forage, fruit, fruit products, vegetables and vegetable products;

(f) animal health and welfare;

(g) agricultural land and the sustainable utilization, protection, conservation, management, surveying, mapping and development of agricultural land;

(h) Crown lands;

(i) the management, preservation, control, protection and establishment of wilderness and ecological reserves as defined in the Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act ;

(j) the management and control of measures for the protection, preservation and propagation of wildlife, as defined in the Wild Life Act ; and

(k) the management, protection and preservation of designated species as defined in the Endangered Species Act ,

which are not, or in so far as they are not, the responsibility of another minister, agency, body, corporation, board, organization or person.

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Administration of Acts

5. (1) The minister has sole responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in the 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.

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Repeal

6. The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Notice , 2003 Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 79/03, is repealed.

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Schedule A

1. Abitibi-Consolidated Rights and Assets Act

2. Agrologists Act

3. Animal Health and Protection Act

4. Aquaculture Act

5. Crop Insurance Act

6. Crown Liability Act, 2007

7. Donation of Food Act

8. Endangered Species Act

9. Farm Practices Protection Act

10. Farm Products Corporation Act

11. Fish Inspection Act

12. Fish Processing Licensing Board Act

13. Fisheries Act

14. Fisheries Restructuring Act

15. Forest Protection Act

16. Foresters Act

17. Forestry Act

18. Geographical Names Board Act

19. Land Surveyors Act, 1991

20. Lands Act

21. Livestock Insurance Act

22. Natural Products Marketing Act

23. Plant Protection Act

24. Poultry and Poultry Products Act

25. Professional Fish Harvesters Act

26. Vegetable Grading Act

27. Veterinary Medical Act, 2004

28. Wild Life Act

29. Wilderness and Ecological Reserves Act

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Schedule B

1. Government-Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited Agreement Act, 1994 (with Finance)

2. Meat Inspection Act (with Service Newfoundland and Labrador )

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Schedule C

1. Motorized Snow Vehicles and All-Terrain Vehicles Act (with Service Newfoundland and Labrador )

2. Muskrat Falls Project Land Use and Expropriation Act (with Natural Resources, Transportation and Works and Municipal Affairs and Environment)

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