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;
(c)
Forestry and Wildlife; and
(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;
(c)
the management, protection and utilization of the forest resources of the province including
(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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