NLR 13/25 - Department of Justice and Public Safety Notice, 2025 under the Executive Council Act

Short title

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

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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.

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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;

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

(e) Public Safety and Correctional 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 the administration of

(a) the justice system in the province;

(b) court services 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.

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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.

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Repeal

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 The Department of Justice and Public Safety Notice, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 96/19, is repealed.

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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

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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)

13/25 Sch. B

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