NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 7/23

Wind Energy Land Reserve Order (Amendment)
under the
Lands Act
(O.C. 2023-294)

(Filed February 24, 2023)

Under the authority of subsection 8(2) of the Lands Act, the minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, makes the following Order.

Dated at St. John’s, February 23, 2023.

Derrick Bragg
Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture

Krista Quinlan
Clerk of the Executive Council

ORDER

Analysis

           1.    S.2 Amdt.
Definitions

           2.    S.5 R&S

                  Exceptions

NLR 86/22

       1.  Section 2 of the Wind Energy Land Reserve Order is amended by adding immediately before paragraph (a) the following:

      (a.01)  "Act" means the Lands Act;

 

       2.  Section 5 of the Order is repealed and the following substituted:

Exceptions

       5.  Notwithstanding section 3,

            (a)  the minister may accept applications for Crown lands included in the Wind Energy Land Reserve where the application states that

                    (i)  the Crown lands are required

                          (A)  on an urgent basis for the public good,

                          (B)  for meteorological towers and associated developments or infrastructure, or

                          (C)  for access or utility purposes for developments existing on or before December 14, 2022; or

                   (ii)  the person making the application has acquired an interest in the Crown lands under section 36 of the Act; and

           (b)  the minister may issue grants, leases, licences or easements in relation to Crown lands included in the Wind Energy Land Reserve where

                    (i)  the minister is satisfied that the Crown lands are required for a purpose referred to in subparagraph (a)(i),

                   (ii)  the minister is satisfied that the person who made the application has acquired an interest in the Crown lands under section 36 of the Act, or

                 (iii)  the application for Crown lands was received on or before December 14, 2022.

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