Second

Session, 50th General Assembly

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

S.2 Amdt.

Definitions

S.2.1 Amdt.

Labrador Inuit rights

S.7 Amdt.

Reservation of shoreline

S.8 Amdt.

Reservation of Crown lands

S.25 Amdt.

Where minister claims land

S.27 Amdt.

Notice of application

S.29.1 Amdt.

Unauthorized use of Crown lands

S.30 Amdt.

Court order

S.59 Amdt.

Prohibition against conveying

S.61 Amdt.

Registration grants, etc.

S.64 Amdt.

Entry on land

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) 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".

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".

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".

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".

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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