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NEWFOUNDLAND AND

LABRADOR

REGULATION 10/25

Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture Notice

under the

Executive Council Act

(O.C.2023-170)

(Filed February 3, 2025)

Under the authority of

section 5 of the Executive Council Act,

the Lieutenant-Governor in Council gives the following Notice.

Dated at St. Johns, January 31, 2025.

Krista Quinlan

Clerk of the Executive Council

NOTICE

Analysis

Short title

Definitions

Departmental structure

Powers and duties of the minister

Administration of Acts

Repeal

Schedule A

Schedule B

Schedule C

Short title

This Notice may be cited as the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture Notice.

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Definitions

In this Notice

(a)

"department" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture; and

(b)

"minister" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Minister of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture.

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Departmental structure

(1)The department was restructured by Order in Council 2023-170.

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

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

(

a) Agriculture and Lands;

(

b) Fisheries and Aquaculture; and

(

c) Forestry and Wildlife.

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Powers and duties of the minister

The powers, functions and duties of the minister include the supervision, control and direction of all matters relating to

(

a) the promotion, development, encouragement, conservation and regulation of fisheries and aquaculture to extract the optimum sustainable economic benefit from the fisheries and aquaculture industry

(

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) protection from fire, insect and disease, and

(vi)

innovative development of a diversified forest industry sector;

(

d) enforcement responsibility in the area of fisheries, aquaculture, forestry, agrifoods, animal protection, wildlife, protected areas, Crown lands and off-road vehicle

use;

(

e) 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 to achieve food security and sustainable economic benefit;

(

f) animal health and protection;

(

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

(

h) administration and management of Crown lands, with the exception of the administration of Crown land reserved for wind energy projects;

( i

the management and control of measures for the protection, preservation and propagation of wildlife; and

(

j) the management, protection and preservation of designated species,

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

(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 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

The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources Notice,

Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 95/19, is repealed.

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Schedule A

Abitibi-Consolidated Rights and Assets Act

Agrologists Act

Animal Health and Protection Act

Aquaculture Act

Aquaculture Act, 2023

Crop Insurance Act

Crown Liability Act, 2007

Donation of Food Act

Endangered Species Act

Farm Practices Protection Act

Fish Inspection Act

Fish Processing Licensing Board Act

Fisheries Act

Fisheries Restructuring Act

Forest

Protection Act

Foresters Act

Forestry Act

Geographical Names Board Act

Land Surveyors Act, 1991

Lands Act

Livestock Insurance Act

Natural Products Marketing Act

Plant Protection Act

Poultry and Poultry Products Act

Professional Fish Harvesters Act

Renaming of Red Indian Lake

Vegetable Grading Act

Veterinary Medical Act, 2004

Wild Life

Act

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Schedule B

Government-Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Limited Agreement Act (with Finance)

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

Meat Inspection Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador)

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Schedule C

Off-Road Vehicles Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador)

Muskrat Falls Project Land Use and Expropriation Act (with Industry, Energy and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure and Environment and Climate Change)

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