Second

Session, 50th General Assembly

Charles III, 2024

BILL 76

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

CROP INSURANCE ACT

Received

and Read the First Time ................................................................

Second

Reading ............................................................................................

Committee .....................................................................................................

Third

Reading ...............................................................................................

Royal

Assent .................................................................................................

HONOURABLE ELVIS

LOVELESS

Minister of Fisheries,

Forestry and Agriculture

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Crop Insurance Act to

allow the Newfoundland and

Labrador Crop Insurance Agency to establish insurance plans without the need

for regulations;

remove the requirement for the

Newfoundland and Labrador Crop Insurance Agency to have a seal; and

incorporate gender-neutral

language.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CROP INSURANCE ACT

Analysis

S.2 Amdt .

Definitions

S.3 Amdt .

Agency continued

S.5 Rep.

Use of seal

S.8 Amdt .

Powers, functions and duties of agency

S.9 R&S

Insurance

plans

S.10 Amdt .

Appeal board

S.14 Amdt .

Administration of fund

S.15 Amdt .

Financial year

S.16 Amdt .

Agreements with Canada

S.17 R&S

Non-application

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cC-39

as amended

(1) Paragraph 2(

f) of the Crop Insurance Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(f) "insurable crop" means an

agricultural crop designated as an insurable crop by a plan;

(2) Paragraph 2(

j) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

(j) "plan" means a plan of crop

insurance established by this Act; and

2. (1) Subsection 3(7) of the Act is amended by

deleting the words "him or her" and substituting the words "the

member".

(2) Subsection 3(8) of the Act is repealed.

Section 5 of the Act is repealed.

4. (1) Paragraph 8(1)(

a) of the Act is repealed

and the following substituted:

(

a) administer plans of crop insurance established

under this Act;

(2) Paragraph 8(1)(

j) of the Act is repealed and

the following substituted:

(

j) make the orders and directions that are

necessary to enforce the observance of the Act or a plan.

Section 9 of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

Insurance plans

9. The

Agency may

(

a) establish,

amend and revoke voluntary plans for the insurance of insurable crops within

the province;

(

b) establish

(

c) designate

perils for the purposes of a plan;

(

d) determine

coverage and establish values with respect to insurable crops for the purposes

of a plan;

(

e) fix

premium rates and provide for the payment and collection of premiums in respect

of a plan;

(

f) set

forms and terms of contracts and applications for a contract, provide for their

use and require information to be given in a form to be verified by a statutory

declaration;

(

g) require

applicants for insurance and insured persons to provide information, statements

and reports;

(

h) designate

insurable persons for the purposes of a plan;

(

i) establish the level of coverage in relation

to average crop yield; and

(

j) set

the method of notification and the form in which proof of crop loss shall be

given and the information and details to be provided.

6. Subsection 10(4) of the Act is amended by

deleting the reference " Public

Inquiries Act " and substituting the reference " Public Inquiries Act, 2006 ".

7. Subsection 14(1) of the Act is amended by

deleting the words "and the regulations".

8. (1) Subsection 15(4) of the Act is amended by

deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the

auditor general".

(2) Subsection 15(5) of the Act is amended by

deleting the words "he or she" and substituting the words "the

Lieutenant-Governor in Council".

Section 16 of the Act is amended by deleting

the reference " Crop Insurance Act

(Canada)" and substituting the reference " Farm Income Protection Act (Canada)".

Section 17 of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

Non-application

17. Without

prejudice to all rights, privileges, benefits or

exemptions which may be vested by law in the agency because of it being an

agent under the control of the Crown, nothing contained in the following Acts

shall apply to the agency or a matter or thing done under this Act or a plan:

(

a) the Insurance

Adjusters, Agents and Brokers Act ;

(

b) the Insurance

Companies Act ; and

(

c) the Insurance

Contracts Act .

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