First

Session, 49th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2020

BILL 39

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ANIMAL HEALTH AND PROTECTION ACT

Received

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

Second

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

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

Third

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

Royal

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

HONOURABLE GERRY

BYRNE

Minister of

Fisheries and Land Resources

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Animal

Health and Protection Act to

add a definition of "honey

bee";

require the designation of an

employee of the department as the Provincial Apiarist;

require an applicant for a

licence to provide information required by the regulations; and

designate the Provincial

Apiarist as an inspector for the purpose of the Act.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ANIMAL HEALTH AND

PROTECTION ACT

Analysis

S.2 Amdt.

Interpretation

2. S.3.1 Added

Provincial apiarist

S.56 Amdt.

Application for licence

S.68 Amdt.

Inspector

5. Commencement

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2010 cA-9.1

as amended

1. (1) Subsection 2(1) of the Animal Health and Protection Act is amended by adding immediately

after paragraph (

j) the following:

(j.1) "honey bee" means the insect Apis mellifera ;

(2) Subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by

adding immediately after paragraph (

w) the following:

(w.1) "Provincial Apiarist" means the employee

designated under

section 3.1;

2. The Act is amended by adding immediately after

section 3 the following:

Provincial apiarist

3.1 The minister shall designate an employee of the department as

Provincial Apiarist to perform the duties established in this Act and the

regulations.

3. Subsection 56(1) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

Application for

licence

(1) An

applicant for a licence shall

(

a) submit an application in the form required by

the minister;

(

b) provide the information required in the

regulations; and

(

c) pay the fee set by the minister.

4. Subsection 68(2) of the Act is amended by deleting

the word "and" at the end of paragraph (a), by deleting the period at

the end of paragraph (

b) and substituting a semi-colon, by adding the word

"and" at the end of paragraph (

b) and by adding immediately after

paragraph (

b) the following:

(

c) the Provincial Apiarist.

Commencement

5. This Act comes into

force on a day to be proclaimed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.

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