NEWFOUNDLAND AND
LABRADOR
REGULATION 60/16
Water Use Charges Regulations
under the
Water Resources Act
(O.C. 2016-207)
Amended by:
61/18
58/20
NEWFOUNDLAND
AND
LABRADOR
REGULATION 60/16
Water Use Charges Regulations
under the
Water Resources Act
(O.C. 2016-207)
(Filed September 29, 2016)
Under the authority of sections 29 and 64 of the Water Resources Act
, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.
Dated at St. John's
, September 28, 2016.
Bernard M. Coffey, Q.C.
Clerk of the Executive Council
REGULATIONS
Analysis
Short title
1.
These regulations may be cited as the Water Use Charges Regulations
.
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Definition
2.
In these regulations, "water use licence" means a licence to divert or use water for commercial or industrial purposes issued under the Water Resources Act.
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Water use charges
3.
(1) The annual water use charges for a water use licence are prescribed in the Schedule.
(2)
On January 1 of each year during the term of a water use licence the annual charges prescribed in the Schedule shall be adjusted based on the percentage change, rounded to 2 decimal places, in relation to the preceding year, in the All-items Consumer Price Index for Canada
as published under the Statistics Act
(Canada
).
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (2), the All-items Consumer Price Index for Canada
for a year is the annual average calculated from the monthly indexes for the 12 month period ending September 30 of the preceding year.
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Waiver and deferral
3.1
(1) Water use charges invoiced during the fiscal year 2020-2021 shall be waived for the following industries:
(a)
aquaculture industries;
(b)
micro-brewery industries;
(c)
winery industries; and
(d)
mineral exploration industries.
(2)
For all other industries not referenced in subsection (1), payment of water use charges invoiced during the fiscal year 2020-2021 shall be deferred until March 31, 2021.
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Commencement
4.
These regulations come into force on October 1, 2016.
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Schedule
Annual Water Use Charges
Water Use Purpose
|
Annual Water Use Charges
|
Commercial
|
Marine aquaculture
|
$1,000
|
Freshwater aquaculture with cages or gear
|
$10,000
|
Commercial purpose (Except water bottling and/or production of other finished water based products)
|
$5 per 1,000 m3
licensed and used plus $0.50 per 1,000 m3
licensed but not used
|
Water bottling and/or production of other water based finished products from surface and groundwater sources
|
$500 per 1,000 m3
licensed and used plus $50 per 1,000 m3
licensed but not used
|
Water bottling and/or production of other water based finished products from water or ice harvested from icebergs
|
$1,000 per 1,000 m3
licensed and used plus $100 per 1,000 m3
licensed but not used
|
Minimum annual water use charge for a commercial entity where water is only used for non-commercial purposes
|
$500
|
Industrial
|
Mineral Exploration
|
$1,000
|
Industrial purpose (Except the removal or displacement of water from a body of water by accumulated or deposited tailing effluent and material)
|
$10 per 1,000 m3
licensed and used plus $1.00 per 1,000 m3
licensed but not used
|
Industrial purpose for the removal or displacement of water from a body of water by accumulated or deposited tailing effluent and material
|
$200 per 1,000 m3
of water removed or displaced
|
Minimum annual water use charge for any industrial purpose (including the removal or displacement of water from a body of water) where there is no water metering equipment to measure water use
|
$1,000
|
60/16 Sch; 61/18 s1
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