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NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 96/19

Department of Justice and Public Safety Notice
under the
Executive Council Act
(O.C. 2017-309)

(Filed December 19, 2019)

Under the authority of section 5 of the Executive Council Act , the Lieutenant-Governor in Council gives the following Notice.

Dated at St. John's, December 18, 2019.

Elizabeth Day
Clerk of the Executive Council

NOTICE

Analysis



Short title

        1. This Notice may be cited as the Department of Justice and Public Safety Notice.

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Definitions

        2. In this Notice

             (a)  "department" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Department of Justice and Public Safety; and

             (b)  "minister" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Minister of Justice and Public Safety.

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Departmental structure

        3. (1) The department was confirmed by Order in Council 2017-309.

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

             (3)  The department consists of 4 branches as follows:

             (a)  Courts and Corporate Services, including the Office of the Legislative Counsel;

             (b)  Legal Services;

             (c)  Public Prosecutions; and

             (d)  Public Safety and Enforcement.

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Powers and duties of the minister

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

             (a)  the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Office;

             (b)  the justice system in the province;

             (c)  court services in the province;

             (d)  correctional and community service systems in the province; and

             (e)  public safety and law enforcement in the province,

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

        5. (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 Schedule B share responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in Schedule B 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.

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Repeal

        6. The Department of Justice Notice , 2003 , Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 85/03, is repealed.

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Schedule A

              1.  Access to Abortion Services Act

              2.  Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015

              3.  Adult Corrections Act

              4.  Age of Majority Act

              5.  Agreement for Policing the Province Act

              6.  American Bases Act, 1941

              7.  Apology Act

              8.  Apportionment Act

              9.  Arbitration Act

            10.  Bankers' Books Act

            11.  Canada and the United Kingdom Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments Act

            12.  Chattels Real Act

            13.  Class Actions Act

            14.  Commissioners for Oaths Act

            15.  Contributory Negligence Act

            16.  Correctional Services Act

            17.  Court of Appeal Act

            18.  Court Security Act, 2010

            19.  Defamation Act

            20.  Detention of Intoxicated Persons Act

            21.  Electoral Boundaries Act

            22.  Enduring Powers of Attorney Act

            23.  Enforcement of Canadian Judgments Act

            24.  Evidence Act

            25.  Exhumation Act

            26.  Family Law Act

            27.  Family Relief Act

            28.  Family Violence Protection Act

            29.  Fatal Accidents Act

            30.  Fatalities Investigations Act

            31.  Federal Courts Jurisdiction Act

            32.  Flea Markets Regulation Act

            33.  Frustrated Contracts Act

            34.  Gunshot and Stab Wound Reporting Act

            35.  Human Rights Act, 2010

            36.  Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act

            37.  Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Protocol Act

            38.  International Commercial Arbitration Act

            39. International Interests in Mobile Aircraft Equipment Act

            40.  International Sale of Goods Act

            41.  International Trusts Act

            42.  Interpretation Act

            43.  Interprovincial Subpoena Act

            44.  Intestate Succession Act

            45.  Intimate Images Protection Act

            46.  Judgment Enforcement Act

            47.  Judgment Interest Act

            48.  Judicature Act

            49.  Jury Act, 1991

            50.  Justices Act

            51.  Justices and Public Authorities Protection Act

            52.  Law Society Act, 1999

            53.  Leaseholds in St. John's Act

            54.  Legal Aid Act

            55.  Limitations Act

            56.  Mentally Disabled Persons' Estates Act

            57.  Missing Persons Act

            58.  Notaries Public Act

            59.  Oaths Act

            60.  Oaths of Office Act

            61. Obsolete Actions Extinguishment Act

            62.  Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act

            63.  Petty Trespass Act

            64.  Presumption of Death Act

            65.  Prisons Act

            66.  Privacy Act

            67.  Proceedings Against the Crown Act

            68.  Proof of Death of Members of the Armed Forces Act

            69.  Provincial Court Act, 1991

            70.  Provincial Offences Act

            71.  Public Inquiries Act, 2006

            72.  Public Investigations Evidence Act

            73.  Public Trustee Act, 2009

            74.  Public Utilities Acquisition of Lands Act

            75.  Public Utilities Act

            76.  Queen's Counsel Act

            77.  Quieting of Titles Act

            78.  Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act

            79.  Recording of Evidence Act

            80.  Revised Statutes, 1990 Act

            81.  Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Act, 1992

            82. Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act

            83.  Serious Incident Response Team Act

            84. Service Animal Act

            85.  Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act

            86.  Sheriff's Act, 1991

            87.  Small Claims Act

            88.  Statutes Amendment Act, 1991

            89.  Statutes Amendment Act, 1992

            90.  Statutes and Subordinate Legislation Act

            91.  Support Orders Enforcement Act, 2006

            92.  Survival of Actions Act

            93.  Survivorship Act

            94.  Tobacco Health Care Costs Recovery Act

            95.  Victims of Crime Services Act

            96.  Wills Act

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Schedule B

              1.  Advance Health Care Directives Act (with Health and Community Services)

              2.  Children's Law Act (with Service Newfoundland and Labrador )

              3.  Fraudulent Conveyances Act (with Service Newfoundland and Labrador )

              4.  Lobbyist Registration Act (with Service Newfoundland and Labrador )

              5.  Partnership Act (with Service Newfoundland and Labrador )

              6.  Statutes Act (with the House of Assembly Management Commission of the House of Assembly)

              7.  Young Persons Offences Act (with Children, Seniors and Social Development)

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