NLR 10/25 - Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture Notice under the Executive Council Act

Short title

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

Definitions

2. 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

3. (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

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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

(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;

(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

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 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

6. The Department of Fisheries and Land Resources Notice, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 95/19, is repealed.

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Schedule A

1. Abitibi-Consolidated Rights and Assets Act

2. Agrologists Act

3. Animal Health and Protection Act

4. Aquaculture Act

5. Aquaculture Act, 2023

6. Crop Insurance Act

7. Crown Liability Act, 2007

8. Donation of Food Act

9. Endangered Species Act

10. Farm Practices Protection Act

11. Fish Inspection Act

12. Fish Processing Licensing Board Act

13. Fisheries Act

14. Fisheries Restructuring Act

15. Forest Protection Act

16. Foresters Act

17. Forestry Act

18. Geographical Names Board Act

19. Land Surveyors Act, 1991

20. Lands Act

21. Livestock Insurance Act

22. Natural Products Marketing Act

23. Plant Protection Act

24. Poultry and Poultry Products Act

25. Professional Fish Harvesters Act

26. Renaming of Red Indian Lake

27. Vegetable Grading Act

28. Veterinary Medical Act, 2004

29. Wild Life Act

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Schedule B

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

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

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

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Schedule C

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

2. 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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