2001 BILL 15

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Third Session, 44th General Assembly 50 Elizabeth II, 2001
BILL 15
AN ACT TO AMEND THE AQUACULTURE ACT
Received and Read the First Time
Second Reading
Committee
Third Reading
Royal Assent
HONOURABLE GERRY REID Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Aquaculture Act to include the placement of aquaculture gear and equipment in the definition of aquaculture.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE AQUACULTURE ACT
Analysis

1. S. 2 Amdt
Definitions

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSN1990 cA-13
as amended

1. Paragraph 2(a) of the Aquaculture Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(a) "aquaculture" means the cultivation of aquatic plants or animals and includes the placement of necessary aquaculture gear and equipment and sea ranching up to the point of release of the aquatic animals but does not include holding aquatic plants or animals in an aquarium for non-commercial purposes, holding aquatic plants or animals for experimental purposes in a laboratory operated by a scientific institution that is recognized by the minister or activities exempted by regulation;