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2011, c.112 - Aquaculture Act

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49(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations

(a) prescribing fees payable under this Act and the regulations;

(b) respecting forms for use under this Act and the regulations;

(c) exempting persons, classes of persons, land, classes of lands, aquaculture sites, classes of aquaculture sites, activities, classes of activities, aquatic plants and animals and strains of aquatic plants and animals from the application of this Act and the regulations or from the application of any provision of this Act or the regulations;

(d) establishing classes of aquaculture licences, aquaculture leases and aquaculture occupation permits;

(e) respecting the method of allocating aquaculture licences;

(f) respecting the preparation of, modification of and adherence to site development plans in relation to aquaculture sites;

(g) respecting the information that is to be provided to the Registrar by a person who is applying for an aquaculture licence;

(h) respecting the terms and conditions to be complied with by a person who is applying for an aquaculture licence;

(i) respecting the grounds on which the Registrar may refuse to issue an aquaculture licence;

(j) respecting the information that is to be provided to the Registrar by a licensee who is applying for a renewal of the licensee’s aquaculture licence;

(k) respecting the terms and conditions to be complied with by a licensee who is applying for a renewal of the licensee’s aquaculture licence;

(l) respecting the grounds on which the Registrar may refuse to renew an aquaculture licence;

(m) respecting the information to be provided to the Registrar by a licensee who is applying to have the licensee’s aquaculture licence amended;

(n) respecting the terms and conditions to be complied with by a licensee who is applying to have the licensee’s aquaculture licence amended;

(o) respecting the grounds on which the Registrar may refuse to amend an aquaculture licence;

(p) respecting the terms and conditions to which an aquaculture licence is subject;

(q) respecting the books, records, accounts and other documents to be prepared and maintained by a licensee and respecting the information, books, records, accounts and other documents to be forwarded by a licensee to the Registrar, and the times at which and the forms in which they are to be forwarded;

(r) respecting the display of an aquaculture licence number at an aquaculture site;

(s) respecting health standards for aquacultural produce;

(t) respecting genetic standards for aquacultural produce;

(u) respecting grade standards for aquacultural produce;

(v) respecting the quarantine of aquacultural produce;

(w) respecting the harvesting of aquacultural produce;

(x) respecting the destruction or disposal of aquatic plants and animals and aquacultural produce, including parts or portions;

(y) respecting the transport, transfer and introduction of aquatic plants and animals and aquacultural produce;

(z) respecting the possession of live aquatic plants and animals for the purposes of aquaculture;

(aa) respecting the method of allocating designated aquaculture land for the purposes of aquaculture;

(bb) respecting the surveying of designated aquaculture land;

(cc) respecting the conduct of aquaculture on designated aquaculture land;

(dd) respecting the leasing of designated aquaculture land, including the grounds on which the Minister may refuse to issue an aquaculture lease;

(ee) respecting the public notice to be given in relation to an application for an aquaculture lease or an aquaculture occupation permit;

(ff) respecting rent payable in relation to an aquaculture lease;

(gg) respecting the terms, covenants and conditions to which an aquaculture lease is subject;

(hh) respecting the issuance of aquaculture occupation permits in relation to designated aquaculture land, including the grounds on which the Minister may refuse to issue an aquaculture occupation permit;

(ii) respecting the rent payable in relation to an aquaculture occupation permit;

(jj) respecting the terms, covenants and conditions to which an aquaculture occupation permit is subject;

(kk) respecting the information to be provided to the Minister by the lessee or permittee who is applying to have the boundaries of land under an aquaculture lease or aquaculture occupation permit altered;

(ll) respecting the terms and conditions to be complied with by the lessee or permittee who is applying to have the boundaries of land under an aquaculture lease or aquaculture occupation permit altered;

(mm) respecting the public notice to be given in relation to an application to alter the boundaries of land under an aquaculture lease or aquaculture occupation permit;

(nn) respecting the grounds on which the Minister may refuse to alter the boundaries of land under an aquaculture lease or aquaculture occupation permit;

(oo) respecting appeals from decisions of the Registrar under this Act and the regulations including the grounds for appeal, the procedures on appeal, the effect of a decision of the Registrar pending the outcome of an appeal and the powers and authority of the Minister in relation to the appeal;

(pp) respecting public consultation to be undertaken by the Minister;

(qq) respecting the disclosure of confidential information;

(rr) respecting allowances and expenses payable to persons who serve on advisory committees;

(ss) defining any word or expression used in but not defined in this Act for the purposes of this Act, the regulations, or both.

49(2)Regulations under this Act may contain different provisions for different classes of aquaculture licences, aquaculture leases and aquaculture occupation permits and for different persons, classes of persons, land, classes of lands, aquaculture sites, classes of aquaculture sites, activities, classes of activities, aquatic plants and animals and strains of aquatic plants and animals.

49(3)Regulations exempting persons, classes of persons, land or classes of lands, aquaculture sites, classes of aquaculture sites, activities, classes of activities, aquatic plants and animals and strains of aquatic plants and animals from the application of this Act and the regulations or from the application of any provision of this Act or the regulations

(a) may be limited to their duration,

(b) may provide that this Act and the regulations or that a provision of this Act or the regulations will apply, despite a previous exemption, at a future time fixed in the regulations, and

1988, c.A-9.2, s.42; 1991, c.47, s.8; 2017, c.2, s.1

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