BILL NO. 91

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015

Government Bill

Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act
(amended)

The Honourable Keith Colwell
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture

First Reading: April 20, 2015

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: April 23, 2015

Third Reading: May 4, 2015 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 (1) Subsection 77(2) of Chapter 25 of the Acts of 1996, the Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act, as amended by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1999, Chapter 51 of the Acts of 2010 and Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2012, is further amended by adding immediately after clause (e) the following clause:

(ea) providing for financial contributions by the lobster industry for use in the promotion and development of that industry, including the designation of those members of that industry required to make the contributions, the determination of the amount of the contributions, the designation of an organization to receive and disburse the contributions and the enforcement of the payment of the contributions;

(2) Section 77 of Chapter 25, as amended by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1999, Chapter 51 of the Acts of 2010 and Chapter 22 of the Acts of 2012, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following subsection:

(2A) A regulation made pursuant to subsection (2) may be of general application or may apply to such classes of persons, matters or things as the Governor in Council determines and there may be different regulations with respect to different classes of persons, matters or things.