BILL NO. 91
(as passed)
2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015
Government Bill
Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act
(amended)
CHAPTER 18 OF THE ACTS OF 2015
The Honourable Keith Colwell
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
First Reading: April 20, 2015 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: April 23, 2015
Third Reading: May 4, 2015
Royal Assent: May 11, 2015
An Act to Amend Chapter 25
of the Acts of 1996,
the Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act
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.
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