BILL NO. 83

(as passed, with amendments)

2nd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
59 Elizabeth II, 2010

Government Bill

Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 51 OF THE ACTS OF 2010

The Honourable Sterling Belliveau
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture

First Reading: November 4, 2010 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: November 16, 2010

Third Reading: November 25, 2010 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS)

Royal Assent: December 10, 2010

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 Section 3 of Chapter 25 of the Acts of 1996, the Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act, as amended by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended by

(a) adding immediately after clause (d) the following clause:

and

(b) striking out "buying, selling, holding in possession or" in the first and second lines of clause (h).

2 Section 72 of Chapter 25, as amended by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended by

(a) striking out "fish" in the second line;

(b) striking out ", packaging" in the second line; and

(c) adding "fisheries resources" immediately after "marketing" in the third line.

3 Section 73 of Chapter 25, as amended by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended by

(a) striking out the comma after "buy" in the first line and substituting "or";

(b) striking out ", package, possess or market" in the first and second lines; and

(c) striking out "fish or" in the second line.

4 Subsection 74(1) of Chapter 25, as amended by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended by

(a) striking out the comma after "buy" in the third line and substituting "or"; and

(b) striking out ", package, possess or market fish or" in the third line.

5 Section 75 of Chapter 25, as amended by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended by

(a) striking out the comma after "buy" in the second line and substituting "or";

(b) striking out ", package, possess or market fish or" in the second line; and

(c) striking out "fish" in the fourth line and substituting "fisheries resources".

6 Subsection 76(1) of Chapter 25 is amended by striking out clause (a) and substituting the following clause:

7 (1) Clause 77(1)(a) of Chapter 25 is amended by striking out "revoke" in the first line and substituting "invoke".

(2) Subsection 77(2) of Chapter 25, as amended by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1999, is further amended by

(a) striking out clause (ca) and substituting the following clause:

(b) striking out ", packaging, possessing" in the third line of clause (e);

(c) striking out "fish or" in the third line of clause (e); and

(d) striking out clause (f) and substituting the following clause:

8 Subsection 81(1) of Chapter 25 is amended by adding immediately after clause (f) the following clause:

 

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