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NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

REGULATION 13/25

Department of Justice and Public Safety Notice, 2025

under the

Executive Council Act

(O.C. 2023-056)

(Filed February 3, 2025)

Under the authority of

section 5 of the Executive Council Act , the Lieutenant-Governor in Council gives the following Notice.

Dated at St. Johns, January 31, 2025.

Krista Quinlan

Clerk of the Executive Council

NOTICE

Analysis

Short title

Definitions

Departmental structure

Powers and duties of the minister

Administration of Acts

Repeal

Schedule A

Schedule B

Short title

This Notice may be cited as the Department of Justice and Public Safety Notice, 2025.

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Definitions

In this Notice

(a)

"department" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Department of Justice and Public Safety; and

(b)

"minister" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the Minister of Justice and Public Safety.

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Departmental structure

(1)The department was restructured by Order in Council 2023-056.

(2) The department is presided over by the minister and the Attorney General.

(3) The department consists of 5 branches as follows:

(

a) Courts and Corporate Services;

(

b) Emergency Services;

(

c) Legal Services;

(

d) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; and

(

e) Public Safety and Correctional Services.

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Powers and duties of the minister

The powers, functions and duties of the minister include the supervision, control and direction of all matters relating to the administration of

(

a) the justice system in the province;

(

b) court services in the province;

(

c) correctional and community service systems in the province;

(

d) public safety and law enforcement in the province;

(

e) emergency management services in the province; and

(

f) fire protection services in the province,

which are not, or in so far as they are not, the responsibility of another minister, agency, body, corporation, board, organization or person.

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Administration of Acts

(1)The minister has sole responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in

Schedule A and of all orders and regulations passed or made under those Acts, including those powers, functions or duties necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of those Acts.

(2) The minister and the minister of the departments indicated in

Schedule B share responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in

Schedule B and of the orders and regulations passed or made under those Acts, including those powers, functions or duties necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of those Acts.

(3) The minister has primary responsibility for the administration of the Acts set out in

Schedule B.

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Repeal

The Department of Justice and Public Safety Notice , Newfoundland and Labrador Regulation 96/19, is repealed.

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Schedule A

Age of Majority Act

Agreement for Policing the Province Act

American Bases Act, 1941

Apology Act

Apportionment Act

Arbitration Act

Bankers Books Act

Canada

and the United Kingdom

Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments Act

Chattels Real Act

Class Actions Act

Commissioners for Oaths Act

Contributory Negligence Act

Correctional Services Act

Court of Appeal Act

Court Security Act, 2010

COVID-19 Pandemic Response Act

Defamation Act

Detention of Intoxicated Persons Act

Electoral Boundaries Act

Emergency 911 Act, 2022

Emergency Services Act

Enduring Powers of Attorney Act

Enforcement of Canadian Judgments Act

Evidence Act

Exhumation Act

Family Law Act

Family Relief Act

Family Violence Protection Act

Fatal Accidents Act

Fatalities Investigations Act

Federal Courts Jurisdiction Act

Fire Protection Services Act

Firefighters' Protection Act

Flea Markets Regulation Act

Frustrated Contracts Act

Gunshot and Stab Wound Reporting Act

Human Rights Act, 2010

Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act

International Commercial Arbitration Act

International Interests in Mobile

Aircraft Equipment Act

International Sale

of Goods Act

International Trusts Act

Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Protocol Act

Interpretation Act

Interprovincial Subpoena Act

Intestate Succession Act

Intimate Images Protection Act

Judgment Enforcement Act

Judgment Interest Act

Judicature Act

Jury Act, 1991

Justices Act

Justices and Public Authorities Protection Act

King's Counsel Act

Law Enforcement Identity Management Act

Law Society Act, 1999

Leaseholds in St. Johns

Act

Legal Aid Act

Limitations Act

Mentally Disabled Persons Estates Act

Missing Persons Act

Notaries Public Act

Oaths Act

Oaths of Office Act

Obsolete Actions Extinguishment Act

Opioid Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act

Petty Trespass Act

Presumption of Death Act

Privacy Act

Proceedings Against the Crown Act

Proof of Death of Members of the Armed Forces Act

Provincial Court Act, 1991

Provincial Offences Act

Public Inquiries Act, 2006

Public Investigations Evidence Act

Public Trustee Act, 2009

Public Utilities Acquisition of Lands Act

Public Utilities Act

Quieting of Titles Act

Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act

Recording of Evidence Act

Revised Statutes, 1990 Act

Royal Newfoundland

Constabulary Act, 1992

Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act

Serious Incident Response Team Act

Service Animal Act

Settlement of International Investment Disputes Act

Sheriffs Act, 1991

Small Claims Act

Statutes Amendment Act, 1991

Statutes Amendment Act, 1992

Statutes and Subordinate Legislation Act

Support Orders Enforcement Act, 2006

Survival of Actions Act

Survivorship Act

Temporary Alternate Witnessing of Documents Act

Temporary Variation of Statutory Deadlines Act

Tobacco Health Care Costs Recovery Act

Victims of Crime Services Act

Wills Act

Winding Up of Judgment Recovery (NFLD) Ltd. Act

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Schedule B

Access to Abortion Services Act (with Health and Community Services)

Access to Health and Educational Services Act (with Health and Community Services and Education)

Advance Health Care Directives Act (with Health and Community Services)

Childrens Law Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador)

Fraudulent Conveyances Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador)

Lobbyist Registration Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador)

Partnership Act (with Digital Government and Service Newfoundland and Labrador)

Statutes Act (with the House of Assembly Management Commission of the House of Assembly)

Young Persons Offences Act (with Children, Seniors and Social Development)

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