Vol. 148, No. 6 — March 12, 2014

Registration

SI/2014-21 March 12, 2014

FISHERIES ACT

Order Designating the Minister of the Environment as the Minister Responsible for the Administration and Enforcement of Subsections 36(3) to (6) of the Fisheries Act

P.C. 2014-196 February 28, 2014

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to section 43.2 (see footnote a) of the Fisheries Act (see footnote b), makes the annexed Order Designating the Minister of the Environment as the Minister Responsible for the Administration and Enforcement of Subsections 36(3) to (6) of the Fisheries Act.

ORDER DESIGNATING THE MINISTER OF THE ENVIRONMENT AS THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUBSECTIONS 36(3) TO (6) OF THE FISHERIES ACT

Definition of “Act”

1. In this Order, “Act” means the Fisheries Act.

Designation

2. The Minister of the Environment is designated as the Minister responsible for the administration and enforcement of subsections 36(3) to (6) of the Act for all purposes and subject-matters, except the following:

Reference to Minister

3. For the purposes of administering and enforcing subsections 36(3) to (6) of the Act, for the purposes and in relation to the subject-matters set out in section 2, any reference to the Minister in the following provisions of the Act is a reference to the Minister of the Environment:

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order.)

On the recommendation of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Minister of the Environment, pursuant to section 43.2 of the Fisheries Act, this Order in Council designates the Minister of the Environment as the minister responsible for the administration and enforcement of subsections 36(3) to (6) of the Fisheries Act for all purposes and subject-matters, except the following purposes and subject-matters that remain the responsibility of the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans:

Further, this Order in Council identifies those provisions of the Fisheries Act where a reference to the Minister is a reference to the Minister of the Environment for the purposes of administering and enforcing subsections 36(3) to (6) of the Fisheries Act, for the purposes and in relation to the subject-matters set out in the Order.