Fish Harvester Organizations Support Act (S.N.S. 2011, c. 36).

The purpose of this Act is to: a) strengthen the licence-holder collectivity and the fish harvester organizations in the Province by designating accredited organizations to represent their interests in matters related to the fishery; b) impose mandatory dues on licence holders in regions where they have voted affirmatively for the designation of an accredited organization to represent their interests; c) provide a procedure for a Registrar to remit to the accredited organizations mandatory dues collected from licence holders; and d) encourage the development of a strong accredited organization structure that will evolve and assume responsibility for the licence. --The text - consisting of 22 sections – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: regions, accreditation, duties of accredited organization, examination, inspection of audit of accredited organization, registrar, annual dues, purpose of dues, inspectors, Regulations by Minister, Regulations by governor in Council, repeal.

Canadá · 2011-01-01