About Newfoundland and Labrador Legislative Databases on CanLII
This page contains specific details about the consolidated statutes and regulations and the annual statutes from Newfoundland and Labrador. For further information about legislation on CanLII, please read our general section about legislation.
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The consolidated statutes from Newfoundland and Labrador are updated weekly by CanLII from the Statutes and Regulations Web site of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Consolidated Statutes
The consolidated statutes database started on June 9, 2004 and contains point-in-time versions of the Revised Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1990 (RSNL 1990) as well as new public acts enacted by chapters of the annual Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador (SNL). These versions are "in force versions", that is, versions of the text as it was legally binding during a certain period of time.
CanLII cites these statutes as follows:
- by their RSNL 1990 chapter number, as for example: Mineral Act, RSNL 1990, c M-12; or
- by their SNL annual chapter number, as for example: Environmental Protection Act, SNL 2002, c E-14.2.
Consolidated Regulations
The consolidated regulations database started on June 9, 2004 and contains point-in-time versions of the Consolidated Newfoundland and Labrador Regulations 1996 (CNLR) as well as Newfoundland and Labrador Regulations (NLR) enabled by a consolidated statute. These versions are "posted versions", that is, versions of the text as it was posted on the official printer's website and downloaded by CanLII at certain dates.
CanLII cites these regulations as follows:
- by their CNLR number, as for example: Waste Material Disposal Areas, CNLR 998/96; or
- by their NLR number, as for example: Provincial Parks Regulations, NLR 91/97.
Annual Statutes
The annual statutes database brings together the assented statutes once enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador since March 1991. They include new Acts as well as Acts that amend existing consolidated Acts.
CanLII refers to annual statutes by their Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador (SNL) chapter number, as for example:
- Hospitals (Amendment) Act, 1971, SNL 1991, c 44;
- Government Money Purchase Pension Plan (Amendment) Act, SNL 2009, c 43;
- Forestry (Amendment) Act, SNL 2020, c 16.
Notices
Please note that section 2 of the Newfoundland and Labrador Act, SNL 2001, c N-3.1 indicates that " An Act that contains a reference to " Newfoundland " is amended to refer to " Newfoundland and Labrador "."