﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Regulation lims:pit-date="2016-05-02" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-05-02" lims:current-date="2019-06-21" lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838294" lims:id="838294" gazette-part="II" regulation-type="SOR" xml:lang="en" xmlns:lims="http://justice.gc.ca/lims"><Identification lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838295" lims:id="838295"><InstrumentNumber>SOR/2016-81</InstrumentNumber><RegistrationDate><Date><YYYY>2016</YYYY><MM>5</MM><DD>2</DD></Date></RegistrationDate><ConsolidationDate lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02"><Date><YYYY>2019</YYYY><MM>6</MM><DD>22</DD></Date></ConsolidationDate><EnablingAuthority lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838297" lims:id="838297"><XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">SPECIES AT RISK ACT</XRefExternal></EnablingAuthority><LongTitle lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838298" lims:id="838298">Critical Habitat of the Northern Madtom (Noturus stigmosus) Order</LongTitle></Identification><Order lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838299" lims:id="838299"><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838300" lims:id="838300" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas the Northern Madtom (<Language xml:lang="la">Noturus stigmosus</Language>) is a wildlife species that is listed as an endangered species in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">Species at Risk Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_b">a</FootnoteRef>;</Text><Footnote id="fn_b" placement="page" status="official"><Label>a</Label><Text>S.C. 2002, c. 29</Text></Footnote></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838301" lims:id="838301" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas the recovery strategy that identified the critical habitat of that species has been included in the Species at Risk Public Registry;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838302" lims:id="838302" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Whereas no portion of the critical habitat of that species that is specified in the annexed Order is in a place referred to in subsection 58(2) of that Act;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838303" lims:id="838303" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>And whereas the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is of the opinion that the annexed Order would affect a reserve or any other lands that are set apart for the use and benefit of a band and, pursuant to subsection 58(7) of that Act, has consulted with the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the band with respect to the Order;</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838304" lims:id="838304" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Therefore, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, pursuant to subsections 58(4) and (5) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">Species at Risk Act</XRefExternal><FootnoteRef idref="fn_b">a</FootnoteRef>, makes the annexed <XRefExternal reference-type="regulation" link="SOR-2016-81">Critical Habitat of the Northern Madtom (Noturus stigmosus) Order</XRefExternal>.</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838305" lims:id="838305" format-ref="indent-0-0" language-align="yes" list-item="no"><Text>Ottawa, April 21, 2016</Text></Provision><Provision lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838306" lims:id="838306" format-ref="indent-0-0" topmarginspacing="12" language-align="no" list-item="no"><TableGroup lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838307" lims:id="838307" bilingual="yes" orientation="portrait" pointsize="11pt" topmarginspacing="50pt" rowbreak="no" spanlanguages="no"><table lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838308" lims:id="838308" frame="none"><tgroup lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838309" lims:id="838309" cols="2"><colspec colname="1" colwidth="100*" /><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="100.00*" /><tbody lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838310" lims:id="838310"><row rowsep="0"><entry colsep="0" nameend="COLSPEC0" namest="1" rowsep="0" valign="top"><SignatureBlock justification="center" width="20pc"><SignatureLine justification="center"><Leader leader="solid" length="20pc" /></SignatureLine><SignatureName justification="center">Hunter Tootoo</SignatureName><SignatureTitle justification="center"><Language xml:lang="en">Minister of Fisheries and Oceans</Language></SignatureTitle><SignatureTitle justification="center"><Language xml:lang="fr">Le ministre des Pêches et des Océans</Language></SignatureTitle></SignatureBlock></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></TableGroup></Provision></Order><Body lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838311" lims:id="838311"><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838312" lims:id="838312" level="1"><TitleText>Application</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838313" lims:id="838313"><Label>1</Label><Text>Subsection 58(1) of the <XRefExternal reference-type="act" link="S-15.3">Species at Risk Act</XRefExternal> applies to the critical habitat of the Northern Madtom (<Language xml:lang="la">Noturus stigmosus</Language>), which is identified in the recovery strategy for that species that is included in the Species at Risk Public Registry.</Text></Section><Heading lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838314" lims:id="838314" level="1"><TitleText>Coming into Force</TitleText></Heading><Section lims:inforce-start-date="2016-05-02" lims:lastAmendedDate="2016-05-02" lims:fid="838315" lims:id="838315"><Label>2</Label><Text>This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.</Text></Section></Body></Regulation>