12 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Act,  (a) establishing standards with respect to food, agricultural or aquatic commodities or agricultural inputs and requiring persons to comply with the standards; (b) establishing standards with respect to any regulatable activity and requiring persons to comply with the standards; (c) governing any regulatable activity; (d) prohibiting any person or class of persons from carrying on a regulatable activity in any manner or in any manner except the prescribed manner; (e) prohibiting any person or class of persons from carrying on a regulatable activity or from constructing or altering premises, facilities, equipment or conveyances to carry on the activity unless, before doing so, the person or class of persons has given a notice to a director within the prescribed time period that sets out the information specified in the regulations; (f) prohibiting any person or class of persons from carrying on a regulatable activity or any other activity in respect of any commodity, including food, agricultural or aquatic commodities or agricultural inputs, where the commodity does not comply with the regulations or the activity is not carried out in accordance with the regulations; (g) respecting the qualifications, education, training and certification necessary in order to carry out prescribed regulatable activities and prohibiting persons other than those with the prescribed qualifications, education, training or certification from performing the prescribed regulatable activities; (h) requiring or respecting the examining, analysing, testing or grading of any food, agricultural or aquatic commodity, agricultural input or thing related to carrying on a regulatable activity; (i) respecting the qualifications, education, training and certification necessary in order to carry out the examining, analysing, testing or grading described in clause (h) and prohibiting persons or facilities other than those with the prescribed qualifications, education, training or certification from performing that examining, analysing, testing or grading; (j)   requiring or respecting the taking, supplying, examining, testing and analysing of samples of food, agricultural or aquatic commodities, agricultural inputs or any thing related to carrying on a regulatable activity and prohibiting persons or facilities other than those that the Minister or a director has appointed, certified, designated or approved from performing that taking, supplying, examining, testing and analysing; (k) requiring that any food, agricultural or aquatic commodity or agricultural input or any thing related to the carrying on of a regulatable activity be inspected and prescribing the terms and conditions under which the inspection may take place; (l) respecting the qualifications, education, training and certification that an inspector is required to have in order to exercise powers or carry out duties under this Act; (m) prohibiting persons from constructing, altering or using premises, facilities, equipment or conveyances to carry out any prescribed regulatable activities unless a permit has been issued for the premises, facilities, equipment or conveyances in accordance with the regulations; (n) governing the location, design, construction, alteration, operation including hours of operation, and maintenance of premises, facilities, equipment and conveyances used in any regulatable activity; (o) governing the issuance of certificates or permits, including their expiry, renewal, suspension and revocation and conditions attached to them and appeals from decisions made by authorized persons with respect to the issuance of certificates and permits; (p) allowing the persons or classes of persons who are authorized to issue certificates or permits to attach conditions to them in the prescribed manner; (q) authorizing the Minister or a person authorized by the Minister in writing to make orders, (i) establishing control areas where there is a food safety risk that constitutes a significant risk to public health or safety, and (ii) prohibiting or restricting persons or classes of persons from having, storing, transporting or distributing food, agricultural or aquatic commodities or agricultural inputs within, from or to the control areas in the circumstances and for the purposes specified in the regulation, if any; (r) allowing the Minister or a person authorized by the Minister in writing to make whatever orders that relate to the control areas described in clause (q) and that the person making the orders considers necessary to protect the health and welfare of the public in the circumstances and for the purposes specified in the regulation, if any; (s) establishing and governing systems to ascertain all places of origin or destination of food, agricultural or aquatic commodities, agricultural inputs, or any thing used in or related to a regulatable activity including requiring persons who come into contact with the food, agricultural or aquatic commodities, agricultural inputs or things to identify and track them in the prescribed manner and at the prescribed times and to maintain records and other documents with respect to them in the prescribed manner and at the prescribed times; (t) prohibiting persons from using, storing or handling prescribed agricultural inputs in any manner or in any manner except in the prescribed manner; (u) respecting physical, chemical and biological standards of quality and safety for food, agricultural or aquatic commodities or agricultural inputs; (v) respecting physical, chemical and biological standards of quality and safety for the premises, facilities and equipment used in any regulatable activity; (w) requiring a licensee or other persons specified in the regulations to prepare records or documents in relation to a regulatable activity and governing the form, contents, retention and disposition of the records or documents; (x) requiring a licensee or other persons specified in the regulations to prepare and submit reports, returns or other information specified in the regulations in relation to a regulatable activity and governing the form and contents of the reports, returns or information; (y) establishing requirements for and governing food safety, quality control and other similar programs, including recognizing other established programs as the programs, providing for the administration of the programs, specifying who is authorized or required to administer any part of the programs, specifying who is authorized to participate in the programs, certifying persons who successfully complete the programs and providing for means of auditing the effectiveness of the programs; (z) providing that a person who is in possession of any food, agricultural or aquatic commodity or agricultural input is deemed to possess it for the purpose specified in the regulations; (z.1) authorizing directors to designate or approve persons, organizations or facilities to exercise those powers and carry out those duties that are related to any thing described in a regulation made under this section and that are specified in the regulations made under this clause.  2001, c. 20, s. 12.