Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act (S.C. 1988, c. 28)

Act current to 2012-05-02 and last amended on 2009-12-15. Previous Versions

PART I

JOINT MANAGEMENT

Establishment of Board

Marginal note:Jointly established Board

  • 9. (1) There is established by the joint operation of this Act and the Provincial Act a board to be known as the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board.

  • Marginal note:Treated as Provincial entity

    (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the Board shall for all purposes be treated as having been established by or under a law of the Province.

  • Marginal note:Powers of corporation

    (3) The Board has the legal powers and capacities of a corporation incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, including those set out in section 21 of the Interpretation Act.

  • Marginal note:Dissolution of Board

    (4) The Board may be dissolved only by the joint operation of an Act of Parliament and an Act of the Legislature of the Province.

  • 1988, c. 28, s. 9;
  • 1992, c. 35, s. 85;
  • 1994, c. 24, s. 34(F).
Marginal note:Board consisting of five members

  • 10. (1) The Board shall consist of five members.

  • Marginal note:Federal and Provincial appointees

    (2) Two members of the Board are to be appointed by the Federal Government, two by the Provincial Government and the Chairman of the Board is to be appointed by both the Federal Government and the Provincial Government.

  • Marginal note:Alternate members

    (3) Each government may appoint one alternate member to act as a member of the Board in the absence or incapacity of any of the members of the Board appointed by that government.

  • Marginal note:Joint appointees

    (4) Notwithstanding subsection (2) or (3), any member or alternate member of the Board may be appointed by both the Federal Government and the Provincial Government.

Marginal note:Definitions

  • 11. (1) In this section and section 12,

    “public servant”

    « fonctionnaire »

    “public servant” means a person employed in the Public Service of Canada, and includes any other person who is a civil servant within the meaning of the Provincial Act;

    “Public Service of Canada”

    « administration fédérale »

    “Public Service of Canada” has the meaning given the expression “public service” in the Public Service Labour Relations Act, and includes any portion of the federal public administration designated by order in council pursuant to this subsection and for the purposes of this section as part of the Public Service of Canada.

  • Marginal note:Qualifications

    (2) Not more than two members of the Board may, during the term of office of those members on the Board, be public servants and of those two members, not more than one may be appointed by each government.

  • Marginal note:Qualifications for Chairman

    (3) The Chairman of the Board shall not, during the term of office as Chairman, be a public servant.

  • 1988, c. 28, s. 11;
  • 2003, c. 22, s. 122(E).
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