Nuclear Safety and Control Act (S.C. 1997, c. 9)

Marginal note:Commencement of legal proceedings

• 78. (1) Any action, suit or other legal proceeding in respect of an obligation or liability incurred by the Board, or in the closing out of the affairs of the Board, may be brought against the Commission in any court that would have had jurisdiction if the action, suit or proceeding had been brought against the Board.

• Marginal note:Continuation of legal proceedings

  (2) Any action, suit or other legal proceeding to which the Board is party pending in any court immediately before the commencement day may, on that day, be continued by or against the Commission in the like manner and to the same extent as it could have been continued by or against the Board.

• Marginal note:Pending proceedings

  (3) Proceedings pending before the Board immediately before the commencement day shall be taken up and continued before the Commission under and in accordance with this Act.

Marginal note:Transfer of staff

• 79. (1) Every person who, immediately before the commencement day, was an officer or employee of the Board becomes, on that day, an officer or employee, as the case may be, of the Commission.

• Marginal note:Deemed appointment

  (2) Every person to whom subsection (1) applies shall be deemed to have been appointed in accordance with subsection 16(1).

• Marginal note:No severance pay

  (3) For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed as entitling any person to severance pay.

• Marginal note:Period of service

  (4) A person to whom subsection (1) applies shall be deemed, while an officer or employee of the Board, to have been employed in the Public Service for the purpose of determining the person’s entitlement to leave or any other employment benefit.

Marginal note:Licences

80. A licence that is issued pursuant to regulations made under paragraph 9(b) of the Atomic Energy Control Act and that is in force immediately before the commencement day is deemed to have been issued under section 24 of this Act and to be in force for the remainder of the period for which it was issued under the Atomic Energy Control Act and any fees paid or payable under the AECB Cost Recovery Fees Regulations, 1994 in respect of such a licence are deemed to be paid or payable, as the case may be, under this Act.

Marginal note:Certificates, etc.

81. A certificate, approval, endorsement, authorization, designation, permit or specification issued pursuant to the Atomic Energy Control Act or any regulation made under that Act is deemed to have been issued pursuant to regulations made under this Act and to be in force for the remainder of the period for which it was issued under that Act or those regulations.