Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33)

Marginal note:Ministerial advisory committees

• 7. (1) For the purpose of carrying out their duties under this Act, the Ministers or either Minister may

  • (a) establish advisory committees to report to the Ministers or either Minister; and

  • (b) specify the functions that the committees are to perform and the manner in which those functions are to be performed.

• Marginal note:Publication of report

  (2) The report of a committee established under subsection (1), including its recommendations and reasons, shall be made public.

Marginal note:Report of various committees

8. The Minister shall include in the annual report required by section 342 a report of the activities of the Committee and of any committees established under paragraph 7(1)(a).

Marginal note:Negotiation of agreement

• 9. (1) The Minister may negotiate an agreement with a government or with an aboriginal people with respect to the administration of this Act.

• Marginal note:Publication of negotiated agreements

  (2) The Minister shall publish any agreement negotiated under subsection (1) before it is entered into, or give notice of its availability, in the Canada Gazette and in any other manner that the Minister considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Comments or objections

  (3) Within 60 days after the publication of an agreement or notice of its availability under subsection (2), any person may file with the Minister comments or a notice of objection.

• Marginal note:Publication by Minister of results

  (4) After the end of the period of 60 days referred to in subsection (3), the Minister shall publish in the Canada Gazette and in any other manner that the Minister considers appropriate a report or a notice of the availability of a report that summarizes how any comments or notices of objection were dealt with.

• Marginal note:Entering into agreements

  (5) The Minister may, after publishing a report or notice under subsection (4),

  • (a) with the approval of the Governor in Council, enter into an agreement with a government or an aboriginal people with respect to the administration of this Act; and

  • (b) subject to any terms and conditions that the Governor in Council may specify in the approval, agree to amendments of the agreement.

• Marginal note:Publication of final agreements

  (6) The Minister shall publish any agreement under subsection (5), or give notice of its availability, in the Canada Gazette and in any other manner that the Minister considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Termination

  (7) An agreement made under subsection (5) terminates five years after the date on which it comes into force or may be terminated earlier by either party giving the other at least three months notice.

• Marginal note:Annual report

  (8) The Minister shall include in the annual report required by section 342 a report on the administration of this Act under agreements made under subsection (5).

• Marginal note:Action not limited by Agreement

  (9) No agreement made under this section shall limit or restrict the carrying out of any action the Minister deems necessary for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including the conduct of inspections or investigations.