Canada-Newfoundland Atlantic Accord Implementation Act (S.C. 1987, c. 3)

Marginal note:Functions of Board

• 17. (1) The Board shall perform such duties and functions as are conferred or imposed on the Board by or pursuant to the Atlantic Accord or this Act.

• Marginal note:Proposed amendments

  (2) The Board may make recommendations to both governments with respect to proposed amendments to this Act, the Provincial Act and any regulations made under those Acts.

Marginal note:Access to information by governments

• 18. (1) The Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister are entitled to access to any information or documentation relating to petroleum resource activities in the offshore area that is provided for the purposes of this Act or any regulation made thereunder and such information or documentation shall, on the request of either Minister, be disclosed to that Minister without requiring the consent of the party who provided the information or documentation.

• Marginal note:Applicable provision

  (2) Section 119 applies, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of any disclosure of information or documentation or the production or giving of evidence relating thereto by a Minister as if the references in that section to the administration or enforcement of a Part of this Act included references to the administration or enforcement of the Provincial Act or any Part thereof.

Marginal note:Meetings of Board

19. A meeting of the Board shall be held

• (a) once every month unless the members of the Board unanimously agree to defer such a meeting; and

• (b) at any other time

  • (i) at the call of the Chairman of the Board,

  • (ii) on the request of any two members of the Board, or

  • (iii) on the request of the Federal Minister or the Provincial Minister to review any matter referred to it by that Minister.

Marginal note:Quorum

• 20. (1) Four members constitute a quorum of the Board.

• Marginal note:Majority vote

  (2) Where, in the absence of unanimous agreement, a vote is required to be taken in respect of a decision of the Board, the decision shall be made on the basis of a majority vote of the members of the Board.

Marginal note:Location of offices and staff

21. The principal office and staff of the Board shall be located in the Province.

Marginal note:Storage of information

22. The Board shall establish, maintain and operate a facility in the Province for the storage and curatorship of all geophysical records and geological and hydrocarbon samples relating to the offshore area.