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Oil and Gas Spills and Debris Liability Regulations (SOR/87-331)

Regulations are current to 2024-04-01

 For the purposes of section 19.2 of the Act, the limits of liability are

  • (a) in respect of any area of land or submarine area referred to in paragraph 6(1)(a) of the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, the amount by which 40 million dollars exceeds the amount prescribed pursuant to section 9 of that Act in respect of any activity or undertaking engaged in or carried on by any person or persons described in paragraph 6(1)(a) of that Act;

  • (b) in respect of any submarine area lying north of the sixtieth parallel of north latitude and to which paragraph (a) does not apply, the amount of 40 million dollars;

  • (c) in respect of any area within the Yukon Territory or Northwest Territories covered by or located a distance of 200 metres or less from any river, stream, lake or other body of inland water and to which paragraph (a) does not apply, the amount of twenty-five million dollars;

  • (d) in respect of any area within the Yukon Territory or Northwest Territories to which neither paragraph (a) nor (c) applies, the amount of 10 million dollars; and

  • (e) in respect of any area to which the Act applies and for which no other limit is prescribed by these Regulations, the amount of 30 million dollars.

  • SOR/89-369, s. 1(F)

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