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3 These Regulations apply in respect of those submarine areas not within a province, adjacent to the coast of Canada and extending throughout the natural prolongation of the land territory of Canada to the outer edge of the continental margin or to a distance of two hundred nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Canada is measured, whichever is the greater.

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Canada Oil and Gas Certificate of Fitness Regulations.

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• (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (5) and section 5, a certifying authority may issue a certificate of fitness in respect of the installations referred to in subsection (1), if the certifying authority

  • (a) determines that, in relation to the production or drill site or region in which the particular installation is to be operated, the installation

    • (i) is designed, constructed, transported and installed or established in accordance with

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      • (B) the provisions of the Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations listed in Part 1 of the schedule to these Regulations, and

      • (C) the provisions of the Canada Oil and Gas Diving Regulations listed in Part 2 of the schedule to these Regulations, if the installation includes a dependent diving system,

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2 In these Regulations,

new installation

new installation means an offshore installation that is constructed after the coming into force of these Regulations; (nouvelle installation)

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• (2) The Chief shall approve a scope of work where the Chief determines that the scope of work

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  • (b) provides for the means for determining whether

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    • (viii) in respect of an offshore drilling installation or an offshore production installation, the structures, facilities, equipment and systems to meet the requirements of the provisions of the Canada Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Regulations listed in Part 3 of the schedule to these Regulations are in place and functioning appropriately.

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