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An Act to amend the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2024, c. 20)

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Assented to 2024-10-03

PART 21988, c. 28Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act (continued)

Amendments to the Act (continued)

205 The English version of the Act is amended by replacing “Board” with “Regulator” in the following provisions:

(a) subsections 10(2) to (4);
(b) subsection 11(3);
(c) subsections 12(1) to (3), the portion of subsection 12(4) before paragraph (a) and subsection 12(5);
(d) subsections 13(2) and (4);
(e) section 16;
(f) subsection 23(1);
(g) paragraphs 24(a) and (b);
(h) subsection 28(3);
(i) subsection 30(2);
(j) paragraph 35(4)(a);
(k) subsection 40(3);
(l) paragraphs 44(2)(c) and (d);
(m) the portion of paragraph 44.2(b) before subparagraph (i);
(n) paragraph 46(1)(d);
(o) paragraph (a) of the definition prescribed in section 49;
(p) paragraphs 64(1)(a) and (b);
(q) subsection 76(3);
(r) the portion of paragraph 84(1)(b) before subparagraph (i) and subsection 84(3);
(s) paragraphs 87(4)(a) and (b);
(t) paragraph 122.1(4)(a) and subsection 122.1(7);
(u) paragraph 127(9)(b);
(v) paragraph 142(5)(a);
(w) subsection 170(2); and
(x) subsection 207.5(4).

206 The French version of the Act is amended by replacing “Office” with “Régie”, with any necessary modifications, in the following provisions:

(a) subsections 26(2) and (3);
(b) subsection 28(5);
(c) the portion of subsection 41(2) before paragraph (a);
(d) the definition formulaire in section 49;
(e) subsection 142(4.1);
(f) paragraph 210.009(1)(b); and
(g) subsection 210.091(2).

Transitional Provisions

Marginal note:Definitions

207 The following definitions apply in sections 208 and 209.

Board: Board has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act as it read immediately before the day on which subsection 109(1) of this Act comes into force. (Office)
Regulator: Regulator has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act, as it reads on the day on which subsection 109(3) comes into force. (Régie)

Marginal note:Continuation of members’ terms

208 Every person who is a member of the Board immediately before the day on which section 109 comes into force continues as a member of the Regulator for the remainder of their term.

Marginal note:Continuation of employees’ employment

209 Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the status of an employee who occupied, immediately before the day on which section 109 comes into force, a position with the Board, except that the employee, beginning on that day, occupies that position with the Regulator.

PART 3Consequential Amendments, Coordinating Amendments and Coming into Force

Consequential Amendments

1990, c. 41Hibernia Development Project Act

210 (1) The definition Board in subsection 2(1) of the Hibernia Development Project Act is repealed.
(2) Subsection 2(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
Regulator
Regulator means the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator established by the joint operation of section 9 of the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act and section 9 of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Newfoundland and Labrador Act, chapter C-2 of the Statutes of Newfoundland, 1990; (Régie)

211 Paragraph 3(2)(e) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(e) undertakings in relation to access to domestic and international markets for oil produced from the Project, subject to compliance with any other Act of Parliament including the Canadian Energy Regulator Act and the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act and with any regulations thereunder, and access to international market prices for oil produced from the Project; and

212 Subsection 6(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Validation of project approval

6 (1) For the purposes of the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act, the decision of the Regulator concerning the application for approval of the Hibernia Canada-Newfoundland Benefits Plan and the Hibernia Development Plan, which decision was published as Decision 86.01 and submitted to the Minister on June 18, 1986, shall be deemed to have been validly made by the Regulator under sections 45 and 139 of that Act and the conditions referred to in subsection 32(1) of that Act shall be deemed to have been satisfied in respect of that decision.

213 Every reference to “Board” in the following provisions of the Act is replaced by a reference to “Regulator”:

(a) the definition Hibernia Development Project or Project in subsection 2(1); and
(b) subsection 6(2).

Terminology

Marginal note:Replacement of Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act — Acts

214 (1) Every reference to “Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act” in the following provisions is replaced by a reference to “Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act”:
- (a) Schedule II to the Access to Information Act;
- (b) section 64 of the Canada Revenue Agency Act;
- (c) the definition Newfoundland offshore area and paragraph (b) of the definition offshore activity in subsection 123(1) of the Excise Tax Act;
- (d) section 189.1 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act;
- (e) paragraph 10(4)(a) of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act;
- (f) in the Impact Assessment Act,
  - (i) paragraph 21(a),
  - (ii) paragraph 32(b),
  - (iii) subsection 67(3.1), and
  - (iv) Schedule 1;
- (g) in the Income Tax Act,
  - (i) subparagraph 241(4)(d)(vi), and
  - (ii) the definition Newfoundland offshore area in subsection 248(1);
- (h) paragraph (a) of the definition offshore revenue and the definition petroleum in section 18 of the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act; and
- (i) the schedule to the Time Limits and Other Periods Act (COVID-19).
Marginal note:Bills before Parliament
(2) Every reference to “Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act” in the provisions of any bill introduced in the 1st session of the 44th Parliament that receives royal assent, other than this Act, is replaced by a reference to “Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act”.

Marginal note:Replacement of “Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board”

215 Every reference to “Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board” in the following provisions is replaced by a reference to “Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator”:

(a) Schedule I to the Access to Information Act;
(b) subsection 13(2) of the Impact Assessment Act; and
(c) the schedule to the Privacy Act.

Marginal note:Replacement of “Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act” in other federal Acts

216 (1) Every reference to “Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act” in the following provisions is replaced by a reference to “Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act”:
- (a) Schedule II to the Access to Information Act;
- (b) section 41.3 of the Canada National Parks Act;
- (c) section 64 of the Canada Revenue Agency Act;
- (d) the definition Nova Scotia offshore area and paragraph (a) of the definition offshore activity in subsection 123(1) of the Excise Tax Act;
- (e) paragraph 10(4)(b) of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act;
- (f) in the Impact Assessment Act,
  - (i) paragraph 21(a),
  - (ii) paragraph 32(b),
  - (iii) subsection 67(3.1), and
  - (iv) Schedule I;
- (g) in the Income Tax Act,
  - (i) subparagraph 241(4)(d)(vi),
  - (ii) the definition Nova Scotia offshore area in subsection 248(1); and
- (h) paragraphs (a) and (c) of the definition offshore revenue and the definition petroleum in section 4 of the Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Additional Fiscal Equalization Offset Payments Act.
Marginal note:Bills before Parliament
(2) Every reference to “Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act” in the provisions of any bill introduced in the 1st session of the 44th Parliament that receives royal assent, other than this Act, is replaced by a reference to “Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act”.

Marginal note:Replacement of “Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board”

217 Every reference to “Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board” in the following provisions is replaced by a reference to “Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator”:

(a) Schedule I to the Access to Information Act;
(b) section 41.3 of the Canada National Parks Act;
(c) subsection 13(2) of the Impact Assessment Act; and
(d) the schedule to the Privacy Act.

Coordinating Amendments

Marginal note:This Act

218 (1) If section 2 of this Act comes into force before section 108 of this Act, then the definition Accord Acts in section 2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act is replaced by the following:
Accord Acts
Accord Acts means
(a) the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act, and
(b) the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act; (lois de mise en oeuvre)
(2) If section 108 of this Act comes into force before section 2 of this Act, then the definition Accord Acts in section 2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act is replaced by the following:
Accord Acts
Accord Acts means
(a) the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act, and
(b) the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act; (lois de mise en oeuvre)
(3) On the first day on which both sections 2 and 108 of this Act are in force, the definition Accord Acts in section 2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act is replaced by the following:
Accord Acts
Accord Acts means
(a) the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act, and
(b) the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act; (lois de mise en oeuvre)