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 11987, c. 3; 2014, c. 13, s. 3Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act (continued)
Amendments to the Act (continued)
98 Section 205.102 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Non-application of Federal Courts Act
205.102 For the purposes of the Federal Courts Act, neither the Regulator, the Chief Safety Officer nor a health and safety officer, when exercising or purporting to exercise jurisdiction or powers conferred on them under this Part, is a federal board, commission or other tribunal as defined in subsection 2(1) of that Act.
99 Subsection 205.12(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Witnesses
(3) Every witness who attends and gives evidence at an inquiry under this section is entitled to be paid reasonable travel and living expenses incurred by the witness in doing so and the witness fees prescribed in the tariff of fees in use in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.
100 Section 205.125 of the Act is repealed.
101 The Act is amended by replacing “Board” with “Regulator” in the following provisions:
(a) the definitions Chief Executive Officer and fundamental decision in section 2;
(b) the heading “Establishment of Board” before section 9;
(c) subsections 9(2) to (4);
(d) subsection 10(1);
(e) subsection 11(1);
(f) subsections 12(1) and (5);
(g) subsection 13(1);
(h) section 14;
(i) subsections 16(1) to (5);
(j) section 17 and the heading before it;
(k) section 19;
(l) subsection 20(2);
(m) section 21;
(n) the portion of section 23 before paragraph (a);
(o) subsections 24(1) and (5);
(p) subsection 25(1);
(q) section 26 and 26.1;
(r) subsections 27(1) to (3);
(s) section 28;
(t) subsection 29(1);
(u) paragraph 29.1(1)(a);
(v) subsection 29.3(2);
(w) sections 30 to 32;
(x) section 39 and 40;
(y) the portion of subsection 42(1) before paragraph (a), paragraphs 42(1)(b) and (e), the portion of subsection 42(1.1) before paragraph (a) and subsections 42(2) and (4);
(z) subsections 43(1) to (3);
(z.1) section 44;
(z.2) the portion of section 44.2 before paragraph (a);
(z.3) the portion of section 44.3 before paragraph (a);
(z.4) section 44.4;
(z.5) subsections 45(2) and (4) to (6);
(z.6) the portion of subsection 46(1) before paragraph (a);
(z.7) sections 51 and 52;
(z.8) subsections 53(1) and (2);
(z.9) subsection 56(6);
(z.10) paragraphs 58(4)(d) and (g);
(z.11) subsection 61(2);
(z.12) section 63;
(z.13) subsection 67(1);
(z.14) section 68;
(z.15) subsection 70(3);
(z.16) subsections 71(1), (2) and (4);
(z.17) subsections 73(1), (2) and (4);
(z.18) subsection 76(1);
(z.19) subsection 77(1);
(z.20) subsections 78(1) and (2);
(z.21) subsections 79(1) to (3) and (6);
(z.22) the portion of subsection 81(1) before paragraph (a) and subsections 81(2) and (4);
(z.23) section 82;
(z.24) the portion of subsection 84(4) before paragraph (a);
(z.25) subsection 86(1);
(z.26) subsection 101(2);
(z.27) the definitions Deputy Registrar and Registrar in subsection 102(1);
(z.28) paragraph 116(a);
(z.29) paragraph 118(a);
(z.30) paragraphs 119(6)(a) and (b) and subsections 119(7) and (8);
(z.31) subsection 119.1(1), paragraphs 119.1(3)(a) and (c), the portion of subsection 119.1(4) before paragraph (a), paragraph 119.1(5)(b) and subsection 119.1(6);
(z.32) subsection 121(1);
(z.33) subsection 123(1);
(z.34) subsections 124(2), (3), (6) and (7);
(z.35) paragraph 125(1)(b);
(z.36) section 126;
(z.37) subsections 130(1) and (4);
(z.38) subsection 131(1);
(z.39) section 132;
(z.40) subsection 133(2);
(z.41) subsections 138(3) and (3.1), the portion of subsection 138(4) before paragraph (a), paragraph 138(4)(c) and the portion of subsection 138(5) before paragraph (a);
(z.42) section 138.21;
(z.43) subsections 139(1), (2), (4) and (5);
(z.44) subsection 139.1(4);
(z.45) subsection 139.2(1), paragraphs 139.2(3)(b) and (4)(a) and subsection 139.2(7);
(z.46) section 140;
(z.47) subsections 141(1) and (2);
(z.48) subsections 142(1) to (4);
(z.49) section 147;
(z.50) subsection 148(3);
(z.51) the portion of paragraph 149(1)(c) before subparagraph (i) and paragraph 149(1)(h.2);
(z.52) subsection 154(1);
(z.53) subsection 156(2);
(z.54) subsection 161(7);
(z.55) section 161.4;
(z.56) subparagraph 162(1)(a)(ii) and the portion of subsection 162(2) before paragraph (a);
(z.57) subsections 162.1(1) to (3) and (5);
(z.58) subsections 163(1) and (1.2) to (3);
(z.59) subsection 163.1(1);
(z.60) subsection 164(3);
(z.61) subsections 164.3(1) and (3);
(z.62) subsections 165(1), (1.1) and (3) to (5);
(z.63) subsection 167(2);
(z.64) subsection 168(2);
(z.65) subsection 172(2);
(z.66) subsection 174(2);
(z.67) subsection 176(1);
(z.68) section 186;
(z.69) subsection 187(4);
(z.70) section 188;
(z.71) section 190;
(z.72) paragraphs 196(1)(d) to (f) and subsections 196(3) and (4);
(z.73) the portion of subsection 196.1(1) before paragraph (a);
(z.74) subsection 202(1);
(z.75) the portion of section 202.02 before paragraph (a);
(z.76) sections 202.2 to 202.4;
(z.77) subsections 202.5(1) to (3);
(z.78) subsection 202.91(1);
(z.79) section 202.93;
(z.80) section 205;
(z.81) paragraph 205.009(1)(a);
(z.82) paragraph 205.013(1)(s);
(z.83) paragraph 205.019(1)(q);
(z.84) paragraph 205.027(e);
(z.85) paragraph 205.037(1)(b);
(z.86) subsection 205.038(3);
(z.87) the heading before section 205.066;
(z.88) the portion of subsection 205.066(1) before paragraph (a) and subsection 205.066(3);
(z.89) subsection 205.067(1);
(z.90) subsection 205.068(2);
(z.91) subsections 205.071(2) to (5);
(z.92) subsections 205.072(3) and (5);
(z.93) section 205.083;
(z.94) subsection 205.088(1);
(z.95) section 205.089;
(z.96) subsection 205.09(1);
(z.97) paragraph 205.107(1)(e);
(z.98) subsection 205.116(1);
(z.99) the portion of subsection 205.118(5) before paragraph (a) and subsection (6);
(z.100) subsections 205.119(1) to (3), (5) and (6);
(z.101) subsections 205.12(1), (2) and (4) to (7); and
(z.102) subparagraph 214(2)(a)(iii).
102 The English version of the Act is amended by replacing “Board” with “Regulator” in the following provisions:
(a) subsections 10(2) to (6);
(b) subsections 12(2) and (6);
(c) the portion of subsection 15(4) before paragraph (a) and subsection 15(5);
(d) subsection 20(1);
(e) subparagraphs 23(a)(i) to (vii) and paragraph 23(b);
(f) subsection 29(2);
(g) the portion of paragraph 44.2(b) before subparagraph (i);
(h) paragraph 46(1)(d);
(i) paragraph (a) of the definition prescribed in section 47;
(j) paragraph 61(1)(b);
(k) subsection 73(3);
(l) the portion of paragraph 81(1)(b) before subparagraph (i) and subsection 81(3);
(m) paragraphs 84(4)(a) and (b);
(n) paragraph 119.1(4)(a);
(o) paragraph 124(9)(b);
(p) paragraph 138(5)(a);
(q) subsection 165(2); and
(r) subsection 202.5(4).
103 The French version of the Act is amended by replacing “Office” with “Régie”, with any necessary modifications, in the following provisions:
(a) subsection 25(2);
(b) subsection 27(5);
(c) the definition formulaire in section 47;
(d) subsection 138(4.1);
(e) paragraph 205.009(1)(b); and
(f) subsection 205.09(2).
Transitional Provisions
Marginal note:Definitions
104 The following definitions apply in sections 105 and 106.
- Board
Board has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act as it read immediately before the day on which subsection 3(1) of this Act comes into force. (Office)
- Regulator
Regulator has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act, as it reads on the day on which subsection 3(3) comes into force. (Régie)
Marginal note:Continuation of members’ terms
105 Every person who is a member of the Board immediately before the day on which section 3 comes into force continues as a member of the Regulator for the remainder of their term.
Marginal note:Continuation of employees’ employment
106 Nothing in this Act is to be construed as affecting the status of an employee who occupied, immediately before the day on which section 3 comes into force, a position with the Board, except that the employee, beginning on that day, occupies that position with the Regulator.
PART 21988, c. 28Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act
Amendments to the Act
107 The long title of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act is replaced by the following:
108 Section 1 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Short title
1 This Act may be cited as the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act.
109 (1) The definition Board in section 2 of the Act is repealed.
(2) The definition Provincial Minister in section 2 of the Act is replaced by the following:
- Provincial Minister
Provincial Minister means, other than for the purposes of Part III.1, the minister of the government of the Province who is responsible for the management of offshore energy resources; (ministre provincial)
(3) Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
- abandoned facility
abandoned facility means any pipeline, as defined in section 138, installation, facility, equipment or system that has been abandoned in accordance with an authorization issued under Part III; (installation abandonnée)
- Indigenous peoples of Canada
Indigenous peoples of Canada has the meaning assigned by the definition aboriginal peoples of Canada in subsection 35(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982; (peuples autochtones du Canada)
- offshore renewable energy project
offshore renewable energy project means any of the following works and activities:
(a) any research or assessment conducted in relation to the exploitation or potential exploitation of a renewable resource to produce an energy product, unless it is conducted by or on behalf of a government or educational institution,
(b) any exploitation of a renewable resource to produce an energy product,
(c) any storage of an energy product produced from a renewable resource, and
(d) any transmission of an energy product produced from a renewable resource; (projet d’énergie renouvelable extracôtière)
- offshore renewable energy recommendation
offshore renewable energy recommendation means a recommendation made by the Regulator respecting the exercise of a power or the performance of a duty under a provision of this Act that expressly provides for the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty subject to sections 38.1 to 38.3; (recommandation relative à l’énergie renouvelable extracôtière)
- Regulator
Regulator means the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator established by the joint operation of section 9 of this Act and section 9 of the Provincial Act; (Régie)
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