Impact Assessment Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1)

Marginal note:Project carried out on federal lands

82 An authority must not carry out a project on federal lands, exercise any power or perform any duty or function conferred on it under any Act of Parliament other than this Act that could permit a project to be carried out, in whole or in part, on federal lands or provide financial assistance to any person for the purpose of enabling that project to be carried out, in whole or in part, on federal lands, unless

• (a) the authority determines that the carrying out of the project is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects; or

• (b) the authority determines that the carrying out of the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects and the Governor in Council decides, under subsection 90(3), that those effects are justified in the circumstances.