Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act

Marginal note:Agreements or arrangements

• 6 (1) The Minister or the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans may, with respect to that Minister’s powers, duties and functions under this Act, enter into agreements or arrangements for carrying out the purposes of this Act and authorize any person, including a provincial government, a local authority and a government, council or other entity authorized to act on behalf of an Indigenous group, with whom an agreement or arrangement is entered into to exercise the powers — other than the power to make an order under section 11 — or perform the duties or functions under this Act that are specified in the agreement or arrangement.

• Marginal note:Guidelines

  (2) The Minister may issue guidelines for the purposes of this Act.