Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.5 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, abandoned facility means any pipeline , as defined in section 135, installation, facility, equipment or system that has been abandoned in accordance with an authorization issued under Part III; ( installation abandonnée ) Atlantic Accord means the Memorandum of Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Province on offshore petroleum resource management and revenue sharing dated February 11, 1985, and includes any amendments thereto; ( Accord atlantique ) Board [Repealed, 2024, c. 20, s. 3] Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador benefits plan means a plan submitted under subsection 45(2); ( plan de retombées économiques ) Canada-Newfoundland benefits plan [Repealed, 2014, c. 13, s. 4] Chief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer of the Regulator appointed pursuant to section 24; ( premier dirigeant ) development plan means a plan submitted pursuant to subsection 139(2) for the purpose of obtaining approval of the general approach of developing a pool or field as proposed in the plan; ( plan de mise en valeur ) Federal Government means the Governor in Council; ( gouvernement fédéral ) Federal Minister means the Minister of Natural Resources; ( ministre fédéral ) field (a) means a general surface area underlain or appearing to be underlain by one or more pools, and (b) includes the subsurface regions vertically beneath the general surface area referred to in paragraph (a); ( champ ) former regulations means the Canada Oil and Gas Land Regulations made pursuant to the Public Lands Grants Act and the Territorial Lands Act and includes orders made pursuant to those Regulations; ( anciens règlements ) fundamental decision means a decision made by the Regulator respecting the exercise of a power or the performance of a duty pursuant to a provision of this Act that expressly provides for the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty subject to sections 31 to 40; ( décision majeure ) gas means natural gas and includes all substances, other than oil, that are produced in association with natural gas; ( gaz ) government means the Federal Government, the Provincial Government or both, as the context requires; ( Version anglaise seulement ) 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 ) Minister means the Federal Minister, the Provincial Minister or both, as the context requires; ( Version anglaise seulement ) offshore area means (a) in the case of petroleum, those submarine areas lying seaward of the low water mark of the Province and extending, at any location, as far as (i) any prescribed line, or (ii) if no line is prescribed at that location, the outer edge of the continental margin or 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, and (b) in the case of offshore renewable energy, the areas referred to in paragraph (a) that are not within the Province; ( zone extracôtière ou zone ) 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 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