Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.5 98
Power to collect 98 (1) Subject to subsection (6), if an agreement is entered into under subsection (3), royalties, interest and penalties payable under section 97 or revenues, interest and penalties payable under section 97.1, as the case may be, may be collected and administered and refunds in respect of those amounts payable may be granted on behalf of the Government of Canada in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement, as amended from time to time under subsection (4). Negotiation of agreement (2) The Federal Minister shall, on the request of the Government of the Province or the Regulator, negotiate (a) an agreement with the Provincial Minister and the Regulator with respect to the collection and administration of the royalties, interest and penalties payable under section 97; and (b) an agreement with the Provincial Minister and the Regulator with respect to the collection and administration of the revenues, interest and penalties payable under section 97.1. Agreement (3) On completion of the negotiation of an agreement under subsection (2), the Federal Minister, with the approval of the Governor in Council, shall, on behalf of the Government of Canada, enter into an agreement with the Government of the Province and the Regulator under which the Regulator shall, on behalf of the Government of Canada, collect and administer the royalties, interest and penalties payable under section 97 or the revenues, interest and penalties payable under section 97.1, as the case may be, and grant refunds or make other payments in respect of those amounts payable, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the agreement. Amendments to the agreement (4) The Federal Minister, with the approval of the Governor in Council, may, on behalf of the Government of Canada, enter into an agreement amending the terms and conditions of any agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (3). Proof of provision of agreement (5) A document purporting to be an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (3) or (4) that is (a) published in the Canada Gazette , or (b) certified as such by, or on behalf of, the Minister of National Revenue, the Receiver General, the Deputy Receiver General or the Federal Minister is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, evidence of the contents thereof and is admissible in evidence without proof of the signature or official character of the person purporting to have certified it. No further liability — petroleum (6) An agreement entered into under subsection (3) may provide that, if any payment is received by the Government of the Province on account of any royalties, interest, penalties or other sum payable by a person under section 97, or under both section 97 and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, that payment may be applied by the Government of the Province towards the royalties, interest, penalties or other sums payable by the person under that section or both that section and that Act in the manner that is specified in the agreement, even if the person directed that the payment be applied in any other manner or made no direction as to its application. No further liability — offshore renewable energy (6.1) An agreement entered into under subsection (3) may provide that, if any payment is received by the Government of the Province on account of any revenues, interest, penalties or other sum payable in respect of any offshore renewable energy project by a person under section 97.1, or under both section 97.1 and any Act of the Province and any regulations made under that Act, that payment may be applied by the Government of the Province towards the revenues, interest, penalties or other sums payable by the person under that section, or both that section and that Act and those regulations, in the manner that is specified in the agreement, even if the person directed that the payment be applied in any other manner or made no direction as to its application. Relief of