Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 142.013
Access to information by Impact Assessment Agency 142.013 (1) The Regulator shall provide the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, on request and within the period specified by the Agency under subsection 13(1) of the Impact Assessment Act , with any specialist or expert information or knowledge that the Regulator possesses. Engaging proponent (2) The Regulator shall, on the Agency’s request made under subsection 13(2) of the Impact Assessment Act , engage the proponent of a designated project in order to specify to the proponent the information, if any, that the Regulator may require in order to exercise its powers or perform its duties or functions with respect to that project. Comments for Agency — notice (3) The Chairperson of the Regulator shall provide the Agency with comments for any work or activity referred to in section 140 or 140.2 that is the subject of a notice posted under subsection 15(3) of the Impact Assessment Act in order to assist the Agency to decide whether an impact assessment of that work or activity is required. Consultation with Ministers (4) Before providing the Agency with comments, the Chairperson of the Regulator may consult with the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister and, in that event, the Chairperson shall consult with both Ministers. Comments for Agency — time limits (5) If the Agency decides that an impact assessment of the designated project is required, the Chairperson of the Regulator shall provide the Agency with comments respecting the time limits referred to in subsections 28(2) and 37(1) of the Impact Assessment Act within which the impact assessment report shall be submitted to the Minister of the Environment and within which any recommendations shall be posted on the Internet site established by the Agency. Comments — time extension (6) The Chairperson of the Regulator shall provide the Minister of the Environment with comments respecting any extension to the time limits that is considered under subsection 28(6) or (7) or 37(3) or (4) of the Impact Assessment Act . Consultation with Ministers (7) Before providing the Minister of the Environment with comments, the Chairperson of the Regulator may consult with the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister and, in that event, the Chairperson shall consult with both Ministers. Comments for Agency — information or studies (8) If the Agency decides that an impact assessment of the designated project is required, the Regulator shall provide the Agency with comments respecting (a) the scope of the factors that the Agency takes into account in determining, under subsection 18(1.2) of the Impact Assessment Act , what information or which studies it considers necessary and that it may require from the proponent for the conduct of the impact assessment; (b) the information or studies that the Regulator considers necessary for the conduct of the impact assessment or preparation of the impact assessment report, as the case may be, and that the Agency may require from the proponent under paragraph 18(1)(a), subsections 19(3) and 26(2) and section 38 of that Act; and (c) whether the proponent has provided the Agency with all of the information or studies necessary for the conduct of the impact assessment or preparation of the impact assessment report. 2024, c. 20, s. 170.1