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DNA Identification Act — D-3.8 13.1
Annual report 13.1 (1) The Commissioner shall, within three months after the end of each fiscal year, submit to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness a report on the operations of the national DNA data bank for the year. Tabling in Parliament (2) The Minister shall cause the report of the Commissioner to be tabled in each House of Parliament on any of the first 15 days on which that House is sitting after he or she receives it. 2000, c. 10, s. 12; 2005, c. 10, s. 26
DNA Identification Act — D-3.8 Coming into force
Coming into force * 26 This Act or any of its provisions or any provision of an Act enacted by this Act comes into force on a day or days to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council. * [Note: Sections 2, 3 and 12 in force May 8, 2000, see SI/2000-37; sections 1, 4 to 11 and 13 to 25 in force June 30, 2000, see SI/2000-60.]
DNA Identification Act — D-3.8 165
Pardons in effect — references in other legislation 165 A reference to a record suspension in the following provisions, as enacted by this Part, is deemed also to be a reference to a pardon that is granted or issued under the Criminal Records Act : (c) subsection 10(8) of the DNA Identification Act ;
Donkin Coal Block Development Opportunity Act — D-3.9
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Donkin Coal Block Development Opportunity Act .
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Definitions 2 The following definitions apply in this Act. Donkin coal block means the coal and coal-bed methane deposits located in the area described in the schedule. ( réserve de charbon Donkin ) exploitation includes the exploration, development and reclamation of a coal block, as well as the operation of a mine that is wholly or partly at the coal block. ( exploitation ) frontier lands means lands that belong to Her Majesty in right of Canada, or in respect of which Her Majesty in right of Canada has the right to dispose of or exploit the natural resources, and that are situated in (a) the Northwest Territories, Nunavut or Sable Island; or (b) submarine areas, not within a province, in the internal waters of Canada, the territorial sea of Canada or the continental shelf of Canada. However, it does not include the adjoining area, as defined in section 2 of the Yukon Act . ( terres domaniales ) Minister means the Minister of Natural Resources. ( ministre ) operation includes the development, construction and abandonment of a mine, as well as exploration for a mine. ( exploitation ) Province means Nova Scotia. ( province )
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Donkin coal block means the coal and coal-bed methane deposits located in the area described in the schedule. ( réserve de charbon Donkin )
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exploitation includes the exploration, development and reclamation of a coal block, as well as the operation of a mine that is wholly or partly at the coal block. ( exploitation )
Donkin Coal Block Development Opportunity Act — D-3.9 (a)
frontier lands means lands that belong to Her Majesty in right of Canada, or in respect of which Her Majesty in right of Canada has the right to dispose of or exploit the natural resources, and that are situated in (a) the Northwest Territories, Nunavut or Sable Island; or (b) submarine areas, not within a province, in the internal waters of Canada, the territorial sea of Canada or the continental shelf of Canada. However, it does not include the adjoining area, as defined in section 2 of the Yukon Act . ( terres domaniales )
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Minister means the Minister of Natural Resources. ( ministre )
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operation includes the development, construction and abandonment of a mine, as well as exploration for a mine. ( exploitation )
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Province means Nova Scotia. ( province )
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Interpretation 3 For greater certainty, this Act shall not be interpreted as providing a basis for any claim by or on behalf of any province in respect of any interest in or legislative jurisdiction over any frontier lands, or any living or non-living resources of any frontier lands, or as limiting the application of any federal law that is not specifically limited under this Act.
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Purpose 4 The purpose of this Act is to provide a legal regime within a cooperative framework to facilitate the exploitation of the Donkin coal block and to regulate employment in or in connection with the operation of a mine that is wholly or partly at the Donkin coal block.
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Binding on Her Majesty 5 This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada and of the Province.
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Application 6 This Act applies to the exploitation of the Donkin coal block and to employment in or in connection with the operation of a mine that is wholly or partly at the Donkin coal block.
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Non-application of certain Acts 7 Except as otherwise provided in the regulations, the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act , the Canada Petroleum Resources Act and the Federal Real Property and Federal Immovables Act , and all regulations made under those Acts, do not apply to the Donkin coal block.
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Minister may delegate 8 Subject to section 15 , the Minister may delegate to any person any power, function or duty that the Minister considers necessary for the administration of the exploitation of the Donkin coal block.
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Royalties 9 There is hereby reserved to Her Majesty in right of Canada the royalties on coal and coal-bed methane from the portions of the Donkin coal block that lie in frontier lands, as well as related interest and penalties.
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Remittance to Receiver General 10 (1) The Province shall remit to the Receiver General, in accordance with the terms of any agreement referred to in section 12 , all royalties, interest and penalties reserved to Her Majesty in right of Canada under section 9 . Remittance to Province (2) Her Majesty in right of Canada shall, in accordance with the terms of such an agreement, remit to Her Majesty in right of the Province an amount equal to each amount remitted to the Receiver General under subsection (1). Payment out of Consolidated Revenue Fund (3) There may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to Her Majesty in right of the Province, on the requisition of the Minister, any amount to be remitted during a fiscal year under subsection (2). 2007, c. 33, s. 10; 2008, c. 28, s. 152
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Debts due to Her Majesty 11 All royalties, interest and penalties payable under subsection 10 (1) are debts due to Her Majesty in right of Canada and are recoverable as such from the Province.
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Agreement concerning royalties, etc. 12 The Minister may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, enter on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada into an agreement with the government of the Province with respect to the collection and administration of the royalties, interest and penalties referred to in section 9 on behalf of the Government of Canada, and to the remittance of those amounts by the Government of Canada to the Province.
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Recommendation of Minister of Labour 13 (1) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister of Labour, make regulations respecting employment in or in connection with the operation of a mine that is wholly or partly at the Donkin coal block, including regulations (a) excluding, in whole or in part, from the application of any of the provisions of the Canada Labour Code any employment, or any class or classes of employment, in or in connection with the operation of such a mine; and (b) governing industrial relations, occupational health and safety and labour standards in relation to employment that is subject to a regulation made under paragraph (a). Recommendation of Minister (2) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations respecting all other matters relating to the exploitation of the Donkin coal block, including regulations (a) amending the schedule to provide for any change that is necessary to the description of the area in which the Donkin coal block is located; (b) respecting the application, in whole or in part, of any of the Acts referred to in section 7 and the regulations made under those Acts; and (c) respecting royalties, interest and penalties that are referred to in section 9 . Incorporation by reference (3) The regulations referred to in subsections (1) and (2) may incorporate by reference in whole or in part any Act of the Province or instrument made under such an Act, as amended from time to time, with any adaptations that the Governor in Council considers necessary. Joint recommendation (4) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of both the Minister and the Minister of Labour, by regulation provide that any Act of the Province or instrument made under such an Act relating to the prosecution of provincial offences applies, in whole or in part, as amended from time to time and with any adaptations that the Governor in Council considers necessary, to prosecutions for offences under this Act.
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Service Fees Act does not apply 14 For greater certainty, the Service Fees Act does not apply in respect of any fees fixed under a provision that is incorporated into the regulations by reference. 2007, c. 33, s. 14; 2017, c. 20, s. 454
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Administration and enforcement 15 (1) A regulation incorporating — and, as necessary, adapting — any Act of the Province or instrument made under such an Act shall, after consultation with the appropriate provincial minister, be administered and enforced by the person or authority that is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the incorporated Act or instrument. Not agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada (2) Persons and authorities referred to in subsection (1) are not agents of Her Majesty in right of Canada. Offence and penalty (3) Every person who contravenes a regulation by contravening a provision that is incorporated — and, as necessary, adapted — by the regulation is guilty of an offence against this Act and liable to the same punishment as is imposed by or under an Act of the Province for the contravention of that provision. Procedure (4) The prosecution of an offence described in subsection (3) shall be conducted by the Attorney General of the Province or his or her lawful deputy.
Donkin Coal Block Development Opportunity Act — D-3.9
ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land and land covered by water, in the vicinity of Donkin, Cape Breton County, Province of Nova Scotia, and as more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at Latitude 46°10′50″N and Longitude 59°41′15″ W; THENCE due North along the western most boundaries of tracts 57, 64, 81, 88, and 105, claim reference map 11 J 4 D as defined in Section 2(ao), the Mineral Resources Act , S.N.S. 1990, c.18, and more particularly described in Section 6, the Mineral Resources Regulations , N.S.R. 222/2004, a distance of 5 miles to Latitude 46°15′00″N and Longitude 59°41′15″W; THENCE due West along the southern most boundaries of tracts 10, 11, and 12, claim reference map 11 J 5 A, a distance of 3 miles to Latitude 46°15′00″N and Longitude 59°45′00″W; THENCE due North along the western most boundaries of tracts 12 and 13, claim reference map 11 J 5 A, a distance of 2 miles to Latitude 46°16′40″N and Longitude 59°45′00″W; THENCE due West along the southern most boundaries of tracts 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, claim reference map 11 J 5 B, a distance of 9 miles to Latitude 46°16′40″N and Longitude 59°56′15″W; THENCE due South along the eastern most boundaries of tracts 15 and 10, claim reference map 11 J 5 B and tracts 106, 87, and 82, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 5 miles to Latitude 46°12′30″N and Longitude 59°56′15″W; THENCE due West along the southern most boundary of tract 82, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 1 mile to Latitude 46°12′30″N and Longitude 59°57′30″W; THENCE due South along the eastern most boundary of tracts 62 and 59, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 2 miles to Latitude 46°10′50″N and Longitude 59°57′30″W; THENCE due East along the northern most boundary of tract 39 and claim N, tract 40, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 1.25 miles to Latitude 46°10′50″N and Longitude 59°55′56.25″W; THENCE due North along the western most boundary of claims C, F, L, and O, tract 57, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 1 mile to Latitude 46°11′40″N and Longitude 59°55′56.25″W; THENCE due East along the northern most boundary of claims O, P, and Q, tract 57, and northern most boundary of tracts 56, 55, and 54, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 3.75 miles to Latitude 46°11′40″N and Longitude 59°51′15″W; THENCE due South along the eastern most boundaries of tracts 54 and 43, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 2 miles to Latitude 46°10′00″N and Longitude 59°51′15″W; THENCE due East along the northern most boundaries of tracts 29 and 28, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 2 miles to Latitude 46°10′00″N and Longitude 59°48′45″W; THENCE due North along the western most boundary of tract 46, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 1 mile to Latitude 46°10′50″N and Longitude 59°48′45″W; THENCE due East along the northern most boundaries of tracts 46, 47, and 48, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, and tracts 37, 38, and 39, claim reference map 11 J 4 D, a distance of 6 miles to Latitude 46°10′50″N and Longitude 59°41′15″W.
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BEGINNING at Latitude 46°10′50″N and Longitude 59°41′15″ W;
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THENCE due North along the western most boundaries of tracts 57, 64, 81, 88, and 105, claim reference map 11 J 4 D as defined in Section 2(ao), the Mineral Resources Act , S.N.S. 1990, c.18, and more particularly described in Section 6, the Mineral Resources Regulations , N.S.R. 222/2004, a distance of 5 miles to Latitude 46°15′00″N and Longitude 59°41′15″W;
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THENCE due West along the southern most boundaries of tracts 10, 11, and 12, claim reference map 11 J 5 A, a distance of 3 miles to Latitude 46°15′00″N and Longitude 59°45′00″W;
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THENCE due North along the western most boundaries of tracts 12 and 13, claim reference map 11 J 5 A, a distance of 2 miles to Latitude 46°16′40″N and Longitude 59°45′00″W;
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THENCE due West along the southern most boundaries of tracts 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33, claim reference map 11 J 5 B, a distance of 9 miles to Latitude 46°16′40″N and Longitude 59°56′15″W;
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THENCE due South along the eastern most boundaries of tracts 15 and 10, claim reference map 11 J 5 B and tracts 106, 87, and 82, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 5 miles to Latitude 46°12′30″N and Longitude 59°56′15″W;
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THENCE due West along the southern most boundary of tract 82, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 1 mile to Latitude 46°12′30″N and Longitude 59°57′30″W;
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THENCE due South along the eastern most boundary of tracts 62 and 59, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 2 miles to Latitude 46°10′50″N and Longitude 59°57′30″W;
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THENCE due East along the northern most boundary of tract 39 and claim N, tract 40, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 1.25 miles to Latitude 46°10′50″N and Longitude 59°55′56.25″W;
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THENCE due North along the western most boundary of claims C, F, L, and O, tract 57, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 1 mile to Latitude 46°11′40″N and Longitude 59°55′56.25″W;
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THENCE due East along the northern most boundary of claims O, P, and Q, tract 57, and northern most boundary of tracts 56, 55, and 54, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 3.75 miles to Latitude 46°11′40″N and Longitude 59°51′15″W;
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THENCE due South along the eastern most boundaries of tracts 54 and 43, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 2 miles to Latitude 46°10′00″N and Longitude 59°51′15″W;
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THENCE due East along the northern most boundaries of tracts 29 and 28, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 2 miles to Latitude 46°10′00″N and Longitude 59°48′45″W;
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THENCE due North along the western most boundary of tract 46, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, a distance of 1 mile to Latitude 46°10′50″N and Longitude 59°48′45″W;
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THENCE due East along the northern most boundaries of tracts 46, 47, and 48, claim reference map 11 J 4 C, and tracts 37, 38, and 39, claim reference map 11 J 4 D, a distance of 6 miles to Latitude 46°10′50″N and Longitude 59°41′15″W.
Dry Docks Subsidies Act — D-4 1
Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Dry Docks Subsidies Act . R.S., c. D-9, s. 1
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Definitions 2 In this Act, dry dock and dock include floating dry docks; ( bassin de radoub ou bassin ) Minister means the Minister of Public Works and Government Services; ( ministre ) R.S., 1985, c. D-4, s. 2; 1996, c. 16, s. 34
Dry Docks Subsidies Act — D-4
dry dock and dock include floating dry docks; ( bassin de radoub ou bassin )
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Minister means the Minister of Public Works and Government Services; ( ministre )
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Subsidy for construction of dry dock 3 (1) The Governor in Council may, as an aid to the construction of any dry dock, authorize the payment out of any unappropriated money forming part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of a subsidy, in accordance with this Act, to any incorporated company, approved by the Governor in Council as having the ability to perform the work, that enters into an agreement with Her Majesty to construct a dry dock under this Act, with all necessary equipment, machinery and plant, for the reception and repairing of vessels. Report before grant of subsidy (2) No such aid shall be granted unless the Governor in Council is satisfied, on a report of the Minister and such other evidence as the Governor in Council deems necessary, that the dry dock is needed in the public interest, and is, as proposed, of sufficient capacity to meet the public requirements where the dry dock is to be located. R.S., 1985, c. D-4, s. 3; 1996, c. 16, s. 35
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Works of existing dry dock company 4 (1) For the purpose of constructing a dry dock under this Act, the company entering into the agreement contemplated by section 3 may utilize, or acquire for the purpose of utilizing, the works and property of any existing dry dock company whose dock has been constructed under An Act to encourage the construction of Dry Docks by granting assistance on certain conditions to companies constructing them , chapter 17 of the Statutes of Canada, 1882, An Act to encourage the construction of Dry Docks , chapter 9 of the Statutes of Canada, 1899, An Act to encourage the Construction of Dry Docks , chapter 116 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906, or An Act to encourage the Construction of Dry Docks , chapter 24 of the Statutes of Canada, 1908, and the value of the works and property at the time when the agreement is entered into, in so far as the works and property may be useful in the construction of a dry dock of greater dimensions or capacity under this Act, shall be deemed to be for the purposes of subsidy calculation a part of the cost of the dry dock constructed under this Act. Aggregate subsidies already paid (2) The aggregate amount of all subsidies paid by the Governor in Council, in respect of the dock so utilized, under any of the Acts mentioned in subsection (1), before the agreement to construct under this Act is entered into, shall be deducted from the subsidy payable under this Act, and the deduction shall be made in equal annual portions during the period in respect of which the subsidy is payable under this Act, and the remaining payments, if any, of the subsidy called for by the agreement entered into under any of the Acts mentioned in subsection (1) shall not be made. Value of existing works (3) For the purposes of this section, the value of the works and property of any existing dry dock company shall be estimated by the Minister, and the Governor in Council, having regard to the estimate, shall determine the value of the works and property, and the amount shall be so determined before the said agreement is entered into. R.S., 1985, c. D-4, s. 4; 1996, c. 16, s. 36
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Plans, specifications and estimates 5 Any company that seeks to enter into an agreement with Her Majesty to construct a dry dock under this Act shall, as part of its application therefor, present detailed working plans and specifications of the proposed works, accompanied by estimates of the cost thereof, including estimates of the cost of all necessary equipment, machinery, plant and site, if the company is obliged to pay for the site in cash and does not obtain or has not obtained a site by way of bonus or gift, and the estimates of cost shall be in such detail as will enable the Minister to verify them for the purposes of the recommendation made by the Minister under section 8. R.S., 1985, c. D-4, s. 5; 1996, c. 16, s. 37