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Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 207.5
Object of review 207.5 (1) The Regulator or the person conducting the review shall determine, as the case may be, whether the amount of the penalty for the violation was determined in accordance with the regulations or whether the person committed the violation, or both. Determination (2) The Regulator or the person conducting the review shall render a determination and the reasons for it in writing and cause the person who requested the review to be served with a copy of them. Correction of penalty (3) If the Regulator or the person conducting the review determines that the amount of the penalty for the violation was not determined in accordance with the regulations, the Regulator or the person, as the case may be, shall correct the amount of the penalty. Responsibility (4) If the Regulator or the person conducting the review determines that the person who requested the review committed the violation, the person who requested the review is liable to the penalty as set out in the notice issued under section 207.06 or as set out in the determination if the amount of the penalty was corrected under subsection (3). Determination final (5) A determination made under this section is final and binding and, subject to review by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, is not subject to appeal or to review by any court. 2015, c. 4, s. 102 2024, c. 20, s. 204 2024, c. 20, s. 205(E)
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 207.6
Burden of proof 207.6 If the facts of a violation are reviewed, the person who issued the notice of violation shall establish, on a balance of probabilities, that the person named in it committed the violation identified in it. 2015, c. 4, s. 102
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 207.7
Payment 207.7 If a person pays the penalty set out in a notice of violation, the person is considered to have committed the violation and proceedings in respect of it are ended. 2015, c. 4, s. 102
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 207.8
Failure to act 207.8 A person that neither pays the penalty imposed under this Part nor requests a review in the period referred to in section 207.2 is considered to have committed the violation and is liable to the penalty. 2015, c. 4, s. 102
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 207.9
Debt to Her Majesty 207.9 (1) A penalty constitutes a debt due to Her Majesty in right of the Province and may be recovered in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Limitation period (2) No proceedings to recover the debt are to be instituted more than five years after the day on which the debt becomes payable. 2015, c. 4, s. 102
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 207.91
Certificate 207.91 (1) The Regulator may issue a certificate of non-payment certifying the unpaid amount of any debt referred to in subsection 207.9 (1). Registration (2) Registration in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia of a certificate of non-payment issued under subsection (1) has the same effect as a judgment of that court for a debt of the amount specified in the certificate and all related registration costs. 2015, c. 4, s. 102 2024, c. 20, s. 204
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 207.92
Admissibility of documents 207.92 In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a document that appears to be a notice issued under subsection 207.06 (1) is presumed to be authentic and is proof of its contents in any proceeding in respect of a violation. 2015, c. 4, s. 102
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 207.93
Publication 207.93 The Regulator may make public the nature of a violation, the name of the person who committed it and the amount of the penalty. 2015, c. 4, s. 102 2024, c. 20, s. 204
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 208
Regulations 208 Subject to section 6, the Governor in Council may make such regulations not inconsistent with this Part as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Part, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations defining and distinguishing more particularly for the purposes of Divisions I and II the terms “oil” and “gas”. 1988, c. 28, s. 208 2024, c. 20, s. 191
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 209
Application 209 This Part applies to every interest or right in petroleum acquired or vested before the coming into force of this section and is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province. 1988, c. 28, s. 209; 2014, c. 13, s. 83(F)
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210
Operating licences 210 (1) Where an operating licence was issued under subsection 3.2(1) of the Oil and Gas Production and Conservation Act and is in force on the coming into force of this section, it shall be deemed to be an operating licence issued by the Regulator under this Part. Authorizations and development plan approval (2) Where, prior to the coming into force of this section, authorization for any work or activity or approval of a development plan was given under subsection 3.2(1) of the Oil and Gas Production and Conservation Act or any regulation made under that Act, the authorization or approval shall be deemed to have been given by the Regulator under this Part. 1988, c. 28, s. 210 2024, c. 20, s. 204
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.001
urposes of subparagraph (a)(iv) of the definition marine installation or structure in subsection (1); (b) prescribing a class of vessels for the purposes of subparagraph (b)(i) of the definition marine installation or structure in subsection (1); and (c) prescribing a class of ships or vessels for the purposes of subparagraph (b)(ii) of the definition marine installation or structure in subsection (1). Employees in transit (5) For the purposes of sections 210.005, 210.007 and 210.008, an employee is deemed to be at a workplace within the offshore area while — and immediately before — the employee is being transported on a passenger craft between the last point of embarkation on shore and the workplace, between the workplace and the first point of disembarkation on shore, or between workplaces. 2014, c. 13, s. 84 2024, c. 20, s. 192
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
authorization means an authorization issued under paragraph 142(1)(b) or subsection 142.011(1). ( autorisation )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
Chief Safety Officer means the person designated as the Chief Safety Officer under section 144. ( délégué à la sécurité )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
committee means a special committee and a workplace committee. ( comité )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
coordinator means an employee designated under subsection 210.045(1) to act as an occupational health and safety coordinator. ( coordonnateur )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
declaration means a declaration referred to in subsection 143.1(1) or (2). ( déclaration )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
employee means an individual who, in return for monetary compensation, performs work or services for an employer in respect of a work or activity for which an authorization has been issued. ( employé )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
employer means a person who employs or contracts for the services of any individual in respect of a work or activity for which an authorization has been issued, if that person has the power to exercise direction and control over the individual’s work at the workplace. ( employeur )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
hazardous substance includes a controlled product and any chemical, biological or physical agent that, by reason of a property that the agent possesses, is hazardous to the health or safety of an individual exposed to it. ( substance dangereuse )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
health and safety officer means an occupational health and safety officer or a special officer. ( agent de santé et de sécurité )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
interest holder has the same meaning as in section 49. ( Version anglaise seulement )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 (a)
marine installation or structure (a) includes (i) any ship, including any ship used for construction, production or diving or for geotechnical or seismic work, (ii) any offshore drilling unit, including a mobile offshore drilling unit, (iii) any production platform, subsea installation, pipeline as defined in section 138, pumping station or storage structure, (iii.1) any facility or structure used for producing, storing or transmitting an offshore renewable energy product, including an electrical substation, (iii.2) any living accommodation or loading or landing platform, and (iv) any other work, or work within a class of works, prescribed under paragraph (4)(a); but (b) does not include (i) any vessel, including any supply vessel, standby vessel, shuttle tanker or seismic chase vessel, that provides any supply or support services to a ship, installation, facility, structure, work or anything else described in paragraph (a), unless the vessel is within a class of vessels that is prescribed under paragraph (4)(b), or (ii) any ship or vessel within a class of ships or vessels prescribed under paragraph (4)(c). ( ouvrage en mer )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
Nova Scotia social legislation means the provisions of the following Acts, as those Acts are amended from time to time: the Human Rights Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 214, the Labour Standards Code , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 246, the Workers’ Compensation Act , S.N.S. 1994-95, c.10, and the Health Protection Act , S.N.S. 2004, c. 4. ( lois sociales )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
occupational health and safety officer means an individual designated by the Federal Minister under section 210.072. ( agent de santé et de sécurité au travail )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
operator means a person who holds an authorization. ( exploitant )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
owner means a person who has a right, title or interest, including a leasehold interest, recognized by law, in a marine installation or structure that is used or is to be used as a workplace, or any entity in which the person has vested all or any part of their right, title or interest. ( propriétaire )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
passenger craft means any aircraft or vessel used to transport employees to or from a workplace while — and immediately before — it is transporting them. ( véhicule de transport )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
person includes individuals, corporations and partnerships. ( personne )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
personal protective equipment includes personal protective clothing, personal protective devices and personal protective materials. ( équipement de protection personnelle )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 (a)
provider of services means a person who, for commercial gain, (a) provides services related to the placement with an operator or employer of individuals who, in return for monetary compensation, perform work or services for the operator or employer at a workplace; or (b) provides services that affect or could affect the health or safety of employees or other individuals at a workplace or on a passenger craft, including engineering services, architectural services, the services of a certifying authority referred to in subsection 143.2(6), or the services of any person who provides information or advice, issues a certificate or affixes a professional seal or stamp. ( fournisseur de services )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
Provincial Minister means the minister of the government of the Province who is responsible for occupational health and safety. ( ministre provincial )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
special committee means a special committee established under section 210.046. ( comité spécial )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
special officer means an individual designated under section 210.073. ( agent spécial )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
supervisor means an employee who is in charge of a workplace or part of a workplace or who has authority over other employees. ( superviseur )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
supplier means a person who, for commercial gain, manufactures, supplies, sells, leases, distributes or installs any tool, equipment, machine or device, any biological, chemical, or physical agent or any other prescribed thing, to be used at a workplace or on a passenger craft. ( fournisseur de biens )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
union means a trade union as defined in the Trade Union Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 475, as amended from time to time, that has the status of a bargaining agent under that Act in respect of any bargaining unit at a workplace, or any organization representing employees that has exclusive bargaining rights under any other Act of the Legislature of the Province in respect of those employees. ( syndicat )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 (a)
workplace means (a) any marine installation or structure where an employee is employed in connection with a work or activity for which an authorization has been issued; (b) any workboat used by an employee, and operated from a marine installation or structure, to perform routine maintenance or repair work in connection with a work or activity for which an authorization has been issued; and (c) any dive site from which, and any underwater area at which, a diving operation is conducted by an employee in connection with a work or activity for which an authorization has been issued. ( lieu de travail )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8
workplace committee means a workplace committee established under section 210.043. ( comité du lieu de travail )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.002
Binding on Her Majesty 210.002 This Part is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province. 2014, c. 13, s. 84
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.003
Application of Part 210.003 (1) This Part applies to and in respect of a workplace that is situated within the offshore area for the purposes of the exploration or drilling for — or the production, conservation or processing of — petroleum, or for the purposes of offshore renewable energy projects, within the offshore area. Employees and other passengers in transit (2) This Part also applies to employees and other passengers while — and immediately before — being transported on a passenger craft between the last point of embarkation on shore and the workplace, between the workplace and the first point of disembarkation on shore, or between workplaces. 2014, c. 13, s. 84 2024, c. 20, s. 193
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.004
Non-application of Parts II and III of Canada Labour Code 210.004 Despite subsections 123(1) and 168(1) of the Canada Labour Code and any other Act of Parliament, Parts II and III of the Canada Labour Code do not apply to and in respect of a workplace that is situated within the offshore area for the purposes of the exploration or drilling for — or the production, conservation or processing of — petroleum, or for the purposes of offshore renewable energy projects, within the offshore area. 2014, c. 13, s. 84 2024, c. 20, s. 194
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.005
Non-application of Canadian Human Rights Act 210.005 The Canadian Human Rights Act does not apply to or in respect of a workplace that is situated within the offshore area for the purposes of the exploration or drilling for — or the production, conservation or processing of — petroleum, or for the purposes of offshore renewable energy projects, within the offshore area. 2014, c. 13, s. 84 2024, c. 20, s. 194
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.006
Non-application of Non-smokers’ Health Act 210.006 The Non-smokers’ Health Act does not apply to or in respect of a workplace that is situated within the offshore area for the purposes of the exploration or drilling for  — or the production, conservation or processing of — petroleum, or for the purposes of offshore renewable energy projects, within the offshore area. 2014, c. 13, s. 84 2024, c. 20, s. 194
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.007
Application of Nova Scotia social legislation 210.007 (1) Nova Scotia social legislation and any regulations made under it apply to and in respect of a workplace that is situated within the offshore area for the purposes of the exploration or drilling for — or the production, conservation or processing of — petroleum, or for the purposes of offshore renewable energy projects, within the offshore area. Inconsistency or conflict (2) In the event of an inconsistency or conflict between the provisions of this Act, or any regulations made under it, and the provisions of Nova Scotia social legislation or any regulations made under that legislation, the provisions of this Act and the regulations made under it prevail to the extent of the inconsistency or conflict. 2014, c. 13, s. 84 2024, c. 20, s. 195
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.008
Application of Trade Union Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 475 210.008 (1) Despite section 4 of the Canada Labour Code and any other Act of Parliament, the provisions of the Trade Union Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 475, as amended from time to time, and any regulations made under it, apply to and in respect of (a) a marine installation or structure that is situated within the offshore area in connection with the exploration or drilling for — or the production, conservation or processing of —  petroleum, or in connection with offshore renewable energy projects, within the offshore area and that is in the offshore area for the purpose of becoming, or that is, permanently attached to, permanently anchored to or permanently resting on the seabed or subsoil of the submarine areas of the offshore area; (b) any workboat used by an employee, and operated from a marine installation or structure, to perform routine maintenance or repair work in connection with a work or activity for which an authorization has been issued; and (c) a dive site from which, and any underwater area at which, a diving operation is conducted by an employee in connection with a work or activity for which an authorization has been issued. Application of Part I of Canada Labour Code (2) Part I of the Canada Labour Code applies to and in respect of a marine installation or structure that is situated within the offshore area in connection with the exploration or drilling for — or the production, conservation or processing of — petroleum, or in connection with an offshore renewable energy project, within the offshore area if subsection (1) does not apply to or in respect of the marine installation or structure. 2014, c. 13, s. 84 2024, c. 20, s. 196
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.009
Prevention of accidents and injury 210.009 (1) The purpose of this Part is to prevent accidents and injury arising out of, linked to or occurring in the course of employment to which this Part applies, in particular by (a) allocating responsibility for occupational health and safety among the Regulator and the persons, unions and committees having obligations under this Part; and (b) establishing a framework for them to exercise their rights and carry out their obligations. Preventive measures (2) Preventive measures should first aim at the elimination of hazards, then the reduction of the risks posed by the hazards and finally, the taking of protective measures, all with the goal of ensuring the health and safety of employees. 2014, c. 13, s. 84 2024, c. 20, s. 204 2024, c. 20, s. 206(F)
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 210.01
Principles 210.01 (1) The allocation of responsibility for occupational health and safety is based on the following principles: (a) operators have overall responsibility; and (b) operators, employers, suppliers, providers of services, employees, supervisors, owners and interest holders have individual and shared responsibilities, and are responsible for cooperating with each other and coordinating their activities related to occupational health and safety. Specific obligations not to limit general obligations (2) For greater certainty, the imposition of any specific obligation under this Part shall not be construed as limiting the generality of any other obligation under this Part. 2014, c. 13, s. 84