Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act — C-7.8 2
Definitions 2 In this Act, abandoned facility means any pipeline , as defined in section 138, installation, facility, equipment or system that has been abandoned in accordance with an authorization issued under Part III; ( installation abandonnée ) Accord means the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord dated August 26, 1986 and entered into by the Government of Canada, as represented by the Prime Minister of Canada and the Federal Minister, and by the Government of Nova Scotia, as represented by the Premier of Nova Scotia and the Provincial Minister, and includes any amendments thereto; ( Accord ) Bay of Fundy means the submarine areas within the limits described in Schedule II; ( Baie de Fundy ) Board [Repealed, 2024, c. 20, s. 109] Canada-Nova Scotia benefits plan means a plan submitted pursuant to subsection 45(2); ( plan de retombées économiques ) Canadian ownership rate [Repealed, 1993, c. 47, s. 11] Chief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer of the Regulator appointed pursuant to section 25; ( premier dirigeant ) development plan means a plan submitted pursuant to subsection 143(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 ) frontier lands has the same meaning as in the Canada Petroleum Resources Act ; ( terres domaniales ) 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 32 to 37; ( décision majeure ) gas means natural gas and includes all substances, other than oil, that are produced in association with natural gas, but does not include coal-bed methane associated with the development or operation of a coal mine; ( 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 ) interest has the meaning assigned by section 49; ( titre ) Minister means the Federal Minister, the Provincial Minister or both, as the context requires; ( Version anglaise seulement ) offshore area means the lands and submarine areas within the limits described in Schedule I; ( zone extracôtière ou zone ) Offshore Petroleum Royalty Act means the Offshore Petroleum Royalty Act , Chapter 9 of the Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1987, as amended from time to time; ( loi sur les redevances ) 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 t