C-3
First Session, Fortieth Parliament,
57 Elizabeth II, 2008
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-3
An Act to amend the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
first reading, December 3, 2008
THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the definition “arctic waters” in the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act to extend the geographic application of the Act to the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone of Canada north of the 60th parallel of north latitude.
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1st Session, 40th Parliament,
57 Elizabeth II, 2008
house of commons of canada
BILL C-3
An Act to amend the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
R.S., c. A-12
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. The definition “arctic waters” in section 2 of the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act is replaced by the following:
Explanatory NotesArctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
Clause 1: Existing text of the definition:
“arctic waters” means the waters adjacent to the mainland and islands of the Canadian arctic within the area enclosed by the sixtieth parallel of north latitude, the one hundred and forty-first meridian of west longitude and a line measured seaward from the nearest Canadian land a distance of one hundred nautical miles, except that in the area between the islands of the Canadian arctic and Greenland, where the line of equidistance between the islands of the Canadian arctic and Greenland is less than one hundred nautical miles from the nearest Canadian land, that line shall be substituted for the line measured seaward one hundred nautical miles from the nearest Canadian land;
Notes explicativesLoi sur la prévention de la pollution des eaux arctiques
Article 1 : Texte de la définition :
« eaux arctiques » Eaux contiguës au continent et aux îles de l’Arctique canadien à l’intérieur de la zone délimitée par le soixantième parallèle de latitude nord, le cent quarante et unième méridien de longitude ouest et une ligne en mer dont chaque point se trouve à une distance de cent milles marins de la plus proche terre canadienne, sauf que, dans la zone sise entre les îles de l’Arctique canadien et le Groenland, là où la ligne d’équidistance entre les îles de l’Arctique canadien et le Groenland est à moins de cent milles marins de la plus proche terre canadienne, cette ligne d’équidistance est substituée à la ligne en mer dont chaque point se trouve à cent milles marins de la plus proche terre canadienne.
“arctic waters”« eaux arctiques »
“arctic waters” means the internal waters of Canada and the waters of the territorial sea of Canada and the exclusive economic zone of Canada, within the area enclosed by the 60th parallel of north latitude, the 141st meridian of west longitude and the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone; however, where the international boundary between Canada and Greenland is less than 200 nautical miles from the baselines of the territorial sea of Canada, the international boundary shall be substituted for that outer limit; 
Coming into force
2. This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
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