C-64
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament,
62-63-64 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014-2015
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-64
An Act to amend the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act
first reading, June 5, 2015
MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINISTER FOR THE FEDERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO
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SUMMARY
This enactment amends the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act to provide that a statutory moratorium on the exploration and drilling for, and the production, conservation and processing of, petroleum in the Canadian portion of Georges Bank in the offshore area, and the transportation of petroleum produced in that portion of the offshore area, be re-established and may also be extended by joint notice of the Minister of Natural Resources and his or her provincial counterpart.
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2nd Session, 41st Parliament,
62-63-64 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014-2015
house of commons of canada
BILL C-64
An Act to amend the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
SHORT TITLE
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Georges Bank Protection Act.
1988, c. 28
CANADA-NOVA SCOTIA OFFSHORE PETROLEUM RESOURCES ACCORD IMPLEMENTATION ACT
2. Section 104 of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act is replaced by the following:
Interest owner exempt from payment
104. The interest owner of an interest in relation to lands situated in that portion of the offshore area that is described in Schedule IV is, in respect of those lands, exempt from the payment under section 81 of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act of any amount in respect of any period specified in a notice issued under subsection 141(1) or (2).
2014, c. 13, par. 91(1)(d)(E)
3. Section 141 of the Act is replaced by the following:
Jointly issued notice — prohibition
141. (1) The Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister may jointly issue a written notice prohibiting, for a period beginning on the day specified in the notice and ending on December 31, 2022, the exploration and drilling for and the production, conservation and processing of petroleum in that portion of the offshore area described in Schedule IV, and the transportation of petroleum produced in that portion of the offshore area.
Further period
(2) The Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister may jointly issue one or successive written notices, after a review of the environmental and socio-economic impact of exploration and drilling activities in that portion of the offshore area described in Schedule IV and any other relevant factor, each extending the prohibition established in subsection (1) in all or any part of that portion of the offshore area for a specified period of no more than 10 years.
Prohibition
(3) No person shall, for the duration of the period specified in a written notice issued under subsection (1) or (2), engage in the activities listed in subsection (1) in that portion of the offshore area described in Schedule IV or in any part of it that is specified in the notice.
COMING INTO FORCE
Order in council
4. This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons
Explanatory NotesCanada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act
Clause 2: Existing text of section 104:
104. The interest owner of an interest in relation to lands situated in that portion of the offshore area that is described in Schedule IV is, in respect of those lands, exempt from the payment under section 81 of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act of any amount in respect of any period mentioned in subsection 141(1) or specified in a notice issued pursuant to subsection 141(7).
Clause 3: Existing text of section 141:
141. (1) No person shall, on or before January 1, 2000, in that portion of the offshore area described in Schedule IV, explore or drill for or produce, conserve or process petroleum or transport petroleum produced in that portion of the offshore area.
(2) A public review of the environmental and socio-economic impact of exploration and drilling activities in that portion of the offshore area described in Schedule IV shall be conducted by a panel that is to be established for that purpose, in accordance with this section, on or before January 1, 1996.
(3) The panel referred to in subsection (2) shall consist of not more than five members.
(4) Two members of the panel referred to in subsection (2) may be appointed by the Federal Minister and two by the Provincial Minister, and the chairperson of the panel is to be appointed by both the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister.
(5) Where the two Ministers fail to agree on the appointment of the chairperson of the panel referred to in subsection (2) within sixty days after the first appointment of a member of the panel, the chairperson shall be selected by an arbitration panel, constituted in accordance with section 47, within thirty days after the appointment of the chairperson of the arbitration panel, unless at any time prior thereto the two Ministers agree on the appointment.
(6) A report containing the results of the public review conducted pursuant to subsection (2), including any recommendations of the panel made in respect of those results, shall be prepared by the panel referred to in that subsection and submitted to the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister on or before July 1, 1999.
(7) On or before January 1, 2000, the Federal Minister and Provincial Minister may, after consideration of the report submitted to them pursuant to subsection (6), jointly issue a written notice prohibiting, for such further period as is specified in the notice, in all or any part of that portion of the offshore area described in Schedule IV, the exploration or drilling for and the production, conservation and processing of petroleum and the transportation of petroleum produced in that portion of the offshore area.
(8) The Federal Minister shall cause a copy of any notice issued pursuant to subsection (7) to be published in the Canada Gazette forthwith after the notice has been issued.