Marginal note:Advisory committee

10. The Minister must establish an advisory committee to advise and assist the Minister on matters relating to heritage lighthouses, including the designation and protection of heritage lighthouses and the establishment of criteria for their designation, alteration and maintenance.

Marginal note:Consultation with the advisory committee

11. The Minister must consult with the advisory committee, and may consult with any other persons or bodies that the Minister considers appropriate, before determining whether a lighthouse should be designated as a heritage lighthouse and whether any related building should be included in the designation.

Marginal note:Alterations

• 12. (1) A heritage lighthouse, or any part of it, may only be altered in accordance with the criteria and procedures established under paragraph 16(b).

• Marginal note:Exception

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of an alteration made to a heritage lighthouse

  • (a) in response to an emergency situation or an urgent operational requirement; or

  • (b) for operational reasons, if the alteration does not affect the heritage character of the heritage lighthouse.

Marginal note:Notice of transfer or sale

• 13. (1) A heritage lighthouse, or any part of it, may only be transferred to Her Majesty in right of a province or sold if a notice is published at least 90 days before the transfer or sale in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the area in which the lighthouse is situated.

• Marginal note:Public meeting

  (2) A heritage lighthouse, or any part of it, may only be sold if a public meeting is held on the matter in the area in which the lighthouse is situated, unless the sale is to a municipality or to a person or body that is acquiring the heritage lighthouse for a public purpose.

• Marginal note:Protection of heritage character

  (3) Any transaction effecting a transfer to Her Majesty in right of a province or a sale must provide for the protection of the heritage character of the heritage lighthouse by any means that the Minister may authorize.

Marginal note:Notice of demolition

• 14. (1) A heritage lighthouse, or any part of it, may only be demolished if there is no reasonable alternative and if a notice is published at least 90 days before the demolition in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the area in which the lighthouse is situated.

• Marginal note:Public meeting

  (2) A heritage lighthouse, or any part of it, may only be demolished if a public meeting is held on the matter in the area in which the lighthouse is situated.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of the demolition of a heritage lighthouse in response to an emergency situation or an urgent operational requirement.