Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act

Marginal note:Definitions

2 In this Act,

Accord

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

Bay of Fundy means the submarine areas within the limits described in Schedule II; (Baie de Fundy)

Board

Board means the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board established by the joint operation of section 9 of this Act and section 9 of the Provincial Act; (Office)

Canada-Nova Scotia benefits plan

Canada-Nova Scotia benefits plan means a plan submitted pursuant to subsection 45(2); (plan de retombées économiques)

Canadian ownership rate

Canadian ownership rate[Repealed, 1993, c. 47, s. 11]

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer of the Board appointed pursuant to section 25; (premier dirigeant)

development plan

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

Federal Government means the Governor in Council; (gouvernement fédéral)

Federal Minister

Federal Minister means the Minister of Natural Resources; (ministre fédéral)

field

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

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

frontier lands has the same meaning as in the Canada Petroleum Resources Act; (terres domaniales)

fundamental decision

fundamental decision means a decision made by the Board 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

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

government means the Federal Government, the Provincial Government or both, as the context requires; (Version anglaise seulement)

interest

interest has the meaning assigned by section 49; (titre)

Minister

Minister means the Federal Minister, the Provincial Minister or both, as the context requires; (Version anglaise seulement)

offshore area

offshore area means the lands and submarine areas within the limits described in Schedule I; (zone extracôtière ou zone)

Offshore Petroleum Royalty Act

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)

oil

oil means

• (a) crude oil regardless of gravity produced at a well head in liquid form, and

• (b) any other hydrocarbons, except coal and gas, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hydrocarbons that may be extracted or recovered from deposits of oil sand, bitumen, bituminous sand, oil shale or from any other types of deposits on the surface or subsurface or the seabed or its subsoil of the offshore area; (pétrole)

petroleum

petroleum means oil or gas; (hydrocarbures)

pool

pool means a natural underground reservoir containing or appearing to contain an accumulation of petroleum that is separated or appears to be separated from any other such accumulation; (gisement)

prescribed

prescribed means prescribed by regulations made by the Governor in Council; (Version anglaise seulement)

Province

Province means the province of Nova Scotia; (province)

Provincial Act

Provincial Act means the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation (Nova Scotia) Act, Chapter 3 of the Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1987, as amended from time to time; (loi provinciale)

Provincial Government

Provincial Government means the lieutenant governor in council of the Province; (gouvernement provincial)

Provincial Minister

Provincial Minister means, other than for the purposes of Part III.1, the minister of the government of the Province who is responsible for the management of offshore petroleum resources; (ministre provincial)

Sable Island

Sable Island means the area, whether above or under water, that is within the limits described in Schedule III. (Île de Sable)

Sable Island National Park Reserve of Canada

Sable Island National Park Reserve of Canada means Sable Island National Park Reserve of Canada as described in Schedule 2 to the Canada National Parks Act; (réserve à vocation de parc national de l’Île-de-Sable du Canada)

spill-treating agent

spill-treating agent, except in section 166.5, means a spill-treating agent that is on the list established under section 14.2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act. (agent de traitement)