| Rights of Her
Majesty
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4.6 (1) For greater certainty, any rights of
Canada in the continental shelf of Canada are
vested in Her Majesty in right of Canada.
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| Saving
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(2) Nothing in this section abrogates or
derogates from any legal right or interest held
before February 4, 1991.
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| Evidence
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4.7 (1) In any legal or other proceedings, a
certificate issued by or under the authority of
the Minister of Foreign Affairs containing a
statement that any geographic location speci
fied in the certificate was, at any time material
to the proceedings,
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(a) in the exclusive economic zone of
Canada, or
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(b) in or above the continental shelf of
Canada
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is conclusive proof of the truth of the state
ment without proof of the signature or official
character of the person appearing to have is
sued the certificate.
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| Certificate
cannot be
compelled
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(2) A certificate referred to in subsection (1)
is admissible in evidence in proceedings
referred to in that subsection, but its produc
tion cannot be compelled.
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| Regulations
- Minister of
Foreign
Affairs
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4.8 The Governor in Council may, on the
recommendation of the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, make regulations prescribing geo
graphical coordinates of points from which
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(a) in respect of a portion of the exclusive
economic zone of Canada or the continental
shelf of Canada prescribed in the regula
tions, an outer limit line may be deter
mined, where, in the opinion of the Gover
nor in Council, a portion of the exclusive
economic zone of Canada or the continental
shelf of Canada determined in accordance
with paragraph 4.1(1)(a) or 4.4(1)(a) or (b)
would conflict with the territorial sea of
another state or other area of the sea in
which another state has sovereign rights or
would be unreasonably close to the coast of
another state or is otherwise inappropriate;
and
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(b) the outer limit of the exclusive econom
ic zone of Canada or the outer edge of the
continental margin or other outer limit of
the continental shelf of Canada may be
determined.
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| Bill C-26 -
subsequent
assent
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(3) If Bill C-26, introduced during the
second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament
and entitled An Act respecting the oceans of
Canada, is assented to after this Act is
assented to, then,
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(a) on the day on which section 55 of that
Act comes into force, sections 4.1 to 4.8 of
this Act, as enacted by subsection (2), are
repealed; and
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(b) on the day on which section 88 of that
Act comes into force, the definitions
``Canadian waters'', ``continental shelf''
and ``exclusive economic zone'' in section
2 of this Act, as enacted by subsection (2),
are repealed.
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| Bill C-51
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213. If Bill C-51, introduced during the
second session of the thirty-fifth Parliament
and entitled An Act respecting the water
resources of Nunavut is assented to, then, on
the later of the day on which that Act comes
into force or the day on which section 57 of
this Act comes into force, section 71 of that
Act is replaced by the following:
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| Regulations
under the
Fisheries Act
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71. Where the Board issues a licence in
respect of any waters to which regulations
referred to in paragraph 50(2)(b) of the
Fisheries Act apply, any conditions in the
licence relating to the deposit of waste in those
waters must be at least as stringent as the
conditions prescribed by those regulations.
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| Coming into
force
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214. This Act or any of its provisions
comes into force on a day or days to be fixed
by order of the Governor in Council.
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