1st Session, 36th Parliament,
46-47 Elizabeth II, 1997-98

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-443

An Act to amend the Nuclear Energy Act and the Nuclear Safety and Control Act

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

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1. This Act may be cited as the Nuclear Amendment Act, 1998.

R.S., c. A-16; 1993, c. 34; 1994, c. 43; 1997, c. 9

NUCLEAR ENERGY ACT

2. The definition ``Minister'' in section 2 of the Nuclear Energy Act is replaced by the following:

``Minister''
« ministre »

``Minister'' means the Minister of Industry;

3. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 11:

Transfer of shares

11.1 (1) Any shares of the company Atomic Energy of Canada Limited that are held or owned by the Minister of Natural Resources under subsection 11(1) as it read immediately before the coming into force of this section are hereby transferred to the Minister of Industry who is hereby authorized to acquire the shares.

Registration and holding of shares

(2) The shares transferred to the Minister by subsection (1) shall be registered in the books of the company Atomic Energy of Canada Limited in the name of the Minister and shall be held or owned, as the case may be, by the Minister in trust for Her Majesty in right of Canada.

1997, c. 9

NUCLEAR SAFETY AND CONTROL ACT

4. (1) The definition ``Minister'' in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act is replaced by the following:

``Minister''
« ministre »

``Minister'' means the Minister of the Environment.

(2) Section 127 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Coming into force

127. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.

Exception

(2) If this Act is not in force on the day The Nuclear Amendment Act, 1998 is assented to, this Act shall come into force on a day to be fixed by the Governor in Council that is not later than 60 days after that assent.