RECOMMANDATION

Her Excellency the Governor General recommends to the House of Commons the appropriation of public revenue under the circumstances, in the manner and for the purposes set out in a measure entitled “An Act to amend the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts”.

SOMMAIRE

This enactment amends the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act to, among other things,

(a) change their titles to the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act and the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act, respectively;

(b) change the names of the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board to the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator and the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator, respectively (“the Regulators”);

(c) establish the Regulators as the regulating bodies for offshore renewable energy projects;

(d) establish a land tenure regime for the issuance of submerged land licences to carry out offshore renewable energy projects, as well as the revenues regime associated with those licences and projects;

(e) establish a ministerial decision-making process respecting the issuance of submerged land licences and the Regulators’ exercise of certain powers or performance of certain duties;

(f) expand the application of the safety and environmental protection regime and its enforcement powers to include offshore renewable energy projects;

(g) provide that the Governor in Council may make regulations to prohibit the commencement or continuation of petroleum resource or renewable energy activities, or the issuance of interests, in respect of any portion of the offshore area that is located in an area that has been or may be identified as an area for environmental or wildlife conservation or protection;

(h) authorize negotiations for the surrender of an interest, the cancellation of an interest if negotiations fail and the granting of compensation to an interest owner for the surrender or cancellation;

(i) establish the regulatory and liability regime for abandoned facilities relating to petroleum-related works or activities or offshore renewable energy projects;

(j) expand the application of the occupational health and safety regime to offshore renewable energy projects;

(k) allow the federal or provincial governments to unilaterally fund certain expenses incurred by the Regulators as a result of specific requests made by that government;

(l) allow new methods to demonstrate the existence of significant hydrocarbon accumulations in a geological feature and limit the duration of future significant discovery licences to 25 years;

(m) provide that the Governor in Council may make regulations to regulate access to offshore infrastructure, including to enforce tolls and tariffs;

(n) establish a new transboundary hydrocarbon management regime to regulate fields or pools that straddle domestic and international administrative boundaries, enabling the implementation of the Canada-France transboundary fields agreement;

(o) remove references to the former Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 and, to align with the Impact Assessment Act, clarify the role of the Federal and Provincial Ministers and Regulators with respect to the conduct of impact assessments of designated projects as well as regional and strategic assessments; and

(p) specify that the Crown may rely on the Regulators for the purposes of consulting with the Indigenous peoples of Canada and that the Regulators may accommodate adverse impacts to existing Aboriginal and treaty rights recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.

Finally, it makes consequential and terminological amendments to other Acts.

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

PARTIE 1 

Loi de mise en œuvre de l’Accord atlantique Canada — Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

1987, ch. 3; 2014, ch. 13, art. 3

Modification de la loi

1 Le titre intégral de la Loi de mise en œuvre de l’Accord atlantique Canada — Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador est remplacé par ce qui suit :

An Act to implement an agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador on offshore petroleum resource management and revenue sharing, to provide for the joint management of offshore renewable energy by those Governments and to make related and consequential amendments

2 L’article 1 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Short title

1 This Act may be cited as the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act.

3 (1) La définition de Office, à l’article 2 de la même loi, est abrogée.

(2) La définition de zone extracôtière ou zone, à l’article 2 de la même loi, est remplacée par ce qui suit :

offshore area means

• (a) in the case of petroleum, those submarine areas lying seaward of the low water mark of the Province and extending, at any location, as far as

  • (i) any prescribed line, or

  • (ii) if no line is prescribed at that location, the outer edge of the continental margin or a distance of two hundred nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Canada is measured, whichever is the greater, and

• (b) in the case of offshore renewable energy, the areas referred to in paragraph (a) that are not within the Province; (zone extracôtière ou zone)

(3) L’article 2 de la même loi est modifié par adjonction, selon l’ordre alphabétique, de ce qui suit :

abandoned facility means any pipeline, as defined in section 135, installation, facility, equipment or system that has been abandoned in accordance with an authorization issued under Part III; (installation abandonnée)

Indigenous peoples of Canada has the meaning assigned by the definition aboriginal peoples of Canada in subsection 35(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982; (peuples autochtones du Canada)

offshore renewable energy project means any of the following works and activities:

• (a) any research or assessment conducted in relation to the exploitation or potential exploitation of a renewable resource to produce an energy product, unless it is conducted by or on behalf of a government or educational institution,

• (b) any exploitation of a renewable resource to produce an energy product,

• (c) any storage of an energy product produced from a renewable resource, and

• (d) any transmission of an energy product produced from a renewable resource; (projet d’énergie renouvelable extracôtière)

offshore renewable energy recommendation means a recommendation made by the Regulator respecting the exercise of a power or the performance of a duty under a provision of this Act that expressly provides for the exercise of the power or the performance of the duty subject to sections 40.‍1 to 40.‍3; (recommandation relative à l’énergie renouvelable extracôtière)

Regulator means the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator referred to in section 9; (Régie)

4 La même loi est modifiée par adjonction, après l’article 2, de ce qui suit :

Offshore renewable energy project

2.‍1 Subject to section 7, the Governor in Council may make regulations amending the definition offshore renewable energy project, as defined in section 2, to add or remove any work or activity related to renewable energy that is carried out in the offshore area.

5 Le paragraphe 5(1) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Regulations

5 (1) Subject to section 7, the Governor in Council may make regulations

6 La définition de accord, au paragraphe 6(1) de la même loi, est remplacée par ce qui suit :

agreement means an agreement between the Government of Canada and the government of a province respecting resource management and revenue sharing in relation to activities respecting the exploration for or the production of petroleum, or respecting offshore renewable energy projects, carried out on any frontier lands; (accord)

7 Le paragraphe 7(1) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Provincial Minister’s approval

7 (1) Before a regulation is made under section 2.‍1, subsection 5(1), section 29.‍1, subsection 41(7), section 56.‍1 or section 64, subsection 67(2), section 96.‍1, subsection 96.‍2(2), section 118, subsection 122(1), 125(1), 149(1), 162(2.‍3), 163(1.‍02), 183.‍19(6) or 183.‍25(1), section 183.‍29, subsection 183.‍3(3) or 202.‍01(1) or section 203, the Federal Minister shall consult the Provincial Minister with respect to the proposed regulation and the regulation shall not be made without the Provincial Minister’s approval.

8 La même loi est modifiée par adjonction, après l’article 7, de ce qui suit :

Non-Application of Atlantic Accord

Non-application of Atlantic Accord

9 Le paragraphe 8(2) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Excluded legislation

(2) Subject to section 101, the Canada Petroleum Resources Act and the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act and Part 5 of the Canadian Energy Regulator Act and any regulations made under them do not apply within the offshore area.

10 Les paragraphes 9(1) à (1.‍2) de la même loi sont remplacés par ce qui suit :

Jointly established Regulator

9 (1) There is established by the joint operation of this Act and the Provincial Act a board to be known as the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator.

References

(1.‍2) A reference in any contract, document, instrument, proclamation, by-law or order in council to the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board or the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board is, unless the context otherwise requires, to be read as a reference to the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator.

11 Les paragraphes 15(1) à (3) de la même loi sont remplacés par ce qui suit :

Terms of office

15 (3) The Chairperson and members of the Regulator shall be appointed for terms of six years.

12 La même loi est modifiée par adjonction, après l’article 17, de ce qui suit :

Consultation with Indigenous peoples of Canada

17.‍1 His Majesty in right of Canada or in right of the Province may rely on the Regulator for the purposes of consulting with the Indigenous peoples of Canada respecting any potential adverse impact of a work or activity in the offshore area on existing Aboriginal and treaty rights recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and the Regulator may, on behalf of His Majesty, if appropriate, accommodate any adverse impacts on those rights.

13 Le paragraphe 18(1) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Access to information

18 (1) The Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister are entitled to access to any information or documentation relating to petroleum resource and renewable energy activities in the offshore area that is provided for the purposes of this Act or any regulation made under it and such information or documentation shall, on the request of either Minister, be disclosed to that Minister without requiring the consent of the party who provided the information or documentation.

14 L’article 22 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Storage of information

22 The Regulator shall establish, maintain and operate a facility in the Province for the storage and curatorship of

15 Le paragraphe 25(4) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Mobility of staff

(4) For the purpose of being eligible for appointment to a position in the public service by an appointment process under the Public Service Employment Act,

16 Le paragraphe 27(4) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Payment of operating costs

(4) Subject to subsection (4.‍1), the Government of Canada shall pay one-half of the aggregate of the expenditures set out in the budget or revised budget in respect of each fiscal year.

Payment of specific activities

(4.‍1) The Chief Executive Officer may include in the budget or revised budget expenditures associated with specific requirements of one government that are to be paid entirely by that government.

17 (1) L’alinéa 29.‍1(1)b) est remplacé par ce qui suit :

• (b) respecting the fees or charges, or the method of calculating the fees or charges, in respect of any of the Regulator’s activities under this Act or the Impact Assessment Act, that are to be paid by

• (i) a person who makes an application for an authorization under paragraph 138(1)‍(b) or subsection 138.‍01(1) or an application under subsection 139(2), or

• (ii) the holder of an operating licence issued under paragraph 138(1)‍(a) or an authorization issued under paragraph 138(1)‍(b) or subsection 138.‍01(1); and

(2) Le paragraphe 29.‍1(3) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Amounts not to exceed cost

(3) The amounts of the fees or charges referred to in paragraph (1)‍(b) shall not exceed the cost of the Regulator’s activities under this Act or the Impact Assessment Act.

18 La même loi est modifiée par adjonction, après l’article 30, de ce qui suit :

Petroleum-related Decisions

19 La même loi est modifiée par adjonction, après l’article 40, de ce qui suit :

Decisions Related to Offshore Renewable Energy

Regulator’s recommendation

Ministers’ decisions

Additional 30 days

No time limit

Publication

Implementation of Ministers’ approval

20 (1) Le paragraphe 42(1) de la même loi est modifié par adjonction, après l’alinéa a), de ce qui suit :

• (a.‍1) offshore renewable energy recommendations;

(2) Le paragraphe 42(1) de la même loi est modifié par adjonction, après l’alinéa d), de ce qui suit :

• (d.‍1) the principles referred to in section 96.‍6;

• (d.‍2) the development of guidelines and interpretation notes issued under subsection 151.‍1(1) and section 183.‍27; and

21 L’article 44.‍1 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Public hearings

44.‍1 The Regulator may conduct a public hearing in relation to the exercise of any of its powers or the performance of any of its duties and functions under this Act.

22 L’alinéa 44.‍3a) de la version anglaise de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

• (a) there is a real and substantial risk that disclosure of the information will impair the security of pipelines, as defined in section 135, installations, facilities, vessels, aircraft or systems, including computer or communication systems, or methods employed to protect them; and

23 L’article 45 de la même loi est modifié par adjonction, après le paragraphe (6), de ce qui suit :

Transboundary pool

(7) The definitions in section 166 also apply in subsections (8) and (9).

Approval subject to agreement

(8) A Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador benefits plan submitted for approval in respect of a work or activity to be carried out in a transboundary pool that is the subject of a joint exploitation agreement is not to be approved under this section unless the Regulator and the appropriate authority have agreed on its content.

Disagreement

(9) The Regulator or the appropriate authority — or in respect of any transboundary pool extending into the jurisdiction of a foreign government, the Federal Minister, after having consulted the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Provincial Minister — may, if they disagree about the content of the plan submitted for approval, refer the matter to an expert in accordance with section 183.‍16. The expert’s decision is deemed to be approval of the plan by the Regulator.

24 L’intertitre « Hydrocarbures » précédant l’article 47 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Petroleum and Offshore Renewable Energy Resources

25 Les définitions de appel d’offres, découverte importante, réserves de l’État et titre, à l’article 47 de la même loi, sont respectivement remplacées par ce qui suit :

call for bids means a call for bids made in accordance with

• (a) in the case of petroleum, section 58, and

• (b) in the case of offshore renewable energy, section 93; (appel d’offres)

Crown reserve area means

• (a) in relation to petroleum, portions of the offshore area in respect of which no petroleum-related interest is in force, and

• (b) in relation to offshore renewable energy, portions of the offshore area in respect of which no submerged land licence is in force respecting a particular renewable energy resource; (réserves de l’État)

interest means

• (a) in relation to petroleum, any former exploration agreement, former lease, former permit, former special renewal permit, exploration licence, production licence or significant discovery licence, and

• (b) in relation to offshore renewable energy, any submerged land licence; (titre)

significant discovery means a discovery indicated by a well on a geological feature that

• (a) demonstrates, through any formation flow test approved by the Regulator, the existence of hydrocarbons in that feature, and

• (b) having regard to geological and engineering factors, suggests the existence of an accumulation of hydrocarbons that has potential for sustained production; (découverte importante)

26 (1) Le paragraphe 54(1) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Prohibition orders — petroleum

54 (1) Subject to sections 31 to 40, the Regulator may, except in a case referred to in subsection (2), by order, for any purposes and under any conditions set out in the order, prohibit the issuance of petroleum-related interests in respect of any portions of the offshore area specified in the order.

Prohibition orders — offshore renewable energy

(1.‍1) The Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister may, except in a case referred to in subsection (2), issue a joint direction to the Regulator to, by order, for any purposes and under any conditions set out in the order, prohibit the issuance of submerged land licences in respect of any portions of the offshore area specified in the order.

(2) Le paragraphe 54(2) de la version française de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Décision du ministre fédéral

(2) Le ministre fédéral peut, en cas de désaccord sur le tracé des frontières avec un gouvernement, interdire, par arrêté, aux conditions qu’il y indique, l’octroi de titres à l’égard de telle partie de la zone extracôtière visée.

(3) L’article 54 de la même loi est modifié par adjonction, après le paragraphe (2), de ce qui suit :

Directions deemed not to be statutory instruments

(3) Directions issued under subsection (1.‍1) shall be deemed not to be statutory instruments for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act.

27 (1) Les paragraphes 56(1) et (2) de la même loi sont remplacés par ce qui suit :

Prohibition orders

56 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (2.‍1), the Regulator may, by order, prohibit any interest owner specified in the order from commencing or continuing any work or activity on the portions of the offshore area or any part of those portions that are subject to the interest of that interest owner, in the case of

Fundamental decisions

(2) The making of an order by the Regulator in a case referred to in paragraph (1)‍(a) with respect to a petroleum-related interest is subject to sections 31 to 40.

Ministerial decision

(2.‍1) The making of an order by the Regulator in a case referred to in paragraph (1)‍(a) with respect to a submerged land licence is subject to sections 40.‍1 to 40.‍3.

(2) Le paragraphe 56(4) de la version française de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Suspension des obligations

(4) Est suspendue, tant que l’arrêté est valide, toute obligation liée à un titre et rendue de ce fait inexécutable.

28 La même loi est modifiée par adjonction, après l’article 56, de ce qui suit :

Prohibitions — regulations

56.‍1 Subject to section 7, the Governor in Council may, for the purpose of the protection of the environment, make regulations prohibiting, in respect of any portion of the offshore area that is specified in those regulations and that is located in an area that is or, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, may be identified under an Act of Parliament or of the Legislature of the Province as an area for environmental or wildlife conservation or protection,

Negotiations for compensation

56.‍2 (1) The Federal Minister may enter into negotiations with an interest owner for a determination of any compensation that may be granted to the interest owner for the surrender of the interest in respect of all or any portion of the offshore area subject to the interest, if all or any portion of the offshore area in respect of which the surrender is negotiated is

Notice to Provincial Minister

(2) The Federal Minister shall, not later than 60 days before entering into the negotiations, give written notice to the Provincial Minister of the Federal Minister’s intention to enter into negotiations with the interest owner within the period specified in the notice referred to in subsection (3).

Notice to interest owner

(3) The Federal Minister shall, not later than 30 days before entering into the negotiations, give written notice to the interest owner, and forward a copy of the notice to the Regulator, indicating the Federal Minister’s intention to enter into negotiations with the interest owner within the period specified in the notice.

Power to cancel

(4) The Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister may, by order, jointly cancel the interest in respect of all or any portion of the offshore area that is subject to the interest and that is located in an area that is or, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, may be identified under an Act of Parliament as an area for environmental or wildlife conservation or protection, if

Amount of compensation

(5) The Federal Minister shall, in the order, specify the amount of the compensation to be granted to the interest owner under subsection 56.‍3(2) in respect of the cancellation of the interest.

Crown reserve areas

(6) The portion of the offshore area subject to the interest referred to in subsection (1) that has been surrendered or the interest referred to in subsection (4) that has been cancelled becomes a Crown reserve area.

Return of deposit

(7) If an interest referred to in subsection (1) is surrendered or if an interest referred to in subsection (4) is cancelled, the deposit balance with respect to the interest held by the person holding that deposit balance on behalf of the interest owner, calculated in accordance with the regulations, shall be returned to the interest owner, less any liability, either direct or by way of indemnity, owed by the interest owner to that person at the time of the surrender or cancellation.

Compensation — surrender

56.‍3 (1) If an interest owner surrenders an interest referred to in subsection 56.‍2(1), His Majesty in right of Canada may grant any compensation that is determined by negotiations with the Federal Minister for the surrender of the interest.

Compensation — cancellation

(2) If an interest is cancelled by an order made under subsection 56.‍2(4), His Majesty in right of Canada may grant an interest owner the compensation that is specified in the order. If the order cancels a petroleum-related interest, it is subject to section 124 in respect of the amount of that compensation, and, for the purposes of this subsection, any reference to the Regulator in that section is to be read as a reference to the Federal Minister.

No compensation

(3) A person shall not have any right to claim or receive any compensation, damages, indemnity or other form of relief from His Majesty in right of Canada or from any servant or agent of His Majesty in right of Canada for any acquired, vested, future or potential right or entitlement that is affected by a surrender of an interest referred to in subsection 56.‍2(1) or a cancellation of an interest referred to in subsection 56.‍2(4), other than compensation that may be granted to an interest owner under this section.

Negotiations for compensation

56.‍4 (1) The Provincial Minister may enter into negotiations with an owner of a petroleum-related interest for a determination of any compensation that may be granted to the interest owner for the surrender of the interest in respect of all or any portion of the offshore area subject to the interest, if all or any portion of the offshore area in respect of which the surrender is negotiated is

Notice to Federal Minister

(2) The Provincial Minister shall, not later than 60 days before entering into the negotiations, give written notice to the Federal Minister of the Provincial Minister’s intention to enter into negotiations with the interest owner within the period specified in the notice referred to in subsection (3).

Notice to interest owner

(3) The Provincial Minister shall, not later than 30 days before entering into the negotiations, give written notice to the interest owner, and forward a copy of the notice to the Regulator, indicating the Provincial Minister’s intent to enter into negotiations with the interest owner within the period specified in the notice.

Power to cancel

(4) The Provincial Minister and the Federal Minister may, by order, jointly cancel the interest in respect of all or any portion of the offshore area that is subject to the interest and that is located in an area that is or, in the opinion of the lieutenant governor in council of the Province, may be identified under an Act of the Legislature of the Province as an area for environmental or wildlife conservation or protection, if

Amount of compensation

(5) The Provincial Minister shall specify in the order the amount of the compensation to be granted to the interest owner under subsection 56.‍5(2) in respect of the cancellation of the interest.

Crown reserve areas

(6) The portion of the offshore area subject to the interest referred to in subsection (1) that has been surrendered or the interest referred to in subsection (4) that has been cancelled becomes a Crown reserve area.

Return of deposit

(7) If an interest referred to in subsection (1) is surrendered or if an interest referred to in subsection (4) is cancelled, the deposit balance with respect to the interest held by the person holding that deposit balance on behalf of the interest owner, calculated in accordance with the regulations, shall be returned to the interest owner, less any liability, either direct or by way of indemnity, owed by the interest owner to that person at the time of the surrender or cancellation.

Compensation — surrender

56.‍5 (1) If an interest owner surrenders an interest referred to in subsection 56.‍4(1), His Majesty in right of the Province may grant any compensation that is determined by negotiations with the Provincial Minister for the surrender of the interest.

Compensation — cancellation

(2) If an interest is cancelled by an order made under subsection 56.‍4(4), His Majesty in right of the Province may grant an interest owner the compensation that is specified in the order. The order is subject to section 124 in respect of the amount of that compensation, and, for the purposes of this subsection, any reference to the Regulator in that section is to be read as a reference to the Provincial Minister.

No compensation

(3) A person shall not have any right to claim or receive any compensation, damages, indemnity or other form of relief from His Majesty in right of the Province or from any servant or agent of His Majesty in right of the Province for any acquired, vested, future or potential right or entitlement that is affected by a surrender of an interest referred to in subsection 56.‍4(1) or a cancellation of an interest referred to in subsection 56.‍4(4), other than compensation that may be granted to an interest owner under this section.

29 L’intertitre « Dispositions générales sur l’octroi des titres » précédant l’article 57 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

General Rules Relating to Issuance of Petroleum-Related Interests

30 L’article 57 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Authority to issue petroleum-related interests

57 (1) The Regulator may issue petroleum-related interests in respect of any portion of the offshore area in accordance with this Part and the regulations.

Fundamental decision

(2) The issuance of a petroleum-related interest by the Regulator is subject to sections 31 to 40 unless the issuance of the interest is mandatory under another provision of this Part.

Application of interest may be limited

(3) Subject to subsection (4), the application of any petroleum-related interest may be restricted to geological formations and to substances specified in the interest.

Exception

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to any petroleum-related interest

31 (1) Les paragraphes 58(1) à (3) de la même loi sont remplacés par ce qui suit :

Calls for bids

58 (1) Subject to section 61, the Regulator shall not issue a petroleum-related interest in relation to Crown reserve areas unless

Fundamental decision

(2) The making of a call for bids for the issuance of a petroleum-related interest is subject to sections 31 to 40.

Requests for call for bids

(3) Any request received by the Regulator to make a call for bids for the issuance of a petroleum-related interest in relation to particular portions of the offshore area shall be considered by the Regulator in selecting the portions of the offshore area to be specified in such a call for bids.

(2) Le passage du paragraphe 58(4) de la version anglaise de la même loi précédant l’alinéa a) est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Contents of call

(4) The call for bids shall specify

(3) L’alinéa 58(4)b) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

• (b) if applicable, the geological formations and substances to which the interest is to apply;

32 (1) Le passage du paragraphe 59(1) de la version anglaise de la même loi précédant l’alinéa a) est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Selection of bid

59 (1) A bid submitted in response to a call for bids for the issuance of a petroleum-related interest shall not be selected unless

(2) Les paragraphes 59(2) à (4) de la même loi sont remplacés par ce qui suit :

Publication of bid selected

(2) If the Regulator selects a bid submitted in response to the call for bids, the Regulator shall publish a notice in accordance with section 63 setting out the terms and conditions of that bid.

Interest to be consistent with call

(3) If a petroleum-related interest is to be issued as a result of a call for bids, the terms and conditions of the interest shall be substantially consistent with any terms and conditions in respect of the interest specified in the call.

Publication of terms and conditions of interest

(4) The Regulator shall publish a notice in accordance with section 63 setting out the terms and conditions of any petroleum-related interest issued as a result of a call for bids as soon as practicable after its issuance.

33 L’article 60 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Issuance of interest not required

60 (1) The Regulator is not required to issue a petroleum-related interest as a result of a call for bids.

New call required

(2) Subject to section 61, if the Regulator has not issued a petroleum-related interest with respect to a particular portion of the offshore area specified in a call for bids within six months after the closing date specified in the call for bids, the Regulator shall, before issuing a petroleum-related interest in relation to that portion of the offshore area, make a new call for bids.

34 (1) Le passage du paragraphe 61(1) de la même loi précédant l’alinéa a) est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Exception to call for bids — petroleum

61 (1) Subject to sections 31 to 40, the Regulator may issue a petroleum-related interest, in relation to any Crown reserve area, without making a call for bids if

(2) L’alinéa 61(1)a) de la version anglaise de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

• (a) the portion of the offshore area to which the interest is to apply has, through error or inadvertence, become a Crown reserve area and the interest owner who last held an interest in relation to such portion of the offshore area has, within one year after the time it became a Crown reserve area, requested the Regulator to issue an interest; or

35 L’article 62 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Failure to comply with call procedures

62 If a petroleum-related interest has been issued, it is not vitiated by reason only of a failure to comply with any of the requirements set out in sections 58 to 61 respecting the form and content of, and time and manner of publishing, any notice required by those sections in relation to that interest.

36 Le paragraphe 75(3) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Term of significant discovery licence

(3) Subject to subsection 85(1), a significant discovery licence continues in force, in relation to each portion of the offshore area to which the licence applies, for a term of 25 years.

Automatic extension of term

(3.‍1) If the interest owner has made an application for a declaration of commercial discovery referred to in subsection 78(1) or for the issuance of a production licence referred to in subsection 81(1), the term of the significant discovery licence is extended until the Regulator makes a decision respecting that application.

Cancelling automatic extension

(3.‍2) The extension to the term of the significant discovery licence remains in force after the Regulator makes a declaration of commercial discovery, but the Regulator may cancel the extension if the interest owner fails to submit an application for the issuance of a production licence within a reasonable time.

37 Le paragraphe 80(2) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Exception

(2) Despite subsection (1), the Regulator may, subject to such terms and conditions as the Regulator deems appropriate, authorize any interest holder of a petroleum-related interest or a share in such an interest to produce petroleum on the portions of the offshore area subject to the interest or share for use in the exploration or drilling for or development of petroleum on any portion of the offshore area.

38 La même loi est modifiée par adjonction, après l’article 87, de ce qui suit :

DIVISION V 

Offshore Renewable Energy

General Rules Relating to Issuance of Submerged Land Licences

Terms and Conditions

Principles

39 Les intertitres précédant l’article 97 de la même loi sont remplacés par ce qui suit :

DIVISION VI 

Royalties and Revenues

Reservation of Royalties and Revenues

40 (1) Le paragraphe 97(2) de la version anglaise de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Royalties

(2) There is reserved to His Majesty in right of Canada, and each holder of a share in a production licence is liable for and shall pay to His Majesty in right of Canada, in accordance with subsection (4), the royalties, interest and penalties that would be payable in respect of petroleum under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act if the petroleum were produced from areas within the Province.

(2) Le paragraphe 97(5) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

No Crown share

(5) No provision of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act or any regulation made under that Act shall apply so as to reserve to His Majesty a Crown share in any petroleum-related interest issued in respect of any portion of the offshore area.

41 La même loi est modifiée par adjonction, après l’article 97, de ce qui suit :

Revenues reserved

97.‍1 (1) There is reserved to His Majesty in right of Canada, and each holder of a share in a submerged land licence is liable for and shall pay to His Majesty in right of Canada, in accordance with subsection (2), the revenues, interest and penalties that would be payable under any Act of the Province and any regulations made under that Act in respect of any offshore renewable energy project as if that project were carried out within the Province.

Application of Newfoundland and Labrador legislation

(2) Subject to this Act and the regulations, any Act and regulations referred to in subsection (1) apply, with any modifications that the circumstances require, for the purposes of this section.

Remedies for unpaid revenues

(3) Despite any other provision of this Act or the regulations, for the purposes of this section, if a person is in default under any Act or regulations referred to in subsection (1) in the payment of any amount payable under this section, the Provincial Minister may, as long as the amount remains unpaid, direct the Regulator to

No remedy pending appeals

(4) No remedy may be exercised under subsection (3) in respect of a default in payment of an amount pending any assessment, reassessment, appeal or review in respect of that default under any Act or regulations referred to in subsection (1) or otherwise provided by law.

For greater certainty

(5) For greater certainty, for the purposes of this Division, revenues, interest and penalties payable under subsection (1) do not include taxes, interest and penalties imposed, levied and collected under Part IV.

42 (1) Les paragraphes 98(1) à (3) de la même loi sont remplacés par ce qui suit :

Power to collect

98 (1) Subject to subsection (6), if an agreement is entered into under subsection (3), royalties, interest and penalties payable under section 97 or revenues, interest and penalties payable under section 97.‍1, as the case may be, may be collected and administered and refunds in respect of those amounts payable may be granted on behalf of the Government of Canada in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement, as amended from time to time under subsection (4).

Negotiation of agreement

(2) The Federal Minister shall, on the request of the Government of the Province or the Regulator, negotiate

Agreement

(3) On completion of the negotiation of an agreement under subsection (2), the Federal Minister, with the approval of the Governor in Council, shall, on behalf of the Government of Canada, enter into an agreement with the Government of the Province and the Regulator under which the Regulator shall, on behalf of the Government of Canada, collect and administer the royalties, interest and penalties payable under section 97 or the revenues, interest and penalties payable under section 97.‍1, as the case may be, and grant refunds or make other payments in respect of those amounts payable, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the agreement.

(2) Les paragraphes 98(6) et (7) de la même loi sont remplacés par ce qui suit :

No further liability — petroleum

(6) An agreement entered into under subsection (3) may provide that, if any payment is received by the Government of the Province on account of any royalties, interest, penalties or other sum payable by a person under section 97, or under both section 97 and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act, that payment may be applied by the Government of the Province towards the royalties, interest, penalties or other sums payable by the person under that section or both that section and that Act in the manner that is specified in the agreement, even if the person directed that the payment be applied in any other manner or made no direction as to its application.

No further liability — offshore renewable energy

(6.‍1) An agreement entered into under subsection (3) may provide that, if any payment is received by the Government of the Province on account of any revenues, interest, penalties or other sum payable in respect of any offshore renewable energy project by a person under section 97.‍1, or under both section 97.‍1 and any Act of the Province and any regulations made under that Act, that payment may be applied by the Government of the Province towards the revenues, interest, penalties or other sums payable by the person under that section, or both that section and that Act and those regulations, in the manner that is specified in the agreement, even if the person directed that the payment be applied in any other manner or made no direction as to its application.

Relief of liability

(7) Any payment or part of a payment applied by the Government of the Province in accordance with an agreement entered into under subsection (3) towards the royalties, interest, penalties or other sums payable by a person under section 97 or the revenues, interest, penalties or other sums payable by a person under section 97.‍1, as the case may be,

43 Les articles 99 et 100 de la même loi sont remplacés par ce qui suit :

Remittance to Receiver General

Consolidated Revenue Fund

Liability and Collection

Debts due to His Majesty

44 Les paragraphes 101(3) et (4) de la même loi sont remplacés par ce qui suit :

Appointment

(3) Despite subsection 78(2) of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, one of the members of the Environmental Studies Management Board established by subsection 78(1) of that Act is to be appointed by the Regulator on the recommendation of the Provincial Minister.

Reports and recommendations to Regulator

(4) The Environmental Studies Management Board referred to in subsection (3) shall submit to the Regulator a copy of every annual report and recommendation submitted to the Federal Minister under paragraph 79(1)‍(d) or (e) of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act at the same time the report or recommendation is submitted to the Federal Minister.

45 Les définitions de privilège de l’exploitant et de tribunal au paragraphe 102(1) de la même loi, sont respectivement remplacées par ce qui suit :

court means the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador and includes any of its judges; (tribunal)

operator’s lien means any charge on or right in relation to an interest or a share in an interest

• (a) that arises under a contract

  • (i) to which the interest owner or holder of the interest or share is a party,

  • (ii) that provides for the operator appointed under the contract to carry out any work or activity, in the portions of the offshore area to which the interest or share applies, related to the exploration for or the development or production of petroleum or to offshore renewable energy projects, and

  • (iii) that requires the interest owner or holder to make payments to the operator to cover all or part of the advances made by the operator in respect of the costs and expenses of such work or activity, and

• (b) that secures the payments referred to in subparagraph (a)‍(iii); (privilège de l’exploitant)

46 L’article 103 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Notice of disposition of any interest

103 (1) If an interest holder of an interest or any share in an interest enters into an agreement or arrangement that is or may result in a transfer, assignment or other disposition of the interest or share, the interest holder shall give notice of such agreement or arrangement to the Regulator, together with a summary of its terms and conditions or, on the request of the Regulator, a copy of the agreement or arrangement.

Conditions of transfer

(2) A submerged land licence shall only be transferred, assigned or otherwise disposed of under subsection (1) if the Regulator is satisfied that the terms and conditions of the licence can be met following the transfer, assignment or other disposition.

47 (1) La définition de recherches ou études techniques, au paragraphe 119(1) de la même loi, est remplacée par ce qui suit :

engineering research or feasibility study includes work undertaken to facilitate the design or to analyse the viability of engineering technology, systems or schemes to be used, in the offshore area, in the exploration for or the development, production or transportation of petroleum or in offshore renewable energy projects; (recherches ou études techniques)

(2) Le sous-alinéa 119(5)d)‍(ii) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

• (ii) in any other case relating to a petroleum-related work or activity, after the end of five years following the date of completion of the work, or

• (iii) in any case relating to an offshore renewable energy project, after the end of the time set out by regulations or, in the absence of regulations, three years following the date of completion of the geological or geophysical work;

(3) Le sous-alinéa 119(5)e)‍(ii) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

• (ii) in any other case relating to a petroleum-related work or activity, after the end of five years following the date of completion of the research, study or experimental project or after the reversion of that portion of the offshore area to Crown reserve areas, whichever occurs first, or

• (iii) in any case relating to an offshore renewable energy project, after the earlier of:

  • (A) the end of the period set out by regulations or, in the absence of regulations, three years following the date of completion of the research, study or experimental project, and

  • (B) the reversion of that portion of the offshore area to Crown reserve areas;

(4) Le sous-alinéa 119(5)i)‍(ii) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

• (ii) in any other case relating to a petroleum-related work or activity, if five years have passed since the completion of the study, or

• (iii) in any case relating to an offshore renewable energy project, if the period set out by regulations has passed since the completion of the study or, in the absence of regulations, if three years have passed since the completion of that study.

(5) Le passage du paragraphe 119(6) de la même loi précédant l’alinéa a) est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Disclosure — governments and agencies

(6) The Regulator may disclose any information or documentation that it obtains under this Part or Part III — to officials of the Government of Canada, the Government of the Province or any other provincial government, or a foreign government or to the representatives of any of their agencies — for the purposes of a federal, provincial or foreign law, as the case may be, that deals primarily with a petroleum-related work or activity, including the exploration for and the management, administration and exploitation of petroleum resources, or with an offshore renewable energy project, if

(6) Le paragraphe 119(9) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Applicant and proposed work or activity

(9) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of information regarding the applicant for an operating licence or authorization under subsection 138(1) or authorization under subsection 138.‍01(1) or in respect of the scope, purpose, location, timing and nature of the proposed work or activity for which the licence or authorization is sought.

(6.‍1) L’article 119 de la même loi est modifié par adjonction, après le paragraphe (9), de ce qui suit :

(6.‍1) Section 119 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (9):

(7) Le passage du paragraphe 119(11) de la même loi précédant l’alinéa a) est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Safety or environmental protection

(11) Subject to section 119.‍1, the Regulator may disclose, including for the purposes of the Impact Assessment Act, all or part of any information or documentation related to safety or environmental protection that is provided in relation to an application for an operating licence or authorization under subsection 138(1) or authorization under subsection 138.‍01(1), or to an operating licence or authorization that is issued under one of those subsections or provided in accordance with any regulations made under this Part or Part III. The Regulator is not, however, permitted to disclose information or documentation if it is satisfied that

(8) L’alinéa 119(11)c) de la version anglaise de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

• (c) there is a real and substantial risk that disclosure of it will impair the security of pipelines, as defined in section 135, installations, facilities, vessels, aircraft, or systems, including computer or communication systems, used for any work or activity in respect of which this Act applies — or methods employed to protect them — and the need to prevent its disclosure outweighs the public interest in its disclosure.

48 (1) Le paragraphe 119.‍1(7) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Review

(7) Any person to whom the Regulator is required under paragraph (4)‍(b) to give a notice of a decision to disclose information or documentation may, within 20 days after the day on which the notice is given, apply to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador for a review of the decision.

(2) Le paragraphe 119.‍1(9) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Court to take precautions against disclosing

(9) In any proceedings arising from an application under subsection (7), the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador shall take every reasonable precaution, including, when appropriate, conducting hearings in camera, to avoid the disclosure by the Court or any person of any information or documentation that, under this Act, is privileged or is not to be disclosed.

49 Le paragraphe 123(2) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Default — petroleum

(2) Despite anything in this Part but subject to sections 31 to 40 and subsection 123(3), if the interest owner or holder of a petroleum-related interest fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1) within the period specified in the notice and the Regulator considers that the failure to comply warrants cancellation of the interest of the interest owner or holder of or any share in the interest held by the holder with respect to a portion only of the offshore area subject to the interest, the Regulator may, by order subject to section 124, cancel that interest or share, in which case the portions of the offshore area under that interest or share become Crown reserve areas.

Non-application of section 124

(3) The Regulator’s order to cancel an exploration licence, significant discovery licence or production licence under subsection (2) is not subject to section 124 if the notice under subsection (1) relates to a failure to meet any of the terms and conditions contained in that licence.

Default — offshore renewable energy

(4) Despite anything in this Part but subject to sections 40.‍1 to 40.‍3, if the interest owner or holder of a submerged land licence fails to comply with a notice under subsection (1) within the period specified in the notice and the Regulator considers that the failure to comply warrants cancellation of the licence of the interest owner or holder or any share in the licence held by the holder, the Regulator may, by order, cancel that licence or share, in which case the portions of the offshore area under that licence or share become Crown reserve areas.

50 (1) Le paragraphe 124(8) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Notification of order and reasons

(8) If an order, decision or action referred to in subsection (2) is made or taken, the Regulator shall notify the person who requested a hearing in respect of the order, decision or action under subsection (3) and, on request by that person, publish or make available to that person the reasons for the order, decision or action.

(2) Le paragraphe 124(10) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Judicial review

(10) Any order, decision or action in respect of which a hearing is held under this section is subject to review and to be set aside by the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.

51 Les paragraphes 125(2) et (3) de la même loi sont abrogés.

52 Le paragraphe 128(1) de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Replacement of rights

128 (1) Subject to section 127 and subsection 129(2), the petroleum-related interests provided for under this Part replace all petroleum rights or prospects of petroleum rights acquired or vested in relation to any portion of the offshore area prior to the coming into force of this section.

53 La même loi est modifiée par adjonction, après l’article 134, de ce qui suit :

Transitional

134.‍1 Despite subsection 75(3) and subject to subsection 85(1), if the interest holder of an exploration licence issued before 2017 applies for a declaration of significant discovery in relation to any portion of the offshore area to which that licence applies and if the significant discovery is indicated by the first well on a geological feature that demonstrates, by flow testing, the existence of hydrocarbons in that feature, any significant discovery licence issued for that significant discovery area continues in force, in relation to each portion of the offshore area to which the licence applies, for as long as the declaration of significant discovery on the basis of which the licence was issued remains in force in relation to that portion.

54 L’intertitre « Opérations pétrolières » précédant l’article 135 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Petroleum and Offshore Renewable Energy Operations

55 L’article 135.‍1 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Purpose

135.‍1 The purpose of this Part is to promote

56 L’intertitre précédant l’article 136 de la version française de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Champ d’application

57 L’article 136 de la même loi est remplacé par ce qui suit :

Application

136 This Part applies in respect of the exploration and drilling for and the production, conservation, processing and transportation of petroleum, and in respect of offshore renewable energy projects, in the offshore area.