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Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act

Version of section 142 from 2002-12-31 to 2014-12-30:


Marginal note:Licences and authorizations

  •  (1) The Board may, on application made in the form and containing the information fixed by it and in the prescribed manner, issue

    • (a) an operating licence; and

    • (b) subject to section 45, an authorization with respect to each work or activity proposed to be carried on.

  • Marginal note:Term and renewals

    (2) An operating licence expires on the thirty-first day of March immediately after the day on which it is issued and may be renewed for successive periods not exceeding one year each.

  • Marginal note:Requirements for operating licence

    (3) An operating licence is subject to such requirements as the Board determines or as may be prescribed and to such fees and deposits as are prescribed.

  • Marginal note:Requirements for authorization

    (4) An authorization is subject to such approvals as the Board determines or as may be granted in accordance with the regulations and such requirements and deposits as the Board determines or as may be prescribed, including

    • (a) requirements relating to liability for loss, damage, costs or expenses;

    • (b) requirements for the carrying out of environmental programs or studies; and

    • (c) requirements for the payment of expenses incurred by the Board in approving the design, construction and operation of production facilities and production platforms, as those terms are defined in the regulations.

  • Marginal note:Suspension or revocation

    (5) The Board may suspend or revoke an operating licence or an authorization for failure to comply with, contravention of or default in respect of

    • (a) a requirement, approval, fee or deposit subject to which the licence or authorization was issued;

    • (b) a requirement undertaken in a declaration referred to in subsection 143.1(1) or (2);

    • (c) subsection 143.1(3), 143.2(2) or 168(1.1); or

    • (d) any applicable regulation.

  • 1988, c. 28, s. 142
  • 1992, c. 35, s. 96

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