Joint Notice Extending the Prohibition Period for Certain Activities on Georges Bank
AI-assisted research summary: Certain petroleum exploration, drilling, production, conservation, processing, and transportation activities are prohibited in the Schedule IV offshore area from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2032.
Joint Notice Extending the Prohibition Period for Certain Activities on Georges Bank Whereas the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister, pursuant to subsection 141(1)a of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Actb, issued the Joint Notice Specifying the Prohibition Period For Certain Activities on Georges Bankc on April 11, 2016 which imposed a prohibition period that ends on December 31, 2022; S.C. 2015, c. 39, s. 3 S.C. 1988, c. 28 SOR/2016-70 And whereas, after having reviewed the environmental and socio-economic impact of exploration and drilling activities in that portion of the offshore area described in Schedule IV to that Act and all other relevant factors, the Ministers wish to extend, for a period of 10 years, the prohibition period set out in that Joint Notice; Therefore, the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables for Nova Scotia, pursuant to subsection 141(2)a of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Actb, make the annexed Joint Notice Extending the Prohibition Period for Certain Activities on Georges Bank. Ottawa, April 11, 2022 Period For the purpose of subsection 141(3) of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, the exploration and drilling for and the production, conservation and processing of petroleum in that portion of the offshore area described in Schedule IV to that Act and the transportation of petroleum produced in that portion of the offshore area are prohibited for a period beginning on January 1, 2023 and ending on December 31, 2032. January 1, 2023 This Joint Notice comes into force on January 1, 2023.