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Bill 130, Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Amendment Act (Anti-Fracking), 2023

Tabuns, Peter

Bell, Jessica

Begum, Doly

Shaw, Sandy

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act to

prohibit hydraulic fracturing and activities related to hydraulic fracturing

for the purpose of the exploration for or production of oil or gas trapped in

shale.

Bill 130 2023

Act to amend the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act to prohibit hydraulic fracturing

and related activities

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act is amended by

adding the following section:

Prohibition,

hydraulic fracturing

(1) Subject

to subsection (2) and despite any provision of this Act or any other Act, no

person shall engage in hydraulic fracturing or activities related to hydraulic

fracturing for the purpose of the exploration for or production of oil or gas

trapped in shale.

Same

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply to a person engaging in an activity if the activity is

otherwise authorized under this Act and a licence or permit in respect of the

activity was granted by the Minister under this Act on or before the day

section 1 of the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Amendment Act

(Anti-Fracking), 2023 comes into force.

Subsection 19 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(a.1) contravene

subsection 9 (1);

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Oil, Gas and Salt

Resources Amendment Act (Anti-Fracking), 2023 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

June 8, 2023

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

June 8, 2023

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

June 8, 2023

Carried