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Sable Offshore Energy Project Regulations

made under

Section 4 and clause 6(

b) of the

Pipeline Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 345

and subsection 12(1) of the

Energy Resources Conservation Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 147

O.I.C. 97-755 (December 9, 19 97), N.S. Reg. 32/2005

The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the President of the Executive

Council dated November 27, 1997, pursuant to

Section 4 and clause 6(

b) of

Chapter 345 of the

Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Pipeline Act , and subsection 12(1) of

Chapter 147 of

the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Energy and Mineral Resources Conservation

Act , is pleased to

(

a) exempt all pipelines required for the Sable Offshore Energy Project that are

located in the Nova Scotia offshore area and any pipelines that carry natural

gas or associated petroleum substances from the Nova Scotia offshore area

to the natural gas processing plant to be constructed at or near Country

Harbour, Guysborough County, from the provisions of the Pipeline Act ,

saving and excepting Sections 1 to 9 inclusive, 11 to 13 inclusive, 19 and

20, 22, and 40 to 44 inclusive;

(

b) order that effective October 1, 1997, and for so long thereafter as such Sable

Offshore Energy Project pipelines remain in place, the National Energy

Board Act (Canada) and any regulations made thereunder not inconsistent

with regulations made under the Pipeline Act , saving and excepting those

provisions of the Act and regulations respecting Certificates of Public

Convenience and Necessity, leave to open or abandon pipelines and the

approval of traffic, tolls and tariffs, is applicable to such pipelines and that

Act shall have the same force and effect as if enacted by the Legislature;

(

c) order that, with respect to such Sable Offshore Energy Project pipelines, the

Energy and Mineral Resources Conservation Board, without giving notice

or holding a hearing, may

(

i) upon reviewing a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

issued by the National Energy Board, deem that Certificate of Public

Convenience and Necessity to be a permit under the Pipeline Act and

it shall have the same force and effect as if issued by the Energy and

Mineral Resources Conservation Board under that Act,

(ii) upon reviewing a leave to open or leave to abandon a pipeline

granted by the National Energy Board, deem that leave to open or

abandon to be a licence or consent to abandon, as the case may be,

under the Pipeline Act and it shall have the same force and effect as

if issued by the Energy and Mineral Resources Conservation Board

under that Act, and

(ii) upon reviewing an order or decision of the National Energy Board

respecting traffic, tolls or tariffs made pursuant to

Part IV of the

National Energy Board Act , deem that order or decision to be a

determination made by the Energy and Mineral Resources

Conservation Board pursuant to

Section 43 of the Pipeline Act and it

shall have the same force and effect as a determination made by the

Energy and Mineral Resources Conservation Board pursuant to that

Section of the Act;

(

d) approve the delegation by the Energy and Mineral Resources Conservation

Board of any of the powers, duties or authorities conferred or imposed on

the Board by any enactment to such persons as may be designated by the

Board.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Sable Offshore Energy Project Regulations

N.S. Reg.

32/2005

Pipeline Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Sable Offshore Energy Project Regulations made

under the Pipeline Act includes all of the

following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

32/2005

Dec 9, 1997

date made

Mar 18, 2005

The following regulations are not

yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

..........................................................

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

References to the Energy and Mineral Resources

Conservation Board should be read as references to the Utility and Review

Board, in accordance with OIC 1999-372 under the Energy and Mineral

Resources Conservation Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 147, and the Pipeline

Act , R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 345 which delegated all powers, duties and

authorities from the previous board.

Sep 1, 1999

The title of the Energy and Mineral Resources

Conservation Act is changed to the Energy Resources Conservation Act by s. 1 of S.N.S. 2000, c. 12.

Jun 8, 2000

References to the Energy and Mineral Resources

Conservation Board should be read as references to the Energy Board under the Energy and Regulatory Boards Act , S.N.S. 2024, c. 2, Sch A, in

accordance with amendments to the Energy Resources Conservation Act made by

Part XXIX of the Energy Reform

(2024) Act , S.N.S. 2024, c.2,

which replace references to the Utility and Review Board in the Act effective

on proclamation (N.S. Reg 233/2024).

Apr 1, 2025

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.