Second

Session, 46th General Assembly

Elizabeth II, 2009

BILL 37

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

ENERGY CORPORATION OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR WATER RIGHTS ACT

Received and Read the First Time ...................................................................................................

Second Reading .................................................................................................................................

Committee ............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading .....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent ......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE KATHY DUNDERDALE

Minister of Natural Resources

Ordered

to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Energy Corporation of Newfoundland and

Labrador Water Rights Act to clarify what constitutes the Lower Churchill River for the

purpose of the Act.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ENERGY CORPORATION OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR WATER RIGHTS ACT

Analysis

S.2 R&S

Definitions

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL2008 cE-11.02

Section 2 of the Energy Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador Water Rights Act is

repealed and the following substituted:

Definitions

2. In

this Act

(a) "diversion" means "diversion"

as defined in the Water Resources Act ;

(b) "Energy Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador " means the

corporation incorporated under the Energy

Corporation Act ; and

(c) " Lower

Churchill River " means

(

i) that part of the Churchill River below the

intersection of the Churchill River with the meridian of 63 40' west of Greenwich, downstream to the intersection of the Churchill

River with the meridian of 60 45' west

of Greenwich, and all waters that naturally flow into, or by diversion flow

into, the Churchill River between those 2 points, and

(ii) that part of the Churchill River upstream of

the point of intersection of the Churchill River with the meridian of 63 40' west of Greenwich that lies below the 425 foot contour line or

below elevation 425 feet, as referenced in Appendix A of The Churchill Falls (Labrador)

Corporation Limited (Lease) Act , 1961 ,

but excludes the area described in Appendix

A to The Churchill Falls ( Labrador ) Corporation Limited (Lease) Act, 1961 ,

and all waters while they are in that area.

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer