Dry Docks Subsidies Act

Marginal note:Expropriation of lands

• 6 (1) Where a company that has entered into an agreement with Her Majesty to construct a dry dock under this Act is unable to agree with the owner of any land or other real property or interest therein as to the purchase, acquisition or transfer of the land, property or interest or the price to be paid for it, and the company considers that it is necessary for a site for the dry dock, the company may, with the approval of the Governor in Council and in accordance with the Expropriation Act, expropriate the land, property or interest.

• Marginal note:Notice to appropriate minister

  (2) Where the Governor in Council approves an expropriation under subsection (1), the company shall so advise the appropriate minister in relation to Part I of the Expropriation Act.

• Marginal note:Expropriation Act

  (3) Land or real property or an interest in land the expropriation of which has been approved by the Governor in Council under subsection (1) is deemed to be, for the purposes of the Expropriation Act, an interest in land or immovable real right that, in the opinion of the appropriate minister in relation to Part I of that Act, is required for a public work or other public purpose, and a reference to the Crown in that Act shall be construed as a reference to the company.

• Marginal note:Charges for services

  (4) The appropriate minister in relation to Part I of the Expropriation Act may make regulations prescribing fees or charges to be paid by a company in respect of an expropriation referred to in subsection (1), and rates of interest payable in respect of those fees and charges.

• Marginal note:Debt due to Her Majesty

  (5) The fees or charges are a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada by the company, and shall bear interest at the prescribed rate from the date they are payable.

• Marginal note:Security

  (6) The Minister may require the company to provide security, in an amount determined by the Minister and subject to any terms and conditions that the Minister may specify, for the payment of any fees or charges that are or may become payable under this section.