Impact Assessment Act

Marginal note:Governor in Council’s determination

62 If a matter is referred to the Governor in Council under subsection 60(1.1) or 61(1), the Governor in Council must, after taking into account the report with respect to the impact assessment of the designated project,

• (a) determine, after taking into account the implementation of any mitigation measures that the Governor in Council considers appropriate, whether the adverse effects within federal jurisdiction — and the direct or incidental adverse effects — that are indicated in the report are likely to be, to some extent, significant and, if so, the extent to which those effects are significant; and

• (b) if the Governor in Council determines that any of the effects referred to in paragraph (a) are likely to be, to some extent, significant, determine whether the effects so determined are, in light of the extent to which the Governor in Council determined them to be significant and the factors referred to in section 63, justified in the public interest.