Joint Notice Extending the Prohibition Period for Certain Activities on Georges Bank (SOR/2022-82)

Whereas the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister, pursuant to subsection 141(1)Footnote ^a of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation ActFootnote ^b, issued the Joint Notice Specifying the Prohibition Period For Certain Activities on Georges BankFootnote ^c on April 11, 2016 which imposed a prohibition period that ends on December 31, 2022;

• Return to footnote ^aS.C. 2015, c. 39, s. 3

• Return to footnote ^bS.C. 1988, c. 28

• Return to footnote ^cSOR/2016-70

And whereas, after having reviewed the environmental and socio-economic impact of exploration and drilling activities in that portion of the offshore area described in Schedule IV to that Act and all other relevant factors, the Ministers wish to extend, for a period of 10 years, the prohibition period set out in that Joint Notice;

Therefore, the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables for Nova Scotia, pursuant to subsection 141(2)Footnote ^a of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation ActFootnote ^b, make the annexed Joint Notice Extending the Prohibition Period for Certain Activities on Georges Bank.

Ottawa, April 11, 2022

Le ministre des Ressources naturelles, Jonathan Wilkinson Minister of Natural Resources Le ministre des Ressources naturelles et des Énergies renouvelables de la Nouvelle-Écosse Tory Rushton Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables for Nova Scotia