Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Frontier Lands Registration Regulations.

Interpretation

2 In these Regulations, Act means the Canada Petroleum Resources Act. (Loi)

Registrar

3 The Registrar shall supervise the operation of the system of registration established under Part VIII of the Act in accordance with that Part and these Regulations.

Deputy Registrar

• 4 (1) In the absence of the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar shall have the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Registrar.

• (2) Where, at any time, no person is designated by the Minister to be the Registrar, the Deputy Registrar shall have the powers and perform the duties and functions of the Registrar.

Interests

• 5 (1) Where the Registrar receives an original copy of an interest from the Minister, the Registrar shall

  • (a) register the interest by endorsing a memorandum of registration on the interest specifying the registration number of the interest and the time and date of registration; and

  • (b) prepare an abstract of the interest and forthwith enter the abstract in a book to be maintained as the register.

• (2) The abstract referred to in paragraph (1)(b) shall contain the following information:

  • (a) the type, effective date and term of the interest;

  • (b) the name of the interest owner or, where the interest owner consists of two or more interest holders, the name of each holder;

  • (c) the particulars of the shares in the interest; and

  • (d) a description of the frontier lands, geological formations and substances to which the interest applies.

• (3) Where a production licence is subject to the terms and conditions referred to in section 48 of the Act or is subject to the requirements of section 49 of the Act, the abstract for that production licence shall, in addition to the information required by subsection (2), contain a notation that the interest is subject to those terms and conditions or those requirements as the case may be.

• (4) Where an interest referred to in section 91 of the Act is registered, the abstract for that interest shall contain a notation of the registration of each instrument that applies to the interest by virtue of that section.

• (5) The Registrar shall record in the abstract of the relevant interest

  • (a) changes to the information recorded in the abstract arising by virtue of an amendment to that interest or the operation of section 31 or 40 of the Act;

  • (b) every order, decision or action of the Minister made in relation to that interest that is expressly stated in the Act to be subject to section 106 of the Act;

  • (c) every order made pursuant to section 12 of the Act in relation to that interest;

  • (d) every notice given by the Minister pursuant to subsection 36(1) or 105(1) of the Act in relation to that interest; and

  • (e) the extension of the term of that interest or the continuation of that interest beyond its term pursuant to any provision of the Act.

• (6) Where an interest expires or is cancelled, the Registrar shall endorse a memorandum to that effect on the original copy of that interest maintained pursuant to paragraph 7(2)(a) and shall make a notation of the expiration or cancellation in the abstract of that interest.

• (7) Where two or more interests are consolidated pursuant to subsection 25(3) or section 39 of the Act, the Registrar shall prepare an abstract of the consolidated interest and forthwith enter that abstract in the register.

• (8) Each abstract entered in the register pursuant to subsection (7) shall contain the notations made in the abstracts of the interests that have been consolidated.

Instruments

• 6 (1) The Registrar shall stamp each document submitted for registration under Part VIII of the Act with the date and time of its receipt at the office of the Registrar.

• (2) The Registrar shall keep a record to be called “the daybook” and, forthwith on receipt of a document submitted for registration, shall record therein in chronological order

  • (a) the type and date of the document;

  • (b) the name of the person submitting the document; and

  • (c) the date and time of receipt of the document at the office of the Registrar.

• (3) Where the Registrar refuses to register a document, the Registrar shall forthwith record in the daybook with respect to that document the fact of the refusal.

• (4) Where the Registrar accepts a document for registration as an instrument, the Registrar shall forthwith

  • (a) register the instrument;

  • (b) make a notation of the registration of the instrument in the abstract of each interest to which the instrument relates; and

  • (c) record in the daybook with respect to that instrument the fact of the registration.

• (5) Where the registration of an instrument is cancelled pursuant to any provision of the Act or these Regulations, the Registrar shall make a notation of the cancellation in each abstract in which a notation of the registration of the instrument appears.

Office

• 7 (1) The office of the Registrar shall be located at such place and shall be kept open during such business hours and on such days as are fixed by the Minister.

• (2) The Registrar shall maintain at the office of the Registrar

  • (a) the original copies of every interest and instrument registered under Part VIII of the Act;

  • (b) the register; and

  • (c) the daybook.

Searches

• 8 (1) On request and payment of the appropriate fee prescribed by section 15, any person may, at the office of the Registrar, inspect the daybook, the register and any copies of any interest or instrument registered under Part VIII of the Act.

• (2) On request and payment of the appropriate fee prescribed by section 15 by a person, the Registrar shall furnish to the person making the request a certified exact copy of

  • (a) any interest or instrument registered under Part VIII of the Act; and

  • (b) the abstract of any interest.

• (3) The Registrar may, for the purposes of subsection (2), certify that an enlarged print made from a microphotographic film or an electronic or magnetic recording of an abstract, interest or instrument is an exact copy of the abstract, interest or instrument.

Corrections

• 9 (1) The Registrar may cancel the registration of any instrument registered in error.

• (2) Where the particulars of any interest, instrument or other matter required by these Regulations to be recorded or noted in an abstract have not been recorded or noted or have been recorded or noted incorrectly, the Registrar shall forthwith correct the omission or error when the omission or error becomes known to the Registrar.

• (3) The Registrar shall send a certified exact copy of each abstract corrected pursuant to subsection (2) to

  • (a) the interest owner of the interest to which the corrected abstract relates or, where a representative has been appointed or designated pursuant to section 9 of the Act, to the representative; and

  • (b) the secured party under each security notice registered in respect of the interest to which the corrected abstract relates that has not been fully discharged as of the time of the correction.

Demand for Information

10 Those persons that have written authorization from a person referred to in paragraph 95(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Act to serve a demand for information are members of a prescribed class for the purposes of paragraph 95(1)(d) of the Act.

Courts

• 11 (1) For the purposes of Part VIII of the Act, the court having exclusive original jurisdiction in respect of frontier lands situated in the offshore area as defined in section 5 of the Canada-Nova Scotia Oil and Gas Agreement Act is the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.

• (2) For the purposes of Part VIII of the Act, the Federal Court - Trial Division, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta and the High Court of Justice of Ontario have concurrent original jurisdiction in respect of all frontier lands other than those referred to in subsection (1).

Notice

12 Where, under the Act, a notice is required to be given to a person, it shall be given to that person by personal service or by sending it to that person by registered mail, telex or telecopy, at the latest known address of that person on file with the Registrar.

Surrender of Interests

• 13 (1) An interest may be surrendered with respect to all or any portion of the frontier lands subject to the interest by sending a notice of surrender to the Registrar describing the frontier lands in respect of which the interest is surrendered.

• (2) A surrender of an interest in respect of all the frontier lands subject to the interest shall be executed by the interest owner or, where the interest owner consists of more than one interest holder, by each holder.

• (3) A surrender of an interest in respect of a portion of the frontier lands subject to the interest shall be executed by the interest owner or by the holder of each share in the interest held in respect of that portion.

Appointment of a Representative

• 14 (1) Interest holders shall appoint a representative referred to in subsection 9(1) of the Act by sending to the Registrar a notice of appointment executed by each interest holder and the representative.

• (2) Where there is a change in the name or address of a representative referred to in subsection (1), the representative shall notify the Registrar forthwith of the change.

• (3) Where an interest holder terminates the appointment of a representative referred to in subsection 9(1) of the Act, the interest holder shall forthwith notify the Registrar of the termination and the termination shall not be effective until the Registrar receives the notification.

Fees

• 15 (1) The fee for a service set out in column I of an item of the schedule is the fee set out in column II of that item and is payable at the time the service is rendered.

• (2) Where a fee is payable pursuant to these Regulations, it is payable to the Receiver General.