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Joint Notice Establishing the Prohibition Period for Certain Activities on Georges Bank

made by the Minister of Energy and the Minister of Natural Resources for Canada

under subsection 134AA(1) of Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1987,

the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord

Implementation (Nova Scotia) Act

N.S. Reg. 68/2016 (April 11, 2016, effective April 15, 2016)



Prohibition period

For the purpose of subsection 134AA(4) of Chapter 3 of the Acts of Nova Scotia, 1987, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation (Nova Scotia) Act, the exploration and drilling for and the production, conservation and processing of petroleum in that portion of the offshore area described in Schedule IV to that Act, and the transportation of petroleum produced in that portion of the offshore area is prohibited for a period beginning on April 15, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2022.