What Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act: Establishment, Management Plans and the Prohibition on Hydrocarbon and Mineral Exploitation requires
The Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act (S.C. 2002, c. 18) provides for the establishment and management of a system of national marine conservation areas representative of Canada's oceans and Great Lakes, administered by Parks Canada under the Minister responsible for the Parks Canada Agency. Section 4 establishes marine conservation areas and sets the purpose of protecting and conserving representative marine areas for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the people of Canada and the world, managed on a sustainable-use basis, and provides for zones including zones that foster and encourage ecologically sustainable use and zones that fully protect special features or sensitive elements of ecosystems. Section 5 governs the establishment or enlargement of an area by adding land to a schedule. Section 9 requires the Minister to prepare a management plan for each area within a set period, addressing ecosystem protection, zoning and visitor use, and to review it at least every five years. The Act imposes core prohibitions: section 12 bars the disposition or use of public lands in an area without authority, section 13 prohibits any person from exploring for or exploiting hydrocarbons, minerals, aggregates or any other inorganic matter within a marine conservation area, and section 14 controls the disposal of substances. Section 15 provides for permits and authorizations. Enforcement runs through marine conservation area wardens designated under section 18 and enforcement officers designated under section 19, with the offence provisions in section 24 and the sentencing principles in section 24.7. The Act is the instrument that places representative ocean and Great Lakes areas under permanent protection while permanently closing them to oil, gas and mineral extraction.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: Parliament of Canada / Parks Canada Agency · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-7.3/FullText.html
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- Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act, S.C. 2002, c. 18, section 4 - marine conservation areas, purpose and zones.
- Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act, section 5 - establishment or enlargement of an area.
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