R-1.01 - Act ending exploration for petroleum and underground reservoirs and production of petroleum and brine

Section 66 Disposition versions

2022-08-23

66. The permanent closure and restoration of a site of a well carried out in accordance with the Petroleum Resources Act (chapter H-4.2), as it read on 12 April 2022, during the period between 19 October 2021 and the date of coming into force of section 10 are deemed to have been carried out in accordance with this Act to the extent that the permanent closure and restoration comply with this Act’s provisions, in particular the carrying out of the hydrogeological study required under the second paragraph of section 13.

From the coming into force of section 10, the permanent closure and restoration of the sites of those wells must be carried out in accordance with this Act, with the necessary modifications.

All wells in respect of which the Minister did not declare being satisfied under section 114 of the Petroleum Resources Act, as it read on 12 April 2022, before 19 October 2021 must be the subject of the hydrogeological study required under the second paragraph of section 13.

The expenses related to a permanent well closure and site restoration authorized by the Minister before 19 October 2021 under section 93 of the Petroleum Resources Act, as it read on 12 April 2022, are excluded from the computation of the general compensation provided for in section 34.

2022, c. 10, s. 1.

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In force: 2022-08-23

66. The permanent closure and restoration of a site of a well carried out in accordance with the Petroleum Resources Act (chapter H-4.2), as it read on 12 April 2022, during the period between 19 October 2021 and the date of coming into force of section 10 are deemed to have been carried out in accordance with this Act to the extent that the permanent closure and restoration comply with this Act’s provisions, in particular the carrying out of the hydrogeological study required under the second paragraph of section 13.

From the coming into force of section 10, the permanent closure and restoration of the sites of those wells must be carried out in accordance with this Act, with the necessary modifications.

All wells in respect of which the Minister did not declare being satisfied under section 114 of the Petroleum Resources Act, as it read on 12 April 2022, before 19 October 2021 must be the subject of the hydrogeological study required under the second paragraph of section 13.

The expenses related to a permanent well closure and site restoration authorized by the Minister before 19 October 2021 under section 93 of the Petroleum Resources Act, as it read on 12 April 2022, are excluded from the computation of the general compensation provided for in section 34.

2022, c. 10, s. 1.