BILL NO. 114
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
Mineral Resources Act
(amended)
Harold Theriault Jr.
Digby-Annapolis
First Reading: May 11, 2006
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill prohibits the export from Nova Scotia of minerals mined in Digby County unless a Nova Scotia benefits plan has been filed with the Minister of Natural Resources.
An Act to Amend Chapter 18
of the Acts of 1990,
the Mineral Resources Act
1 Section 112 of Chapter 18 of the Acts of 1990, the Mineral Resources Act, is amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following subsection:
(2A) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Minister may not approve the removal from the Province of any ore, mineral or mineral-bearing substance mined in Digby County unless a plan of the benefits to the Province has been filed with the Minister.
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