BILL NO. 31
(as introduced)
1st Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
58 Elizabeth II, 2009
Uranium Mining Prohibition Act
Chuck Porter
Hants West
First Reading: October 7, 2009
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act to Ban Uranium Mining in West Hants
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Uranium Mining Prohibition Act.
2 After the coming into force of this Act, no person shall mine or extract uranium in the Municipality of the District of West Hants.
3 In the event of a conflict between this Act and any other enactment, this Act prevails.
4 Section 74 of the regulations made pursuant to the Mineral Resources Act applies mutatis mutandis to this Act.
5 Any person who contravenes Section 2 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars for each day on which the offence is committed or continues to be committed.
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