Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act

Marginal note:Declaration by applicant — petroleum

• 139.1 (1) No authorization under paragraph 138(1)(b) shall be issued unless the Regulator has received, from the applicant for the authorization, a declaration in the form fixed by the Regulator that states that

  • (a) the equipment and installations that are to be used in the work or activity to be authorized are fit for the purposes for which they are to be used, the operating procedures relating to them are appropriate for those uses, and the personnel who are to be employed in connection with them are qualified and competent for their employment; and

  • (b) the applicant shall ensure, so long as the work or activity that is authorized continues, that the equipment and installations continue to be fit for the purposes for which they are used, the operating procedures continue to be appropriate for those uses, and the personnel continue to be so qualified and competent.

• Marginal note:Declaration by applicant or holder — offshore renewable energy

  (2) An applicant or holder of an authorization under subsection 138.01(1) shall, prior to a date determined by regulations or, in the absence of regulations, by the Regulator, provide the Regulator with a declaration in the form fixed by it that states that

  • (a) the equipment and facilities that are to be used in the work or activity to be authorized are fit for the purposes for which they are to be used, the operating procedures relating to them are appropriate for those uses, and the personnel who are to be employed in connection with them are qualified and competent for their employment; and

  • (b) the applicant or holder shall ensure, so long as the work or activity that is authorized continues, that the equipment and facilities continue to be fit for the purposes for which they are used, the operating procedures continue to be appropriate for those uses, and the personnel continue to be so qualified and competent.

• Marginal note:Changes

  (3) If the equipment, an installation, a facility, the operating procedures or any of the personnel specified in a declaration changes and no longer conforms to the declaration, the holder of the authorization that provided the declaration shall provide the Regulator with a new declaration as soon as the circumstances permit after the change occurs.

• Marginal note:Immunity

  (4) The Regulator or any delegate of the Regulator is not liable to any person by reason only of having issued an authorization in reliance on a declaration made under this section.