BILL NO. 114

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006

Private Member's Bill

Mineral Resources Act
(amended)

Harold Theriault Jr.
Digby-Annapolis

First Reading: May 11, 2006

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

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.

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.