BILL NO. 94

1st Session, 57th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
47-48 Elizabeth II, 1998-99

Private Member's Bill

Dangerous Goods Transportation Act (amended)

Robert L. Chisholm
Halifax Atlantic

First Reading: April 1, 1999

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill prohibits the transportation of nuclear material within or through the Province.

1 Section 2 of Chapter 119 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Dangerous Goods Transportation Act, is amended by adding immediately after clause (f) the following clause:

(fa) "nuclear material" means nuclear material used or intended to be used in, or nuclear waste from, nuclear weapons;

2 Section 4 of Chapter 119 is amended by striking out "This" in the first line and substituting "Subject to Section 5A, this".

3 Chapter 119 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 5 the following Section:

5A (1) No person shall transport nuclear material within or through the Province.

(2) For greater certainty, nothing in this Section is intended to infringe upon the jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada.

4 Subsection 6(1) of Chapter 119 is amended by adding "except Section 5A" immediately after "part" in the last line.

5 Subsection 10(1) of Chapter 119 is amended by adding "or 5A" immediately after "5" in the first line.