Bill C-26

Continental Shelf

(a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), to the outer edge of the continental margin, determined in the manner under international law that results in the maximum extent of the continental shelf of Canada, the outer edge of the continental margin being the submerged prolongation of the land mass of Canada consisting of the seabed and subsoil of the shelf, the slope and the rise, but not including the deep ocean floor with its oceanic ridges or its subsoil;

(b) to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines of the territorial sea of Canada where the outer edge of the continental margin does not extend up to that distance; or

(c) in respect of a portion of the continental shelf of Canada for which geographical coordinates of points have been prescribed pursuant to subparagraph 25(a)(iii), to lines determined from the geographical coordinates of points so prescribed.

(a) on or under any marine installation or structure from the time it is attached or anchored to the continental shelf of Canada in connection with the exploration of that shelf or the exploitation of its mineral or other non-living resources until the marine installation or structure is removed from the waters above the continental shelf of Canada;

(b) on or under any artificial island constructed, erected or placed on the continental shelf of Canada; and

(c) within such safety zone surrounding any marine installation or structure or artificial island referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) as is determined by or pursuant to the regulations.

(a) as if the places referred to in that subsection formed part of the territory of Canada;

(b) notwithstanding that by their terms their application is limited to Canada; and

(c) in a manner that is consistent with the rights and freedoms of other states under international law and, in particular, with the rights and freedoms of other states in relation to navigation and overflight.

(a) that forms part of the exclusive economic zone of Canada or is above the continental shelf of Canada;

(b) that is not within any province; and

(c) that is prescribed by the regulations.

(a) imposes a tax or royalty; or

(b) relates to mineral or other non-living natural resources.

Court Jurisdiction

(a) that area of the sea is nearer to the coast of that province than to the coast of any other province; or

(b) that province is prescribed by the regulations.

Miscellaneous Provisions

(a) in the internal waters of Canada,

(b) in the territorial sea of Canada,

(c) in the contiguous zone of Canada,

(d) in the exclusive economic zone of Canada, or

(e) in or above the continental shelf of Canada

Regulations

(a) prescribing geographical coordinates of points from which

(i) baselines may be determined under subsection 5(2) as straight lines interpreted as geodesics,

(ii) in respect of a portion of the territorial sea of Canada prescribed in the regulations, an outer limit line may be determined, where, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, a portion of the territorial sea of Canada determined in accordance with paragraph 4(a) would conflict with the territorial sea of another state or other area of the sea in which another state has sovereign rights or would be unreasonably close to the coast of another state,

(iii) in respect of a portion of the exclusive economic zone of Canada or the continental shelf of Canada prescribed in the regulations, an outer limit line may be determined, where, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, a portion of the exclusive economic zone of Canada or the continental shelf of Canada determined in accordance with paragraph 13(1)(a) or 17(1)(a) or (b) would conflict with the territorial sea of another state or other area of the sea in which another state has sovereign rights or would be unreasonably close to the coast of another state or is otherwise inappropriate, and

(iv) the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone of Canada or the outer edge of the continental margin or other outer limit of the continental shelf of Canada may be determined; and

(b) prescribing areas of the sea adjacent to the coast of Canada as fishing zones of Canada.

(a) prescribing a work or a class of works for the purpose of the definition ``marine installation or structure'' in section 2;

(b) making any law of a province applicable in respect of any part of the area of the sea in which laws of the province apply under section 9 or 21, even though the law, by its own terms, is applicable only in respect of a particular area within the province;

(c) restricting the application of subsection 9(1) or 21(1) to such laws of a province as are specified in the regulations;

(d) making subsection 9(1) or 21(1) applicable, on the terms and conditions, if any, specified in the regulations, in respect of any laws of a province that impose a tax or royalty or relate to mineral or other non-living natural resources;

(e) excluding any law of a province from the application of subsection 9(1) or 21(1);

(f) determining or prescribing the method of determining the safety zone referred to in paragraph 20(1)(c);

(g) prescribing an area of the sea and a province for the purposes of subsection 9(1), 21(1) or 22(1);

(h) restricting the application of subsection 22(1), (2) or (3) to courts of a district or territorial division of a province;

(i) prescribing, in respect of any area of the sea and for the purpose of subsection 22(1), the manner of determining the province that has the coast nearest to that area;

(j) excluding any federal laws or laws of a province or any of their provisions from the application of subsection 20(1) or 21(1), as the case may be, in respect of any area in or above the continental shelf of Canada or in respect of any specified activity in any such area; and

(k) making federal laws or laws of a province or any of their provisions applicable, in such circumstances as are specified in the regulations,

(i) in the exclusive economic zone of Canada or in a portion of that zone,

(ii) in or above the continental shelf of Canada or a portion of that shelf, or

(iii) in any area beyond the continental shelf of Canada, where that application is made pursuant to an international agreement or arrangement entered into by Canada.

(a) as if the places referred to in any regulations made pursuant to either of those paragraphs formed part of the territory of Canada;

(b) notwithstanding that by their terms their application is limited to Canada or a province; and

(c) in a manner that is consistent with the rights and freedoms of other states under international law and, in particular, with the rights and freedoms of other states in relation to navigation and overflight.