Bill C-3
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2nd Session, 40th Parliament,
57 Elizabeth II, 2009
house of commons of canada
BILL C-3
An Act to amend the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
R.S., c. A-12
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. The definition “arctic waters” in section 2 of the Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act is replaced by the following:
“arctic waters”
« eaux arctiques »
« eaux arctiques »
“arctic waters” means the internal waters of Canada and the waters of the territorial sea of Canada and the exclusive economic zone of Canada, within the area enclosed by the 60th parallel of north latitude, the 141st meridian of west longitude and the outer limit of the exclusive economic zone; however, where the international boundary between Canada and Greenland is less than 200 nautical miles from the baselines of the territorial sea of Canada, the international boundary shall be substituted for that outer limit;
Coming into force
2. This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by order of the Governor in Council.
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Explanatory Notes
Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act
Clause 1: Existing text of the definition:
“arctic waters” means the waters adjacent to the mainland and islands of the Canadian arctic within the area enclosed by the sixtieth parallel of north latitude, the one hundred and forty-first meridian of west longitude and a line measured seaward from the nearest Canadian land a distance of one hundred nautical miles, except that in the area between the islands of the Canadian arctic and Greenland, where the line of equidistance between the islands of the Canadian arctic and Greenland is less than one hundred nautical miles from the nearest Canadian land, that line shall be substituted for the line measured seaward one hundred nautical miles from the nearest Canadian land;