Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act

Marginal note:Operational safety officers

• 188 (1) Subject to subsection (4), the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister shall jointly designate as an operational safety officer for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of this Part an individual who has been recommended by the Board. The Ministers shall make the designation within 30 days after the day on which they receive the name of the individual from the Board.

• Marginal note:Conservation officers

  (2) Subject to subsection (4), the Federal Minister and the Provincial Minister shall jointly designate as a conservation officer for the purposes of the administration and enforcement of this Part an individual who has been recommended by the Board. The Ministers shall make the designation within 30 days after the day on which they receive the name of the individual from the Board.

• Marginal note:Notice of designation

  (3) The Ministers shall, without delay after making a designation, notify the Board, in writing, that the designation has been made.

• Marginal note:Restriction

  (4) The Ministers shall not designate an individual if they are not satisfied that the individual is qualified to exercise the powers and carry out the duties and functions of an operational safety officer or a conservation officer, as the case may be, under this Part. If an individual is not designated, the Ministers shall without delay notify the Board of it, in writing.

• Marginal note:Indemnification

  (5) An individual designated under subsection (1) or (2) who is not an employee of the Board is deemed to be an officer for the purposes of section 16.