Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act

Marginal note:Notice — intention to start production

• 48.05 (1) If an interest owner, as defined in section 2 of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act, advises the Minister or the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator — including by way of an application under section 38 of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act or paragraph 5(1)(b) of this Act, as the case may be — that it intends to start production of a straddling resource, the Minister shall, without delay, notify the Government of the Northwest Territories of the interest owner’s intention.

• Marginal note:Notice — after production commences

  (2) If, after production commences, the Commission of the Canadian Energy Regulator determines that a pool or field is a straddling resource

  • (a) the Minister or the Government of the Northwest Territories — depending on the jurisdiction in which production commenced — shall, without delay, notify the other of that determination; and

  • (b) either of them may give notice under section 48.06.