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Canada Oil and Gas Land Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1518)

Regulations are current to 2024-11-11

Land Division (continued)

  •  (1) Every grid area shall be divided into sections.

  • (2) A section shall be bounded on the east and west sides by meridians spaced,

    • (a) in the case of a section within a grid area, the whole or greater part of which lies between latitudes 40° and 60° or between latitudes 70° and 75°, at intervals of one-tenth of the interval between the east and west boundaries of the grid area;

    • (b) in the case of a section within a grid area, the whole or greater part of which lies between latitudes 60° and 68° or between latitudes 75° and 78°, at intervals of one-eighth of the interval between the east and west boundaries of the grid area; and

    • (c) in the case of a section within a grid area, the whole or greater part of which lies between latitudes 68° and 70° or between latitudes 78° and 85°, at intervals of one-sixth of the interval between the east and west boundaries of the grid area.

  • (3) A section shall be bounded on the north and south sides by straight lines drawn parallel to the north and south boundaries of the grid area and spaced at intervals of one-tenth of the interval between the north and south boundaries of the grid area.

  • (4) A section shall be identified by the number to which it corresponds,

    • (a) in the case of a grid area described in paragraph (2)(a), as follows:

      100908070605040302010
      49
      48
      47
      46
      9585756555453525155
      44
      43
      42
      9181716151413121111
    • (b) in the case of a grid area described in paragraph (2)(b), as follows:

      8070605040302010
      39
      38
      37
      36
      756555453525155
      34
      33
      32
      716151413121111
    • (c) in the case of a grid area described in paragraph (2)(c), as follows:

      605040302010
      29
      28
      27
      26
      55453525155
      24
      23
      22
      51413121111
  •  (1) Every section shall be divided into units.

  • (2) Every unit shall be bounded on the east and west sides by meridians spaced at intervals of one-quarter of the interval between the east and west boundaries of the section.

  • (3) Every unit shall be bounded on the north and south sides by straight lines drawn parallel to the north and south boundaries of the section and spaced at intervals of one-quarter of the interval between the north and south boundaries of the section.

  • (4) Every unit shall be identified by the letter to which it corresponds in the following diagram:

    MNOP
    LKJI
    EFGH
    DCBA

 All latitudes and longitudes used in these Regulations shall be referred to the North American Datum of 1927.

  • SOR/80-590, s. 2

Surveys

  •  (1) Subject to these Regulations, the provisions of The Canada Lands Surveys Act apply to any legal survey made pursuant to these Regulations.

  • (2) No person shall make a legal survey of Canada lands other than a Canada Lands Surveyor.

  • (3) A Canada Lands Surveyor may enter upon a permit area, lease area or development structure for the purpose of making a legal survey or other positional surveys if he gives prior written notice to the Chief.

  • (4) The lessee, permittee, holder or operator Of a development structure shall give reasonable assistance to a Canada Lands Surveyor entering under subsection (3).

  • (5) Any legal survey shall be authorized and paid for by the permittee, holder or lessee as the case may be.

  • SOR/80-590, s. 3
  • 1998, c. 14, s. 102(F)
 

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