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O. Reg. 117/11: PROHIBITED DEVELOPMENTS: OPENING A MINE

under Far North Act, 2010, S.O. 2010, c. 18

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revoked or spent December 9, 2021
April 14, 2011 December 8, 2021

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Far North Act, 2010

ONTARIO REGULATION 117/11

Prohibited Developments: Opening a Mine

Note: This Regulation was revoked on December 9, 2021. (See: 2021, c. 40, Sched. 10, s. 12.)

Note:  This Regulation is revoked on the day section 100 of the Mining Amendment Act, 2009 comes into force.  See:  O. Reg. 117/11, s. 2.

Last amendment: 117/11.

Legislative History: 117/11.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Opening a mine

1. (1) In this section,

“mine production” means mining that is producing any mineral or mineral-bearing substance for immediate sale or stockpiling for future sale, and includes the development of a mine for such purposes.  O. Reg. 117/11, s. 1 (1).

(2) Paragraph 1 of subsection 12 (1) and paragraph 2 of subsection 14 (2) of the Act prohibit the opening of a mine if,

(a) a person is required to file a certified closure plan for the mine under section 141 of the Mining Act in order to commence or recommence mine production; and

(b) before the day the Act comes into force, the Director has not acknowledged receipt of a certified closure plan for the mine under section 141 of the Mining Act.  O. Reg. 117/11, s. 1 (2).

Revocation

2. This Regulation is revoked on the day section 100 of the Mining Amendment Act, 2009 comes into force.  O. Reg. 117/11, s. 2.

3. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).  O. Reg. 117/11, s. 3.

 

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