BILL NO. 31

(as introduced)

1st Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
58 Elizabeth II, 2009

Private Member's Bill

Uranium Mining Prohibition Act

Chuck Porter
Hants West

First Reading: October 7, 2009

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

An Act to Ban Uranium Mining in West Hants

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 This Act may be cited as the Uranium Mining Prohibition Act.

2 After the coming into force of this Act, no person shall mine or extract uranium in the Municipality of the District of West Hants.

3 In the event of a conflict between this Act and any other enactment, this Act prevails.

4 Section 74 of the regulations made pursuant to the Mineral Resources Act applies mutatis mutandis to this Act.

5 Any person who contravenes Section 2 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars for each day on which the offence is committed or continues to be committed.

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