Regulations Amending Schedule 1 to the Impact Assessment Act (Miscellaneous Program): SOR/2026-100
Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 160, Number 12
Registration
SOR/2026-100 May 29, 2026
IMPACT ASSESSMENT ACT
P.C. 2026-508 May 29, 2026
Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment, makes the annexed Regulations Amending Schedule 1 to the Impact Assessment Act (Miscellaneous Program) under paragraph 109(a) of the Impact Assessment Act footnote a.
Regulations Amending Schedule 1 to the Impact Assessment Act (Miscellaneous Program)
Amendment
1 Sections 2 and 3 of Schedule 1 to the Impact Assessment Act footnote a are amended by replacing “Board” with “Regulator”.
Coming into Force
2 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.
REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSIS STATEMENT
(This statement is not part of the Regulations.)
Issues
Consequential amendments must be made to Schedule 1 of the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) to provide consistent terminology between the IAA and the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act and the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act (together, the Accord Acts). These consequential amendments were inadvertently omitted in the act amending the Accord Acts, An Act to amend the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (amending Act).
Objective
The objective of the amendments is to harmonize terms used in Schedule 1 to the IAA with those used in cross-referenced statutes.
Description and rationale
The amending Act repealed the term “Board” in section 2 of both Accord Acts and replaced it with the term “Regulator.” It also changed the names of the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board to, respectively, the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator and the Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator (“the Regulators”).
The amending Act included consequential amendments to the IAA and other federal legislation, replacing “Board” by “Regulator” and changing the names of the Regulators. However, the list of Federal Authorities under Schedule 1 to the IAA still references “Board as defined in section 2” of the Accord Acts, even though the definition of Board in the Accord Acts has been repealed.
These Regulations replace “Board” in Schedule 1 with “Regulator,” providing legal certainty and clarity to all parties that the Regulators constitute federal authorities and jurisdiction per the definitions in the IAA.
One-for-one rule and small business lens
The one-for-one rule does not apply to these amendments, as there is no change in administrative costs or burden to businesses. Analysis under the small business lens determined that the initiative will not impact small businesses in Canada.
Contact
Celine Guidone
Director
Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
Government of Canada
Email: regulations-reglements@iaac-aeic.gc.ca