Bill 130 explained in plain English
Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Amendment Act (Anti-Fracking), 2023
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This Act prohibits hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration or production in shale in Ontario, with limited exceptions for previously permitted activities.
Bill 130, the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Amendment Act (Anti-Fracking), 2023, amends the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act to prohibit hydraulic fracturing and related activities for exploring or producing oil or gas from shale. This prohibition takes effect on the day the Act receives Royal Assent. An exception exists for activities that were already authorized under the Act and had a licence or permit granted by the Minister on or before the day this amending Act comes into force. The Act also makes contravening this new prohibition an offence under the existing Act.
- Prohibits hydraulic fracturing and related activities for the exploration or production of oil or gas trapped in shale.
- Creates an exception for activities that were authorized by a licence or permit granted by the Minister before the Act came into force.
- Adds contravening the new prohibition as an offence under the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Persons engaging in or seeking to engage in hydraulic fracturing or related activities for oil or gas exploration or production in shale.
- The Minister, in relation to granting licences or permits for such activities.
- A prohibition on engaging in hydraulic fracturing or related activities for the purpose of exploring for or producing oil or gas trapped in shale.
- An exception allowing activities if they were authorized by a licence or permit granted by the Minister on or before the day the Act came into force.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Contravening the prohibition on hydraulic fracturing is made an offence under subsection 19 (1) of the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act.
- The bill text does not specify the penalties associated with contravening the new prohibition added to subsection 19 (1) of the Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Act.
- The scope of 'activities related to hydraulic fracturing' is not further defined in the provided text.
- The specific types of oil or gas exploration or production that are covered by the prohibition are described as being 'trapped in shale'.
This Act is amended to add a new section that prohibits hydraulic fracturing and related activities for oil and gas exploration or production from shale. It also makes contravening this prohibition an offence under the Act.
Source: Section 1 and Section 2
Makes contravening the new prohibition on hydraulic fracturing (subsection 9 (1)) an offence by adding it as a clause to subsection 19 (1) of the Act.
Source: Section 2
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