Atlantic Offshore Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations

Enabling Acts

• Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act
• Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act

Rationale

New occupational health and safety regulations must be developed for the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada-Nova Scotia offshore areas to ensure there is an appropriate occupational health and safety regulatory regime in place to replace transitional regulations.

Narrative

The Atlantic Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Initiative will replace the expiring transitional regulations with modern occupational health and safety regulations for each of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada-Nova Scotia offshore areas, tailored to the unique working environment of oil and gas activities in offshore Atlantic Canada. These expiring transitional regulations include:

• Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Marine Installation and Structures Transitional Regulations
• Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Marine Installation and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations
• Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Diving Safety Transitional Regulations
• Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Marine Installation and Structures Transitional Regulations
• Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Marine Installation and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations
• Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Area Diving Safety Transitional Regulations

The Atlantic OHS Initiative is an intergovernmental partnership between Natural Resources Canada, the Labour Program (Employment and Social Development Canada), Transport Canada, the Governments of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board are also participants in this initiative.

Date of last review or amendment

N/A

Targeted start for review

Currently under review.

For further information

The OHS webpage contains links to the policy intent documents, as well as contact information, where interested parties can provide feedback.

Departmental Contact

Kim Phillips, Senior Regulatory Officer
Offshore Petroleum Management Division, Petroleum Resources Branch
Kim.Phillips@canada.ca