11(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and in accordance with this Regulation, may in the Minister’s discretion by a Water Classification Order reclassify the water of a watercourse to a class, and only to a class, in relation to which more stringent standards are contained in Schedule A, and sections 3, 4, 5 and 8 to 10 apply with the necessary modifications to such a reclassification.

11(2)The Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and in accordance with this Regulation, may in the Minister’s discretion by a Water Classification Order reclassify the water of a watercourse to a class having less stringent applicable standards if the Minister is satisfied that the reclassification is in the best interests of the Province for a social, economic or environmental reason, and sections 3, 4 and 8 to 10 apply with the necessary modifications to such a reclassification.

11(3)The Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and in accordance with this Regulation, may in the Minister’s discretion by a Water Classification Order reclassify the water of a watercourse from AP class to Outstanding Natural Waters class, in which case the standards and prohibited activities that apply in relation to that water are the standards and prohibited activities set out in columns 2 to 6 of Schedule A