Request for designation as major project
51.21(1)A request for the designation of a construction project within a described geographic area as a major project shall be made in writing to the chairperson of the committee by the owner, or the agent of the owner, of the construction project.
51.21(2)Upon receipt of a request referred to in subsection (1), the committee shall hold such meetings as it considers necessary for the purpose of rendering its advice in relation to the request.
51.21(3)In rendering its advice in relation to a request referred to in subsection (1), the committee shall take into account the social and economic effects within the Province of the construction project under consideration.
51.21(4)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall not make a regulation under paragraph 51.1(1)(
a)
(a)
unless the committee has considered a request referred to in subsection (1) and, by a majority of its members, recommends that a regulation be made in relation to the request, and
(b)
until such time as the committee has rendered its advice through the Minister to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council in relation to the request.
1989, c.14, s.3; 1992, c.2, s.28; 1998, c.41, s.66