Acts and Regulations

M-14.1 - Mining Act

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Pipe Line Act
136Section 1 of the Pipe Line Act, chapter P-8.1 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1976, is amended by repealing the definition “mineral” and substituting therefor the following:
“mineral” means any natural, solid, inorganic or fossilized organic substance and such other substances as are prescribed by regulation to be minerals, but does not include(minéral)
(a) sand, gravel, clay or soil unless it is to be used for its chemical or special physical properties, or both, or where it is taken for contained minerals,
(b) ordinary stone used for building or construction,
(c) peat or peat moss,
(d) bituminous shale, oil shale, albertite or intimately associated substances or products derived therefrom,
(e) oil or natural gas, or
(f) such other substances as prescribed by regulation not to be minerals.
Consequential Amendments
136Section 1 of the Pipe Line Act, chapter P-8.1 of the Acts of New Brunswick, 1976, is amended by repealing the definition “mineral” and substituting therefor the following:
“mineral” means any natural, solid, inorganic or fossilized organic substance and such other substances as are prescribed by regulation to be minerals, but does not include
(a) sand, gravel, clay or soil unless it is to be used for its chemical or special physical properties, or both, or where it is taken for contained minerals,
(b) ordinary stone used for building or construction,
(c) peat or peat moss,
(d) bituminous shale, oil shale, albertite or intimately associated substances or products derived therefrom,
(e) oil or natural gas, or
(f) such other substances as prescribed by regulation not to be minerals.