Q-2 - Environment Quality Act

Section 175 Disposition versions

1979-02-14

175. Where, each within its own jurisdiction, the governments of Québec and of Canada and municipalities elaborate laws and regulations concerning environmental and social protection in the territory described in section 168, they shall consult the Advisory Committee, as the preferential and official forum.

Furthermore, the functions of the Advisory Committee are to oversee, through free exchange of views and information, the application of Section 23 of the Agreement.

For such purpose, it may, in particular:

(a)  recommend the adoption of laws, regulations and any other measures designed to improve the protection of the environment and of the social milieu;

(b)  consider and formulate recommendations concerning laws, regulations and administrative procedures dealing with the environment, the social milieu and land use;

(c)  consider and formulate recommendations concerning environmental and social impact assessment and review mechanisms and procedures.

The Advisory Committee may also adopt, subject to section 205, rules for its internal management which must be approved by the Minister, by the Kativik Regional Government and by any person designated for that purpose by the Governor General in Council.

The Advisory Committee, by the rules of internal management it may adopt, may designate among its members other officers than those provided for in the regulations made under section 205 and, by unanimous decision of all its members, may modify the quorum rules established in the said regulations. The rules of internal management provided for in this paragraph do not require the approvals contemplated in the fourth paragraph.

1978, c. 94, s. 4.