On Clause 120,
Kelly Block moved, — That Bill C-22, in Clause 120, be amended by(a) adding after line 34 on page 133 the following:
““Installation State” means a Contracting State within whose territory is situated a nuclear installation as defined in Article 1.I(b) of the Annex to the Convention or, if the nuclear installation is not within the territory of a Contracting State, the Contracting State by which or under whose authority the nuclear installation is operated.”
(b) replacing line 8 on page 134 with the following:
“the definition “Installation State” and subparagraphs 9(1)(b.1)(i) and (b.2)(i) and 9(4)(b)(i) and (c)(i) of the”
(c) adding after line 14 on page 137 the following:
“(b.1) ionizing radiation emitted from nuclear material being transported from the operator’s nuclear installation
(i) before liability is assumed under the terms of a written contract, by a person who is within the territory of a Contracting State other than Canada and who is designated or recognized under the laws of that State as operating a nuclear installation as defined in Article 1.I(b) of the Annex to the Convention, or
(ii) in the absence of a contract, before that person takes charge of the nuclear material;
(b.2) ionizing radiation emitted from nuclear material being transported to the operator’s nuclear installation
(i) after liability is assumed by the operator under the terms of a written contract, from a person who is within the territory of a Contracting State other than Canada and who is designated or recognized under the laws of that State as operating a nuclear installation as defined in Article 1.I(b) of the Annex to the Convention, or
(ii) in the absence of a contract, after the operator takes charge of the nuclear material; or”
(d) replacing line 19 on page 137 with the following:
“graph (b), (b.1) or (b.2).”
(e) replacing lines 5 to 17 on page 139 with the following:
“(a) ionizing radiation emitted from nuclear material being transported
(i) from the operator’s nuclear installation to a person who is within the territory of a State that is not a Contracting State until it is unloaded from the means of transport by which it arrived in that State; or
(ii) with the operator’s written consent, from a person who is within the territory of a State that is not a Contracting State to the operator’s nuclear installation, from the time it is loaded on the means of transport by which it is to be carried from that State; or
(b) a combination of the radioactive properties and toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of nuclear material referred to in paragraph (a).”