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Nuclear Safety and Control Act
Parliament of Canada
  • An Act to establish the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
CitationNuclear Safety and Control Act, (S.C. 1997, c. 9)[1]
Enacted byParliament of Canada
Assented toMarch 20, 1997

The Nuclear Safety and Control Act (the Act) of Canada replaced the Atomic Energy Control Act of 1946 with new, more effective and explicit legislation to regulate the activities of the Canadian nuclear industry. The Act also provided for the establishment of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), which replaced the Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB).

References

  1. ^ "Nuclear Safety and Control Act". laws.justice.gc.ca.