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Transboundary Pollution (Reciprocal Access) Act (R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. T-5).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Prince Edward Island
Document type
Legislation
Date
1988
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Transboundary effects Dispute settlement
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Act concerns access to court in a regime of reciprocating jurisdiction in case of pollution originating from the territory of Prince Edward Island. Under section 3, a person who suffers or is threatened with injury to his person or property in a reciprocating jurisdiction caused by pollution originating in Prince Edward Island, has the same rights to relief with respect of the injury and may enforce those rights in Prince Edwards Island, as if the injury or threatened injury occurred in Prince Edward Island.

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.pe.ca