Oil Sands Acts and Regulations
The following acts and regulations are applicable to oil sands issues and are available from the Alberta Queen's Printer website.
Acts and Regulations
| Name | Number | Comments |
| Mines and Minerals Act | Chapter M-17 | This act governs the management and disposition of rights in Crown-owned minerals, including the levying and collecting of bonuses, rental and royalties (Administration of portions of this act is shared with the Department of Sustainable Resource Development) |
| Oil Sands Tenure Regulation | A.R. 50/2000 | |
| Mines and Minerals Administration Regulation | A.R. 262/97 | |
| Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 1984 | A.R.166/84 | |
| Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 1997 | A.R. 185/97 | |
| Oil Sands Royalty Regulation, 2009 | A.R. 223/2008 | |
| Oil Sands Allowed Costs (Ministerial) Regulation | A.R. 231/2008 | |
| Bitumen Valuation Methodology (Ministerial) Regulation | A.R. 232/2008 | |
| Oil Sands Dispute Resolution Regulation | A.R. 247/2007 | |
| Experimental Oil Sands Royalty Regulation | A.R. 347/92 | |
| Petroleum Royalty Regulation | A.R. 248/90 | |
| Petroleum Royalty Regulation, 2009 | A.R. 248/90 | |
| Oil Sands Conservation Act | Chapter O-7 | This act establishes a regulatory regime and scheme of approvals administered by the ERCB for the development of oil sands resources and related facilities in Alberta. |
| Oil Sands Conservation Regulation | A.R. 76/88 | |
| Government Organization Act | A.R. 44/2001 | Under this act, the responsibility for certain enactments was transferred to the Minister of Energy. See the complete list here. |
| Exploration Regulation | A.R. 284/2006 | |
| Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act | Chapter F-25 | |
| Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulation | A.R. 186/2008 | |
| Natural Gas Royalty Regulation 2009 | Section 1(1)(zz) and Section 13 | Portions of this regulation apply to oil sands solution gas. Administered by the ERCB. |
