Oil Sands - Acts & Regulations

The following Acts and Regulations are available from the Alberta Queen's Printer website. 
A complete listing of Statutes (Acts) and Regulations are also available from the Alberta Queen's Printer.

Acts and Regulations

Mines & Minerals Act  [Chapter M-17]
This Act governs the management and disposition of rights in Crown owned mines and minerals, including the levying and collecting of bonuses, rental and royalties.  (Administration of portions of this Act shared with Sustainable Resource Development Department) 

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 Dispute Resolution Regulation [A.R.247/2007]

Experimental Oil Sands Royalty Regulation [A.R. 347/92]

Petroleum Royalty Regulation  [A.R.248/90]


Oil Sands Conservation Act  [Chapter O-7]
This Act establishes a regulatory regime and scheme of approvals administered by the AEUB for the development of oil sands resources and related facilities in Alberta.

Oil Sands Conservation Regulation [A.R. 76/88]


Under Government Organization Act Regulation 44/2001 the responsibility for certain enactments were transferred to the Minister of Energy:
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Last reviewed/revised: 2008-01-17