Let's start with the parliamentary review of the act, which is, as you know—and that's what you were referring to—a statutory requirement that was added to the amendments to the act at the end of the last review of it in 2003. This is still a requirement. Part 20 of this bill does not suggest removing that requirement to do a comprehensive review of the act. This legal requirement is still there and the review has to commence, if I'm right, by June of this year. It will be based on what this specific provision says, for the House of Commons to refer the review of the act to a committee of the House or of the Senate or a joint committee. I'm not aware that this referral has occurred yet, but the requirement is there.
To go back to another point you mentioned, Ms Duncan, about the NEB and CNSC, that's a point I made before you arrived. Just to clarify once again, there is strictly nothing in part 20 that would result in a transfer of responsibilities from our agency, or from the Minister of the Environment, to the NEB or to the CNSC. They are currently responsible for the conduct of environmental assessments they're regulating.
The proposals here are neutral in that regard in the sense that they would consolidate in our agency the responsibility to do comprehensive studies, except for those regulated by those two quasi-judicial bodies. They would remain responsible for them, as is currently the case. So, to clarify, no change is proposed in that regard.
The third one was related to the discretion to scope. As a requirement under the relevant provisions of part 20, there will have to be conditions established by the Minister of the Environment, and there's a requirement to ensure that those conditions will be made public. As you can imagine, those conditions are not in place, but it is our objective to work with the minister and with partners on the development of such conditions if those amendments become law.