Fairway Energy (06) Flow-Through Limited Partnership et al.

Headnote

Multilateral Instrument 11-102 Passport System and National Policy 11-203 Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions -- National Instrument 81-106, s. 17.1 -- Continuous Disclosure Requirements for Investment Funds.

AIF requirement - A fund wants relief from subsection 9.2 of NI 81-106 that requires a fund that does not have a current prospectus as at its financial year end to prepare an annual information form - The issuers are a short-term vehicles formed solely to invest their available funds in flow-through shares of resource issuers; the issuers' securities are not redeemable and there is no secondary trading in the issuers' securities; the issuers' other continuous disclosure documents will provide all relevant information necessary for investors to understand the issuers' business, financial position and future plans.

Proxy voting record - A fund wants relief from subsections 10.3 and 10.4 of NI 81-106 that requires a fund to maintain a proxy voting record and annually to post the proxy voting record on its website - The issuers are short-term vehicles formed solely to invest their available funds in flow-through shares of resource issuers; the issuers' securities are not redeemable and there is no secondary trading in the issuers' securities; the issuers' other continuous disclosure documents will provide all relevant information necessary for investors to understand the issuers' business, financial position and future plans.

Applicable Legislative Provisions

National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure, sections 9.2, 10.3, 10.4, 17.1.

September 3, 2008

IN THE MATTER OF

THE SECURITIES LEGISLATION OF

BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ONTARIO

(the Jurisdictions)

AND

IN THE MATTER OF

THE PROCESS FOR EXEMPTIVE RELIEF APPLICATIONS IN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS

AND

IN THE MATTER OF

FAIRWAY ENERGY (06) FLOW-THrough Limited Partnership (Fairway 06 Partnership),

FAIRWAY ENERGY (07) FLOW-THROUGH LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Fairway 07 Partnership),

JOV DIVERSIFIED FLOW-THROUGH 2007 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Jov 07 Partnership),

JOV DIVERSIFIED FLOW-THROUGH 2008 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Jov 08 Partnership)

(collectively, the Partnerships)

AND

JOV FLOW-THROUGH HOLDINGS CORP. (JFTH)

(together with the Partnerships, the Filers)

DECISION

Background

1 The securities regulatory authority or regulator in each of the Jurisdictions (Decision Maker) has received an application from the Filers on behalf of the Partnerships and each future limited partnership promoted by JFTH or its affiliates that is identical to the Partnerships in all respects which are material to this decision (Future Partnerships, and together with the Partnerships, the LPs) for a decision under the securities legislation of the Jurisdictions (the Legislation) for exemptive relief from the requirements to:

(a) prepare and file an annual information form (AIF) pursuant to section 9.2 of National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure (NI 81-106) for each financial year;

(b) maintain a proxy voting record (Proxy Voting Record) pursuant to section 10.3 of NI 81-106; and

(c) prepare and make available to limited partners of the LPs (Limited Partners) the Proxy Voting Record on an annual basis for the period ending on June 30 of each year pursuant to section 10.4 of NI 81-106

(collectively, the Requested Relief).

Under the Process for Exemptive Relief Applications in Multiple Jurisdictions (for a dual application):

(a) the British Columbia Securities Commission is the principal regulator for this application;

(b) the Filers have provided notice that Section 4.7(1) of Multilateral Instrument 11-102 Passport System (MI 11-102) is intended to be relied upon in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories; and

(c) this decision is the decision of the principal regulator and evidences the decision of the securities regulatory authority or regulator in Ontario.

Interpretation

2 Terms defined in National Instrument 14-101 Definitions and MI 11-102 have the same meaning in this decision, unless otherwise defined.

Representations

3 This decision is based on the following facts represented by the Filers:

1. the Fairway 06 Partnership, the Fairway 07 Partnership, the Jov 07 Partnership, and the Jov 08 Partnership were each formed pursuant to the provisions of the Partnership Act (British Columbia) on March 10, 2006, December 12, 2006, December 15, 2006 and December 19, 2007, respectively;

2. the Fairway 06 Partnership, the Fairway 07 Partnership, the Jov 07 Partnership, and the Jov 08 Partnership filed a final prospectus relating to its initial public offering in each of the provinces and territories of Canada on September 29, 2006, February 15, 2007, October 10, 2007 and February 26, 2008, respectively, and became a reporting issuer in each of the provinces and territories in Canada; any Future Partnership will be a reporting issuer in each of the provinces and territories in Canada;

3. Fairway Energy (06) Flow-Through Management Corp., Fairway Energy (07) Flow-Through Management Corp., JOV Diversified Flow-Through 2007 Management Corp., and JOV Diversified Flow-Through 2008 Management Corp. are the general partners (collectively, the General Partners) of the Fairway 06 Partnership, the Fairway 07 Partnership, the Jov 07 Partnership, and the Jov 08 Partnership, respectively;

4. JFTH is the promoter of the Partnerships and it or its affiliates will be the promoter of the Future Partnerships; JFTH is the sole shareholder of the General Partners;

5. the principal office address and the registered office address of the Filers are located in Vancouver, British Columbia;

6. the Partnerships were formed, and any Future Partnership will be formed, to invest in certain common shares (Flow-Through Shares) of companies that operate, as their principal business, in any of the precious metals, base metals, minerals, alternative energy or other resource-based industries (Resource Issuers) pursuant to agreements (Investment Agreements) between the applicable LP and the Resource Issuer; under the terms of each Investment Agreement, the LP will subscribe for Flow-Through Shares of the Resource Issuer and the Resource Issuer will agree to incur and renounce to the LP, in amounts equal to the subscription price of the Flow-Through Shares, expenditures in respect of resource exploration and development that qualify as Canadian exploration expense or as Canadian development expense that may be renounced as Canadian exploration expense to the LP;

7. the Fairway 06 Partnership is structured in such a manner that it will be dissolved on or about December 31, 2008; the Fairway 07 Partnership, the JOV 07 Partnership, and JOV 08 Partnership are structured in such a manner that they will be dissolved on or about December 31, 2009; upon such dissolution, the Limited Partners of the respective Partnerships will receive their pro rata share of the net assets of the relevant Partnerships;

8. it is the current intention of the general partners that each Partnership will transfer its assets to an open-end mutual fund corporation in exchange for shares of a class of shares of such mutual fund corporation; upon dissolution, the Limited Partners of each Partnership would receive their pro rata share of the shares of that mutual fund; any Future Partnership will be terminated within three years after it is formed on the same basis as the Partnerships;

9. the LPs are not, and will not be, operating businesses; rather, each LP is, or will be, a short-term special purpose vehicle that will be dissolved within approximately three years of its formation; the primary investment purpose of the LPs is not to achieve capital appreciation, although this is a secondary benefit, but rather to obtain for the Limited Partners the significant tax benefits that accrue when Resource Issuers renounce resource exploration and development expenditures to the LPs through Flow-Through Shares;

10. the units of the LPs (the Units) are not, and will not be, listed or quoted for trading on any stock exchange or market; the Units are not redeemable by the Limited Partners; generally, Units are not transferred by Limited Partners, since Limited Partners must be holders of the Units on the last day of each fiscal year of the LP in order to obtain the desired tax deduction;

11. it is, and will be, a term of the partnership agreement governing the LPs that the general partner of the particular LP has, and will have, the authority to manage, control, administer and operate the business and affairs of the LPs, including the authority to take all measures necessary or appropriate for the business, or ancillary thereto, and to ensure that the LPs comply with all necessary reporting and administrative requirements; JFTH provides or will cause to be provided all of the administrative services required by the LPs;

12. each of the Limited Partners of the LPs has, or will be expected to have, by subscribing for Units, agreed to the irrevocable power of attorney contained in the partnership agreement and has thereby, in effect, consented to the making of this application;

13. since their formation, the Partnerships' activities have been limited to (i) completing the issue of the Units under its respective prospectus, (ii) investing its available funds in accordance with its respective investment objectives, and (iii) incurring expenses as described in its respective prospectus; any Future Partnerships will be structured in a similar fashion;

14. given the limited range of business activities to be conducted by the LPs, the short duration of their existence and the nature of the investment of the Limited Partners, the preparation and distribution of an AIF by the LPs would not be of any benefit to the Limited Partners and may impose a material financial burden on the LPs; upon the occurrence of any material change to a LP, Limited Partners would receive all relevant information from the material change reports the LP is required to file with each of the provinces and territories of Canada;

15. as a result of the implementation of NI 81-106, investors purchasing Units of the LPs were, or will be, provided a prospectus containing written policies on how the Flow-Through Shares or other securities held by the LPs are voted (the Proxy Voting Policies), and had, or will have, the opportunity to review the Proxy Voting Policies before deciding whether to invest in Units;

16. generally, the Proxy Voting Policies require that the securities of companies held by a LP be voted in a manner most consistent with the economic interests of the Limited Partners of the LP;

17. given a LP's short lifespan, the production of a Proxy Voting Record would provide Limited Partners with very little opportunity for recourse if they disagreed with the manner in which the LP exercised or failed to exercise its proxy voting rights, as the LP would likely be dissolved by the time any potential change could materialize;

18. preparing and making available to Limited Partners a Proxy Voting Record will not be of any benefit to the Limited Partners and may impose a material financial burden on the LPs;

19. the Filers are of the view that the Requested Relief is not against the public interest, is in the best interests of the LPs and their Limited Partners and represents the business judgment of responsible persons uninfluenced by considerations other than the best interest of the LPs and their Limited Partners.

Decision

4 Each of the Decision Makers is satisfied that the decision meets the test set out in the Legislation for the Decision Maker to make the decision.

The decision of the Decision Makers under the Legislation is that the Requested Relief is granted.