Electricity and Gas Inspection Act — E-4 28
Regulations 28 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations (a) establishing or providing for the establishment of (i) specifications relating to design, composition, construction and performance to which any meter or class, type or design of meter shall conform before permission or approval as regards that meter or class, type or design of meter may be given pursuant to section 9, and (ii) specifications relating to the installation and use of any meter or any class, type or design of meter; (b) prescribing, notwithstanding anything in the Weights and Measures Act , any units of measurement in lieu of, or as alternatives or in addition to, units specified, whether as alternatives or otherwise, in section 3; (c) specifying or providing for specification of the manner in which meters of any class, type or design, or in any circumstances, are to be tested, verified, sealed, reverified or resealed and the manner and circumstances in which those meters are to be stamped, restamped, labelled, relabelled, tagged, retagged or otherwise marked; (d) authorizing the director to establish plans for the verification and reverification of meters of any class, type or design, or in any circumstances, by statistical means on the basis of sampling; (e) prescribing the fees payable by any person for any certificate, inspection or service provided by an inspector pursuant to this Act; (f) determining the nature of any charges that a person may be required to pay in relation to any inspection or service provided by an inspector pursuant to this Act and the manner in which those charges shall be determined; (g) prescribing the time when, or period of time within which, and the manner in which any of the fees and charges referred to in paragraphs (e) and (f) shall be paid; (h) specifying the variations in the conditions of supply within which the readings of any verified meter or of verified meters of any class, type or design shall be lawful; (i) prescribing (i) records and documents to be kept, made, issued or used for the purposes of this Act, the form thereof and the information to be contained therein, and (ii) the time when, or period of time for or within which, and the manner in which any of the records and documents referred to in subparagraph (i) are to be kept, made, issued or used for the purposes of this Act; (j) prescribing (i) requirements to be satisfied before the director may grant any permission, approval or accreditation pursuant to this Act, and (ii) the procedure for making application for the grant of any permission, approval or accreditation or for registration under section 6, and specifying or providing for specification of conditions to which any grant shall be or may be made subject; (k) prescribing functions of inspectors and governing the execution of their functions; (l) prescribing the conditions and manner of determination of units of measurement referred to in this Act; (m) governing the pressure under which gas is to be supplied; (n) providing for determination of the quantity, energy density or energy concentration of gas and establishing standards therefor; (o) specifying or providing for specification of the manner of making such tests, other than those in regard to meters, as are required under this Act; (p) authorizing the director to delegate his functions under any provision of this Act, other than subsection 11(1) or section 22; (q) exempting, conditionally or unconditionally, any meter or any class, type or design of meter or any class or type of transaction from any or all of the provisions of this Act; (r) prohibiting, absolutely or to any extent, the presence of anything in gas supplied to a purchaser; and (s) prescribing any matter required or authorized by this Act to be prescribed. Publication of proposed regulations (2) Subject to subsection (3), a copy of each r