Dominion Water Power Regulations — 2
2 In these Regulations, actual construction includes (a) any necessary and authorized work carried on in pursuance of these Regulations, (b) engineering investigations and reports, (c) the clearing of lands, (d) the construction of roads or railways, (e) stream improvements, and (f) other essential work undertaken solely in the construction of works authorized and not used independently as a source of profit, but does not include (g) promotion work, (h) the underwriting, sale or disposal of stocks and bonds, or (i) general administrative or directive functions exercised at some distance from the scene of operations; ( construction réelle ) actual cost of any development of works includes (a) the actual legitimate cost of such development or works in use and useful for the purposes of the undertaking at the time that any particular inquiry is being made, (b) the cost of engineering services appertaining to the construction of such development and works, (c) interest during construction, (d) taxes and insurance during construction, (e) contractor’s profit, (f) the purchase of equipment, (g) the cost of roads, railways, clearings or other essential works undertaken and carried on solely in the construction of such development or works and not independently profitable, and (h) such other expenditures as are necessary and inherent items of construction, but does not in any case include (i) promotion expenses, (j) the cost of underwriting, selling or disposing of stocks and bonds, or (k) head office and other expenditures relating to general administration exercised at some distance from the development or works which are not necessary and inherent parts of the construction expenditures; ( coût réel ) Department means the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; ( ministère ) Director means the Director of Water-Power, who shall be the Chief of the Water Resources Division of the Department or such other person designated by the Minister; ( directeur ) final construction plans means the plans of the power development or power system as actually constructed, and in every case includes plans of the lands as finally occupied to conform with sections 10 and 17; ( plans définitifs de construction ) final licence means a licence authorizing the diversion, use or storage of water for power purposes, or the transmission and distribution of water-power; ( concession définitive ) general construction plans means the plans of the works that are required to be approved by the Director before the interim licensee is permitted to commence the construction of the power development; ( plans généraux de construction ) general layout plans means the plans that are required to be filed by the applicant before an interim licence may be issued; ( plans d’ensemble ) independent works means all works and plants outside of the power system that may be classed as tributary to independent undertakings of the licensee and not to the undertaking authorized; ( ouvrages indépendants ) initial development means such portion of the power or storage development as is specified in the interim licence as being required to be constructed before a final licence may be issued; ( premier aménagement ) interconnected systems means the power system and all plants and works connected therewith, related thereto, interdependent upon it and similarly used in the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy; ( réseaux conjugués ) interim licence means a licence authorizing the preparation of general construction plans and the construction of works in pursuance of such plans; ( concession intérimaire ) Minister means the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; ( ministre ) power development includes (a) the physical structures within the severance line required for the storage or use of the stream-waters, for the production of power therefrom, and for the transmission thereof, (b) the dams or other diversion works, the powerhouse, the