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stance or a product that may release the substance into the environment; (q) the manner, conditions, places and method of disposal or recycling of the substance, a product that contains the substance or a product that may release the substance into the environment, including standards for the construction, maintenance and inspection of disposal or recycling sites; (r) the submission to the Minister, on request or at any times that are prescribed, of information relating to the substance, a product that contains the substance or a product that may release the substance into the environment; (s) the maintenance of books and records for the administration of any regulation made under this section; (t) the conduct of sampling, analyses, tests, measurements or monitoring of the substance, a product that contains the substance or a product that may release the substance into the environment and the submission of the results to the Minister; (u) the submission to the Minister of samples of the substance, a product that contains the substance or a product that may release the substance into the environment; (v) the conditions, test procedures and laboratory practices to be followed for conducting sampling, analyses, tests, measurements or monitoring of the substance, a product that contains the substance or a product that may release the substance into the environment; (w) the circumstances or conditions under which the Minister may, for the proper administration of this Act, modify (i) any requirement for sampling, analyses, tests, measurements or monitoring, or (ii) conditions, test procedures and laboratory practices for conducting any required sampling, analyses, tests, measurements or monitoring; and (x) the decommissioning and decontamination of storage, handling, transportation, disposal and recycling sites for the substance. Consultation (3) Before recommending to the Governor in Council a regulation under this section, the Minister (a) shall offer to consult with the government of a territory if the regulation applies to that territory, and with the members of the Committee who are representatives of aboriginal governments if it applies to aboriginal land over which an aboriginal government has jurisdiction; and (b) may consult with a department, board or agency of the Government of Canada, or a Crown corporation as defined in subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act . Minister may act (4) At any time after the 60th day following the day on which the Minister offers to consult in accordance with paragraph (3)(a), the Minister may recommend a regulation to the Governor in Council under this section if the offer to consult is not accepted by the government of a territory or members of the Committee who are representatives of aboriginal governments. Powers of Minister (5) Regulations made under this section may authorize the Minister, in the circumstances and subject to the conditions and limits that may be specified in the regulations, to issue, amend, suspend and revoke permits and other authorizations in relation to any matter that is the subject of the regulations and to set their terms and conditions. Statutory Instruments Act (6) A permit or other authorization issued under regulations made under this section is not a statutory instrument as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act . 1999, c. 33, s. 209; 2017, c. 26, s. 63(E) 2023, c. 12, s. 46