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Canadian Commercial Corporation Act — C-14 11
Grants and advances to Corporation 11 (1) The Minister of Finance shall, on the request of the Minister, from time to time deposit to the credit of the Corporation in the Bank of Canada or in a bank designated by the Minister (a) an amount or amounts not exceeding in the aggregate ten million dollars to be paid out of unappropriated moneys in the Consolidated Revenue Fund at any time while this Act is in force; and (b) any other advances or grants to the Corporation that are otherwise authorized to be made by Parliament from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. Borrowing power (1.1) The Corporation may borrow moneys from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or any other source for any purpose for which the Corporation was established, but the total amount outstanding on all of those loans at any time shall not exceed $90 million or any greater amount that may be specified in an appropriation Act. Loans to the Corporation (2) The Minister of Finance may lend moneys from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to the Corporation on any terms and conditions that the Minister of Finance may determine. Corporation to retain moneys (3) Subject to repayment of the loans made under subsection (2), the Corporation shall retain, for the purposes of this Act, all moneys received by it in the course of its business. Charges (4) The Corporation may charge any amount that it considers appropriate for providing services to a person, department or agency, including an amount to cover the risk of any loss that the Corporation may incur as a result of a default or failure by that person, department or agency in respect of a transaction entered into with any of them. Administration of moneys (5) All moneys that are placed to its credit under this section and all moneys received by it in the course of its business shall be administered by the Corporation exclusively in furtherance of the purposes for which it is constituted. R.S., 1985, c. C-14, s. 11; 2002, c. 4, s. 5
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Excess moneys 12 (1) Notwithstanding section 11, the Corporation shall, if the Minister so directs, pay to the Receiver General any part of the moneys administered by it that the Minister considers to be in excess of the amount required for the purposes of this Act. Return of excess moneys (2) The Minister of Finance shall, on the request of the Minister, from time to time deposit to the credit of the Corporation in the Bank of Canada or in a bank designated by the Minister, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, all or any part of the moneys paid to the Receiver General under subsection (1), if in the opinion of the Minister such moneys are again required for the purposes of this Act. R.S., c. C-6, s. 8
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Auditor 13 The Auditor General of Canada is the auditor of the Corporation. R.S., c. C-6, s. 8; 1984, c. 31, s. 14
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Former employee 14 (1) Where a person who was an employee in the public service immediately before that person’s employment under this Act is retired from employment under this Act, that person may, in accordance with the Public Service Employment Act , be assigned to a position in the public service of the class from which that person was so retired or for which that person is qualified. Employee benefits continued (2) A person employed under this Act, who immediately prior to that employment held a position in the public service or was an employee within the meaning of the Public Service Employment Act , continues to retain and is eligible for all the benefits, except salary as an employee in the public service, that that person would have been eligible to receive had that person remained an employee in the public service. R.S., 1985, c. C-14, s. 14; 2003, c. 22, s. 134(E)
Canadian Energy Regulator Act — C-15.1 Preamble
Preamble Whereas the Government of Canada is establishing an independent energy regulatory body that is responsible for ensuring that pipeline, power line and offshore renewable energy projects within Parliament’s jurisdiction are constructed, operated and abandoned in a safe and secure manner that protects people, property and the environment;
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Whereas the Government of Canada is of the opinion that the body should be reflective and respectful of the diversity of Canada, including with respect to the Indigenous peoples of Canada, and of its regional diversity and bilingual nature;
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Whereas the Government of Canada is committed to enhancing Canada’s global competitiveness by building a system that enables decisions to be made in a predictable and timely manner, providing certainty to investors and stakeholders, driving innovation and enabling the carrying out of sound projects that create jobs for Canadians;
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Whereas the Government of Canada is committed to achieving reconciliation with First Nations, the Métis and the Inuit through renewed nation-to-nation, government-to-government and Inuit-Crown relationships based on recognition of rights, respect, co-operation and partnership;
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Whereas the Government of Canada is committed to implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
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Whereas the Government of Canada is committed to using transparent processes that are built on early engagement and inclusive participation and under which the best available scientific information and data as well as Indigenous knowledge are taken into account in decision-making;
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And whereas the Government of Canada is committed to assessing how groups of women, men and gender-diverse people may experience policies, programs and projects and to taking actions that contribute to an inclusive and democratic society and allow all Canadians to participate fully in all spheres of their lives;
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Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
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Short title 1 This Act may be cited as the Canadian Energy Regulator Act .
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designated by an order made under section 261 , an offshore power line, or any facility, equipment or system that is related to an offshore renewable energy project. ( installation réglementée ) Regulator means the corporation established under subsection 10 (1). ( Régie ) Special Act means (a) an Act of Parliament that authorizes a person named in the Act to construct or operate a pipeline or that is enacted with special reference to a pipeline that, by such an Act, a person is authorized to construct or operate; and (b) letters patent issued under section 5.1 or 5.4 of the Canada Corporations Act , chapter C-32 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, except for the purpose of paragraph 342 (b) of this Act. ( loi spéciale ) toll includes any rate, charge or allowance charged or made (a) for the shipment, transportation, transmission, care, handling or delivery of hydrocarbons or of another commodity that is transmitted through a pipeline, or for storage or demurrage, or the like; (b) for the provision of a pipeline when the pipeline is available and ready to provide for the transmission of oil or gas; and (c) in respect of the purchase and sale of gas that is the property of a company and that is transmitted by the company through its pipeline, excluding the cost to the company of the gas at the point where it enters the pipeline. ( droit )
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abandoned facility means an abandoned pipeline or an abandoned offshore facility. ( installation abandonnée )
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abandoned offshore facility means any facility, equipment, system or offshore power line that has been abandoned in accordance with an authorization issued under Part 5. ( installation extracôtière abandonnée )
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abandoned pipeline means a pipeline the operation of which has been abandoned in accordance with an order under subsection 241 (1) and that remains in place. ( pipeline abandonné )
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Chief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under subsection 21 (1). ( président-directeur général )
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company includes (a) a person having authority under a Special Act to construct or operate a pipeline; and (b) a body corporate incorporated or continued under the Canada Business Corporations Act or an Act of the legislature of a province and not discontinued under the Act in question. ( compagnie )
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designated officer means an employee of the Regulator designated under section 24 . ( responsable désigné )
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export means, in relation to (a) electricity, to send from a place in Canada by a line of wire or other conductor electricity produced in Canada; (b) oil, (i) to export within the meaning of any provision of the Energy Administration Act that defines export for the purposes of any charge imposed under that Act in relation to fuel for use by an aircraft or a vessel, (ii) to send or take, by any means, from a place in Canada, or (iii) to send or take, by any means, to a place outside Canada from any area of land, not within a province, that belongs to Her Majesty in right of Canada or in respect of which Her Majesty in right of Canada has the right to dispose of or exploit the natural resources and that is situated in submarine areas in the internal waters of Canada, the territorial sea of Canada or the continental shelf of Canada; or (c) gas, to effect any one of the operations referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii) or (iii). ( exportation )
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gas means (a) any hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons that, at a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa, is in a gaseous state; or (b) any substance designated as a gas product by regulations made under section 390 . ( gaz )
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ground disturbance means a ground disturbance other than one that (a) is caused by any activity that is specified in the orders or regulations made in respect of pipelines under section 335 or made in respect of international or interprovincial power lines under section 275 ; (b) is, in relation to a pipeline, caused by cultivation to a depth of less than 45 cm below the surface of the ground; or (c) is, in relation to a pipeline, caused by any other activity to a depth of less than 30 cm and that does not result in a reduction of the earth cover over the pipeline to a depth that is less than the cover provided when the pipeline was constructed. ( remuement du sol )
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hydrocarbon means a hydrocarbon other than coal. ( hydrocarbure )
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import means, in relation to gas or oil, to bring into Canada through pipelines, by railway tank car, by tank truck or by tanker. ( importation )
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Indigenous governing body means a council, government or other entity that is authorized to act on behalf of an Indigenous group, community or people that holds rights recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 . ( corps dirigeant autochtone )
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Indigenous knowledge means the Indigenous knowledge of the Indigenous peoples of Canada. ( connaissances autochtones )
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Indigenous organization means an Indigenous governing body or any other entity that represents the interests of an Indigenous group and its members. ( organisation autochtone )
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Indigenous peoples of Canada has the meaning assigned by the definition aboriginal peoples of Canada in subsection 35(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982 . ( peuples autochtones du Canada )
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inspection officer means a person designated under subsection 102 (1). ( inspecteur )
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international power line means facilities that are constructed or operated for the purpose of transmitting electricity from a place in Canada to a place outside Canada or from a place outside Canada to a place in Canada. It does not however include an offshore power line. ( ligne internationale de transport d’électricité ou ligne internationale )
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interprovincial power line means facilities that are constructed or operated for the purpose of transmitting electricity from a place in a province to a place in another province. ( ligne interprovinciale de transport d’électricité ou ligne interprovinciale )
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land registrar means an officer with whom titles, rights or interests relating to real property or immovables are registered or recorded. ( directeur de l’enregistrement )
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lands includes real property and any interest or right in real property or land and, in Quebec, any immovable, any right in an immovable and the right of a lessee in respect of any immovable. Those interests or rights may be in, to, on, under, over or in respect of the lands. ( terrains )
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Minister means the member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada designated under section 8 . ( ministre )
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navigable water has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act . ( eaux navigables )
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offshore area means (a) the part of the internal waters of Canada or of the territorial sea of Canada that is not situated in (i) a province other than the Northwest Territories, or (ii) the onshore , as defined in section 2 of the Northwest Territories Act ; and (b) the continental shelf of Canada and the waters superjacent to the seabed of that shelf. ( zone extracôtière )
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offshore power line means facilities constructed or operated for the purpose of transmitting electricity from an offshore renewable energy project to a province or a place outside Canada. ( ligne extracôtière )
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offshore renewable energy project means any of the following that are carried on in the offshore area: (a) any research or assessment conducted in relation to the exploitation or potential exploitation of a renewable resource to produce energy; (b) any exploitation of a renewable resource to produce energy; (c) any storage of energy produced from a renewable resource; or (d) any transmission of such energy, other than the transmission of electricity to a province or a place outside Canada. ( projet d’énergie renouvelable extracôtière )
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oil means (a) any hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons other than gas; or (b) any substance designated as an oil product by regulations made under section 390 . ( pétrole )
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penalty means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under this Act for a violation. ( pénalité )
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pipeline means a line — including all branches, extensions, tanks, reservoirs, storage or loading facilities, pumps, racks, compressors, interstation communication systems, real or personal property, or immovable or movable, and any connected works — that connects at least two provinces or extends beyond the limits of a province, Sable Island or an area referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition designated area in section 368 and that is used or is to be used for the transmission of oil, gas or any other commodity. It does not however include a sewer or water pipeline that is used or is to be used solely for municipal purposes. ( pipeline )
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power line means an international power line, an interprovincial power line or an offshore power line. ( ligne de transport d’électricité )
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regulated facility means a pipeline, an international power line, an interprovincial power line designated by an order made under section 261 , an offshore power line, or any facility, equipment or system that is related to an offshore renewable energy project. ( installation réglementée )
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Regulator means the corporation established under subsection 10 (1). ( Régie )
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Special Act means (a) an Act of Parliament that authorizes a person named in the Act to construct or operate a pipeline or that is enacted with special reference to a pipeline that, by such an Act, a person is authorized to construct or operate; and (b) letters patent issued under section 5.1 or 5.4 of the Canada Corporations Act , chapter C-32 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970, except for the purpose of paragraph 342 (b) of this Act. ( loi spéciale )
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toll includes any rate, charge or allowance charged or made (a) for the shipment, transportation, transmission, care, handling or delivery of hydrocarbons or of another commodity that is transmitted through a pipeline, or for storage or demurrage, or the like; (b) for the provision of a pipeline when the pipeline is available and ready to provide for the transmission of oil or gas; and (c) in respect of the purchase and sale of gas that is the property of a company and that is transmitted by the company through its pipeline, excluding the cost to the company of the gas at the point where it enters the pipeline. ( droit )
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Application — Special Act lands 4 A provision of this Act or a regulation made under it that applies to lands also applies to lands referred to in a Special Act.
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Powers of liquidators, trustees, etc. 5 (1) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following is considered to be a company: (a) a liquidator, receiver or manager of the property of a company, appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to carry on the business of the company; (b) a trustee — or the holder of a power of attorney within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec — for the holders of bonds, debentures, debenture stock or other evidence of indebtedness of the company, secured under a trust deed, an act constituting a hypothec within the meaning of the Civil Code of Québec or other instrument or act, on or against the property of the company, if the trustee or holder is authorized by the instrument or act to carry on the business of the company; and (c) a person, other than a company, (i) operating a pipeline constructed before October 1, 1953, or (ii) constructing, operating or abandoning a pipeline exempted from subsection 179(1) by an order made by the Commission under subsection 214 (1). Administrator in Quebec (2) In Quebec, the administrator of the property of the company appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to carry on the business of the company is also considered to be the company. Successor or assign — abandoned pipeline (3) For the purposes of this Act, a successor or assign of a company is considered to be a company for any matter relating to an abandoned pipeline.
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Purpose of Act 6 The purpose of this Act is to regulate certain energy matters within Parliament’s jurisdiction and, in particular, (a) to ensure that pipelines and power lines as well as facilities, equipment or systems related to offshore renewable energy projects, are constructed, operated and abandoned in a manner that is safe, secure and efficient and that protects people, property and the environment; (b) to ensure that the exploration for and exploitation of oil and gas , as defined in section 2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act , is carried out in a manner that is safe and secure and that protects people, property and the environment; (c) to regulate trade in energy products; and (d) to ensure that regulatory hearings and decision-making processes related to those energy matters are fair, inclusive, transparent and efficient.
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Binding on Her Majesty 7 This Act is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.
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Order designating Minister 8 The Governor in Council may, by order, designate any member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada to be the Minister for the purposes this Act.
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Definition of document of authorization 9 In this Part, document of authorization means a certificate issued under Part 3 or 4, a permit issued under Part 4 or 7, an authorization issued under Part 5, a licence issued under Part 7 or an order made under section 214 .
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Canadian Energy Regulator 10 (1) A corporation is established to be called the Canadian Energy Regulator. Agent of Her Majesty (2) The Regulator is for all purposes an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada. Head office and other offices (3) The head office of the Regulator is to be in Calgary, Alberta. The Regulator’s Chief Executive Officer may open or close other offices after consulting the board of directors. For greater certainty (4) For greater certainty, the opening or closing of an office does not change the conditions of appointment of a director or commissioner.
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Mandate 11 The Regulator’s mandate includes (a) making transparent decisions, orders and recommendations with respect to pipelines, power lines, offshore renewable energy projects and abandoned pipelines; (b) overseeing the construction, operation and abandonment of pipelines, interprovincial power lines and international power lines and overseeing work and activities authorized under Part 5 as well as abandoned facilities; (c) making orders with respect to traffic, tolls and tariffs and overseeing matters relating to traffic, tolls and tariffs; (d) making decisions and orders and giving directions under Part 8 with respect to oil and gas interests, production and conservation; (e) advising and reporting on energy matters; (f) providing alternative dispute resolution processes; (g) exercising powers and performing duties and functions that are conferred on the Regulator under any other Act of Parliament; and (h) exercising its powers and performing its duties and functions in a manner that respects the Government of Canada’s commitments with respect to the rights of the Indigenous peoples of Canada.
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Jurisdiction — Inuvialuit Settlement Region 12 (1) Until March 31, 2034, the Regulator is to be the regulator — under any law of the Legislature of the Northwest Territories that is made under paragraph 19(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Northwest Territories Act — in respect of that portion of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region , as defined in section 2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act , that is situated in the onshore as defined in section 2 of the Northwest Territories Act . Successive periods and termination (2) After March 31, 2034, the Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories may agree that the Regulator is to continue to be the regulator for one or more periods of 20 years each; they may also, before the expiry of each successive period, agree to its earlier termination.
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Governor in Council directions 13 (1) The Governor in Council may, by order, give to the Regulator directions of general application on broad policy matters with respect to the Regulator’s mandate. Directions binding (2) An order made under subsection (1) is binding on the Regulator. Publication and tabling (3) A copy of each order made under subsection (1) must be published in the Canada Gazette and tabled in each House of Parliament.