Canadian Energy Regulator Act — C-15.1 2
Definitions 2 The following definitions apply in this Act. abandoned facility means an abandoned pipeline or an abandoned offshore facility. ( installation abandonnée ) 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 ) 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 ) Chief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under subsection 21 (1). ( président-directeur général ) 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 ) designated officer means an employee of the Regulator designated under section 24 . ( responsable désigné ) 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) hydrocarbon means a hydrocarbon other than coal. ( hydrocarbure ) 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 ) 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 ) Indigenous knowledge means the Indigenous knowledge of the Indigenous peoples of Canada. ( connaissances autochtones ) Indigenous organization means an Indigenous governing body or any other entity that represents the interests of an Indigenous group and its members. ( organisation autochtone ) 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 ) inspection officer means a person designated under subsection 102 (1). ( i