Canadian Energy Regulator Act — C-15.1 2
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). ( inspecteur ) 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) Minister means the member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada designated under section 8 . ( ministre ) navigable water has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canadian Navigable Waters Act . ( eaux navigables ) 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) penalty means an administrative monetary penalty imposed under this Act for a violation. ( pénalité ) 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 ) power line means an international power line, an interprovincial power line or an offshore power line. ( ligne de transport d’électricité ) 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 ) Regul