CACERCanadian Energy Regulator Act, s. 214Primary legislationIn force

Orders

The Canadian Energy Regulator Commission may exempt pipelines up to 40 km long, previously constructed pipelines, and associated infrastructure (tanks, compressors, storage facilities) from specified regulatory provisions. Exemption applications must be decided within 300 days of complete submission; the Lead Commissioner may exclude certain periods with public disclosure, and the Minister may grant extensions. The Commission may impose conditions on exemptions.

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Orders

214 (1) The Commission may, by order, exempt from the application of any or all of the provisions of section 179, subsection 180(1) and sections 182, 198, 199 and 213 (a) pipelines or branches of or extensions to pipelines, of not more than 40 kilometres in length; (b) pipelines that have already been constructed; and (c) any tanks, reservoirs, storage or loading facilities, pumps, racks, compressors, interstation communication systems, real or personal property, or immovable or movable, and any connected works. (2) In any order made under subsection (1), the Commission may impose any conditions that it considers appropriate. (3) If an application for an order under subsection (1) is made, the Commission must, within the time limit specified by the Lead Commissioner, either make an order under that subsection or dismiss the application. (4) The time limit specified by the Lead Commissioner must be no longer than 300 days after the day on which the applicant has, in the Commission’s opinion, provided a complete application. (5) In the circumstances prescribed by regulations made under section 216, the Lead Commissioner may specify that a period is to be excluded from the calculation of the time limit. The Lead Commissioner must provide reasons for doing so. (6) The Minister may, by order, grant one or more extensions of the time limit specified under subsection (3). (7) The Commission must make public the time limit specified under subsection (3), any period that is excluded under subsection (5), the reasons for the exclusion and any extension of time granted under subsection (6). (8) Despite subsections (3) to (6), if the Lead Commissioner considers that an application for an exemption is related to an application for a certificate in respect of a pipeline, the time limit within which to make an order under subsection (1) or to dismiss the application for an exemption expires on the day on which the certificate is issued or the application for the certificate is dismissed. (9) A failure by the Commission to make an order under subsection (1) or dismiss the application within the required time limit does not affect its jurisdiction to deal with the application or its obligation to make the order or to dismiss the application, and anything done by it in relation to the application remains valid.

Source

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-15.1/section-214.html

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