CACERCanadian Energy Regulator Act, s. 239Primary legislationIn force

Duty — company

Canadian pipeline operators must promptly receive, transport, and deliver all offered oil with due care. The Canadian Energy Regulator may extend similar obligations to gas and commodity pipelines by order, and may require operators to provide adequate facilities for receipt, transmission, storage, and interconnection where no undue burden results.

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Duty — company

239 (1) Subject to any regulations that the Commission may prescribe and any exemptions or conditions it may impose, a company operating a pipeline for the transmission of oil must, according to its powers, without delay and with due care and diligence, receive, transport and deliver all oil offered for transmission by means of its pipeline. (2) The Commission may, by order, on any conditions that it specifies in the order, require a company operating a pipeline for the transmission of gas or a commodity other than oil to, according to its powers, receive, transport and deliver such a commodity offered for transmission by means of its pipeline. (3) If the Commission considers it necessary or in the public interest and it finds that no undue burden will be placed on the company, it may require a company operating a pipeline for the transmission of oil, gas or any other commodity to provide adequate and suitable facilities for (a) receiving, transmitting and delivering the oil, gas or other commodity offered for transmission by means of its pipeline; (b) storing the oil, gas or other commodity; and (c) joining its pipeline with other facilities for the transmission of oil, gas or any other commodity.

Source

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-15.1/section-239.html

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