CACERCanadian Energy Regulator Act, s. 266Primary legislationIn force

Application of certain provisions

Section 266 of the Canadian Energy Regulator Act extends pipeline regulatory provisions to international and interprovincial power lines. Applicants and permit/certificate holders must follow intervention, certification, and permitting procedures under specified sections. Deviations crossing navigable waters require heightened scrutiny under section 211. Abandonment provisions do not apply to power lines.

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Application of certain provisions

266 (1) Sections 182 and 199 to 211 and Part 6, except sections 315 to 318, 335, 341 and 342, apply in respect of international and interprovincial power lines referred to in section 264 as if each reference in any of those provisions to (a) a company were a reference to the applicant for or holder of the permit or certificate issued in respect of the power line; (b) a pipeline were a reference to the international or interprovincial power line; and (c) hydrocarbons or any other commodity were a reference to electricity. (2) If a deviation is required to be made to a part of an international power line by the holder of a permit or certificate issued in respect of the power line and the deviation passes in, on, over, under, through or across a navigable water, section 211 also applies to that part as if each reference in that section to (a) a company were a reference to the holder of the permit or certificate; and (b) a pipeline were a reference to the international power line. (3) Subsection 224(1) applies in respect of an international or interprovincial power line referred to in section 264 as if the reference to “any of the circumstances referred to in subsection (2)” were a reference to any of the following circumstances: (a) leave has been obtained under subsection 272(2) or (5) in respect of the power line; (b) the permit referred to in section 248, or the certificate, issued in respect of the power line contains a condition relating to the utility referred to in subsection 224(1); (c) the power line has been constructed in circumstances specified in an order or regulation made under subsection 272(4); (d) a permit referred to in section 248, or a certificate, has been issued in respect of the power line and the power line passes in, on, over, under, through or across a navigable water; and (e) leave had been obtained under section 108 of the National Energy Board Act in respect of the power line at any time before July 3, 2013. (4) A reference to an abandoned pipeline in the provisions referred to in this section is not a reference to an abandoned international or interprovincial power line.

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https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-15.1/section-266.html

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