CACERCanadian Energy Regulator Act, s. 275Primary legislationIn force

Orders

The Canadian Energy Regulator Commission may issue orders governing the design, construction, operation, and abandonment of facilities crossing interprovincial and international power lines. Orders authorize facility crossings, regulate ground disturbances, govern vehicle operation, allocate construction costs, and specify activities. The Regulator may also make complementary regulations with Governor in Council approval.

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Orders

275 (1) The Commission may, by order, give directions (a) governing the design, construction, operation and abandonment of facilities constructed across, on, along or under an international or interprovincial power line; (b) prescribing the area for the purposes of subsection 273(1); (c) authorizing the construction of facilities across, on, along or under an international or interprovincial power line; (d) authorizing ground disturbances within the prescribed area; (e) governing the measures to be taken in relation to (i) the construction of facilities across, on, along or under an international or interprovincial power line, (ii) the construction of an international or interprovincial power line across, on, along or under facilities, other than railways, and (iii) ground disturbances within the prescribed area; (f) authorizing the operation of vehicles or mobile equipment across an international or interprovincial power line and governing the measures to be taken in relation to that operation; (g) governing the apportionment of costs directly incurred as a result of a construction or disturbance authorized under this subsection; (h) specifying activities for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition ground disturbance in section 2 in respect of international or interprovincial power lines; and (i) authorizing a holder of a permit or certificate to give an authorization referred to in paragraph (c), (d) or (f) on any conditions that the holder considers appropriate. (2) The Regulator may make regulations respecting any matter referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (f) and (h). (3) The Regulator may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations (a) governing the apportionment of costs directly incurred as a result of a construction or disturbance authorized under this section; and (b) authorizing a holder of a certificate or permit issued under this Part to give an authorization referred to in paragraph (1)(c), (d) or (f) on any conditions that the holder considers appropriate.

Source

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-15.1/section-275.html

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