CACERCanadian Energy Regulator Act, s. 160Primary legislationIn force

Application

Section 160 of the Canadian Energy Regulator Act establishes a compensation claims tribunal where persons, organizations, governments, and Indigenous governing bodies may file claims for damages caused by pipeline releases from designated companies within prescribed timeframes. The Tribunal Chairperson must promptly assign claims to panels and notify all relevant parties.

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Application

160 (1) Any person, partnership or unincorporated organization or federal, provincial or municipal government or any Indigenous governing body may, within the prescribed period, make to a Tribunal a claim for compensation for compensable damage caused by the release that occurred from a designated company’s pipeline. (2) As soon as feasible after the day on which the claim is made, the Chairperson must (a) assign the claim to the Tribunal; (b) establish a panel of the Tribunal and assign the claim to that panel; or (c) assign the claim to an existing panel. (3) The Chairperson must notify the claimant, the designated company and the Regulator that the claim has been assigned. (4) A panel has the powers, other than the power described in section 159, and the duties and functions of the Tribunal with respect to any claim for compensation that is before that panel.

Source

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-15.1/section-160.html

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