Application

Application

271 (1) Sections 272 to 274 apply in respect of (a) international power lines in respect of which an election is filed under section 259; (b) those parts of international power lines that are within a province in which no provincial regulatory agency is designated under section 250; (c) international power lines if the facility in question is within the legislative authority of Parliament; and (d) interprovincial power lines in respect of which an order made under section 261 is in force. (2) Section 273 also applies in respect of the part of an international power line for which a permit or certificate is in force and that passes in, on, over, under, through or across a navigable water. (3) Section 274 also applies in respect of an international power line for which a permit or certificate is in force if the Commission is of the opinion that the relocation of the power line in, on, over, under, through or across a navigable water is necessary to facilitate the construction, reconstruction or relocation of a facility.