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Canadian Energy Regulator Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 10)
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Act current to 2026-05-26 and last amended on 2026-03-26. Previous Versions
Marginal note:Acting Lead and Deputy Lead Commissioners
40 (1) If both the Lead Commissioner and Deputy Lead Commissioner are absent or unable to act or if there are vacancies in both of those offices, a commissioner designated by the Minister acts as Lead Commissioner.
Marginal note:Governor in Council approval
(2) The designated commissioner is not authorized to act as Lead Commissioner for a period of more than 90 days without the approval of the Governor in Council.
Table of Contents
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Canadian Energy Regulator Act
- 1 - Short Title
- 2 - Interpretation
- 6 - Purpose
- 7 - General
- 9 - PART 1 - Canadian Energy Regulator
- 10 - Establishment and Mandate
- 14 - Board of Directors
- 21 - Chief Executive Officer
- 26 - Commission
- 54 - Exercise of Commission’s Powers and Performance of Its Duties and Functions by Designated Officers
- 56 - Rights and Interests of the Indigenous Peoples of Canada
- 60 - Confidentiality of Information
- 63 - Decisions and Orders
- 63 - General
- 69 - Reviews and Appeals
- 73 - Alternative Dispute Resolution
- 74 - Public Engagement
- 76 - Collaborative Processes and Ministerial Arrangements
- 80 - Advice
- 87 - Cost Recovery
- 89 - General
- 93 - PART 2 - Safety, Security and Protection of Persons, Property and Environment
- 93 - Definitions
- 94 - General Duty
- 95 - Regulation of Construction, Operation and Abandonment
- 100 - Security of Regulated Facilities
- 102 - Administration and Enforcement
- 113 - Privilege
- 115 - Administrative Monetary Penalties
- 115 - Regulator’s Powers
- 117 - Violations
- 121 - Rules about Violations
- 125 - Reviews
- 130 - Responsibility
- 132 - Recovery of Penalties
- 134 - General
- 136 - Polluter Pays Principle
- 137 - Liability
- 138 - Financial Requirements
- 140 - Reimbursement by Company
- 141 - Designated Company
- 143 - Pipeline Claims Tribunal
- 143 - Establishment
- 149 - Chairperson and Staff
- 154 - Tribunal’s Powers, Duties and Functions
- 160 - Claims for Compensation
- 164 - Payment by Regulator
- 168 - Reconsideration
- 170 - Judicial Review
- 171 - Appropriation and Repayment
- 172 - Regulations
- 174 - Sentencing Respecting Releases from Pipelines
- 179 - PART 3 - Pipelines
- 179 - General
- 182 - Certificates
- 198 - Location of Pipelines
- 201 - Determination of Detailed Route and Approval
- 208 - Errors
- 210 - Duties of Land Registrar
- 211 - Deviations and Relocations
- 213 - Leave to Open Pipelines
- 214 - Exemptions
- 216 - Regulations Concerning Time Limits
- 217 - Construction Despite Presence of Utilities or Navigable Waters
- 225 - Traffic, Tolls and Tariffs
- 225 - Interpretation
- 226 - Commission’s Powers
- 227 - Filing of Tariff
- 230 - Just and Reasonable Tolls
- 233 - Disallowance or Suspension of Tariff
- 235 - Discrimination
- 238 - Contracts Limiting Liabilities
- 239 - Transmission by Pipeline
- 240 - Transmission and Sale of Gas
- 241 - Abandonment
- 247 - PART 4 - International and Interprovincial Power Lines
- 247 - International Power Lines
- 248 - Permits
- 250 - Location and Construction under Provincial Law
- 256 - Certificates
- 264 - Location and Construction under Federal Law
- 267 - Navigable Waters
- 271 - Facilities, Ground Disturbances and Relocation
- 277 - Abandonment
- 278 - Permits and Certificates
- 290 - General Provisions
- 292 - Offences
- 294 - Application of Certain Provisions
- 296 - PART 5 - Offshore Renewable Energy Projects and Offshore Power Lines
- 297 - Prohibition
- 298 - Authorizations
- 302 - Liability and Financial Requirements
- 305 - General Provisions
- 313 - PART 6 - Lands
- 313 - General Powers
- 316 - Taking and Using Crown Lands
- 317 - Certain Lands for Which Consent Required
- 319 - Application
- 320 - Acquisition or Lease of Lands
- 324 - Right of Entry
- 327 - Determination of Compensation
- 333 - Regulations and Orders Respecting Acquisition, Lease or Taking of Lands and Compensation Matters
- 335 - Damage Prevention
- 336 - Mines and Minerals
- 341 - Executions
- 342 - Construing Special Acts
- 343 - PART 7 - Exports and Imports
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343 - DIVISION 1 - Oil and Gas
- 343 - Prohibition
- 344 - Issuance of Licences for Exportation
- 348 - Variation, Transfer, Suspension and Revocation
- 352 - Importation of Oil or Gas
- 353 - Regulations
- 355 - DIVISION 2 - Electricity
- 355 - Prohibition
- 356 - Issuance of Permits
- 360 - Orders
- 361 - Issuance of Licences
- 362 - Conditions of Permits and Licences
- 367 - Regulations
- 368 - DIVISION 3 - Interprovincial Oil and Gas Trade
- 368 - Interpretation
- 369 - Control by Regulator
- 370 - Issuance of Licences
- 372 - Regulations
- 373 - DIVISION 4 - Implementation of Free Trade Agreements
- 379 - DIVISION 5 - Offences and Punishment
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343 - DIVISION 1 - Oil and Gas
- 381 - PART 8 - Oil and Gas Interests, Production and Conservation
- 389 - PART 9 - General
- 389 - Regulations
- 392 - Review of Act
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