Energy Administration Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. E-6)

Marginal note:Application

21. This Part applies to crude oil that

• (a) enters into international or interprovincial trade or that is mixed or blended with crude oil that has been acquired for movement outside its province of production; or

• (b) is brought, sent or delivered to a province from the offshore area in which it is produced, extracted or recovered.

Marginal note:Purpose

22. The purpose of this Part is to provide legislative authority for measures that will, so far as may be practicable, enable the Government of Canada

• (a) to achieve a uniform price, exclusive of transportation costs, for crude oil used in Canada outside its province of production;

• (b) to achieve a balance in Canada between the interests of consumers and producers in Canada;

• (c) to protect consumers in Canada from instability of prices for petroleum in the international markets; and

• (d) to encourage the discovery, development and production of a supply of crude oil adequate to the self-sufficiency of Canada.

Marginal note:Provincial agreement on prices

• 23. (1) With the approval of the Governor in Council, the Minister may enter into an agreement with the government of a producer-province for the purpose of establishing mutually acceptable prices for the various qualities and kinds of crude oil produced, extracted or recovered in that province during such period as may be agreed on and for other purposes considered expedient to carry out the purpose of this Part.

• Marginal note:Expression of agreement

  (2) An agreement for the purpose of this Part need not be expressed in any formal document executed on behalf of the parties thereto if the expression of that agreement is contained in reciprocal orders in council issued by the governments concerned.

Marginal note:Prescribing maximum

• 24. (1) Where an agreement is entered into with a producer-province under section 23, the Governor in Council may, by regulation, establish maximum prices for the various qualities and kinds of crude oil to which this Part applies that are produced, extracted or recovered in that province.

• Marginal note:Prescribing maximum

  (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Governor in Council may, by regulation, establish maximum prices for the various qualities and kinds of crude oil to which this Part applies that are produced, extracted or recovered in Yukon, the Northwest Territories or Nunavut.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (3) The Governor in Council may, by regulation, establish maximum prices for the various qualities and kinds of crude oil to which this Part applies that are produced, extracted or recovered in an offshore area and in such case the provisions of this Part, except those that refer to an agreement with the government of a producer-province, that apply in respect of crude oil produced, extracted or recovered in a province apply, with such modifications as the circumstances require, in respect of crude oil produced, extracted or recovered in the offshore area as if the offshore area were a province of production.