Energy Supplies Emergency Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. E-9)
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Energy Supplies Emergency Act
R.S.C., 1985, c. E-9
An Act to provide a means to conserve the supplies of energy within Canada during periods of national emergency caused by shortages or market disturbances affecting the national security and welfare and the economic stability of Canada
SHORT TITLE
Marginal note:Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Energy Supplies Emergency Act.
- 1978-79, c. 17, s. 1.
INTERPRETATION
Marginal note:Definitions
2. (1) In this Act,
“Board”
« Office »
“Board” means the Energy Supplies Allocation Board established by section 3;
“controlled product”
« produit contrôlé »
“controlled product” means any product or thing the supplies of which are allocated under a mandatory allocation program established pursuant to Part I;
“mandatory allocation program”
« programme de répartition obligatoire »
“mandatory allocation program” means a program established pursuant to Part I to control the allocation of supplies of a product at the level of the suppliers and wholesale customers thereof;
“petroleum” or “petroleum product”
« pétrole » ou « produit pétrolier »
“petroleum” or “petroleum product” means crude oil or other hydrocarbon or mixture of hydrocarbons recovered in liquid or solid state from a natural reservoir, any hydrocarbon or mixture thereof, in liquid or solid state, that results from the processing or refining of crude oil or other hydrocarbon, and natural gasoline or condensate resulting from the production, processing or refining of natural gas or a derivative of natural gas;
“rationing program”
« programme de rationnement »
“rationing program” means a mandatory allocation program that is extended and converted pursuant to section 29 in respect of any controlled product;
“sitting day”
« jour de séance »
“sitting day”, in respect of a House of Parliament, means a day on which that House is sitting;
“supplier”
« fournisseur »
“supplier” means an importer, refiner, wholesale marketer, jobber, distributor, terminal operator, broker or any other person or association of persons who supplies any controlled product in bulk at any or all levels of wholesale distribution whether or not the supplier is himself a wholesale customer for the controlled product;
“wholesale customer”
« acheteur en gros »
“wholesale customer” means any person who purchases any controlled product in bulk at the wholesale level and includes Her Majesty in right of Canada or any province, any agent thereof and any refiner, distributor, jobber, dealer, public utility or operator of aircraft, railway, ships, trucks or other transportation facilities.
Marginal note:Definition of "regulation under this Act"
(2) In this Act, the expression “regulation under this Act” includes an order made by the Board pursuant to any regulations made under Part I or II by the Board, and a regulation under this Act and any order or direction of the Governor in Council or the Board under this Act shall be deemed to be a statutory instrument under the Statutory Instruments Act.
Marginal note:Large volume users
(3) The Governor in Council may, by order,
(a) designate any person as being a large volume user of a controlled product, or
(b) prescribe any class of persons the members of which, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, are large volume users of a controlled product,
and a person so designated or of such class of persons who purchases the controlled product, in bulk or otherwise, at the retail level shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a wholesale customer for the controlled product.
Marginal note:Extended meaning of "supplier" and "wholesale customer"
(4) For the purposes of this Act, any person or association of persons who supplies any controlled product, in bulk or otherwise, at any level of wholesale or retail distribution for use in the heating of any premises or in the operation of a farm shall be deemed to be a supplier of the controlled product and any person who purchases any controlled product at any level of wholesale or retail distribution for such a use shall be deemed to be a wholesale customer for the controlled product.
- R.S., 1985, c. E-9, s. 2;
- R.S., 1985, c. 22 (4th Supp.), s. 64;
- 1990, c. 2, s. 1.