Marginal note:Prohibition

58.1 No person shall construct or operate a section or part of an international power line except under and in accordance with a permit issued under section 58.11 or a certificate issued under section 58.16.

Marginal note:Issuance

• 58.11 (1) Except in the case of an international power line designated by order of the Governor in Council under section 58.15 or in respect of which an election is made under section 58.23, the Board shall, on application to it and without holding a public hearing, issue a permit authorizing the construction and operation of an international power line.

• Marginal note:Information

  (2) The application must be accompanied by the information that under the regulations is to be furnished in connection with the application.

Marginal note:Publication

• 58.12 (1) The applicant shall publish a notice of the application in the Canada Gazette and such other publications as the Board considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:Waiver

  (2) The Board may waive the requirement to publish a notice referred to in subsection (1) if the Board considers that there is a critical shortage of electricity caused by terrorist activity within the meaning of subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code.

Marginal note:Further information

58.13 The Board may, within a reasonable time after the publication of the notice, require the applicant to furnish such information, in addition to that required to accompany the application, as the Board considers necessary to determine whether to make a recommendation pursuant to section 58.14.

Marginal note:Delay of issuance

• 58.14 (1) The Board may make a recommendation to the Minister, which it shall make public, that an international power line be designated by order of the Governor in Council under section 58.15, and may delay issuing a permit during such period as is necessary for the purpose of making such an order.

• Marginal note:Criteria

  (2) In determining whether to make a recommendation, the Board shall seek to avoid the duplication of measures taken in respect of the international power line by the applicant and the government of any province through which the line is to pass, and shall have regard to all considerations that appear to it to be relevant, including

  • (a) the effect of the power line on provinces other than those through which the line is to pass;

  • (b) the impact of the construction or operation of the power line on the environment; and

  • (c) such considerations as may be specified in the regulations.