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National Energy Board Act

Version of section 48 from 2005-04-20 to 2012-07-05:


Marginal note:Safety and security

  •  (1) To promote the safety and security of operation of a pipeline, the Board may order a company to repair, reconstruct or alter part of the pipeline, and may direct that, until the work is done, that part of the pipeline not be used or be used in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Board may specify.

  • Marginal note:Other measures

    (1.1) The Board may order a company to take measures that the Board considers necessary for the safety and security of a pipeline.

  • Marginal note:Regulations as to safety and security

    (2) The Board may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations governing the design, construction, operation and abandonment of a pipeline and providing for the protection of property and the environment and the safety and security of the public and of the company’s employees in the construction, operation and abandonment of a pipeline.

  • Marginal note:Exempting orders respecting companies

    (2.1) The Board may make orders exempting companies from any or all of the provisions of the regulations made under subsection (2).

  • Marginal note:Terms and conditions

    (2.2) In any order made under subsection (2.1), the Board may impose such terms and conditions as it considers proper.

  • Marginal note:Offence

    (3) Every person who contravenes a regulation made under subsection (2) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.

  • R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 48
  • 1990, c. 7, s. 17
  • 1994, c. 10, s. 24
  • 2004, c. 15, s. 84

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