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National Energy Board Act

Version of section 71 from 2002-12-31 to 2012-07-05:


Marginal note:Duty of pipeline company

  •  (1) Subject to such exemptions, conditions or regulations as the Board may prescribe, a company operating a pipeline for the transmission of oil shall, according to its powers, without delay and with due care and diligence, receive, transport and deliver all oil offered for transmission by means of its pipeline.

  • Marginal note:Orders for transmission of commodities

    (2) The Board may, by order, on such terms and conditions as it may specify in the order, require the following companies to receive, transport and deliver, according to their powers, a commodity offered for transmission by means of a pipeline:

    • (a) a company operating a pipeline for the transmission of gas; and

    • (b) a company that has been issued a certificate under section 52 authorizing the transmission of a commodity other than oil.

  • Marginal note:Extension of facilities

    (3) The Board may, if it considers it necessary or desirable to do so in the public interest, require a company operating a pipeline for the transmission of hydrocarbons, or for the transmission of any other commodity authorized by a certificate issued under section 52, to provide adequate and suitable facilities for

    • (a) the receiving, transmission and delivering of the hydrocarbons or other commodity offered for transmission by means of its pipeline,

    • (b) the storage of the hydrocarbons or other commodity, and

    • (c) the junction of its pipeline with other facilities for the transmission of the hydrocarbons or other commodity,

    if the Board finds that no undue burden will be placed on the company by requiring the company to do so.

  • R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 71
  • 1996, c. 10, s. 243.1

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