National Energy Board Act
Marginal note:Request for negotiations
88 (1) Where a company and an owner of lands have not agreed on the amount of compensation payable under this Act for the acquisition of lands or for damages suffered as a result of the operations of the company or on any issue related to that compensation, the company or the owner may serve notice of negotiation on the other of them and on the Minister requesting that the matter be negotiated under subsection (3).
Marginal note:Appointment of negotiator
(2) Forthwith after a notice of negotiation is served on the Minister, the Minister shall appoint a negotiator and provide the negotiator with a copy of the notice of negotiation.
Marginal note:Proceedings
(3) A negotiator shall, on reasonable notice to the parties to the negotiation proceedings, meet with them and, without prejudice to any subsequent proceedings, proceed in a summary and informal manner to negotiate a settlement of the matter referred to in the notice of negotiation.
Marginal note:Inspection of lands
(4) A negotiator may enter on and make such inspection of the lands to which the negotiation proceedings relate as the negotiator deems necessary.
- 1980-81-82-83, c. 80, s. 5
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