Ozone-Depleting Substances Regulations, 1998
8 (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (5), no person shall manufacture HCFCs or methyl bromide.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (5), no person shall import HCFCs or methyl bromide unless it is recovered, recycled, reclaimed, used or for destruction.
(3) A person may manufacture or import HCFCs in any year if
(a) the person has been informed in writing by the Minister of their initial consumption allowance of HCFCs and of the authorized sector for the allowance for that year;
(b) the person has been issued a permit for the year under paragraph 33(1)(d) and has been informed in writing by the Minister of the authorized sector;
(c) the person has been informed in writing by the Minister of their baseline consumption allowance of HCFCs and of the authorized sector for the allowance for that year; or
(d) the person has been informed in writing by the Minister that a transfer to them of unexpended consumption allowance of HCFCs for the year is allowed under subsection 12(3).
(3.1) No person shall use, sell or offer for sale any HCFC imported or manufactured under a consumption allowance or a permit issued under paragraph 33(1)(d) for any sector other than the authorized sector set out in the consumption allowance or the permit.
(4) A person may import methyl bromide during any year if
(a) the person
(i) during 1991, 1992 or 1993, applied methyl bromide as a fumigant, used methyl bromide for non-fumigant purposes or used the services of a foreign applicator who applied the methyl bromide as a fumigant on the person's behalf, and
(ii) has been informed in writing by the Minister of their baseline consumption allowance of methyl bromide for the year; or
(b) the person has been informed in writing by the Minister that a transfer to them of unexpended consumption allowance of methyl bromide for the year is allowed under subsection 12(3).
(5) A person may manufacture or import a controlled substance referred to in column 2 of item 5 or 6 of Schedule 3 for a purpose set out in column 3 of that item if the person has been issued a permit under paragraph 33(1)(c).
- SOR/2001-2, s. 6
- SOR/2004-315, s. 6
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