Canadian Energy Regulator Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 10)

Marginal note:Prohibition

• 237 (1) A company or shipper, or an officer, employee or agent or mandatary of a company or shipper, is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction if they

  • (a) offer, grant, give, solicit, accept or receive a rebate, concession or discrimination that allows a person to obtain transmission of hydrocarbons or any other commodity by a company at a rate less than that named in the tariffs then in effect; or

  • (b) knowingly are party or privy to a false billing, false classification, false report or other device that has the effect set out in paragraph (a).

• Marginal note:Due diligence

  (2) A person is not to be found guilty of an offence under paragraph (1)(a) if they establish that they exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.

• Marginal note:Prosecution

  (3) No prosecution may be instituted for an offence under this section without leave of the Commission.