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

Marginal note:Laws of a province

252 For the purposes of sections 253 to 255, a law of a province is in relation to lines for the transmission of electricity from a place in the province to another place in that province if the law is in relation to any of the following matters:

• (a) the determination of their location or detailed route;

• (b) the acquisition, including by expropriation, or lease of land required for the purposes of those lines, the power to so acquire or lease land and the procedure for so acquiring or leasing it;

• (c) assessments of their impact on the environment;

• (d) the protection of the environment against the consequences of the construction, operation and abandonment of those lines, and the mitigation of their effects on the environment;

• (e) their construction and operation and the procedure to be followed in abandoning their operation.