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

Marginal note:Application

• 271 (1) Sections 272 to 274 apply in respect of

  • (a) international power lines in respect of which an election is filed under section 259;

  • (b) those parts of international power lines that are within a province in which no provincial regulatory agency is designated under section 250;

  • (c) international power lines if the facility in question is within the legislative authority of Parliament; and

  • (d) interprovincial power lines in respect of which an order made under section 261 is in force.

• Marginal note:Application of section 273 — navigable waters

  (2) Section 273 also applies in respect of the part of an international power line for which a permit or certificate is in force and that passes in, on, over, under, through or across a navigable water.

• Marginal note:Application of section 274 — navigable waters

  (3) Section 274 also applies in respect of an international power line for which a permit or certificate is in force if the Commission is of the opinion that the relocation of the power line in, on, over, under, through or across a navigable water is necessary to facilitate the construction, reconstruction or relocation of a facility.