Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

Marginal note:Order

• 215 (1) If an enforcement officer believes on reasonable grounds that there is or is likely to be a contravention of this Part, they may issue an order directing a person to

  • (a) stop doing something that is or is likely to be in contravention of this Part or cause it to be stopped;

  • (b) take any measure that is necessary in order to comply with this Part or to mitigate the effects of non-compliance; and

  • (c) take any other measure that the enforcement officer considers necessary to facilitate compliance with the order including

    • (i) maintaining records on any relevant matter,

    • (ii) reporting periodically to the enforcement officer, and

    • (iii) submitting to the enforcement officer any information, proposal or plan specified by the enforcement officer and setting out any action to be taken by the person with respect to the subject matter of the order.

• Marginal note:Notice

  (2) An order must be provided in the form of a written notice and must set out

  • (a) the name of each person to whom it is directed;

  • (b) the provision of this Part or the regulations that is alleged to have been or that is likely to be contravened;

  • (c) the relevant facts surrounding the alleged contravention;

  • (d) whatever it is to be stopped or the measures to be taken;

  • (e) the time or the day when each measure is to begin or the period during which it is to be carried out;

  • (f) subject to subsection (3), the duration of the order;

  • (g) a statement that a request for a review may be made to the Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada; and

  • (h) the period within which a request for a review may be made.

• Marginal note:Duration of order

  (3) The maximum duration of an order is 180 days.

• Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act

  (4) An order is not a statutory instrument for the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act.