Northern Pipeline Act

Marginal note:Commissioner

• 6 (1) The Governor in Council may appoint an officer to be called the Commissioner of the Agency to be the deputy of the Minister and the Commissioner shall rank as and have all the powers of a deputy head of a department.

• Marginal note:Administrator

  (2) The Governor in Council may, by order,

  • (a) appoint an officer to be called the Administrator of the Agency; or

  • (b) designate one of the members of the Board to be the Administrator of the Agency.

• Marginal note:Duties of Administrator

  (3) The Administrator shall, under the Commissioner, exercise and perform such of the powers, duties and functions of the Minister under this Act as the Minister may specify.

• Marginal note:Deputy to the Administrator

  (4) Where the Governor in Council does not designate a member of the Board to be the Administrator, he may, by order, designate one of the members of the Board to be a deputy to the Administrator.

• Marginal note:Residence and other requirements removed

  (5) Subsections 3(5) and 4(3) of the National Energy Board Act do not apply to the member of the Board designated as Administrator or as a deputy to the Administrator.