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National Energy Board Act

Version of section 24 from 2012-07-06 to 2019-08-27:


Marginal note:Public hearings

  •  (1) Subject to subsection (2), hearings before the Board with respect to the issuance, revocation or suspension of certificates or for leave to abandon the operation of a pipeline shall be public.

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2) A public hearing need not be held where the Board, on the application or with the consent of the holder, revokes or suspends

    • (a) a certificate issued in respect of an international or interprovincial power line, regardless of whether the power line has been brought into commercial operation under that certificate; or

    • (b) a certificate issued in respect of a pipeline, if the pipeline has not been brought into commercial operation under that certificate.

  • Marginal note:Other matters

    (3) The Board may hold a public hearing in respect of any other matter if it considers it advisable to do so.

  • R.S., 1985, c. N-7, s. 24
  • 1990, c. 7, s. 12
  • 2012, c. 19, s. 81

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