Clean Fuel Regulations (SOR/2022-140)

Marginal note:Outsourcing of verification — conditions

• 143 (1) Any activities that are carried out as part of the verification of an application or report, or any part of those activities, may be outsourced to any other verification body that is accredited in accordance with section 138 if

  • (a) the total number of hours of work performed by other verification bodies in carrying out the outsourced activities, in proportion to the total number of hours of work performed for the purposes of the verification, does not exceed the percentage specified in the Methods for Verification and Certification;

  • (b) the verification body has entered into a written contract with any verification body to which those activities are outsourced;

  • (c) any verification body to which those activities are outsourced is accredited as competent in the areas referred to in subsection 140(1) that are applicable to the application or report being verified;

  • (d) the verification report is prepared in accordance with section 133 by the verification body that is outsourcing those activities; and

  • (e) the verification body that is outsourcing those activities remains responsible for ensuring that the verification is carried out in full, including any outsourced activities.

• Marginal note:Applicable requirements

  (2) Section 137, subsections 138(1) and (2), section 140, subsections 141(2) and (3) and sections 145 to 153 apply in respect of any activities that are outsourced to another verification body.