Clean Fuel Regulations (SOR/2022-140)

Marginal note:Requirements

• 161 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a person who is required by these Regulations to record any volume or quantity must determine that volume or quantity

  • (a) by using one or more measurement devices that meet the requirements of the Weights and Measures Act and the regulations made under that Act;

  • (b) in accordance with a measurement standard or method that is appropriate for the determination and cited in the Manual of Petroleum Measurement Standards, published by the American Petroleum Institute; or

  • (c) in accordance with any applicable emission-reduction quantification method established under subsection 31(1) or 32(1).

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (2) If there is no measurement device, standard or method referred to in subsection (1) that would allow the person to determine the volume or quantity in accordance with that subsection, the person must record the volume or quantity as accurately determined by another person who is independent of them and record the following information obtained from the other person:

  • (a) their name, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address;

  • (b) the volume, expressed in cubic metres, or the quantity, expressed in kilograms for solids, in cubic metres for liquid, in cubic metres or kilograms for gas and in kilowatt-hours for electricity, and an indication of the fuel in question;

  • (c) the date on which and the location where the determination was made; and

  • (d) the measurement device, standard or method used to determine the volume or quantity.

• Marginal note:Volumetric correction

  (3) Unless otherwise specified by a provision of these Regulations, a person who determines a volume in accordance with subsection (1) must correct the volume to standard conditions. However, a person who imports into Canada a volume of fuel may correct its volume to a temperature of 15.6°C (59°F), if the person records the correction.