Exemption List Regulations
1 The following definitions apply in these Regulations.
- control product
control product has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Pest Control Products Act. (produits antiparasitaires)
- dugout
dugout means an excavation designed to hold water for the maintenance of public roads or consumption by livestock. (étang-réservoir)
- footprint
footprint means the area of land occupied by a structure at ground level. (superficie au sol)
- hazardous material
hazardous material means a toxic substance within the meaning of section 64 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. (matières dangereuses)
- heritage building
heritage building means a building that has been designated as a heritage building by a regulatory authority. (bâtiment du patrimoine)
- hook-up
hook-up means a structure or line that connects a building to a main gas, sewer, water, electrical transmission or telecommunication line. (raccordement)
- international electrical transmission line
international electrical transmission line means an electrical transmission line constructed or operated for the purpose of transmitting electricity from a place in Canada to a place outside Canada or to a place in Canada from a place outside Canada. (ligne internationale de transport d’électricité)
- irrigation structure
irrigation structure means a buried pipeline, a pipe, a pump, a pump house, a reservoir, a drain or a canal lined with asphalt, wood, concrete or other material, that is used for irrigating agricultural land. (structure d’irrigation)
- limited expansion
limited expansion means an increase of 10 per cent or less in the exterior dimensions or production capacity of a structure. (agrandissement de faible envergure)
- modification
modification, in respect of a structure, means a change, other than an expansion, that does not alter the purpose or function of the structure. (modification)
- national historic site
national historic site means a place that is marked or commemorated under paragraph 3(a) of the Historic Sites and Monuments Act and land set apart as a national historic site under subsection 42(1) of the Canada National Parks Act. (lieu historique national)
- national park
national park means a park described in Schedule 1 to the Canada National Parks Act and any other park established under a federal-territorial agreement. (parc national)
- national park reserve
national park reserve means a reserve described in Schedule 2 to the Canada National Parks Act and any other reserve established under a federal-territorial agreement. (réserve foncière)
- Northwest Territories territorial park
Northwest Territories territorial park has the meaning assigned by the definition Territorial Park in section 1 of the Territorial Parks Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. T-4. (parc territorial des Territoires du Nord-Ouest)
- oil and gas pipeline
oil and gas pipeline means a pipeline that is used, or is intended to be used, for the transmission of hydrocarbons alone or with any other commodity. (pipeline d’hydrocarbures)
- water body
water body means an inland water body in a liquid or frozen state, including the portion of a reservoir and a wetland below its high-water mark, but does not include a sewage or waste treatment lagoon, dugout or mine tailings pond. (plan d’eau)
- SOR/2009-98, s. 1
- SOR/2024-47, s. 2
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