Energy Administration Act

Marginal note:Definitions

• 36 (1) In this Part,

  consumption

  consumption means, in relation to gas, the action of using it as a fuel or energy source or consuming it in the manufacture of products of trade and commerce; (consommation)

  offshore area

  offshore area has the same meaning as in section 20; (zone extracôtière)

  prescribed price

  prescribed price means, in relation to any kind of gas, a price that is prescribed by regulation under this Part for that kind of gas; (prix imposé)

  price

  price means the value in money for a quantity of gas; (prix)

  producer-province

  producer-province means a province in which the quantities of gas ordinarily produced, extracted, recovered or manufactured in that province in a month are such that a significant quantity of that gas is normally available for use outside that province in each month; (province pétrolière)

  province of production

  province of production means, in relation to any quantity of gas, the producer-province in which it was produced, extracted, recovered or manufactured. (province d’origine)

• Marginal note:Method of prescribing price

  (2) A regulation made by the Governor in Council that prescribes a price at which a kind of gas is to be sold on or for delivery may

  • (a) fix a price for that gas;

  • (b) designate the prescribed price for that gas to be all the prices that are within a range of prices set out in the regulation;

  • (c) designate the prescribed price for that gas to be all the prices that do not exceed a maximum price set out in the regulation;

  • (d) designate the prescribed price for that gas to be a price that is determinable by reference to criteria or published information identified by the regulation; or

  • (e) designate the prescribed price for that gas to be a price that is established or calculable under a contract for the sale of the gas referred to in the regulation and that is on file with the Regulator.

• Marginal note:Effect of regulation prescribing price

  (3) A regulation referred to in subsection (2) may be conditional or unconditional, qualified or unqualified and may be general or restricted to a specific area, person, thing or kind or quantity of gas or to a group or class of persons, things, kinds or quantities.

• Marginal note:References in regulations

  (4) A reference in a regulation made under paragraph (2)(d) to criteria or published information shall, unless the regulation provides otherwise, be deemed to be a reference to the criteria or published information, as it is updated or published from time to time.

• Marginal note:Confidential contract price

  (5) A regulation made under paragraph (2)(e) need not specify the price that is established or calculable under a confidential contract between the parties thereto but need only identify the parties and the date of the contract.