Railway Relocation and Crossing Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. R-4)

Marginal note:Power to withhold funds

12 If, after accepting a transportation plan under section 6 and making orders under section 7 or 8 in respect thereof, the Agency is given reason to believe that the provisions of the transportation plan are not being carried into effect at the times and in the manner prescribed by the plan, any amounts that may be applied or recommended for payment by the Agency under this Act may be withheld by the Agency or the Minister of Transport until the Agency is satisfied that all reasonable efforts are being made to carry the plan into effect at the times and in the manner prescribed by the plan.

Marginal note:Recommending relocation grant

• 13 (1) When an order is made by the Agency under section 7 or 8, the Agency may recommend to the Minister of Transport that a grant, in this Part referred to as a “relocation grant”, be paid to meet part of the costs of implementing the transportation plan accepted by the Agency.

• Marginal note:Amount of relocation grant

  (2) A relocation grant shall not exceed fifty per cent of the net costs of railway relocation as determined pursuant to section 15.

• Marginal note:Interest rate

  (3) The Agency may, after consultation with the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Finance, establish a rate of interest to be used for the purpose of calculating the current value of items for which costs are required to be calculated for the purposes of this Part.

• Marginal note:Payment of relocation grant

  (4) When a relocation grant is recommended by the Agency in respect of a transportation plan accepted by it, the Minister of Transport may, subject to such terms and conditions as he may consider necessary to effect the financial plan attached to the accepted plan in which that transportation plan was set out, authorize the payment out of moneys appropriated by Parliament therefor of an amount, not exceeding the amount limited under subsection (2), to defray part of the costs of carrying out the transportation plan.

Marginal note:Valuation of lands

14 Where pursuant to this Act a determination of the value of any land is required to be made by the Agency for the determination of the net costs of railway relocation, the Agency may appoint such qualified land appraisers as are necessary to determine the value of that land.

Marginal note:Determining net cost of railway relocation

15 The Agency shall determine the net costs of railway relocation for the purposes of this Part in accordance with the rules set out in the schedule.

16 [Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 32 (4th Supp.), s. 117]

PARTS II AND III[Repealed, R.S., 1985, c. 32 (4th Supp.), s. 118]