Marine Liability and Information Return Regulations

Marginal note:Application

• 3 (1) This section applies in respect of contributing oil that

  • (a) has been imported by sea into Canada, in bulk as cargo on a ship, and is to be unloaded at a terminal installation or port in Canada;

  • (b) has been shipped by sea to a port in the United States, in bulk as cargo on a ship, has subsequently been imported into Canada by a mode of transport other than a ship, and is to be unloaded at an installation in Canada; or

  • (c) has been shipped by sea from a place in Canada or from an offshore installation in the exclusive economic zone of Canada, in bulk as cargo on a ship, and is to be unloaded at a terminal installation or port in Canada.

• Marginal note:Information return

  (2) Any person who receives, in a calendar year, contributing oil in a quantity exceeding 150 000 metric tons must file with the Administrator, no later than February 28 of the following calendar year, an information return in the form established by the Minister in respect of that oil.

• Marginal note:Associated persons

  (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the quantity of contributing oil is the aggregate of the quantity received by the person and the quantities received by associated persons.

• Marginal note:Content

  (4) The information return must include

  • (a) the name, mailing address, email address, phone number and fax number, if applicable, of the person;

  • (b) the type of contributing oil and the total quantity of each type of contributing oil received in that calendar year; and

  • (c) where applicable, the name and address of associated persons that have received contributing oil.