Northern Pipeline Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. N-26)

Marginal note:Transitional

39. When Part I, except sections 21, 29 and 30, ceases to be in force, any power given to the Minister, the Agency or the designated officer with respect to a certificate of public convenience and necessity declared to be issued by this Act is transferred to the Board.

Marginal note:Part I ceases to apply

• 40. (1) Subject to subsection (2), section 4 and Part I, except sections 21, 29 and 30, cease to be in force one year after the day on which leave to open the last section or part of the pipeline is given by the Board.

• Marginal note:Extension of Act

  (2) Where, prior to the day on which leave to open the last section or part of the pipeline is given by the Board, a certificate of public convenience and necessity is issued for the construction of the lateral pipeline to transmit northern Canadian gas, referred to in the Agreement as the Dempster Line, and both Houses of Parliament, by joint resolution, direct that section 4 and that part of Part I that would cease to be in force under subsection (1) shall continue in force with such amendments as are provided in that resolution, section 4 and that part of Part I as amended by the joint resolution continue in force in accordance with that joint resolution.