National Energy Board Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. N-7)

Marginal note:Compliance

119.091 Every permit and licence is subject to the condition that the provisions of this Act and the regulations in force on the date of the issuance of the permit or licence and as subsequently enacted, made or amended, as well as every order made under the authority of this Act, will be complied with.

Marginal note:Duration

119.092 The term of a permit or licence is thirty years or such lesser term as is specified in the permit or licence.

Marginal note:Revocation and suspension

• 119.093 (1) The Board may revoke or suspend a permit or licence issued in respect of the exportation of electricity

  • (a) on the application or with the consent of the holder of the permit or licence; or

  • (b) where a holder of the permit or licence has contravened or failed to comply with a term or condition of the permit or licence.

• Marginal note:Notice

  (2) The Board shall not revoke or suspend a permit or licence under paragraph (1)(b) unless the Board has

  • (a) sent a notice to the holder of the permit or licence specifying the term or condition that is alleged to have been contravened or not complied with; and

  • (b) given the holder of the permit or licence a reasonable opportunity to be heard.

Marginal note:Regulations

119.094 The Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of this Division, including regulations

• (a) prescribing matters in respect of which terms and conditions of permits may be imposed;

• (b) respecting

  • (i) the information to be furnished in connection with applications for permits,

  • (ii) units of measurement and measuring instruments or devices to be used in connection with the exportation of electricity, and

  • (iii) the inspection of any instruments, devices, plant, equipment, books, records or accounts or any other thing used for or in connection with the exportation of electricity;

• (c) specifying considerations to which the Board shall have regard in deciding whether to recommend to the Minister that an application for a permit for the exportation of electricity be designated by order of the Governor in Council under section 119.07; and

• (d) specifying considerations to which the Board shall have regard in deciding whether to issue a licence for the exportation of electricity in relation to which an order made under section 119.07 is in force.