Northern Pipeline Act

Marginal note:Commissioner

• 6 (1) The Governor in Council may appoint an officer to be called the Commissioner of the Agency to be the deputy of the Minister and the Commissioner shall rank as and have all the powers of a deputy head of a department.

• Marginal note:Administrator

  (2) The Governor in Council may, by order,

  • (a) appoint an officer to be called the Administrator of the Agency; or

  • (b) designate one of the commissioners of the Regulator to be the Administrator of the Agency.

• Marginal note:Duties of Administrator

  (3) The Administrator shall, under the Commissioner, exercise and perform such of the powers, duties and functions of the Minister under this Act as the Minister may specify.

• Marginal note:Deputy to the Administrator

  (4) If the Governor in Council does not designate a commissioner of the Regulator to be the Administrator, the Governor in Council may, by order, designate one of the commissioners of the Regulator to be a deputy to the Administrator.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (5) Paragraph 29(c) of the Canadian Energy Regulator Act does not apply to the commissioner of the Regulator designated as Administrator or as a deputy to the Administrator.