Output-Based Pricing System Regulations

Marginal note:Compliance period

• 9 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the specified period, for the purposes of the definition compliance period in section 169 of the Act, begins on January 1 and ends on December 31 for each calendar year, starting in 2019.

• Marginal note:First compliance period

  (2) If a facility becomes a covered facility under the Act after January 1 of a given calendar year, its specified period, for the purposes of the definition compliance period in section 169 of the Act, begins on January 1 of the calendar year following

  • (a) the calendar year during which the facility is registered under subsection 171(2) of the Act, if the facility meets the criteria set out in section 8, or

  • (b) the calendar year during which the facility was designated as a covered facility under subsection 172(1) of the Act.

• Marginal note:Compliance period — 2025

  (3) For the 2025 calendar year, if a facility ceases to be a covered facility because the Minister cancels its designation in 2025 under subsection 172(3) of the Act, the specified period in respect of that facility, for the purposes of the definition compliance period in section 169 of the Act, begins on January 1, 2025 and ends on March 31, 2025.