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Fourth Session, Thirty-Seventh Legislature

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Bill 11

THE BIOFUELS ACT


Section Table of Contents
PART 1
INTERPRETATION
1 Definitions
PART 2
ETHANOL-GASOLINE PROGRAM
2 Purposes
LICENSING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS
3(1) Licence to manufacture denatured ethanol
(2) Licence to blend denatured ethanol
(3) Absolute requirement for licence
4(1) Minister may issue licence
(2) Minister may cancel or refuse to issue licence
(3) Licence not transferable
5(1) Records and reporting
(2) Records to be made available in Manitoba
(3) Order as to books and records
6 Restriction on selling denatured ethanol
GRANTS
7(1) Grant program to be established by regulation
(2) Regulations re grant program
8 Minister may approve or deny grant
9 Continuing eligibility
ETHANOL FUND
10(1) Fund established
(2) Purpose of the fund
(3) Payments into the fund
(4) Payments out of the fund
(5) Payment to Consolidated Fund
(6) Winding-up of fund
(7) Fiscal year
11 Annual financial statement
GASOHOL SALES MANDATE
12 Penalty for shortfall in gasohol sales
13(1) Records and reporting
(2) Annual report and payment
(3) Regulations by Minister of Finance
14(1) Records to be made available in Manitoba
(2) Order as to books and records
15(1) Notice of assessment
(2) Objection
(3) Minister to rescind, vary or affirm assessment
(4) Appeal to Court of Queen's Bench
(5) Notice of appeal
(6) Onus
(7) Powers of court
16(1) Debt
(2) Interest
(3) Certificate of debt
(4) Additional powers to enforce payment of debt
PART 3
ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
17 Inspectors
18(1) Power of entry
(2) Purposes of entry
(3) Identification card
(4) Assistance to inspector
(5) Right to take samples
(6) Access to digital records and copier
(7) Inspector may remove records to make copies
19(1) No entry of residence without consent or warrant
(2) Warrant to enter residence
20(1) Written demand for records
(2) Person to comply
21 Copies as evidence
22 Warrant to enter and seize
23(1) Offences
(2) Penalty
(3) Directors and officers
PART 4
MISCELLANEOUS
24 Minister may delegate
25(1) Regulations by L. G. in C.
(2) Regulation re gasohol sales mandate
(3) Regulations by minister
26 C.C.S.M. c. G40 amended
27 C.C.S.M. reference
28 Coming into force