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C.C.S.M. c. B40
The Biofuels Act
| PART 1 | |
| DEFINITIONS | |
| 1 | Definitions |
| PART 2 | |
| BIOFUEL PROGRAM | |
| 2 | Purpose |
| MANUFACTURE OF BIOFUELS | |
| 3 | |
| 4(1) | Licence required to manufacture a biofuel |
| (2) | Minister may issue licence and enter into agreements |
| (3) | Licence not transferable |
| 5(1) | Minister may suspend or cancel licence |
| (2) | Minister may assess penalty |
| (3) | Notice of proposed action |
| 6(1) | Records and reporting |
| (2) | Order as to records |
| GRANTS | |
| 6.1(1) | Grant program to be established by regulation |
| (2) | Regulations re grant program |
| 6.2 | Minister may approve or deny grant |
| 6.3 | Continuing eligibility |
| ETHANOL FUND | |
| 6.4(1) | Ethanol Fund |
| (2) | Credits to Ethanol Fund |
| (3) | Additional credit — before mandate begins |
| (4) | Additional credit |
| (5) | Payment of grant out of the Ethanol Fund |
| (6) | Transfer for general purposes |
| (7) | Winding-up of Ethanol Fund |
| (8) | Fiscal year |
| SALE OF BIOFUEL AND BIOFUEL SALES MANDATES | |
| 6.5 | Biofuels and blended biofuels must meet prescribed specifications |
| 6.6 | |
| 7(1) | Penalty for shortfall in denatured ethanol sales |
| (1.1) | Penalty for shortfall in biodiesel sales |
| (2) | Calculation and payment of penalty |
| 8(1) | Records and reporting |
| (2) | Order as to records |
| 9(1) | Unreported shortfall in sales |
| (2) | Notice of assessment |
| (3) | Objection |
| (4) | Minister to rescind, vary or affirm assessment |
| (5) | Appeal to Court of Queen's Bench |
| (6) | Notice of appeal |
| (7) | Onus |
| (8) | Powers of court |
| PART 3 | |
| ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT | |
| 10(1) | Debt |
| (2) | Interest |
| (3) | Certificate of debt |
| (4) | Additional powers to enforce payment of debt |
| 11 | Audit |
| 12 | Inspectors |
| 13(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 |
| 14(1) | No entry of residence without consent or warrant |
| (2) | Warrant to enter residence |
| 15 | Warrant to enter and seize |
| 16(1) | Written demand for records |
| (2) | Person to comply |
| 17 | Copies as evidence |
| 18(1) | Offences |
| (2) | Penalty |
| (3) | Directors and officers |
| PART 4 | |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
| 19(1) | Regulations by L.G. in C. |
| (2) | |
| (3) | Incorporation by reference |
| (4) | Information sharing |
| (5) | Start of biodiesel reporting period |
| 20 | |
| 21 | C.C.S.M. reference |
| 22 | Coming into force |