C.C.S.M. c. B40
The Biofuels Act
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Table of Contents
| PART 1 | ||
| DEFINITIONS | ||
| 1 | Definitions | |
| PART 2 | ||
| BIOFUEL PROGRAM | ||
| 2 | Purpose | |
| MANUFACTURE OF BIOFUELS | ||
| 3 | [Renumbered as section 6.6, which was later repealed by S.M. 2010, c. 15, s. 10.] | |
| 4 | Licence required to manufacture a biofuel | |
| (2) | Minister may issue licence and enter into agreements | |
| (3) | Licence not transferable | |
| 5 | Minister may suspend or cancel licence | |
| (2) | Minister may assess penalty | |
| (3) | Notice of proposed action | |
| 6 | Records and reporting | |
| (2) | Order as to records | |
| GRANTS | ||
| 6.1 | Grant programs to be established by regulation | |
| (2) | Regulations re grant program | |
| (3) | Different regulations for different grant programs | |
| 6.2 | Minister may approve or deny grant | |
| (2) | Agreement required | |
| 6.3 | Continuing eligibility | |
| ETHANOL FUND | ||
| 6.4 | Ethanol Fund | |
| (2) | Credits to Ethanol Fund | |
| (3) | [Repealed] | |
| (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 | |
| BIODIESEL FUND | ||
| 6.4.1 | Biodiesel Fund | |
| (2) | Credits to Biodiesel Fund | |
| (3) | Additional credit | |
| (4) | Payment of grant out of the Biodiesel Fund | |
| (5) | Transfer for general purposes | |
| (6) | Winding-up of Biodiesel Fund | |
| (7) | Fiscal year | |
| SALE OF BIOFUEL AND BIOFUEL SALES MANDATES |
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| 6.5 | Biofuels and blended biofuels must meet prescribed specifications | |
| 6.6 | [Repealed] | |
| SALES MANDATE | ||
| 7 | Penalty for shortfall in denatured ethanol sales | |
| (1.1) | Penalty for shortfall in biodiesel sales | |
| (2) | Calculation and payment of penalty | |
| 8 | Records and reporting | |
| (2) | Order as to records | |
| 9 | Unreported shortfall in sales | |
| (2) | Notice of assessment | |
| (3) | Objection | |
| (4) | Minister to rescind, vary or affirm assessment | |
| (5) | Appeal to Court of King's Bench | |
| (6) | Notice of appeal | |
| (7) | Onus | |
| (8) | Powers of court | |
| PART 3 | ||
| ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT | ||
| 10 | Debt | |
| (2) | Interest | |
| (3) | Certificate of debt | |
| (4) | Additional powers to enforce payment of debt | |
| 11 | Audit | |
| 12 | Inspectors | |
| 13 | 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 | No entry of residence without consent or warrant | |
| (2) | Warrant to enter residence | |
| 15 | Warrant to enter and seize | |
| 16 | Written demand for records | |
| (2) | Person to comply | |
| 17 | Copies as evidence | |
| 18 | Offences | |
| (2) | Penalty | |
| (3) | Directors and officers | |
| PART 4 | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| 19 | Regulations by L.G. in C. | |
| (1.1) | Provisions re exemptions | |
| (1.2) | Application | |
| (1.3) | Retroactive exemption | |
| (1.4) | Reporting and penalty re retroactive exemption | |
| (2) | [Repealed] | |
| (3) | Incorporation by reference | |
| (4) | Information sharing | |
| (5) | [Repealed] | |
| 20 | [Repealed] | |
| 21 | C.C.S.M. reference | |
| 22 | Coming into force | |
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