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Volume 49, No. 12

B.C. Reg. 174/2006

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 20, 2006

B.C. Reg. 174/2006, deposited June 15, 2006, pursuant to the UTILITIES COMMISSION ACT [Section 121 (3)]. Order in Council 426/2006, approved and ordered June 13, 2006.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the attached Public Utility Regulation is made.

— W. OPPAL, Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism; G. CAMPBELL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION

Definition

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Utilities Commission Act ;

"project" means the construction or operation of a public utility plant or system, or an extension of either.

Conditions

2 For the purposes of

section 121 (2) (

c) of the Act, a public utility must meet the following conditions with respect to its project:

(

a) the public utility must have entered into an energy supply contract with the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, with Powerex Corporation or with FortisBC;

(

b) the public utility plant or system must be located entirely on Crown land;

(

c) the public utility must have, if required under the Acts referred to in the following subparagraphs, each of the following:

(

i) a lease, licence or right of way granted under

section 11 of the

Land Act ;

(ii) a permission under

section 25 of the Agricultural Land Commission Act ;

(iii) a licence issued under

section 12 of the Water Act ;

(iv) an environmental assessment certificate issued under

section 17 of the

Environmental Assessment Act ;

(

v) a lease issued under

section 8 of the Geothermal Resources Act ;

(vi) a permit issued under

section 14 of the Environmental Management Act ;

(vii) an occupant licence to cut entered into under

section 47.4 of the

Forest Act and an approval of the chief forester granted under

section 5 of that Act;

(viii) a permit issued under

section 12 of the Heritage Conservation Act ;

(ix) a certificate issued under

section 10 of the

Pipeline Act ;

(

x) a written permission under

section 4 of the Wildlife Act ;

(xi) a park use permit referred to in

section 8 or 9 of the

Park Act , an approval of the minister granted under

section 9 of that Act, and a resource use permit referred to in

section 12 of that Act;

(xii) an authorization under

section 35 (2) of the

Fisheries Act (Canada);

(xiii) an approval under

section 5 of the Navigable Waters Protection Act (Canada);

(xiv) permission under

section 20 (1) (

a) or 37 (1) (

a) of the

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act .

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