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Gas Utility Act ([RSBC 1996] Chapter 170).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
British Columbia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1979 (2014)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Energy
Keyword
Energy conservation/energy production Natural gas
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The present Act lays down provisions relating to gas utilities. For the purpose of this Act "gas utility" means a person that owns or operates in British Columbia equipment or facilities for the production, generation, storage, transmission, sale, delivery or furnishing of gas for the production of light, heat, cold or power to or for the public or a corporation for compensation. The text consists of 9 Sections of which the most important ones are: Authority and power of gas utilities (2); Matters under former Act (3); Contractual rights preserved (4); Right to expropriate land (6); Power to enter and to use land in certain cases (7); Offence (8); Power to make regulations (9).

Full text
English
Website
www.qp.gov.bc.ca