Whereas, pursuant to subsection 15(1) of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act a, a copy of the proposed Canada Oil and Gas Operations Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations, substantially in the annexed form, was published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on July 11, 2015 and a reasonable opportunity was afforded to interested persons to make representations to the Minister of Natural Resources with respect to the proposed Regulations; R.S., c. O-7; S.C. 1992, c. 35, s. 2
Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Natural Resources and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, pursuant to subsection 71.01(1) b of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act a, makes the annexed Canada Oil and Gas Operations Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations. S.C. 2015, c. 4, s. 27
Definition
In these Regulations, Act means the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act.
Designated Provisions
The contravention of a provision of the Act or of a regulation made under the Act that is set out in column 1 of a Part of Schedule 1 is designated as a violation that may be proceeded with in accordance with sections 71.01 to 72.02 of the Act.
The contravention of a direction, requirement, decision or order made under the Act is designated as a violation that may be proceeded with in accordance with sections 71.01 to 72.02 of the Act.
The contravention of a term, condition or requirement of an operating licence or authorization, or of an approval, leave or exemption granted, under the Act is designated as a violation that may be proceeded with in accordance with sections 71.01 to 72.02 of the Act.
Classification
The contravention of a provision that is set out in column 1 of a Part of Schedule 1 is a Type A or Type B violation as set out in column 2 of that Part.
Penalties
The penalty for a violation with a total gravity value set out in column 1 of Schedule 2 is, in the case of a Type A violation, the corresponding amount set out in column 2 and, in the case of a Type B violation, the corresponding amount set out in column 3.
The total gravity value in respect of a violation is to be established by TABLE Column 1 Column 2 Item Criteria Gravity Value 1 Whether the person who committed the violation was finally found or was considered to have committed a previous violation set out in a notice of violation issued by the National Energy Board, the Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board or the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board 0 to +2 2 Whether the person derived any competitive or economic benefit from the violation 0 to +2 3 Whether the person made reasonable efforts to mitigate or reverse the violation’s effects-2 to +2 4 Whether there was negligence on the person’s part 0 to +2 5 Whether the person provided all reasonable assistance to the National Energy Board with respect to the violation-2 to +2 6 Whether the person, after becoming aware of the violation, promptly reported it to the National Energy Board-2 to +2 7 Whether the person has taken any steps to prevent a recurrence of the violation-2 to +2 8 For Type B violations, whether the violation was primarily related to a reporting or record-keeping requirement-2 to 0 9 Whether the violation increased a risk of harm to people or the environment or a risk of waste 0 to +3
considering each of the criteria in column 1 of the table to this section;
ascribing to each criterion an appropriate gravity value as set out in column 2, having regard to the circumstances of the violation (with a lower gravity value representing a lower level of gravity and a higher gravity value representing a higher level of gravity); and
adding the values obtained.
Service of Documents
The service of a document that is authorized or required by section 71.06 or 71.5 of the Act is to be made
if the person to be served is an individual, by
leaving a copy of it with that individual,
leaving a copy of it with someone who appears to be an adult member of the same household at the individual’s last known address or usual place of residence, or
sending a copy of it by registered mail, courier, fax or other electronic means to the individual’s last known address or usual place of residence; and
if the person to be served is not an individual, by
leaving a copy of it at the person’s head office or place of business with an officer or other individual who appears to manage or be in control of the head office or place of business,
sending a copy of it by registered mail, courier or fax to the person’s head office or place of business, or
sending a copy of it by electronic means other than by fax to an officer or other individual referred to in subparagraph (i).
A document that is not personally served is considered to be served
in the case of a copy that is left with a person referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii), on the day on which it is left with that person;
in the case of a copy that is sent by registered mail or courier, on the 10th day after the date indicated in the receipt issued by the postal or courier service; and
in the case of a copy sent by fax or other electronic means, on the day on which it is transmitted.
Coming into Force
These Regulations come into force on the day on which section 27 of the Energy Safety and Security Act comes into force, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.[Note: Regulations in force February 27, 2016.]
PART 1 Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act Column 1 Column 2 Item Provision Classification 1 4 Type B 2 4.01(1)(a) Type B 3 4.01(1)(b) Type B 4 4.01(1)(c) Type B 5 4.01(1)(d) Type B 6 5.011 Type B 7 5.11(3) Type B 8 5.12(2) Type B 9 5.12(5) Type B 10 5.37(1) Type B 11 5.37(2) Type B 12 17(4) Type B 13 25(1) Type B 14 25(2) Type B 15 25(3) Type B 16 26.1(4) Type B 17 26.1(5) Type B 18 27(1.1) Type B 19 27(1.2) Type B 20 27(3) Type B 21 27(5) Type B 22 36(1) Type B 23 37(1) Type B 24 46 Type B 25 56 Type B 26 58(6) Type B 27 58.2(1) Type B 28 60(1)(b) Type B PART 2 Canada Oil and Gas Operations Regulations Column 1 Column 2 Item Provision Classification 1 4 Type B 2 5 Type B 3 6 Type B PART 3 Canada Oil and Gas Geophysical Operations Regulations Column 1 Column 2 Item Provision Classification 1 6 Type B 2 7 Type A 3 8 Type B 4 9 Type B 5 10(a) Type B 6 10(b) Type B 7 10(c) Type B 8 11(a) Type B 9 11(b) Type B 10 11(c) Type B 11 11(d) Type B 12 11(e) Type B 13 11(f) Type B 14 12(1) Type B 15 12(2)(a) Type B 16 12(2)(b) Type B 17 12(2)(c) Type B 18 12(2)(d) Type B 19 12(2)(e) Type B 20 12(2)(f) Type B 21 12(3) Type B 22 12(4) Type B 23 13(a) Type B 24 13(b) Type B 25 13(c) Type B 26 13(d) Type B 27 13(e) Type B 28 13(f) Type B 29 13(g) Type B 30 14(a) Type B 31 14(b) Type B 32 14(c) Type B 33 15(a) Type B 34 15(b) Type B 35 16(a) Type B 36 16(b) Type B 37 16(c) Type B 38 17(1)(a) Type B 39 17(1)(b) Type B 40 17(1)(c) Type B 41 17(1)(d) Type B 42 17(2) Type B 43 17(3)(a) Type B 44 17(3)(b) Type B 45 18(1)(a) Type B 46 18(1)(b) Type B 47 18(1)(c) Type B 48 18(1)(d) Type B 49 18(1)(e) Type B 50 18(2) Type B 51 19(1)(a) Type B 52 19(1)(b) Type B 53 19(2)(a) Type B 54 19(2)(b) Type B 55 19(2)(c) Type B 56 19(3) Type B 57 20(1)(a) Type B 58 20(1)(b) Type B 59 20(1)(c) Type B 60 20(1)(d) Type B 61 20(1)(e) Type B 62 20(1)(f) Type B 63 20(2)(a) Type B 64 20(2)(b) Type B 65 20(2)(c) Type B 66 20(3)(a) Type B 67 20(3)(b) Type B 68 20(3)(c) Type B 69 20(3)(d) Type B 70 20(4) Type B 71 21 Type B 72 22(a) Type B 73 22(b) Type B 74 22(c) Type B 75 22(d) Type B 76 22(e) Type B 77 22(f) Type B 78 22(g) Type B 79 22(h) Type B 80 22(i) Type B 81 22(j) Type B 82 22(k) Type B 83 22(l) Type B 84 22(m) Type B 85 22(n) Type B 86 23(1)(a) Type B 87 23(1)(b) Type B 88 23(1)(c) Type B 89 23(2) Type B 90 23(3) Type B 91 24(1)(a) Type B 92 24(1)(b) Type B 93 24(2) Type B 94 24(3) Type B 95 25(1)(a) Type B 96 25(1)(b) Type B 97 25(1)(c) Type B 98 25(1)(d) Type B 99 25(2)(a) Type B 100 25(2)(b) Type B 101 25(3) Type B 102 26(a) Type B 103 26(b) Type B 104 27(1) Type B 105 28(a) Type B 106 28(b) Type B 107 29 Type B 108 30(a) Type B 109 30(b) Type B 110 30(c) Type B 111 30(d) Type B 112 31 Type B 113 32(a) Type B 114 32(b) Type B 115 33(1) Type B 116 33(2) Type B 117 34(1) Type B 118 35(1)(a) Type B 119 35(1)(b) Type B 120 35(1)(c) Type B 121 35(2)(a) Type B 122 35(2)(b) Type B 123 35(4) Type B 124 36 Type A 125 37 Type A 126 38(1) Type A 127 38(2) Type A 128 38(4) Type A 129 38(5) Type A 130 38(6) Type A 131 38(7) Type A 132 38(8) Type A 133 38(9) Type A 134 39(1)(a) Type A 135 39(1)(b) Type A 136 39(1)(c) Type A 137 39(1)(d) Type A 138 39(1)(e) Type A 139 39(1)(f) Type A 140 39(2) Type B 141 39(4) Type B 142 39(7) Type B 143 40 Type B PART 4 Canada Oil and Gas Installations Regulations Column 1 Column 2 Item Provision Classification 1 3(a) Type B 2 3(b) Type B 3 3(c) Type B 4 4(1) Type B 5 5(1) Type B 6 6 Type B 7 7 Type B 8 8(2) Type B 9 8(3) Type B 10 8(4) Type B 11 8(5) Type B 12 8(6) Type B 13 8(7) Type B 14 8(8)(a) Type B 15 8(8)(b) Type B 16 8(9) Type B 17 9(1) Type B 18 9(6) Type B 19 10(1) Type B 20 10(2) Type B 21 10(3) Type B 22 10(4) Type B 23 10(5) Type B 24 10(6) Type B 25 10(7) Type B 26 10(8) Type B 27 10(9) Type B 28 10(10) Type B 29 10(11) Type B 30 11(1) Type B 31 11(2) Type B 32 11(3) Type B 33 11(4) Type B 34 11(5) Type B 35 12(1) Type B 36 12(2) Type B 37 12(3) Type B 38 12(4) Type B 39 12(5) Type B 40 12(6) Type B 41 12(7) Type B 42 12(8) Type B 43 13(1) Type B 44 13(2) Type B 45 13(3) Type B 46 13(4) Type B 47 13(5) Type B 48 13(6) Type B 49 13(7) Type B 50 13(8) Type B 51 13(9) Type B 52 13(10) Type B 53 13(11) Type B 54 13(12) Type B 55 13(13) Type B 56 13(14) Type B 57 14(1)(a) Type B 58 14(1)(b) Type B 59 14(1)(c) Type B 60 14(1)(d) Type B 61 14(1)(e) Type B 62 14(1)(f) Type B 63 14(1)(g) Type B 64 14(2) Type B 65 14(3) Type B 66 14(4) Type B 67 15(1) Type B 68 15(2) Type B 69 16 Type B 70 17(2) Type B 71 17(3) Type B 72 17(4) Type B 73 17(9) Type B 74 18(1) Type B 75 18(2) Type B 76 18(4) Type B 77 18(8) Type B 78 18(9) Type B 79 18(10) Type B 80 18(11) Type B 81 18(12) Type B 82 18(13) Type B 83 19(1)(a) Type B 84 19(1)(b) Type B 85 19(2)(a) Type B 86 19(2)(b) Type B 87 19(2)(c) Type B 88 19(2)(d) Type B 89 19(2)(e) Type B 90 19(2)(f) Type B 91 19(2)(g) Type B 92 19(2)(h) Type B 93 19(2)(i) Type B 94 19(2)(j) Type B 95 19(2)(k) Type B 96 21 Type B 97 22(1)(a) Type B 98 22(1)(b) Type B 99 22(1)(c) Type B 100 22(1)(d) Type B 101 22(1)(e) Type B 102 22(1)(f) Type B 103 22(2) Type B 104 22(3) Type B 105 22(4) Type B 106 22(5) Type B 107 22(6) Type B 108 23(2)(a) Type B 109 23(2)(b) Type B 110 23(2)(c) Type B 111 23(2)(d) Type B 112 23(2)(e) Type B 113 23(2)(f) Type B 114 23(2)(g) Type B 115 23(2)(h) Type B 116 23(2)(i) Type B 117 23(2)(j) Type B 118 23(2)(k) Type B 119 23(2)(l) Type B 120 23(2)(m) Type B 121 23(2)(n) Type B 122 23(2)(o) Type B 123 23(2)(p) Type B 124 23(2)(q) Type B 125 23(2)(r) Type B 126 23(2)(s) Type B 127 23(2)(t) Type B 128 23(2)(u) Type B 129 23(4) Type B 130 23(5) Type B 131 24(1) Type B 132 24(2) Type B 133 24(3) Type B 134 24(4) Type B 135 25(2) Type B 136 25(3) Type B 137 25(4) Type B 138 25(5) Type B 139 25(6) Type B 140 26(2) Type B 141 26(3) Type B 142 26(4) Type B 143 26(5) Type B 144 27(1) Type B 145 27(2) Type B 146 27(3) Type B 147 27(4) Type B 148 27(5) Type B 149 27(6) Type B 150 27(7) Type B 151 27(8) Type B 152 27(9) Type B 153 27(10) Type B 154 27(11) Type B 155 28(1) Type B 156 28(2) Type B 157 28(3) Type B 158 28(4) Type B 159 28(5) Type B 160 28(6) Type B 161 28(7) Type B 162 28(8) Type B 163 28(9) Type B 164 28(10) Type B 165 28(11) Type B 166 29(1) Type B 167 29(2) Type B 168 29(3) Type B 169 29(4) Type B 170 29(5) Type B 171 29(6) Type B 172 29(7) Type B 173 29(8) Type B 174 29(9) Type B 175 30(1) Type B 176 30(2) Type B 177 30(3) Type B 178 30(4) Type B 179 31(1) Type B 180 31(2) Type B 181 31(3) Type B 182 31(4) Type B 183 31(5) Type B 184 31(6) Type B 185 31(7) Type B 186 32(1) Type B 187 32(2) Type B 188 32(3) Type B 189 32(4) Type B 190 32(5) Type B 191 33(2)(c) Type B 192 34(1) Type B 193 34(2) Type B 194 34(3) Type B 195 35(1) Type B 196 35(2) Type B 197 35(3) Type B 198 35(4) Type B 199 35(5) Type B 200 36(1) Type B 201 36(2) Type B 202 36(3) Type B 203 36(4) Type B 204 36(5) Type B 205 36(6) Type B 206 36(7) Type B 207 44(8) Type B 208 49(3) Type B 209 50(1) Type B 210 50(2) Type B 211 50(3) Type B 212 50(4) Type B 213 50(5) Type B 214 50(6) Type B 215 52 Type B 216 57(2) Type B 217 57(4) Type B 218 57(5) Type B 219 57(7) Type B 220 57(8) Type B 221 57(9) Type B 222 58(1) Type B 223 58(2) Type B 224 58(3) Type B 225 58(4) Type B 226 58(5) Type B 227 58(6) Type B 228 58(7) Type B 229 58(8) Type B 230 58(9) Type B 231 58(10) Type B 232 58(11) Type B 233 58(12) Type B 234 59(1) Type B 235 59(2) Type B 236 59(3) Type B 237 59(4) Type B 238 59(5) Type B 239 59(6) Type B 240 59(7) Type B 241 59(8) Type B 242 59(9) Type B 243 59(10) Type B 244 59(12) Type B 245 59(13) Type B 246 59(14) Type B 247 60(1) Type B 248 60(13) Type B 249 61(1) Type B 250 61(2) Type B 251 62(7) Type B 252 62(17) Type B 253 62(18) Type B 254 63(2) Type B 255 63(3) Type B 256 63(4) Type B 257 64(1) Type B 258 64(2) Type B 259 66 Type B 260 67 Type B 261 68(1) Type B 262 68(3) Type B 263 68(4) Type B 264 69 Type B 265 70 Type A 266 71(1) Type B 267 71(2) Type B 268 71(3) Type B PART 5 Canada Oil and Gas Drilling and Production Regulations Column 1 Column 2 Item Provision Classification 1 10(1) Type B 2 17(1) Type B 3 17(2) Type B 4 18 Type B 5 19(a) Type B 6 19(b) Type B 7 19(c) Type B 8 19(d) Type B 9 19(e) Type B 10 19(f) Type B 11 19(g) Type B 12 19(h) Type B 13 19(i) Type B 14 19(j) Type B 15 19(k) Type B 16 19(l) Type B 17 19(m) Type B 18 20(1) Type B 19 20(2) Type B 20 21(1) Type B 21 21(2) Type B 22 22(a) Type B 23 22(b) Type B 24 23 Type B 25 24(1) Type B 26 24(2) Type B 27 25(a) Type B 28 25(b) Type B 29 25(c) Type B 30 26(a) Type B 31 26(b) Type B 32 27(1) Type B 33 27(2) Type B 34 28(a) Type B 35 28(b) Type B 36 29(1) Type B 37 29(2) Type B 38 30 Type B 39 31 Type B 40 32(a) Type B 41 32(b) Type B 42 33(a) Type B 43 33(b) Type B 44 33(c) Type B 45 34(1)(a) Type B 46 34(1)(b) Type B 47 34(1)(c) Type B 48 34(2) Type B 49 34(3) Type B 50 35 Type B 51 36(1) Type B 52 36(2) Type B 53 36(3) Type B 54 36(4) Type B 55 37 Type B 56 38 Type B 57 39 Type B 58 40 Type B 59 41 Type B 60 42 Type B 61 43 Type B 62 45(a) Type B 63 45(b) Type B 64 45(c) Type B 65 46(1)(a) Type B 66 46(1)(b) Type B 67 46(1)(c) Type B 68 46(1)(d) Type B 69 46(1)(e) Type B 70 46(1)(f) Type B 71 46(1)(g) Type B 72 46(1)(h) Type B 73 46(1)(i) Type B 74 46(1)(j) Type B 75 46(2)(a) Type B 76 46(2)(b) Type B 77 47(1) Type B 78 47(2) Type B 79 49 Type B 80 50(1)(a) Type B 81 50(1)(b) Type B 82 51 Type B 83 52(1)(a) Type B 84 52(1)(b) Type B 85 52(2) Type B 86 53(a) Type B 87 53(b) Type B 88 53(c) Type B 89 54 Type B 90 55 Type B 91 56 Type B 92 57 Type B 93 58 Type B 94 59 Type B 95 60(1) Type B 96 60(2) Type B 97 61(1) Type B 98 61(2) Type B 99 62(a) Type B 100 62(b) Type B 101 62(c) Type B 102 62(d) Type B 103 63(a) Type B 104 63(b) Type A 105 64 Type B 106 65(a) Type B 107 65(b) Type B 108 65(c) Type B 109 66(1) Type B 110 66(3) Type B 111 67 Type B 112 68 Type B 113 69 Type B 114 70(1) Type B 115 70(2) Type B 116 70(3) Type B 117 71(2) Type B 118 71(3) Type B 119 72(a) Type B 120 72(b) Type B 121 73 Type A 122 74(1) Type B 123 75(1)(a) Type B 124 75(2)(a) Type B 125 75(2)(b) Type B 126 76(1) Type A 127 76(2) Type A 128 77(a) Type A 129 77(b) Type A 130 77(c) Type A 131 77(d) Type A 132 77(e) Type A 133 78(a) Type B 134 78(b) Type B 135 79 Type B 136 80(a) Type B 137 80(b) Type B 138 81(a) Type B 139 81(b) Type B 140 82(2) Type B 141 82(3) Type B 142 83(a) Type B 143 83(b) Type B 144 83(c) Type B 145 84(1) Type A 146 84(2) Type A 147 85 Type A 148 86(1) Type A 149 86(2) Type A 150 87 Type B 151 88(1) Type A 152 88(2) Type A 153 89(1) Type B 154 89(2) Type A 155 90 Type A
Violations
Penalties Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Item Total Gravity Value Type A Violation Type B Violation Individual Any Other Person Individual Any Other Person 1-3 or less$250$1,000$1,000$4,000 2-2$595$2,375$4,000$16,000 3-1$990$3,750$7,000$28,000 4 0$1,365$5,025$10,000$40,000 5 1$1,740$6,300$13,000$52,000 6 2$2,115$7,575$16,000$64,000 7 3$2,490$8,850$19,000$76,000 8 4$2,865$10,125$22,000$88,000 9 5 or more$3,000$12,000$25,000$100,000