Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999: amendments not in force

Amendments not in Force

- 2011, c. 1, s. 4

4. Subsection 155(2) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 is replaced by the following:

Vehicle from United States or Mexico

(2) Sections 153 and 154 do not apply in respect of the importation of a vehicle that has been sold at the retail level in the United States, or that is a prescribed vehicle from Mexico, if the vehicle satisfies the conditions specified in the regulations, if any, and if the person importing it makes a declaration in the prescribed form and manner that,

(a) within the prescribed period, the applicable requirements of those sections will be met and, if required by the regulations, the vehicle will be inspected in accordance with them; and

(b) before the vehicle is presented for licensing under the laws of a province or an aboriginal government, the vehicle will be certified, in accordance with the regulations, as conforming to the applicable requirements of those sections.

- 2011, c. 1, s. 5

5. Subsection 160(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (g) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

(g.1) respecting inspection and certification referred to in subsection 155(2) and, in particular, designating any person who is authorized to inspect or certify vehicles; and

- 2012, c. 19, s. 157

157. (1) Subsection 127(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 is replaced by the following:

Permit

127. (1) The Minister may, on application, issue a permit authorizing the loading for disposal and disposal of waste or other matter and, subject to the regulations, renew it no more than four times.

(2) The portion of subsection 127(2) of the English version of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

Application

(2) The application must

(3) Subsection 127(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Factors for consideration

(3) Before issuing a permit under subsection (1) or renewing it, the Minister shall comply with Schedule 6 and shall take into account any factors that the Minister considers necessary.

- 2012, c. 19, s. 158

158. Subsection 129(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Duration of permit

(2) A Canadian permit shall specify that it is valid for a particular date or dates or for a particular period that shall not exceed one year. For greater certainty, this subsection applies to each renewal of a permit issued under subsection 127(1).

- 2012, c. 19, s. 159(2)

159. (2) Subsection 133(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Publication

133. (1) When issuing a Canadian permit or varying any of its conditions or renewing a permit issued under subsection 127(1), the Minister shall publish the text of the permit, the varied condition or the renewed permit, as the case may be, in the Environmental Registry.

- 2012, c. 19, s. 159(4)

159. (4) Paragraph 133(2)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(b) in every other case, at least seven days before the effective date of the permit, the variation of its conditions or its renewal.

- 2012, c. 19, s. 160(1)

160. (1) Subsection 134(1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (a) and by adding the following after that paragraph:

(a.1) renews or refuses to renew a permit issued under subsection 127(1); or

- 2012, c. 19, ss. 160(3), (4)

160. (3) Paragraph 134(2)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(a) the date the text of the Canadian permit or the permit renewed under subsection 127(1), as the case may be, is published in the Environmental Registry; or

(4) Paragraph 134(2)(b) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:

(b) the date the person receives a notice from the Minister that the Canadian permit has been refused, suspended or revoked, that its conditions have been varied or that the renewal of a permit issued under subsection 127(1) has been refused.

- 2012, c. 19, ss. 161(2), (3)

161. (2) Subsection 135(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following before paragraph (c):

(b.2) respecting the renewal of permits under subsection 127(1), including regulations respecting time limits for renewing them or for refusing to renew them, specifying the circumstances under which any of those time limits do not apply and authorizing the Minister to extend any of those time limits or to decide that a time limit does not apply when the Minister considers that it is appropriate to do so;

2005, c. 23 s. 26

(3) Paragraph 135(3)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

(a) prescribing the form of an application for a Canadian permit or for the renewal of a permit issued under subsection 127(1);