Black Lake First Nation Water Power Regulations (SOR/2019-131)

The Water Power Regulations

Marginal note:Adaptation to section 11

• 30 (1) Section 11 of The Water Power Regulations is to be read with the following after subsection (1):

  • (1.1) The corporation shall provide a copy of the notice to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• Marginal note:Adaptation to subsection 11(3)

  (2) Subsection 11(3) of the Regulations is to be read as follows:

  • (3) After considering the representations mentioned in subsection (1), the corporation shall issue a written decision, serve a copy of the decision on the applicant or licensee and provide a copy of the decision to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• Marginal note:Adaptation to section 11

  (3) Section 11 of the Regulations is to be read with the following after subsection (5):

  • (6) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted so as to limit the ability of Her Majesty in right of Canada to bring a proceeding or take any enforcement measures that Her Majesty in right of Canada is entitled to bring or to take under federal legislation.

The Water Power Rental Regulations

Marginal note:Adaptation to subsection 3(1)

• 31 (1) Subsection 3(1) of The Water Power Rental Regulations is to be read as follows:

  • 3 (1) Every person who uses water for the purpose of producing water power using works, including persons who store water for the purpose of producing water power, shall pay the water rental calculated in accordance with these regulations of which 50% shall be paid to the corporation and 50% to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• Marginal note:Adaptation to subsection 3(4)

  (2) Subsection 3(4) of the Regulations is to be read as follows:

  • (4) Every licensee shall submit to the corporation and to Her Majesty in right of Canada all data required to calculate the water rental payable pursuant to these regulations.

• Marginal note:Adaptation to subsection 3(8)

  (3) The portion of subsection 3(8) of the Regulations before paragraph (a) is to be read as follows:

  • (8) The corporation and Her Majesty in right of Canada may charge and collect interest on any water rental due to the corporation or Her Majesty in right of Canada, as the case may be, not paid in full by the date it is payable pursuant to these regulations at a rate equal to:

• Marginal note:Adaptation to subsection 3(9)

  (4) Subsection 3(9) of the Regulations is to be read as follows:

  • (9) Any water rental not paid in full by the date on which it is payable, together with any interest payable pursuant to subsection (8), is a debt due and owing to the corporation or Her Majesty in right of Canada, as the case may be, by the persons from whom it is payable, and the corporation or Her Majesty in right of Canada, as the case may be, may recover that debt in any manner allowed by law for the recovery of debts due to the Crown and Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• Marginal note:Adaptation to section 3

  (5) Section 3 of the Regulations is to be read with the following after subsection (12):

  • (13) All payments made to and interest collected by Her Majesty in right of Canada under this section shall be for the use and benefit of the Black Lake First Nation and shall be made payable and remitted to the Receiver General of Canada.

The Waterworks and Sewage Works Regulations

Marginal note:Adaptation to section 72

32 In section 72 of The Waterworks and Sewage Works Regulations, a reference to “clause 34(2)(a)” is to be read as a reference to “subclause 34(2)(a)(i)”.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:Registration

33 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.