| Copyright © King's Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | Licence Disclaimer |
| B.C. Reg. 35/2011 O.C. 52/2011 | Deposited February 18, 2011 |
[Last amended January 1, 2024 by B.C. Reg. 279/2023]
1 In this regulation, "Act" means the Energy Resource Activities Act.
[am. B.C. Reg. 187/2023, Sch., s. 12.]
2 (1) A person who contravenes section 21, 35 (1), 36 (1), 37 (1) or (2), 38 (1) (b), 39 (3) or (4), 40, 61 or 81 of the Act or, in relation to an order issued under section 43.4 or 49 of the Act, section 82 of the Act is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 35 (3) of the Act is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $250 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 34 or 39 (1) of the Act or, in relation to an order issued under section 53 (2) (a) of the Act, section 82 of the Act is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 22 (2) or (3), 23 (2), 25 (6), 31 (1) or (5), 32 (3), 38 (1) (a), (c), (d) or (e) or 57 (2.1) of the Act is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
(5) A person who contravenes section 35 (2) or 76 (1) of the Act or, in relation to an order under the Act not referred to in subsection (1) or (3) of this section, section 82 of the Act is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000.
(6) A person who contravenes section 37 (3) of the Act is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $5 000.
(7) A person who contravenes section 23 (3) or 60 of the Act is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $2 000.
[am. B.C. Regs. 55/2014, Sch., s. 1; 221/2018, Sch. 1, s. 1; 103/2020, s. 1.]
3 A person who contravenes any of sections 9 to 20 of the Environmental Protection and Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000.
4 (1) A person who contravenes any of sections 6 to 11 or 14 of the Requirements for Consultation and Notification Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 23 of the Requirements for Consultation and Notification Regulation by failing to provide a notice is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 21 (2) of the Requirements for Consultation and Notification Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 19, 20, 21 (1) of the Requirements for Consultation and Notification Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $5 000.
(5) A person who contravenes section 23 of the Requirements for Consultation and Notification Regulation by failing to provide any required information in a notice is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $5 000.
[en. B.C. Reg. 136/2021, Sch. 2.]
5 (1) A person who contravenes section 9 (1), 11 (a), 12 (1), 16 (1) (a), 17, 18 (1), 20, 51 (1), 78 (1.1) or (3) or 80 of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 5, 9 (2), 13, 18 (2) or (3), 21, 22, 23 (1), 39 (4), (5), (6) or (7), 41 (3), 41.1 (12) (a) or (13), 44 (1) (b.1) (i) or (ii) or (c) (i), 74 or 78.1 of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $250 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 55 (1), 59 (1) or (2) (a) or 65 (4) of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $200 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 10 (1) (a) or (2), 12 (2), 15 (3), 16 (1) (b) or (2), 18 (4), (5), (6), (7), (8) or (9), 19 (1) or (2), 26 (1) (b), 39 (2), 40, 41 (1), (2) or (4.01), 41.1 (2), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10) or (11), 45 (1), 47 (a), (d) or (g), 50 (1), 52.02 (1), 52.03 (1) or (2), 52.04 (2), (3), (5) or (8), 52.05 (2), (3) or (4), 52.06 (1), 52.07 (1), 52.08 (1) or (2), 52.09, 52.10, 65 (5) or 78 (6) of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(5) A person who contravenes section 11 (b), 16 (3) (a), 21.1 (2), 25 (5), 28, 39 (3), 41.1 (4), (12) (b), (14), (15) or (16), 42 (2), 44 (1) (a), (b), (d) or (e) or (2), 45 (2) or (3), 47 (b), (c), (e), (f) or (h), 48, 49, 50 (2) or (3), 51 (2), (3) or (6), 52.02 (2), 52.03 (3) or (4), 52.04 (6), (7), (9), (10) or (11), 52.05 (5) or (7), 52.06 (2), 52.07 (2), 52.08 (3), 52.12, 53 (a), (b) or (e), 65 (2), 73 (1) or (2) or 79 (2) of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
(6) A person who contravenes section 10 (1) (b), 21.1 (1), 23 (3) (a) or (b), 25 (3), 41 (4), (4.1) or (6), 42 (1), 43 (1) or (2), 44 (1) (c) (ii), 52 (4) or 78 (4) of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000.
(7) A person who contravenes section 69 or 70 of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $10 000.
(8) A person who contravenes section 8 (1), 23 (2), 24, 26 (1) (a), 31 (4) (a), (b), (e), (f) or (g), 61 (3) or 76 of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $5 000.
(9) A person who contravenes section 3, 15 (1) or (2), 45 (4) or 77 of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $2 000.
[am. B.C. Regs. 267/2016; 221/2018, Sch. 1, s. 2; 272/2019, s. 1; 103/2020, s. 2; 241/2022, s. 1; 279/2023, Sch. 2, s. 1.]
6 (1) A person who contravenes section 3 (1), 6 (1) (a), 9 (3) or (4) or 11 (2) of the Pipeline Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 7 (2), (3) or (4) of the Pipeline Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $250 000.
(2.1) A person who contravenes section 5 (4) of the Pipeline Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 5 (1) or (2), 6 (1) (b) or 7 (5) or (6) of the Pipeline Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 3 (2), 4 (2) or (3) or 5 (3) of the Pipeline Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000.
(5) A person who contravenes section 4 (1), 6 (2) or (3) or 10 (1) of the Pipeline Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $5 000.
[am. B.C. Regs. 213/2014, s. 1; 221/2018, Sch. 1, s. 3; 241/2022, s. 2.]
7 (1) A person who contravenes section 4 (2), 7 or 8 (b) of the Geophysical Exploration Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 4 (1), 5 (1), 9, 10 or 11 of the Geophysical Exploration Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 3 (1) or (2) (b) or 8 (a) or (c) of the Geophysical Exploration Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 6 (1) of the Geophysical Exploration Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $10 000.
(5) A person who contravenes section 3 (2) (a) of the Geophysical Exploration Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $2 000.
8 (1) A person who contravenes section 11.1, 11.2, 15.3 (2) or 24 of the Energy Resource Road Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 6, 7 (2) (c), 12, 13 (1) (a), (b), (c) or (d) or (2), 13.1, 15 (1), 15.1, 15.2, 15.3 (1) or 25 of the Energy Resource Road Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $250 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 4.1, 5, 7 (2) (a), 14 (1) (a) or (2) (a), 16, 19.1 (1), 22 (1.1), (2) or (3) or 23 (1), (2.1) or (3) of the Energy Resource Road Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 8, 13 (1) (e) or 23 (5) of the Energy Resource Road Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
(5) A person who contravenes section 4, 7 (2) (b), 9, 10, 11, 14 (1) (b), (2) (b) or (3), 15 (2) or (3), 17 (1), 18, 19 (4), 20 (3), 21 (1) or (3), 23 (2), 26 or 27 of the Energy Resource Road Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000.
[en. B.C. Reg. 136/2021, Sch. 1, s. 2; am. B.C. Reg. 187/2023, Sch., s. 17.]
9 (1) A person who contravenes section 2 (1), 6 or 11 of the Emergency Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 4.1 (2), 4.2 (2), 5 (1), 12 or 15 (1) of the Emergency Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $250 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 3 (1) or (2), 4, 8, 10 (2) or 11.1 of the Emergency Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 9, 13 (1), 14 (2), 15 (2), (3) or (4) or 16 (2.1) of the Emergency Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
(5) A person who contravenes section 4.1 (5), 4.2 (3) or 13 (3) of the Emergency Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000.
(6) A person who contravenes section 10 (1) of the Emergency Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $5 000.
[en. B.C. Reg. 55/2014, Sch., s. 3; am. B.C. Regs. 221/2018, Sch. 1, s. 4; 272/2019, s. 2; 241/2022, s. 3.]
10 (1) A person who contravenes section 4 (1), (2) or (5), 8 (1), 11 (1), 13, 14, 21 or 22 (a) of the Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 6, 7 or 9 (1) of the Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $250 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 4 (3), 15, 17, 18 (1) or (3) or 22 (b) of the Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 3 (4), 4 (6), 5 (1), 8 (2) or (3), 9 (4), 16 (2), 19 (3), 23 or 24 of the Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
(5) A person who contravenes section 3 (1), 5 (2), 9 (2) or (3), 12, 19 (1) or (2) or 20 (1) of the Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000.
(6) A person who contravenes section 20 (2) of the Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $5 000.
(7) A person who contravenes section 10 of the Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $2 000.
[en. B.C. Reg. 213/2014, s. 2.]
11 (1) A person who contravenes section 15 (1), (2) or (3), 16 (3), 17 (3) or 18 (5) of the Dormancy and Shutdown Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 18 (3) or (4) of the Dormancy and Shutdown Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $200 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 16 (1) or (2) or 17 (1) or (2) of the Dormancy and Shutdown Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 11, 13 or 14 of the Dormancy and Shutdown Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
[en. B.C. Reg. 103/2020, s. 3.]
12 (1) A person who contravenes section 6, 7 (1), (2), (3) or (5), 8 (1) or (2), 9 (2), 16 (1), 18 (1) or (2), 23 (1), 24 (1) or (3) or 31 (1) (a) of the Oil and Gas Processing Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 8 (3), 12, 13 (2) or (3), 14 (1) or 21 (4) of the Oil and Gas Processing Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $250 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 7 (4), 8 (4), 9 (3), 11, 18 (3) (b) or (c) or (4), 19, 21 (1) or (2) or 31 (1) (b) of the Oil and Gas Processing Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 10 (1) or (3) (a), (b) or (c), 14 (3) (b) or (4), 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 or 31 (2) of the Oil and Gas Processing Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
(5) A person who contravenes section 9 (1), 10 (2) or (3) (d), 14 (2), 17, 20 or 21 (3) of the Oil and Gas Processing Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000.
(6) A person who contravenes section 23 (2) of the Oil and Gas Processing Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $5 000.
(7) A person who contravenes section 15 or 18 (3) (a) or (5) of the Oil and Gas Processing Facility Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $2 000.
[en. B.C. Reg. 241/2022, s. 4; am. B.C. Reg. 279/2023, Sch. 2, s. 2.]
13 (1) A person who contravenes section 2 (1) of the Security Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000.
(2) A person who contravenes section 7 (1) or (2) of the Security Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $250 000.
(3) A person who contravenes section 3 (1) or (2) (a), (b) or (c), 4, 5 (1), (2) or (3) or 6 of the Security Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000.
(4) A person who contravenes section 3 (3) or 10 of the Security Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000.
[en. B.C. Reg. 279/2023, Sch. 1.]
[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Energy Resource Activities Act, S.B.C. 2008, c. 36, ss. 99 (1) and 101.]
Copyright © King's Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada