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Administrative Penalties Regulation (B.C. Reg. 35/2011)

Made 2011-02-18 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
European Union
Country
Canada · British Columbia
Subjects
Energy, Mineral resources
Keywords
oil, natural gas, offences/penalties, environmental impact assessment (EIA)
Categories
energy

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  1. 1 — Definition

    1 Definition

  2. 2 — Oil and Gas Activities Act

    2 Oil and Gas Activities Act

  3. 3 — Environmental Protection and Management Regulation

    3 Environmental Protection and Management Regulation

  4. 4 — Consultation and Notification Regulation

    4 Consultation and Notification Regulation

  5. 5 — Drilling and Production Regulation

    5 Drilling and Production Regulation

  6. 6 — Pipeline Regulation

    6 Pipeline Regulation

  7. 7 — Geophysical Exploration Regulation

    7 Geophysical Exploration Regulation

  8. 8 — Oil and Gas Road Regulation

    8 Oil and Gas Road Regulation

  9. 9 — Emergency Management Regulation

    9 Emergency Management Regulation

  10. 10 — Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation

    10 Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation Definition

  11. 1 — In this regulation, “Act” means the Oil and Gas Activities Act

    1 In this regulation, “Act” means the Oil and Gas Activities Act. Oil and Gas Activities Act

  12. 2 — A person who contravenes section 21, 35 (1), 36 (1), 37 (1) or (2), 38 (1) (b),

    2 (1) A person who contravenes section 21, 35 (1), 36 (1), 37 (1) or (2), 38 (1) (b),

  13. 39 — (3) or (4), 40, 61 or 81 of the Act or, in relation to an order issued under

    39 (3) or (4), 40, 61 or 81 of the Act or, in relation to an order issued under section 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),

  14. 32 — (3), 38 (1) (a), (c), (d) or (e) or 57 (2.1) of the Act is liable to an administrative

    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 adminis- trative penalty not exceeding $2 000. [am. B.C. Regs. 55/2014, Sch. s. 1; 221/2018, Sch. 1, s. 1.] Last amended December 16, 2019 1 Consolidation current to January 24, 2020 B.C. Reg. 35/2011 OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES ACT ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES REGULATION Environmental Protection and Management Regulation

  15. 3 — A person who contravenes any of sections 9 to 20 of the Environmental Protection and

    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. Consultation and Notification Regulation

  16. 4 — A person who contravenes section 4 (1), (3) or (4) of the Consultation and Notifi

    4 (1) A person who contravenes section 4 (1), (3) or (4) of the Consultation and Notifi- cation Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000. (2) A person who contravenes section 15 (2) of the Consultation and Notification Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000. (3) A person who contravenes section 12 (2) or 14 (2) of the Consultation and Notifi- cation Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000. (4) A person who contravenes section 11, 12 (1), 13, 14 (1) or 15 (1) of the Consul- tation and Notification Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $5 000. Drilling and Production Regulation

  17. 5 — A person who contravenes section 9 (1), 11 (a), 12 (1), 16 (1) (a), 17, 18 (1), 20,

    5 (1) A person who contravenes section 9 (1), 11 (a), 12 (1), 16 (1) (a), 17, 18 (1), 20,

  18. 51 — (1), 78 (1.1), (2) or (3) or 80 of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable

    51 (1), 78 (1.1), (2) 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), 44 (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), 27, 39 (2), 40, 41 (1) or (2), 45 (1), 47 (a), (d) or (g), 50 (1), 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) or (8), 42 (2), 44 (a), (b), (d) or (e), 45 (2) or (3), 46, 47 (b), (c), (e), (f) or (h), 48, 49, 50 (2) or (3), 51 (2), (3) or (6), 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),

  19. 41 — (4), (4.1), (5) or (6), 42 (1), 43 (1) or (2), 44 (c) (ii) or 52 (4) of the Drilling

    41 (4), (4.1), (5) or (6), 42 (1), 43 (1) or (2), 44 (c) (ii) or 52 (4) of the Drilling and Production Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000.

  20. 2 — Last amended December 16, 2019

    2 Last amended December 16, 2019 Consolidation current to January 24, 2020 OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES ACT B.C. Reg. 35/2011 ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES REGULATION (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.] Pipeline Regulation

  21. 6 — A person who contravenes section 3 (1), 6 (1) (a), 9 (b) or 10 (1) of the Pipeline

    6 (1) A person who contravenes section 3 (1), 6 (1) (a), 9 (b) or 10 (1) of the Pipeline Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $500 000. (2) A person who contravenes section 7 (1) (a), (b) or (c) of the Pipeline Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $250 000. (3) A person who contravenes section 5 (1) or (2), 6 (1) (b) or 7 (1) (d) of the Pipeline Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000. (4) A person who contravenes section 3 (2) 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 (2) (a) 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.] Geophysical Exploration Regulation

  22. 7 — A person who contravenes section 4 (2), 7 or 8 (b) of the Geophysical Exploration

    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. Last amended December 16, 2019 3 Consolidation current to January 24, 2020 B.C. Reg. 35/2011 OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES ACT ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES REGULATION Oil and Gas Road Regulation

  23. 8 — A person who contravenes section 6, 7, 12, 13 (1) (a), (b), (c) or (d) or (2), 15 (1),

    8 (1) A person who contravenes section 6, 7, 12, 13 (1) (a), (b), (c) or (d) or (2), 15 (1), 24 or 25 of the Oil and Gas Road Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $250 000. (2) A person who contravenes section 5, 14 (1) (a) or (2) (a), 16 or 22 (2) of the Oil and Gas Road Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $100 000. (3) A person who contravenes section 8 of the Oil and Gas Road Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000. (4) A person who contravenes section 4, 9, 10, 11, 13 (1) (e), 14 (1) (b), (2) (b) or (3),

  24. 15 — (2) or (3), 17, 18, 19 (4), 20 (3), 21 (1) or (3), 23 (1) or (3), 26 or 27 of the Oil

    15 (2) or (3), 17, 18, 19 (4), 20 (3), 21 (1) or (3), 23 (1) or (3), 26 or 27 of the Oil and Gas Road Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $20 000. [en. B.C. Reg. 55/2014, Sch. s. 2.] Emergency Management Regulation

  25. 9 — A person who contravenes section 2 (1), 6 or 11 of the Emergency Management

    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 5 (1), 7 (2), 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), 8 or 10 (2) 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) or 15 (2), (3) or (4) of the Emergency Management Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $50 000. (5) A person who contravenes section 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.] Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation

  26. 10 — A person who contravenes section 4 (1), (2) or (5), 8 (1), 11 (1), 13, 14, 21 or

    10 (1) A person who contravenes section 4 (1), (2) or (5), 8 (1), 11 (1), 13, 14, 21 or

  27. 22 — (a) of the Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation is liable to an adminis

    22 (a) of the Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation is liable to an adminis- trative 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.

  28. 4 — Last amended December 16, 2019

    4 Last amended December 16, 2019 Consolidation current to January 24, 2020 OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES ACT B.C. Reg. 35/2011 ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES REGULATION (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),

  29. 19 — (3), 23 or 24 of the Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Regulation is liable to an

    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 admin- istrative 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.] Copyright © 2020, Province of British Columbia Last amended December 16, 2019 5 Consolidation current to January 24, 2020

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