D-10 - Gas Distribution Act

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1. In this Act, unless the context requires a different meaning, the following expressions have the meaning here given them, namely:
(a)  apparatus : any device, mechanism or instrument using gas to produce heat, light or power, including its connecting piping and its vent for carrying off the products of gas combustion;
(b)  pipe or gas pipe : any tubing or pipe used or intended for the conveyance or distribution of gas, except the connecting piping of an apparatus;
(c)  consumer : any person or partnership purchasing gas from a distributor;
(d)  distributor : any person operating an undertaking for the storage, conveyance, sale or distribution of gas in Québec in any capacity whatever;
(e)  gas : natural gas, manufactured gas, any variety or any mixture of either, liquefied petroleum gas or any mixture of liquefied petroleum gas and air, conveyed or distributed by tubing or otherwise;
(f)  person : besides its ordinary meaning, any partnership, syndicate or association;
(g)  Board : the Régie du bâtiment du Québec;
(h)  regulation : a regulation made under section 2 or section 3;
(i)  distribution network : the whole of the pipes, except those mentioned in paragraph k, and of the equipment, machines, structures, gasometers, meters and other devices and accessories installed in a given territory and used for the distribution of gas to consumers in such territory;
(j)  conveyance system : the whole of the pipes used for the conveyance of gas to the point of junction with a distribution network, including the equipment, machines, structures, gasometers, meters and other devices and accessories connected therewith;
(k)  piping : the whole of the gas pipes installed in, under and on the exterior face of a consumer’s house, works, building or other structure.
R. S. 1964, c. 88, s. 1; 1970, c. 26, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1988, c. 23, s. 86; 1991, c. 74, s. 136; 1999, c. 40, s. 107.
1. In this Act, unless the context requires a different meaning, the following expressions have the meaning here given them, namely:
(a)  apparatus : any device, mechanism or instrument using gas to produce heat, light or power, including its connecting piping and its vent for carrying off the products of gas combustion;
(b)  pipe or gas pipe : any tubing or pipe used or intended for the conveyance or distribution of gas, except the connecting piping of an apparatus;
(c)  consumer : any person, firm or corporation purchasing gas from a distributor;
(d)  distributor : any person operating an undertaking for the storage, conveyance, sale or distribution of gas in Québec in any capacity whatever;
(e)  gas : natural gas, manufactured gas, any variety or any mixture of either, liquefied petroleum gas or any mixture of liquefied petroleum gas and air, conveyed or distributed by tubing or otherwise;
(f)  person : besides its ordinary meaning, any firm, syndicate or association of persons and a public or private corporation;
(g)  Board : the Régie du bâtiment du Québec;
(h)  regulation : a regulation made under section 2 or section 3;
(i)  distribution network : the whole of the pipes, except those mentioned in paragraph k, and of the equipment, machines, structures, gasometers, meters and other devices and accessories installed in a given territory and used for the distribution of gas to consumers in such territory;
(j)  conveyance system : the whole of the pipes used for the conveyance of gas to the point of junction with a distribution network, including the equipment, machines, structures, gasometers, meters and other devices and accessories connected therewith;
(k)  piping : the whole of the gas pipes installed in, under and on the exterior face of a consumer’s house, works, building or other structure.
R. S. 1964, c. 88, s. 1; 1970, c. 26, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1988, c. 23, s. 86; 1991, c. 74, s. 136.
1. In this Act, unless the context requires a different meaning, the following expressions have the meaning here given them, namely:
(a)  apparatus : any device, mechanism or instrument using gas to produce heat, light or power, including its connecting piping and its vent for carrying off the products of gas combustion;
(b)  pipe or gas pipe : any tubing or pipe used or intended for the conveyance or distribution of gas, except the connecting piping of an apparatus;
(c)  consumer : any person, firm or corporation purchasing gas from a distributor;
(d)  distributor : any person operating an undertaking for the storage, conveyance, sale or distribution of gas in Québec in any capacity whatever;
(e)  gas : natural gas, manufactured gas, any variety or any mixture of either, liquefied petroleum gas or any mixture of liquefied petroleum gas and air, conveyed or distributed by tubing or otherwise;
(f)  person : besides its ordinary meaning, any firm, syndicate or association of persons and a public or private corporation;
(g)  Board : the Régie du gaz naturel;
(h)  regulation : a regulation made under section 2 or section 3;
(i)  distribution network : the whole of the pipes, except those mentioned in paragraph k, and of the equipment, machines, structures, gasometers, meters and other devices and accessories installed in a given territory and used for the distribution of gas to consumers in such territory;
(j)  conveyance system : the whole of the pipes used for the conveyance of gas to the point of junction with a distribution network, including the equipment, machines, structures, gasometers, meters and other devices and accessories connected therewith;
(k)  piping : the whole of the gas pipes installed in, under and on the exterior face of a consumer’s house, works, building or other structure.
R. S. 1964, c. 88, s. 1; 1970, c. 26, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1988, c. 23, s. 86.
1. In this act, unless the context requires a different meaning, the following expressions have the meaning here given them, namely:
(a)  apparatus : any device, mechanism or instrument using gas to produce heat, light or power, including its connecting piping and its vent for carrying off the products of gas combustion;
(b)  pipe or gas pipe : any tubing or pipe used or intended for the conveyance or distribution of gas, except the connecting piping of an apparatus;
(c)  consumer : any person, firm or corporation purchasing gas from a distributor;
(d)  distributor : any person operating an undertaking for the storage, conveyance, sale or distribution of gas in Québec in any capacity whatever;
(e)  gas : natural gas, manufactured gas, any variety or any mixture of either, liquefied petroleum gas or any mixture of liquefied petroleum gas and air, conveyed or distributed by tubing or otherwise;
(f)  person : besides its ordinary meaning, any firm, syndicate or association of persons and a public or private corporation;
(g)  Board : the Régie de l’électricité et du gaz;
(h)  regulation : a regulation made under section 2 or section 3;
(i)  distribution network : the whole of the pipes, except those mentioned in paragraph k, and of the equipment, machines, structures, gasometers, meters and other devices and accessories installed in a given territory and used for the distribution of gas to consumers in such territory;
(j)  conveyance system : the whole of the pipes used for the conveyance of gas to the point of junction with a distribution network, including the equipment, machines, structures, gasometers, meters and other devices and accessories connected therewith;
(k)  piping : the whole of the gas pipes installed in, under and on the exterior face of a consumer’s house, works, building or other structure.
R. S. 1964, c. 88, s. 1; 1970, c. 26, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14.