M-25.2 - Act respecting the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune

Section 17.1.1 Disposition versions

2020-11-01

17.1.1. In this division,

“energy distributor” means

(1)  an identified energy distributor;

(2)  a fuel distributor; or

(3)  a municipal electric power system governed by the Act respecting municipal and private electric power systems (chapter S-41) or the Coopérative régionale d’électricité de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Rouville governed by the Act respecting the Coopérative régionale d’électricité de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Rouville and repealing the Act to promote rural electrification by means of electricity cooperatives (1986, chapter 21);

“identified energy distributor” means

(1)  Hydro-Québec when carrying on electric power distribution activities; or

(2)  a natural gas distributor as defined in section 2 of the Act respecting the Régie de l’énergie (chapter R-6.01);

“fuel distributor” means

(1)  a person who refines, manufactures, mixes, prepares or distils fuel in Québec;

(2)  a person who brings or causes to be brought into Québec fuel contained in one or more receptacles with a total capacity of over 200 litres, except fuel contained in a fuel tank installed as standard equipment to supply the engine of a vehicle;

(3)  a person who, in Québec, exchanges fuel with a person described in paragraph 1; or

(4)  a legal person or partnership that brings fuel into Québec for a purpose other than resale.

For the purposes of the definition of “fuel distributor” in the first paragraph, “fuel” means gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil or propane, but not aviation fuel, marine bunker fuel, hydrocarbons used as raw material by industries that transform hydrocarbon molecules through chemical or petrochemical processes, or renewable fuel content.

For the purposes of the second paragraph,

“diesel fuel” means a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from the refining of petroleum and intended to supply diesel engines;

“gasoline” means a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from the refining of petroleum mainly for use as spark ignition engine fuel;

“heating oil” means a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from the refining of petroleum and used for domestic, commercial, institutional or industrial heating;

“propane” means a liquid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from the refining of petroleum or the processing of natural gas and used either as spark ignition engine fuel or for such purposes as cooking and domestic, commercial, institutional and industrial heating.

2005, c. 19, s. 2; 2010, c. 3, s. 312; 2020, c. 19, s. 47.

2013-04-01

17.1.1. (Repealed).

2005, c. 19, s. 2; 2010, c. 3, s. 312.

2005-12-08

17.1.1. This Act establishes the position of chief forester. The chief forester shall exercise the functions entrusted to the chief forester by this Act, with the independence granted by the Act, and in keeping with the principle of sustainable development.

The Government shall appoint a chief forester from among at least three persons approved by a committee following a selection process established by the Government. The committee is to be composed of three members appointed by the Government.

The chief forester shall hold the position of associate deputy minister for a five-year term in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F‐3.1.1).

The term may be renewed by the Government.

2005, c. 19, s. 2.

2005-08-31

In force: 2005-12-08

17.1.1. This Act establishes the position of chief forester. The chief forester shall exercise the functions entrusted to the chief forester by this Act, with the independence granted by the Act, and in keeping with the principle of sustainable development.

The Government shall appoint a chief forester from among at least three persons approved by a committee following a selection process established by the Government. The committee is to be composed of three members appointed by the Government.

In force: 2005-12-08

The chief forester shall hold the position of associate deputy minister for a five-year term in accordance with the Public Service Act (chapter F‐3.1.1).

In force: 2005-12-08

The term may be renewed by the Government.

2005, c. 19, s. 2.