P-30.01 - Petroleum Products Act

Section 5 Disposition versions

2020-11-01

5. The Government may, by regulation, determine standards and specifications relating to any petroleum product and its components. Such standards and specifications may, in particular, include standards regarding their quality and impacts as well as prohibit or require the presence of certain elements in a petroleum product; they may also prescribe the acceptable quantity or proportion of such elements. The Government may also prescribe, subject to the conditions and procedure it determines, the setting up of a mechanism for the purchase and sale of credits to promote compliance with the standards and specifications determined by regulation. The Minister may determine the measurement methods and tools for the application of the standards and specifications.

A person who manufactures, distributes or sells a petroleum product must comply with the standards or specifications prescribed by regulation.

A regulation setting standards regarding environmental impacts and the integration of renewable fuels into gasoline and diesel may be made by the Government only following a joint recommendation by the minister responsible for the administration of this Act and the minister responsible for the administration of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q‑2).

1987, c. 80, s. 5; 1994, c. 13, s. 15; 1997, c. 64, s. 2; 2005, c. 10, s. 6; 2016, c. 35, s. 18; 2020, c. 19, s. 63.

2016-12-10

5. The Government may, by regulation, determine standards and specifications relating to any petroleum product. Such standards and specifications may, in particular, include quality standards and prohibit or require the presence of certain elements in a petroleum product; they may also prescribe the acceptable quantity or proportion of such elements.

No person may manufacture or sell a petroleum product that does not meet the regulatory standards or specifications, except in the cases provided for by regulation.

A regulation setting standards for the integration of renewable fuels into gasoline and diesel may be made by the Government only following a joint recommendation by the minister responsible for the administration of this Act and the minister responsible for the administration of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q‑2).

1987, c. 80, s. 5; 1994, c. 13, s. 15; 1997, c. 64, s. 2; 2005, c. 10, s. 6; 2016, c. 35, s. 18.

2007-04-01

5. The Government may determine, by regulation, quality standards applicable to petroleum products. The standards may prohibit or require the presence of certain elements in a petroleum product ; they may also prescribe the acceptable quantity or proportion of such elements.

No person may manufacture or sell a petroleum product that does not meet the regulatory standards.

1987, c. 80, s. 5; 1994, c. 13, s. 15; 1997, c. 64, s. 2; 2005, c. 10, s. 6.

1999-02-24

5. The Government may determine, by regulation, quality and safety standards applicable to petroleum products. The standards may prohibit or require the presence of certain elements in a petroleum product ; they may also prescribe the acceptable quantity or proportion of such elements.

No person may manufacture, sell or store in high-risk petroleum equipment a petroleum product that does not meet the regulatory standards.

1987, c. 80, s. 5; 1994, c. 13, s. 15; 1997, c. 64, s. 2.

1994-06-17

5. No person or company may operate a facility for the purposes of trading in petroleum products unless he or it is the holder of a trading permit of a class determined by regulation, issued by the Minister of Natural Resources for each of his or its facilities.

1987, c. 80, s. 5; 1994, c. 13, s. 15.

1991-07-11

5. No person or company may operate a facility for the purposes of trading in petroleum products unless he or it is the holder of a trading permit of a class determined by regulation, issued by the Minister of Energy and Resources for each of his or its facilities.

1987, c. 80, s. 5.