Q-2 - Environment Quality Act

Section 46.8 Disposition versions

2022-05-12

46.8. Subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the Government, the Minister may grant

(1)  the available emission units, either by allocating them without charge to emitters required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions, or by selling them at auction or by agreement to persons determined by regulation of the Government;

(2)  offset credits to any person having carried out, in whole or in part, in accordance with the regulation made under section 46.8.2, a project eligible for such credits that has resulted in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions or in the removal of such gases from the atmosphere, which removal may result from their sequestration,

(3)  early reduction credits to emitters who are required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions and have voluntarily, during a period determined by regulation of the Government, reduced their emissions before the date on which they were legally required to cover them; and

(4)  any other type of emission allowance determined by regulation of the Government.

After each allocation of emission units without charge, the Minister publishes on the Minister’s department’s website a list of the emitters that have received an allocation and the total number of emission units allocated without charge to all emitters. The Government may, by regulation, prescribe any other information the Minister must publish concerning emission units allocated without charge and those sold at auction under section 46.8.1.

2009, c. 33, s. 1; 2013, c. 16, s. 172; 2017, c. 4, s. 76; 2020, c. 19, s. 20; 2022, c. 8, s. 137.

2020-11-01

46.8. Subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the Government, the Minister may grant

(1)  the available emission units, either by allocating them without charge to emitters required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions, or by selling them at auction or by agreement to persons or municipalities determined by regulation of the Government;

(2)  offset credits to any person or municipality having carried out, in whole or in part, in accordance with the regulation made under section 46.8.2, a project eligible for such credits that has resulted in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions or in the removal of such gases from the atmosphere, which removal may result from their sequestration,

(3)  early reduction credits to emitters who are required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions and have voluntarily, during a period determined by regulation of the Government, reduced their emissions before the date on which they were legally required to cover them; and

(4)  any other type of emission allowance determined by regulation of the Government.

After each allocation of emission units without charge, the Minister publishes on the Minister’s department’s website a list of the emitters that have received an allocation and the total number of emission units allocated without charge to all emitters. The Government may, by regulation, prescribe any other information the Minister must publish concerning emission units allocated without charge and those sold at auction under section 46.8.1.

2009, c. 33, s. 1; 2013, c. 16, s. 172; 2017, c. 4, s. 76; 2020, c. 19, s. 20.

2017-03-23

46.8. Subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the Government, the Minister may grant

(1)  the available emission units, either by allocating them without charge to emitters required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions, or by selling them at auction or by agreement to persons or municipalities determined by regulation of the Government;

(2)  offset credits to emitters who, in accordance with the protocol made under the second paragraph, have reduced their greenhouse gas emissions or to persons or municipalities who avoid causing emissions or who capture, store or eliminate greenhouse gases in the course of activities and during a period determined by regulation of the Government;

(3)  early reduction credits to emitters who are required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions and have voluntarily, during a period determined by regulation of the Government, reduced their emissions before the date on which they were legally required to cover them; and

(4)  any other type of emission allowance determined by regulation of the Government.

The Minister may, by regulation, establish protocols to determine the eligibility of projects for offset credits and define the methods to be used by those projects to achieve and quantify reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.

After each allocation of emission units without charge, the Minister publishes on the Minister’s department’s website a list of the emitters that have received an allocation and the total number of emission units allocated without charge to all emitters.

2009, c. 33, s. 1; 2013, c. 16, s. 172; 2017, c. 4, s. 76.

2013-06-14

46.8. Subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the Government, the Minister may grant

(1)  the available emission units, either by allocating them without charge to emitters required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions, or by selling them at auction or by agreement to persons or municipalities determined by regulation of the Government;

(2)  offset credits to emitters who have reduced their greenhouse gas emissions or to persons or municipalities who avoid causing emissions or who capture, store or eliminate greenhouse gases in the course of activities and during a period determined by regulation of the Government;

(3)  early reduction credits to emitters who are required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions and have voluntarily, during a period determined by regulation of the Government, reduced their emissions before the date on which they were legally required to cover them; and

(4)  any other type of emission allowance determined by regulation of the Government.

After each allocation of emission units without charge, the Minister publishes in the Gazette officielle du Québec a list of the emitters that have received an allocation and the total number of emission units allocated without charge to all emitters.

2009, c. 33, s. 1; 2013, c. 16, s. 172.

2011-12-14

46.8. Subject to the conditions determined by regulation of the Government, the Minister may grant

(1)  the available emission units, either by allocating them without charge to emitters required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions, or by selling them at auction or by agreement to persons or municipalities determined by regulation of the Government;

(2)  offset credits to emitters who have reduced their greenhouse gas emissions or to persons or municipalities who avoid causing emissions or who capture, store or eliminate greenhouse gases in the course of activities and during a period determined by regulation of the Government;

(3)  early reduction credits to emitters who are required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions and have voluntarily, during a period determined by regulation of the Government, reduced their emissions before the date on which they were legally required to cover them; and

(4)  any other type of emission allowance determined by regulation of the Government.

After each allocation of emission units without charge, the Minister publishes in the Gazette officielle du Québec a list of the emitters required to cover their greenhouse gas emissions and the number of emission units allocated to each of them.

2009, c. 33, s. 1.