Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

Marginal note:Rail carrier — registration required

• 62 (1) A person (other than a registered emitter) that is an interjurisdictional rail carrier in respect of a type of fuel that is a qualifying rail fuel is required to be registered at a particular time for the purposes of this Part, if it can reasonably be expected that, during the calendar year that includes the particular time, all or substantially all of the fuel of that type used by the person will be used in vehicles and the greatest proportion of the fuel used in vehicles will be used in locomotives

  • (a) unless paragraph (b) applies, as a rail carrier in respect of that type of fuel; or

  • (b) as either a specified rail carrier or rail carrier in respect of that type of fuel if the interjurisdictional rail carrier is a prescribed person, a person of a prescribed class or a person meeting prescribed conditions.

• Marginal note:Rail carrier — registration required

  (2) A person is required to be registered for the purposes of this Part

  • (a) as a specified rail carrier in respect of a type of fuel if

    • (i) the person is a prescribed person, a person of a prescribed class or a person meeting prescribed conditions, or

    • (ii) prescribed circumstances exist or prescribed conditions are met; or

  • (b) as a rail carrier in respect of a type of fuel if

    • (i) the person is a prescribed person, a person of a prescribed class or a person meeting prescribed conditions, or

    • (ii) prescribed circumstances exist or prescribed conditions are met.

• Marginal note:Rail carrier — registration permitted

  (3) A person may apply to the Minister to be registered for the purposes of this Part

  • (a) as a specified rail carrier in respect of a type of fuel if

    • (i) the person is a prescribed person, a person of a prescribed class or a person meeting prescribed conditions, or

    • (ii) prescribed circumstances exist or prescribed conditions are met; or

  • (b) as a rail carrier in respect of a type of fuel if

    • (i) the person is a prescribed person, a person of a prescribed class or a person meeting prescribed conditions, or

    • (ii) prescribed circumstances exist or prescribed conditions are met.

• Marginal note:Timing of application

  (4) A person that is required under this section to be registered as a specified rail carrier or rail carrier in respect of a type of fuel must apply to the Minister for registration

  • (a) unless paragraph (b) applies, before the later of commencement day and the day that the person first meets the conditions under subsection (1); or

  • (b) if prescribed circumstances exist or prescribed conditions are met, before the prescribed time.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (5) This section does not apply

  • (a) to a prescribed person, a person of a prescribed class or a person meeting prescribed conditions; or

  • (b) if prescribed circumstances exist or prescribed conditions are met.