Information and Management of Time Limits Regulations

Marginal note:Suspension of time limits

2 For the purposes of any of subsections 9(5), 18(5), 28(9), 36(3) and 37(6) of the Act, a time limit may be suspended in respect of the following activities and in the following circumstances:

• (a) any activity related to a request to designate a physical activity or to a designated project, if the proponent submits a written request to the Agency in that regard;

• (b) the undertaking of studies or the collection of information by the proponent related to a change in the design, construction or operation plans for a designated project and the resulting effects of the change, if the Agency or the review panel, as the case may be, is of the opinion that the change would alter the potential effects of the project and there is not sufficient information available to it for the purpose of conducting the impact assessment or preparing the impact assessment report; and

• (c) the collection, by the Agency or the review panel, of any fees, charges or levies, costs or amounts referred to in section 76 of the Act if they are not paid by the proponent within the time limit set out in section 80 of the Act.