Canada Offshore Renewable Energy Regulations (SOR/2024-272)

Marginal note:Record keeping

• 67 (1) The operator must keep, at the operator’s principal place of business in Canada, electronic records of

  • (a) any documents and information submitted to the Regulator in support of an application for authorization;

  • (b) the results of the surveys and programs referred to in subparagraph 6(f)(i) or 50(f)(i), as the case may be, and, if applicable, the surveys referred to in paragraph 12(a);

  • (c) all documents and information submitted to the Regulator to meet a condition of an authorization; and

  • (d) all documents and information that demonstrate that the authorized work or activities were carried on

    • (i) in a manner that is in keeping with any information provided and any approach, methodology or technology proposed in an application in respect of the authorized work or activities, and

    • (ii) in conformity with these Regulations.

• Marginal note:Disclosure of records

  (2) The operator must, on request, disclose the records to the Regulator in the form and manner specified by the Regulator.

• Marginal note:Duration of retention

  (3) The records must be retained for five years after the day on which the decommissioning and abandonment of the facilities, equipment and systems related to the offshore renewable energy project or offshore power line ends, or, if the project or power line is terminated before any construction takes place, for five years after the day on which the site assessment ends.

PART 4Coming into Force

Marginal note:Registration

68 These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.