On Clause 2,
André Bellavance moved, — That Bill C-33, in Clause 2, be amended by replacing lines 4 to 41 on page 2 with the following:“2. (1) Subsection 140(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:
140. (1) The Governor in Council may not make a regulation under section 139 unless the Minister has first laid the proposed regulation before the House of Commons.
(1.1) A proposed regulation that is laid before the House of Commons is deemed to be automatically referred to the appropriate committee of the House, as determined by the rules of the House, and the committee may conduct inquiries or public hearings with respect to the proposed regulation and report its findings to the House.
(1.2) The Governor in Council may make a regulation under section 139 only if
(a) the House of Commons has not concurred in any report from a committee respecting the proposed regulation within the thirty sitting days following the day on which the proposed regulation was laid before the House, in which case the regulation may only be made in the form laid; or
(b) the House of Commons has concurred in a report from a committee approving the proposed regulation or an amended version of it, in which case the Governor in Council may only make the regulation in the form concurred in.
(1.3) For the purpose of this section, "sitting day" means a day on which the House of Commons sits.
(1.4) Subject to this section, the Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations for carrying out the purposes of section 139, including regulations respecting
(a) the concentrations or quantities of an element, component or additive in a fuel;
(b) the physical or chemical properties of a fuel;
(c) the characteristics of a fuel, based on a formula related to the fuel's properties or conditions of use;
(d) the blending of fuels;
(e) the transfer and handling of a fuel;
(f) the keeping of books and records by persons who produce, sell or import fuel or blend fuels;
(g) the auditing of the books and records and the submission of audit reports and copies of the books and records;
(h) the submission by persons who produce, sell or import fuel or blend fuels of information regarding
(i) the fuel and any element, component or additive contained in the fuel,
(ii) any physical or chemical property of the fuel or any substance intended for use as an additive to the fuel,
(iii) the adverse effects from the use of the fuel, or any additive contained in the fuel, on the environment, on human life or health, on combustion technology and on emission control equipment, and
(iv) the techniques that may be used to detect and measure elements, components, additives and physical and chemical properties;
(i) the conduct of sampling, analyses, tests, measurements or monitoring of fuels and additives and the submission of the results;
(j) the submission of samples of fuels and additives;
(k) the conditions, test procedures and laboratory practices to be followed for conducting sampling, analyses, tests, measurements or monitoring; and
(l) the submission of reports on the quantity of fuel produced or sold for export.
(2) Subsection 140(3) of the Act is replaced”