Legislation

The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources is responsible for the following legislation:

1. BC Hydro Public Power Legacy and Heritage Contract Act
2. Coal Act
3. Coalbed Gas Act
4. Energy Efficiency Act
5. Fort Nelson Indian Reserve Minerals Revenue Sharing Act
6. Gas Utility Act
7. Geothermal Resources Act
8. Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirement) Act
9. Hydro and Power Authority Act
10. Hydro Power Measures Act
11. Indian Reserve Mineral Resource Act
12. Mineral Land Tax Act*
13. Mineral Tax Act*
14. Mineral Tenure Act
15. Mines Act
16. Mining Right of Way Act
17. Ministry of Energy and Mines Act
18. Natural Gas Price Act
19. Oil and Gas Activities Act
20. Oil and Gas Commission Act
21. Petroleum and Natural Gas Act (The Act except sections 74-77)*
22. Petroleum and Natural Gas (Vancouver Island Railway Lands) Act
23. Pipeline Act
24. Power for Jobs Development Act
25. Transmission Corporation Act
26. Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Act
27. West Kootenay Power and Light Company Act, 1897 (Private Act)

To view these statutes and their regulations, visit: http://www.bclaws.ca/

Notes: *The Minister of Finance and Minister Responsible for the Olympics is charged with the administration of the Mineral Land Tax Act and the Mineral Tax Act and sections 74-77 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act insofar as they relate to the collection of public money, as defined in section 1 of the Financial Administration Act, other than a fine, or the adminstration of deposits and securities payable under the enactment.