Oil Product Designation Regulations Update

Summary#

These are final, short amendments to the Oil Product Designation Regulations. They update old references to the repealed National Energy Board Act so the rules point to the new Canadian Energy Regulator Act. The changes came into force on March 16, 2020.

What it does#

• Replaces the long title with Oil Product Designation Regulations and removes the old section 1 and its heading.
• Changes a cross-reference in the regulations from “parts VI and VI.1 of the National Energy Board Act” to “Part 9 of the Canadian Energy Regulator Act.”
• The amendments are described as housekeeping: they fix wording and legal references after the National Energy Board was replaced by the Canadian Energy Regulator.
• The regulations came into force on the day they were registered: March 16, 2020.

Who's affected#

• The Canadian Energy Regulator and anyone who reads or enforces these regulations will see clearer, up-to-date legal references.
• Parties that deal with the specific substances named in the underlying rules — methanol and methyl tertiary butyl ether — could notice the change only as an administrative update. The original designations for those substances are not changed by this amendment.
• The government says there are no new costs or new obligations for businesses or the public.

Why it matters#

• The change keeps federal rules accurate after the replacement of the National Energy Board with the Canadian Energy Regulator.
• That reduces confusion about which law and which regulator apply.
• Practically, this is an administrative cleanup. It does not add new duties or change which products are covered.