Mario Sergio, M.P.P.

April 26, 2004

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS

PIPELINE EXCAVATION SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, 2004 /
LOI DE 2004 SUR LA SÉCURITÉ ET LA RESPONSABILISATION RELATIVES À L'EXCAVATION DE PIPELINES

Mr Sergio moved first reading of the following bill:

Bill 67, An Act to provide for greater safety and accountability in pipeline excavations and to amend the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000 to require annual reports in the pipeline sector and to increase penalties for offences under the Act / Projet de loi 67, Loi prévoyant une sécurité et une responsabilisation accrues en matière d'excavation de pipelines et modifiant la Loi de 2000 sur les normes techniques et la sécurité afin d'exiger la présentation de rapports annuels dans le secteur des pipelines et d'augmenter les peines imposées pour les infractions à la Loi.

The Speaker (Hon Alvin Curling): Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion carry? Carried.

Mr Mario Sergio (York West): The bill places a duty on the operators of pipelines to obtain declarations from professional engineers specifying the location of their pipelines and places a duty on engineers to provide those declarations with care and skill. Anyone engaged in an activity that may interfere with a pipeline is required to first ascertain the location of the pipeline from the operator and then to engage in the activity that may interfere with the pipeline safely and with skill.

The bill also provides that it is an offence to breach any of the various duties imposed with respect to safe pipeline excavation and establishes maximum penalties for those offences.

In addition, the bill amends the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000, to require designated administrative authorities and directors to submit annual reports to the minister on the state of public safety in the oil and gas pipeline sector. The minister is required to submit each report to the Lieutenant Governor in Council and to table it in the Legislative Assembly.

Finally, the penalties for offenders under the act are increased, and the penalties for a director or officer of a body corporate who fails to take reasonable care to prevent the body corporate from committing an offence under the act are increased as well




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Releases Speeches Bills Statements and Questions	April 26, 2004 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS PIPELINE EXCAVATION SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, 2004 / LOI DE 2004 SUR LA SÉCURITÉ ET LA RESPONSABILISATION RELATIVES À L'EXCAVATION DE PIPELINES Mr Sergio moved first reading of the following bill: Bill 67, An Act to provide for greater safety and accountability in pipeline excavations and to amend the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000 to require annual reports in the pipeline sector and to increase penalties for offences under the Act / Projet de loi 67, Loi prévoyant une sécurité et une responsabilisation accrues en matière d'excavation de pipelines et modifiant la Loi de 2000 sur les normes techniques et la sécurité afin d'exiger la présentation de rapports annuels dans le secteur des pipelines et d'augmenter les peines imposées pour les infractions à la Loi. The Speaker (Hon Alvin Curling): Is it the pleasure of the House that the motion carry? Carried. Mr Mario Sergio (York West): The bill places a duty on the operators of pipelines to obtain declarations from professional engineers specifying the location of their pipelines and places a duty on engineers to provide those declarations with care and skill. Anyone engaged in an activity that may interfere with a pipeline is required to first ascertain the location of the pipeline from the operator and then to engage in the activity that may interfere with the pipeline safely and with skill. The bill also provides that it is an offence to breach any of the various duties imposed with respect to safe pipeline excavation and establishes maximum penalties for those offences. In addition, the bill amends the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000, to require designated administrative authorities and directors to submit annual reports to the minister on the state of public safety in the oil and gas pipeline sector. The minister is required to submit each report to the Lieutenant Governor in Council and to table it in the Legislative Assembly. Finally, the penalties for offenders under the act are increased, and the penalties for a director or officer of a body corporate who fails to take reasonable care to prevent the body corporate from committing an offence under the act are increased as well