Energy Monitoring Act

Here is the output: The Energy Administration Act, 1980-81-82-83, c. 112, has provisions related to the collection and disclosure of statistics and information by oil and gas dealers. Section 12 requires oil and gas dealers to submit returns setting out their production, processing, refining, storage, marketing, sale, and use of oil, gas, and petroleum products, as well as their costs, revenues, prices, and profits in connection with each activity. The Minister may require any oil and gas dealer to whom the Act does not apply to file a return setting out the statistics and information referred to in section 12 (s. 13). Every oil and gas dealer required to file a return must submit such additional statistics, information, and documentation as may be required by the Minister for any purpose related to the administration or enforcement of this Act (s. 14). The Minister may make the statistics, information, and documentation obtained under this Act available to the Energy Supplies Allocation Board established under the Energy Supplies Emergency Act (s. 15). Section 30 requires every energy enterprise and oil and gas dealer required by or under this Act to file a return to keep documents, records, and books of account at their place of business or other prescribed place in Canada. Every energy enterprise and oil and gas dealer required by section 30 must retain every document, record, or book of account until the expiration of six years from the end of the reporting period to which it relates (s. 31). Section 32 requires every energy enterprise and oil and gas dealer required by section 30 to make their documents, records, and books of account available at all reasonable times to any person authorized by the Minister for the purpose of audit or examination. The statistics, information, and documentation obtained under this Act are privileged and shall not knowingly be communicated, disclosed, or made available without the written consent of the person from whom they were obtained (s. 33). Exceptions are provided where the disclosure is necessary for the purposes of administration or enforcement of this Act, legal proceedings related thereto, or criminal proceedings under this Act or any other Act of Parliament. The Minister may disclose any statistic, information, or documentation obtained under this Act where he considers the disclosure to be in the public interest (s. 36). Every person who fails to file a return as and when required by this Act is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both (s. 38).