Bill C-284
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2nd Session, 36th Parliament, 48 Elizabeth II, 1999
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The House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-284 |
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An Act to amend the Canada Transportation
Act (discontinued railway lines)
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| 1996, cc. 10,
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1. Subsection 146(1) of the Canada
Transportation Act is replaced by the
following:
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| Disconti- nuation
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146. (1) Where a railway company has
complied with the process set out in sections
143 to 145, but an agreement for the sale, lease
or other transfer of the railway line or an
interest in the railway line is not entered into
through that process, the railway company
may discontinue operating the line on
providing notice of the discontinuance to the
Agency.
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| Obligations of
the railway
company
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(1.1) Where a railway company has given
notice of a discontinuance to the Agency, the
railway company has no obligations under this
Act in respect of the operation of the railway
line and has no obligations with respect to any
operation by VIA Rail Canada Inc. over the
railway line.
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| Moratorium
on
dismantling
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(1.2) The railway company may remove
any switches at junctions between the
discontinued line and any line it still operates,
but the railway company or any other person
may not otherwise dismantle the railway line,
any yard tracks, sidings, spurs, bridges or
trestles in respect of that line, or other track
auxiliary to the railway line for three years
from the day on which the railway company
gave notice of the discontinuance to the
Agency.
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