Compliance Assurance – Enforcement – Bulletin
The AER released Bulletin 2016-01 announcing the harmonization of the AER’s new compliance assurance requirements under “energy resource enactments” and “specified enactments” under the Responsible Energy Development Act. The following documents were released, effective immediately with Bulletin 2016-01:
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The Integrated Compliance Assurance Framework (“ICAF”); and
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Manual 013: Compliance and Enforcement Program (“Manual 013”).
The AER described the key terms in the ICAF and Manual 013 as follows:
Of note, the AER rescinded Directive 019: Compliance Assurance effective immediately, which is replaced with Manual 013. The AER noted that it plans to make consequential amendments to its directives, manuals, orders, approvals and other documents to update references to “Directive 019” to refer to “Manual 013”.
