Short title

        1. This Order may be cited as the Labrador Hydro Project Exemption Order.

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Definition

        2. In this Order, the "Labrador Hydro Project" means the planning for, including discussions with potential purchasers or partners, the environmental, economic and engineering study of and, where approved, the design and construction of some or all of

             (a )  generation and related facilities at Churchill Falls , Labrador ;

             (b)  generation and related facilities at Gull Island , Labrador ;

             (c)  generation and related facilities at Muskrat Falls , Labrador ;

             (d)  dams , dykes or other works required for the generation of power at the sites referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c);

             (e)  the transmission facilities necessary to deliver power generated at the sites referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) to the island portion of the province and the border of the Province of Quebec and Labrador; and

              (f)  other facilities related to the activities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (e).

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Exemption

        3. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro is exempt from the Electrical Power Control Act, 1994 and the Public Utilities Act for all aspects of its activities pertaining to the Labrador Hydro Project as defined in section 2.

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