Definition(s)
Jurisdiction
A legally constituted government administration that may adopt rules relating to pressure vessels.
Source: API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, Tenth Edition, May 2014, with Addendum May 2017. Global Standards
Source: API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-Service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration Downstream Segment, Ninth Edition, June 2006. Global Standards
Jurisdiction
A legally constituted governmental administration that may adopt rules relating to process piping systems.
Source: API 570, Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems, Fourth Edition, February 2016, with Addendum May 2017. Global Standards
Jurisdiction
For the purposes of this section and sections 41 and 42, “jurisdiction” includes
- a federal authority;
- the government of a province;
- any other agency or body established pursuant to an Act of Parliament or the legislature of a province and having powers, duties or functions in relation to an assessment of the environmental effects of a project;
- any body established pursuant to a land claims agreement referred to in section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 and having powers, duties or functions in relation to an assessment of the environmental effects of a project;
- a government of a foreign state or of a subdivision of a foreign state, or any institution of such a government; and
- an international organization of states or any institution of such an organization.
Source: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, c. 37, Canada, as consolidated November 2003. Legislation