C-61.01 - Natural Heritage Conservation Act

Section 69.5 Disposition versions

2022-05-12

69.5. (Repealed).

2021, c. 1, s. 42; 2022, c. 8, s. 19.

2021-03-19

69.5. Persons designated by the Minister may impose monetary administrative penalties on any person who fails to comply with this Act or the regulations in the cases and on the conditions set out in them.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, the Minister shall develop and make public a general framework for applying such administrative penalties in connection with penal proceedings, specifying, in particular, the following elements:

(1)  the purpose of the penalties, such as urging the person to take rapid measures to remedy the failure and deter its repetition;

(2)  the categories of functions held by the persons designated to impose penalties;

(3)  the criteria that must guide designated persons when a failure to comply has occurred, such as the type of failure, its repetitive nature, the seriousness of the effects or potential effects, and the measures taken by the person to remedy it;

(4)  the circumstances in which priority will be given to penal proceedings; and

(5)  the other procedures connected with such a penalty, such as the fact that it must be preceded by notification of a notice of non-compliance.

The general framework must give the categories of administrative or penal sanctions as defined by the Act or the regulations.

2021, c. 1, s. 42.