Marginal note:2005, c. 23, s. 12(4)(E)

• 103. (1) Paragraphs 16(1)(c) and (d) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • (b.2) directing the offender to carry out environmental effects monitoring in the manner established by the Minister, or directing the offender to pay, in the manner specified by the court, an amount for the purpose of environmental effects monitoring;

  • (b.3) directing the offender to implement an environmental management system that meets a recognized Canadian or international standard specified by the court;

  • (b.4) directing the offender to pay to Her Majesty in right of Canada an amount of money that the court considers appropriate for the purpose of promoting the proper management, conservation or protection of migratory birds or their habitat;

  • (b.5) directing the person to pay, in the manner prescribed by the court, an amount to environmental or other groups to assist in their work in or for a community near the place where the offence was committed;

  • (c) directing the offender to publish, in the manner directed by the court, the facts relating to the commission of the offence and the details of the punishment imposed, including any orders made under this subsection;

  • (c.1) directing the offender to notify, at the offender’s own cost and in the manner directed by the court, any person aggrieved or affected by the offender’s conduct of the facts relating to the commission of the offence and of the details of the punishment imposed, including any orders made under this subsection;

  • (d) directing the offender to compensate any person, monetarily or otherwise, in whole or in part, for the cost of any remedial or preventive action taken, caused to be taken or to be taken as a result of the act or omission that constituted the offence, including costs of assessing appropriate remedial or preventive action;

• (1.1) Paragraph 16(1)(d.2) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • (d.2) directing the offender to pay, in the manner prescribed by the court, an amount to an educational institution including for scholarships for students enrolled in studies related to the environment;

• Marginal note:2005, c. 23, s. 12(6)(E)

  (2) Paragraphs 16(1)(g) and (h) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • (g) directing the offender to post a bond, provide surety or pay into court an amount of money that the court considers appropriate to ensure compliance with any prohibition, direction or requirement under this section;

  • (h) requiring the offender to comply with any other conditions that the court considers appropriate in the circumstances for securing the offender’s good conduct and for deterring the offender and any other person from committing offences under this Act;

  • (i) requiring the offender to surrender to the Minister any permit issued under this Act to the offender; and

  • (j) prohibiting the offender from applying for any new permit under this Act during any period that the court considers appropriate.

• Marginal note:2005, c. 23, s. 12(7)

  (3) Subsections 16(2) and (3) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Coming into force and duration of order

    (1.1) An order made under subsection (1) comes into force on the day on which it is made or on any other day that the court may determine and shall not continue in force for more than three years after that day unless the court provides otherwise in the order.

  • Marginal note:Publication

    (1.2) If an offender fails to comply with an order made under paragraph (1)(c), the Minister may, in the manner that the court directed the offender to do so, publish the facts relating to the commission of the offence and the details of the punishment imposed and recover the costs of publication from the offender.

  • Marginal note:Debt due to Her Majesty

    (1.3) If the court makes an order under paragraph (1)(b.4) or (d) directing an offender to pay an amount to Her Majesty in right of Canada, or if the Minister incurs publication costs under subsection (1.2), the amount or the costs, as the case may be, constitute a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada and may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

  • Marginal note:Enforcement

    (1.4) If the court makes an order under paragraph (1)(d) directing an offender to pay an amount to a person, other than to Her Majesty in right of Canada, and the amount is not paid without delay, the person may, by filing the order, enter as a judgment, in the superior court of the province in which the trial was held, the amount ordered to be paid, and that judgment is enforceable against the offender in the same manner as if it were a judgment rendered against the offender in that court in civil proceedings.

  • Marginal note:Cancellation or suspension of permits

    (1.5) If the court makes an order under paragraph (1)(i), any permit to which the order relates is cancelled unless the court makes an order suspending it for any period that the court considers appropriate.

  • Marginal note:Compensation for loss of property

    (2) The court may also, at the time sentence is imposed and on the application of a person who suffered loss of or damage to property as a result of the commission of the offence — other than an owner or operator of a vessel that committed the offence — order the offender to pay that person compensation for the loss.

  • Marginal note:Enforcement

    (3) If the amount that is ordered to be paid under paragraph (1)(d) or subsection (2) is not paid immediately, the person to whom the amount was ordered to be paid may, by filing the order, enter the amount as a judgment in the superior court of the province in which the trial was held, and the judgment is enforceable against the offender as if it were a judgment rendered against them in that court in civil proceedings.

104. Subsection 17.1(3) of the Act is replaced by the following:

105. Section 18 of the Act is replaced by the following:

106. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 18.2:

Marginal note:2005, c. 23, s. 15

107. Section 18.5 of the Act is repealed.

1997, c. 37SAGUENAY-ST. LAWRENCE MARINE PARK ACT

108. The definition “enforcement officer” in section 2 of the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Act is replaced by the following:

109. Sections 13 and 14 of the Act are replaced by the following: