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Contraventions Regulations

Version of the schedule from 2007-03-22 to 2019-06-16:

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SCHEDULE XI(Sections 1 to 3)Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Act

Marine Activities in the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Regulations

Item	Provision of Marine Activities in the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Regulations	Short-Form Description	Fine ($)
	Column I	Column II	Column III
1	3(1)	(a) Operating a marine tour business without a permit or without authorization	500
		(b) Operating a marine tour business not in accordance with the conditions of a permit	300
		(c) Operating a shuttle service without a permit or without authorization	500
		(d) Operating a shuttle service not in accordance with the conditions of a permit	300
2	3(2)	(a) Conducting scientific research without a permit or without authorization	400
		(b) Conducting scientific research not in accordance with the conditions of a permit	300
		(c) Holding a special activity without a permit or without authorization	400
		(d) Holding a special activity not in accordance with the conditions of a permit	300
3	4	Failing to ensure that a vessel is operated in a manner that does not contravene the Regulations	300
4	6(3)	Failing to immediately notify the Minister of a change in the information provided in the application for a permit	300
5	7	Failing to allow a park warden or enforcement officer to inspect a vessel operated under a permit	500
6	11(1)(a)(i)	Failing to notify the Minister, in writing, of the name, address and telephone number of the transferee of a permit	300
7	11(1)(a)(ii)	Failing to notify the Minister, in writing, of the proposed date of transfer of a permit	300
8	11(1)(a)(iii)	Failing to notify the Minister, in writing, of a change in business name or name and registration or listing number of the commercial vessel of the new permit holder	300
9	11(1)(a)(iv)	Failing to notify the Minister, in writing, of a change in the information provided in the application for a permit	300
10	12	Failing to ensure that a vessel flies the appropriate identification flag issued with a permit	100
11	14(1)	Engaging in behaviour that may kill, injure or disturb a marine mammal	500
12	14(2)	Failing to report immediately to a park warden or an enforcement officer an accident in which a marine mammal is killed or injured or a collision with a marine mammal	300
13	15(1)	(a) Permitting a vessel to approach a cetacean within a distance of less than 200 m	250
13	15(1)	(b) Permitting a marine tour business vessel to approach a cetacean within a distance of less than 100 m	250
14	15(2)	(a) Placing a vessel within the path of a cetacean such that the cetacean will pass within a distance of less than 200 m from the vessel	200
14	15(2)	(b) Placing a marine tour business vessel within the path of a cetacean such that the cetacean will pass within a distance of less than 100 m from the vessel	200
15	15(3)	(a) Failing to maintain a vessel in a stationary position until an approaching cetacean has dived towards the seabed or moved more than 200 m from the vessel	200
15	15(3)	(b) Failing to maintain a marine tour business vessel in a stationary position until an approaching cetacean has dived towards the seabed or moved more than 100 m from the vessel	200
16	15(4)	Failing to maintain a minimum distance of 400 m between a vessel and an endangered marine mammal	300
17	16	Permitting a marine tour business vessel to approach within a distance of less than 200 m from a cetacean when there are more than four vessels within 400 m from the vessel	200
18	17	(a) Diving or swimming within a distance of less than 200 m from a cetacean	150
18	17	(b) Diving or swimming within a distance of less than 400 m from an endangered marine mammal	300
19	18	(a) Flying an aircraft over the park at an altitude of less than 2,000 feet (609.6 m) from the surface of the water without authorization	200
		(b) Taking off in an aircraft in the park without authorization	300
		(c) Landing an aircraft in the park without authorization	300
20	19	Operating a vessel at a speed greater than 25 knots	150
21	20	Operating a vessel at a speed greater than 10 knots in the observation zone of another vessel or in an observation area	250
22	21(a)	(a) Operating a vessel at a speed greater than the minimum speed required to manoeuvre the vessel when it is between 200 m and 400 m from a cetacean	200
22	21(a)	(b) Operating a marine tour business vessel at a speed greater than the minimum speed required to manoeuvre the vessel when it is between 100 m and 400 m from a cetacean	200
23	21(b)	(a) Stopping or starting a vessel, or changing its direction, in a repetitive manner when it is between 200 m and 400 m from a cetacean	200
23	21(b)	(b) Stopping or starting a marine tour business vessel, or changing its direction, in a repetitive manner when it is between 100 m and 400 m from a cetacean	200
24	22	Failing to reduce the speed of a vessel to the minimum speed required to manoeuvre it on encountering an endangered marine mammal at a distance of less than 400 m	300
25	23(1)(a)	Permitting a marine tour business vessel to approach a cetacean within a distance of between 100 m and 200 m for more than two periods of 30 minutes each during an excursion	200
26	23(1)(b)	Permitting a marine tour business vessel to approach a cetacean within a distance of between 100 m and 200 m more than once in the same observation zone or observation area	200
27	23(2)	Failing to indicate to all other commercial vessels nearby that a marine tour business vessel is in observation mode	150
28	23(3)	(a) Keeping a vessel in observation mode for more than one hour	150
28	23(3)	(b) Operating a vessel for more than one hour in the observation zone of another vessel or in an observation area	150
29	23(4)	Permitting a vessel to re-enter the observation zone of another vessel or an observation area before one hour has elapsed	150

SOR/2004-25, s. 1
SOR/2007-62, s. 3(F)

Date modified:: 2024-12-10