M-11.6 - Act respecting certain measures enabling the enforcement of environmental and dam safety legislation

Section 21 Disposition versions

2022-05-12

21. The Minister develops and makes public a general framework for applying monetary administrative penalties in connection with penal proceedings, specifying the following elements, in particular:

(1)  the purposes of the penalties, including to encourage a person to rapidly take the measures required to remedy the failure to comply and to deter its repetition;

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

(3)  the criteria that must guide the designated persons when a failure to comply has been ascertained, including the nature of the failure, whether it has been repeated, the benefits derived from it, the seriousness of the harm or potential harm resulting from it and the measures taken by the person to remedy the failure;

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

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

2022, c. 8, s. 1.

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In force: 2022-05-12

21. The Minister develops and makes public a general framework for applying monetary administrative penalties in connection with penal proceedings, specifying the following elements, in particular:

(1)  the purposes of the penalties, including to encourage a person to rapidly take the measures required to remedy the failure to comply and to deter its repetition;

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

(3)  the criteria that must guide the designated persons when a failure to comply has been ascertained, including the nature of the failure, whether it has been repeated, the benefits derived from it, the seriousness of the harm or potential harm resulting from it and the measures taken by the person to remedy the failure;

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

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

2022, c. 8, s. 1.