Marine Transportation Security Act (S.C. 1994, c. 40)

Marginal note:Certificate of Minister

50. A document that purports to have been issued by the Minister and certifies the day on which the Minister became aware of a violation is evidence, without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the document, that the Minister became aware of the violation on that day.

Marginal note:Regulations

51. The Governor in Council may make regulations

• (a) designating, as a violation that may be proceeded with in accordance with sections 33 to 46, 49 and 50, the contravention of a provision that is an offence under this Act;

• (b) designating violations that, if continued on more than one day, constitute a separate violation for each day on which they are continued;

• (c) designating violations that may be proceeded with by issuing notices of violation and fixing a penalty or a range of penalties in respect of each such violation, up to a maximum of $25,000 but in any event not greater than the maximum fine that would be payable if the violation were proceeded with by way of summary conviction; and

• (d) prescribing anything that by subsections 33 to 50 is to be prescribed.