Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33)

Act current to 2013-04-29 and last amended on 2012-11-01. Previous Versions

Direction of Ships

Marginal note:Power to direct ship

  • 225.1 (1) An enforcement officer may direct a ship that is in an area of the sea referred to in any of paragraphs 122(2)(a) to (d) and (g) to proceed, by the route and in the manner that the enforcement officer may specify, to any place specified by the enforcement officer if the enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that

    • (a) the ship is committing, has committed or is about to commit in an area of the sea referred to in any of paragraphs 122(2)(a) to (d) an offence arising out of a contravention of Division 3 of Part 7 or of any regulation made under that Division; or

    • (b) a person on board the ship is committing, has committed or is about to commit such an offence in such an area and the ship was, is being or is about to be used in connection with the commission of the offence.

  • Marginal note:Power to direct ship

    (2) If a ship is in an area of the sea referred to in paragraph 122(2)(f), an enforcement officer may, with the consent of the foreign state that has jurisdiction in that area, direct the ship to proceed, by the route and in the manner that the enforcement officer may specify, to any place specified by the enforcement officer if the enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that

    • (a) the ship is committing, has committed or is about to commit in an area of the sea referred to in any of paragraphs 122(2)(a) to (d) an offence arising out of a contravention of Division 3 of Part 7 or of any regulation made under that Division; or

    • (b) a person on board the ship is committing, has committed or is about to commit such an offence in such an area and the ship was, is being or is about to be used in connection with the commission of the offence.

  • 2005, c. 23, s. 35.

Assistance to Enforcement Officers and Analysts

Marginal note:Right of passage

226. While carrying out powers, duties or functions under this Act, enforcement officers and analysts, and any persons accompanying them, may enter on and pass through or over private property without being liable for doing so and without any person having the right to object to that use of the property.

  • 1999, c. 33, s. 226;
  • 2009, c. 14, s. 58.
Previous Version
Marginal note:Assistance

227. The owner or the person in charge of a place entered by an enforcement officer or analyst under section 218 or 220, and every person found in the place, shall

  • (a) give the enforcement officer or analyst all reasonable assistance to enable them to carry out duties and functions under this Act; and

  • (b) provide the enforcement officer or analyst with any information with respect to the administration of this Act and the regulations that the enforcement officer or analyst may reasonably require.

Marginal note:Obstruction

228. While an enforcement officer or analyst is exercising powers or carrying out duties and functions under this Act, no person shall

  • (a) knowingly make any false or misleading statement, either orally or in writing, to them; or

  • (b) otherwise obstruct or hinder them.