Public Ports and Public Port Facilities Regulations (SOR/2001-154)

12. This Part applies to public ports and public port facilities designated under section 65 of the Act and for which the Minister continues to have the management under subsection 72(8) of that Act.

13. This Part is binding on Her Majesty in right of Canada or a province.

14. Unless otherwise authorized under these Regulations, no person shall, by act or omission, do anything or permit anything to be done in a public port or at a public port facility that has or is likely to have any of the following results:

• (a) to jeopardize the safety or health of persons in the public port or at the public port facility;

• (b) to interfere with navigation;

• (c) to obstruct or threaten any part of the public port or the public port facility;

• (d) to interfere with an authorized activity in the public port or at the public port facility;

• (e) to divert the flow of a river or stream, cause or affect currents, cause silting or the accumulation of material or otherwise reduce the depth of the waters of the public port;

• (f) to cause a nuisance;

• (g) to cause damage to ships or other property;

• (h) to adversely affect sediment, soil, air or water quality; or

• (i) to adversely affect public port or public port facility operations.

15. No person shall access any area of a public port facility unless

• (a) the person accesses the area to conduct legitimate business in the area;

• (b) the person is authorized by a port official to access the area; or

• (c) access is not restricted by a sign or in some other way such as by a fence.

16. A port official may have signs posted or devices placed for the purpose of ensuring the safety of persons and property in a public port or at a public port facility, the environmental protection of the public port or the public port facility, or the management and development of the marine infrastructure and services in the public port or at the public port facility.

• 17. (1) Every person in a public port or at a public port facility must comply with the instructions on signs posted and with devices placed under the authority of a port official unless the person is authorized by the port official to do otherwise.

• (2) No person shall remove, mark or deface any sign or device within a public port or at a public port facility.