Antarctic Environmental Protection Act

Marginal note:Contravention of Act and regulations

• 50 (1) Every person or Canadian vessel commits an offence if the person or vessel contravenes

  • (a) a provision of this Act or the regulations;

  • (b) an obligation or a prohibition arising from this Act or the regulations, including one arising from a condition of a permit;

  • (c) an order or a direction made under this Act; or

  • (d) an order, direction or decision of a court made under this Act.

• Marginal note:Penalties

  (2) Every person or Canadian vessel that commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable

  • (a) on conviction on indictment

    • (i) for a first offence, to a fine of not more than $1,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both, and

    • (ii) for a second offence, to a fine of not more than $2,000,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years, or to both; or

  • (b) on summary conviction

    • (i) for a first offence, to a fine of not more than $300,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both, and

    • (ii) for a second offence, to a fine of not more than $600,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both.