Assisted Human Reproduction Act

Marginal note:Taking measures

• 44 (1) If the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that this Act has been, or is likely to be, contravened, the Minister may take, or order any person to take, all reasonable measures that the Minister considers necessary to mitigate the effects of the contravention or to prevent the contravention.

• (2) and (3) [Repealed, 2012, c. 19, s. 725]

• Marginal note:Personal liability

  (4) No person who takes measures under this section, or who takes measures specified in an order made under this section, is personally liable either civilly or criminally in respect of any act or omission in the course of taking those measures unless it is established that the person acted in bad faith.

• Marginal note:Exception

  (5) Subsection (4) does not apply to a person who has committed a contravention of this Act.

• Marginal note:Statutory Instruments Act

  (6) For greater certainty, orders made under this section are not statutory instruments within the meaning of the Statutory Instruments Act.