Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (S.C. 1995, c. 40)

Marginal note:Certain defences not available

• 18 (1) A person named in a notice of violation does not have a defence by reason that the person

  • (a) exercised due diligence to prevent the violation; or

  • (b) reasonably and honestly believed in the existence of facts that, if true, would exonerate the person.

• Marginal note:Common law principles

  (2) Every rule and principle of the common law that renders any circumstance a justification or excuse in relation to a charge for an offence under an agri-food Act applies in respect of a violation to the extent that it is not inconsistent with this Act.