Canadian Navigable Waters Act

Marginal note:Rebuilding or repair of lawful work

• 10 (1) Any lawful work may be rebuilt or repaired if, in the opinion of the Minister, interference with navigation is not increased by the rebuilding or repairing.

• Marginal note:Alteration of lawful work

  (2) Any lawful work may be altered if

  • (a) plans of the proposed alteration are deposited with and approved by the Minister; and

  • (b) in the opinion of the Minister, interference with navigation is not increased by the alteration.

• Marginal note:Plans deemed to include alteration

  (3) For the purposes of sections 5, 6 and 12, a reference to the plans of a work shall be construed as including the plans of the alteration thereof referred to in subsection (2).

• Marginal note:Where work endangers or interferes with navigation

  (4) Where, in the opinion of the Minister, an existing lawful work has become a danger to or an interference with navigation by reason of the passage of time and changing conditions in navigation of the navigable waters concerned, any rebuilding, repair or alteration of the work shall be treated in the same manner as a new work.