Canadian Navigable Waters Act

Marginal note:Orders

• 13 (1) For the purposes of section 5.1, the Minister may, by order,

  • (a) establish classes of works or navigable waters; and

  • (b) impose any terms and conditions with respect to the placement, construction, maintenance, operation, safety, use and removal of those classes of works or works that are built or placed in, on, over, under, through or across those classes of navigable waters.

• Marginal note:Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act

  (2) An order under subsection (1)

  • (a) is not a statutory instrument within the meaning of the Statutory Instruments Act; and

  • (b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after the day on which it is made.

• Marginal note:Incorporation by reference

  (3) An order may incorporate any material by reference, regardless of its source, either as it exists on a particular date or as amended from time to time.