Canadian Navigable Waters Act

Marginal note:Designated places to deposit materials

• 26 (1) The Governor in Council may, by regulation, designate places in any navigable water that is not within the jurisdiction of any person referred to in section 25, where stone, gravel, earth, cinders, ashes or other material may be deposited even if the minimum depth of water at that place may be less than 36 metres.

• Marginal note:Ministerial approval

  (2) The Minister may, on application, authorize the deposit of materials in a place designated under subsection (1).

• Marginal note:Application

  (3) An application under subsection (2) must be made in the form and manner, and contain the information, specified by the Minister.

• Marginal note:Non-application

  (4) For greater certainty, this section does not apply with respect to the dumping of fill done in compliance with an approval issued under subsection 7(6).