Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994

Marginal note:Prohibition

• 5.1 (1) No person or vessel shall deposit a substance that is harmful to migratory birds, or permit such a substance to be deposited, in waters or an area frequented by migratory birds or in a place from which the substance may enter such waters or such an area.

• Marginal note:Prohibition

  (2) No person or vessel shall deposit a substance or permit a substance to be deposited in any place if the substance, in combination with one or more substances, results in a substance — in waters or an area frequented by migratory birds or in a place from which it may enter such waters or such an area — that is harmful to migratory birds.

• Marginal note:Saving

  (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if

  • (a) the deposit is authorized under the Canada Shipping Act; or

  • (b) the substance is of a type and quantity, and the deposit is made under conditions, authorized under an Act of Parliament other than the Canada Shipping Act, or authorized by the Minister for scientific purposes.