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, 2001; 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, 2001, or authorized by the Minister for scientific purposes.