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Canadian Navigable Waters Act

Version of section 18 from 2019-08-28 to 2024-03-06:


Marginal note:Debt

  •  (1) The amount of the costs incurred by the Minister while acting under subsection 15(4) or 15.1(2) or section 15.2 or subsection 16(2) constitutes a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

  • Marginal note:Recovery by Her Majesty

    (2) Such debts are recoverable from

    • (a) the person in charge of the obstruction at the time the obstruction was occasioned;

    • (b) any person through whose act or fault or through the act or fault of whose servant the obstruction was occasioned or continued;

    • (b.1) the person in charge of the potential obstruction at the time potential obstruction was identified;

    • (b.2) any person through whose act or fault or through the act or fault of whose servant the potential obstruction was occasioned or continued; or

    • (c) the person to whom the order referred to in subsection 16(1) is given.

  • R.S., 1985, c. N-22, s. 18
  • 2009, c. 2, s. 334
  • 2012, c. 31, s. 318
  • 2019, c. 28, s. 54

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