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Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations

SOR/2014-233

RAILWAY SAFETY ACT

Registration 2014-10-10

Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations

P.C. 2014-1022 2014-10-09

His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport, pursuant to section 40.1Footnote ^a and subsection 40.11(2)Footnote ^a of the Railway Safety ActFootnote ^b, makes the annexed Railway Safety Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations.

Return to footnote ^aS.C. 2012, c. 7, s. 31
Return to footnote ^bR.S., c. 32 (4th Supp.)

Interpretation

Definition of Act

1 In these Regulations, Act means the Railway Safety Act.

Designated Provisions

Marginal note:Designated provisions

2 (1) A provision of the Act or its regulations that is set out in column 1 of a Part of Schedule 1 is designated as a provision the contravention of which may be proceeded with as a violation in accordance with sections 40.13 to 40.22 of the Act.
Marginal note:Maximum amounts — individuals
(2) The amount set out in column 2 of a Part of Schedule 1 is the maximum amount payable by an individual in respect of a violation of the designated provision set out in column 1.
Marginal note:Maximum amounts — corporations
(3) The amount set out in column 3 of a Part of Schedule 1 is the maximum amount payable by a corporation in respect of a violation of the designated provision set out in column 1.

Marginal note:Designations — orders, rules and emergency directives

3 (1) The following instruments are designated as provisions the contravention of which may be proceeded with as a violation in accordance with sections 40.13 to 40.22 of the Act:
- (a) an order made under subsection 7(2) or 19(1) of the Act;
- (b) a rule in force under section 19 or 20 of the Act;
- (b.1) an order made under section 32.01 of the Act;
- (c) an emergency directive made under section 33 of the Act; and
- (d) an order made under section 36 of the Act.
Marginal note:Maximum amounts
(2) The maximum amount payable for a violation referred to in paragraph 1(a) or (b) is $25,000 in the case of an individual and $125,000 in the case of a corporation.
Marginal note:Maximum amounts
(3) The maximum amount payable for a violation referred to in paragraph (1)(b.1), (c) or (d) is $50,000 in the case of an individual and $250,000 in the case of a corporation.

SOR/2016-65, s. 1
SOR/2021-228, s. 1

Prescribed Form of Enforcement Officer Certificate

Marginal note:Enforcement Officer Certificate

4 The authorization referred to in subsection 40.11(2) of the Act shall be in the form set out in Schedule 2.

Coming into Force

Marginal note:April 1, 2015

5 These Regulations come into force on April 1, 2015.

SCHEDULE 1(Section 2)

PART 1

Designated Provisions of the Act

Item	Designated Provision	Individual	Corporation
	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Maximum Amount Payable ($)	Maximum Amount Payable ($)
1	Subsection 7(2.1)	25,000	125,000
2	Subsection 8(1)	25,000	125,000
3	Subsection 10(1)	25,000	125,000
4	Subsection 11(1)	50,000	250,000
5	Subsection 11(2)	50,000	250,000
5.1	Section 17.1	50,000	250,000
6	Section 17.2	50,000	250,000
7	Section 17.3	50,000	250,000
8	Subsection 19(2)	5,000	25,000
9	Subsection 20(1)	5,000	25,000
10	Subsection 20(2)	5,000	25,000
11	Subsection 23.1(1)	5,000	25,000
12	Subsection 30(1)	25,000	125,000
13	Subsection 30(2)	25,000	125,000
14	Section 31	50,000	250,000
15	Subsection 32(1)	50,000	250,000
16	Subsection 32(3)	50,000	250,000
16.1	Subsection 32(3.1)	50,000	250,000
17	[Repealed, SOR/2016-65, s. 2]
18	Subsection 35(1)	25,000	125,000
19	Subsection 35(3)	25,000
20	[Repealed, SOR/2016-65, s. 4]
21	Section 38	50,000	250,000
22	Subsection 44.1(1)	5,000	25,000
23	Subsection 44.1(2)	5,000	25,000

PART 2

Designated Provisions of the Railway Safety Management System Regulations, 2015

Item	Designated Provision	Individual	Corporation
	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Maximum Amount Payable ($)	Maximum Amount Payable ($)
1	Section 5	50,000	250,000
2	Section 6	25,000	125,000
3	Subsection 8(1)	25,000	125,000
4	Subsection 8(2)	5,000	25,000
5	Subsection 8(3)	25,000	125,000
6	Subsection 9(1)	25,000	125,000
7	Subsection 9(2)	5,000	25,000
8	Subsection 9(3)	25,000	125,000
9	Subsections 10(1) and (2)	25,000	125,000
10	Subsection 10(3)	5,000	25,000
11	Paragraph 11(a) and section 7	25,000	125,000
12	Paragraph 11(b) and section 7	25,000	125,000
13	Paragraph 12(1)(a) and section 7	25,000	125,000
14	Paragraph 12(1)(b) and section 7	25,000	125,000
15	Subsection 12(2)	25,000	125,000
16	Section 13	25,000	125,000
17	Sections 14 and 7	25,000	125,000
18	Section 15	50,000	250,000
19	Subsection 16(1)	25,000	125,000
20	Subsection 16(2)	25,000	125,000
21	Paragraph 17(a) and section 7	25,000	125,000
22	Paragraph 17(b) and section 7	5,000	25,000
23	Paragraph 17(c) and section 7	25,000	125,000
24	Subsection 18(1)	50,000	250,000
25	Subsection 18(2)	25,000	125,000
26	Section 19	25,000	125,000
27	Paragraph 20(a) and section 7	25,000	125,000
28	Paragraph 20(b) and section 7	25,000	125,000
29	Paragraph 20(c) and section 7	5,000	25,000
30	Section 21	25,000	125,000
31	Section 22	5,000	25,000
32	Section 23	25,000	125,000
33	Subsection 24(1) and section 7	25,000	125,000
34	Subsection 24(2)	25,000	125,000
35	Subsection 24(3)	25,000	125,000
36	Subsection 24(4)	25,000	125,000
37	Subsection 25(1)	25,000	125,000
38	Subsection 25(2)	25,000	125,000
39	Subsection 25(3)	25,000	125,000
40	Section 26	25,000	125,000
41	Paragraph 27(a) and section 7	25,000	125,000
42	Paragraph 27(b) and section 7	25,000	125,000
43	Paragraph 27(c) and section 7	25,000	125,000
44	Paragraph 27(d) and section 7	25,000	125,000
45	Subsection 28(1)	25,000	125,000
46	Subsection 28(2) and section 7	25,000	125,000
47	Subsection 28(3)	25,000	125,000
48	Subsections 29(1) and (2)	25,000	125,000
49	Subsection 29(3)	25,000	125,000
50	Subsection 29(4)	5,000	25,000
51	Subsection 30(1)	25,000	125,000
52	Subsection 30(2) and section 7	25,000	125,000
53	Subsection 31(1)	25,000	125,000
54	Subsection 32(1) and section 7	25,000	125,000
55	Section 33	5,000	25,000
56	Section 34	5,000	25,000
57	Section 35	5,000	25,000
58	Section 36	5,000	25,000
59	Section 37	5,000	25,000
60	Section 38	25,000	125,000
61	Section 40	50,000	250,000
62	Section 41	25,000	125,000
63	Subsection 43(1)	25,000	125,000
64	Subsection 43(2)	5,000	25,000
65	Subsection 43(3)	25,000	125,000
66	Subsection 44(1)	25,000	125,000
67	Subsection 44(2)	5,000	25,000
68	Subsection 44(3)	25,000	125,000
69	Subsections 45(1) and (2)	25,000	125,000
70	Subsection 45(3)	5,000	25,000
71	Paragraph 46(a) and section 42	25,000	125,000
72	Paragraph 46(b) and section 42	25,000	125,000
73	Section 47	25,000	125,000
74	Sections 48 and 42	25,000	125,000
75	Section 49	50,000	250,000
76	Section 50	25,000	125,000
77	Paragraph 51(a) and section 42	25,000	125,000
78	Paragraph 51(b) and section 42	25,000	125,000
79	Subsection 52(1)	50,000	250,000
80	Subsection 52(2)	25,000	125,000
81	Paragraph 53(a) and section 42	25,000	125,000
82	Paragraph 53(b) and section 42	25,000	125,000
83	Section 54	25,000	125,000
84	Section 55	5,000	25,000
85	Section 56	25,000	125,000
86	Subsections 57(1) and (2)	25,000	125,000
87	Subsection 57(3)	25,000	125,000
88	Subsection 57(4)	5,000	25,000
89	Subsection 58(1)	25,000	125,000
90	Subsection 58(2)	25,000	125,000
91	Subsection 59(1)	25,000	125,000
92	Subsection 60(1)	25,000	125,000
93	Section 61	5,000	25,000
94	Section 62	5,000	25,000
95	Section 63	5,000	25,000
96	Section 64	5,000	25,000
97	Section 65	5,000	25,000
98	Section 66	25,000	125,000
99	Section 68	50,000	250,000
100	Section 69	25,000	125,000
101	Subsection 71(1)	25,000	125,000
102	Subsection 71(2)	5,000	25,000
103	Subsection 71(3)	25,000	125,000
104	Subsections 72(1) and (2)	25,000	125,000
105	Subsection 72(3)	5,000	25,000
106	Paragraph 73(a) and section 70	25,000	125,000
107	Paragraph 73(b) and section 70	25,000	125,000
108	Section 74	25,000	125,000
109	Sections 75 and 70	25,000	125,000
110	Section 76	50,000	250,000
111	Section 77	25,000	125,000
112	Paragraph 78(a) and section 70	25,000	125,000
113	Paragraph 78(b) and section 70	25,000	125,000
114	Subsection 79(1)	50,000	250,000
115	Subsection 79(2)	25,000	125,000
116	Paragraph 80(a) and section 70	25,000	125,000
117	Paragraph 80(b) and section 70	25,000	125,000
118	Section 81	5,000	25,000
119	Section 82	5,000	25,000
120	Section 83	5,000	25,000
121	Section 84	5,000	25,000
122	Section 85	5,000	25,000
123	Section 86	25,000	125,000

PART 3

Designated Provisions of the Mining Near Lines of Railways Regulations

Item	Designated Provision	Individual	Corporation
	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Maximum Amount Payable ($)	Maximum Amount Payable ($)
1	Section 4	50,000	250,000
2	Subsection 5(1)	25,000	125,000
3	Subsection 5(2)	25,000	125,000
4	Section 6	25,000	125,000
5	Section 8	50,000	250,000

PART 4

Designated Provisions of the Railway Prevention of Electric Sparks Regulations

Item	Designated Provision	Individual	Corporation
	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Maximum Amount Payable ($)	Maximum Amount Payable ($)
1	Section 3	50,000	250,000
2	Subsection 5(1)	25,000	125,000
3	Subsection 5(2)	25,000	125,000
4	Subsection 5(3)	25,000	125,000
5	Section 6	25,000	125,000

PART 5

Designated Provisions of the Grade Crossings Regulations

Item	Designated Provision	Individual	Corporation
	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
		Maximum Amount Payable ($)	Maximum Amount Payable ($)
1	Sections 4 and 11	5,000	25,000
2	Sections 5 and 11	25,000	125,000
3	Sections 6 and 11	50,000	250,000
4	Sections 8 and 11	5,000	25,000
5	Sections 9 and 11	50,000	250,000
6	Section 10	5,000	25,000
7	Sections 12 and 18	5,000	25,000
8	Sections 13 and 18	25,000	125,000
9	Sections 14 and 18	50,000	250,000
10	Sections 15 and 18	25,000	125,000
11	Section 17	5,000	25,000
12	Subsection 20(1)	50,000	250,000
13	Subsection 20(2)	50,000	250,000
14	Subsection 20(3)	50,000	250,000
15	Subsections 21(1) and (4)	50,000	250,000
16	Subsections 21(2) and (4)	25,000	125,000
17	Subsections 21(3) and (4)	50,000	250,000
18	Section 23	50,000	250,000
19	Section 24	50,000	250,000
20	Section 25	50,000	250,000
21	Section 26	50,000	250,000
22	Section 27	50,000	250,000
23	Section 28	50,000	250,000
24	Section 29	50,000	250,000
25	Section 31	25,000	125,000
26	Section 32	50,000	250,000
27	Section 33	50,000	250,000
28	Section 34	25,000	125,000
29	Section 35	50,000	250,000
30	Section 36	50,000	250,000
31	Section 38	25,000	125,000
32	Section 39	25,000	125,000
33	Subsection 40(1)	50,000	250,000
34	Subsection 40(2)	50,000	250,000
35	Section 41	50,000	250,000
36	Subsection 42(1)	50,000	250,000
37	Subsection 42(2)	25,000	125,000
38	Subsection 43(1)	50,000	250,000
39	Subsection 43(2)	25,000	125,000
40	Subsection 44(1)	50,000	250,000
41	Subsection 45(1)	50,000	250,000
42	Subsection 45(2)	50,000	250,000
43	Section 46	50,000	250,000
44	Section 48	25,000	125,000
45	Section 49	50,000	250,000
46	Subsection 50(1)	50,000	250,000
47	Subsection 50(2)	25,000	125,000
48	Subsection 51(1)	50,000	250,000
49	Subsection 51(2)	25,000	125,000
50	Subsection 53(1)	50,000	250,000
51	Subsection 53(2)	50,000	250,000
52	Subsection 53(3)	50,000	250,000
53	Section 54	50,000	250,000
54	Subsection 55(1)	50,000	250,000
55	Subsection 55(2)	50,000	250,000
56	Section 56	50,000	250,000
57	Section 57	50,000	250,000
58	Section 58	50,000	250,000
59	Sections 59 and 60	25,000	125,000
60	Sections 59 and 61	50,000	250,000
61	Sections 59 and 62	25,000	125,000
62	Sections 59 and 63	25,000	125,000
63	Section 59 and subsection 64(1)	50,000	250,000
64	Section 59 and subsection 64(2)	50,000	250,000
65	Sections 59 and 65	50,000	250,000
66	Section 59 and subsection 66(1)	50,000	250,000
67	Section 59 and subsection 66(2)	25,000	125,000
68	Section 59 and subsection 67(1)	50,000	250,000
69	Section 59 and subsection 67(2)	25,000	125,000
70	Section 59 and subsection 68(1)	50,000	250,000
71	Section 59 and subsection 68(2)	50,000	250,000
72	Sections 59 and 69	50,000	250,000
73	Sections 59 and 70	50,000	250,000
74	Sections 59 and 71	50,000	250,000
75	Section 72	50,000	250,000
76	Section 73	50,000	250,000
77	Sections 74 and 76	25,000	125,000
78	Sections 74 and 77	50,000	250,000
79	Sections 74 and 78	50,000	250,000
80	Sections 74 and 79	50,000	250,000
81	Section 74 and subsection 80(1)	50,000	250,000
82	Section 74 and subsection 80(2)	25,000	125,000
83	Section 74 and subsection 81(1)	50,000	250,000
84	Section 74 and subsection 81(2)	50,000	250,000
85	Section 75 and subsection 82(1)	50,000	250,000
86	Section 75 and subsection 82(2)	50,000	250,000
87	Sections 75 and 83	50,000	250,000
88	Sections 75 and 84	50,000	250,000
89	Sections 75 and 85	50,000	250,000
90	Section 86	50,000	250,000
91	Subsection 87(1)	50,000	250,000
92	Subsection 87(2)	50,000	250,000
93	Subsection 87(3)	50,000	250,000
94	Subsection 88(1)	50,000	250,000
95	Subsection 88(2)	50,000	250,000
96	Section 89	50,000	250,000
97	Section 90	50,000	250,000
98	Section 91	50,000	250,000
99	Section 92	25,000	125,000
100	Subsection 93(1)	5,000	25,000
101	Subsection 93(2)	50,000	250,000
102	Subsection 93(3)	25,000	125,000
103	Subsection 94(1)	50,000	250,000
104	Subsection 94(2)	50,000	250,000
105	Subsection 94(3)	25,000	125,000
106	Section 95	50,000	250,000
107	Subsection 96(1)	50,000	250,000
108	Subsection 96(2)	50,000	250,000
109	Subsection 96(3)	25,000	125,000
110	Subsection 97(1)	25,000	125,000
111	Subsection 97(2)	50,000	250,000
112	Subsection 98(1)	5,000	25,000
113	Subsection 98(2)	5,000	25,000
114	Subsection 98(3)	5,000	25,000
115	Subsection 98(4)	5,000	25,000
116	Section 99	50,000	250,000
117	Subsection 100(1)	50,000	250,000
118	Subsection 100(2)	50,000	250,000
119	Section 101	50,000	250,000
120	Subsection 102(1)	50,000	250,000
121	Subsection 102(2)	50,000	250,000
122	Paragraph 103(a)	50,000	250,000
123	Paragraph 103(b)	50,000	250,000
124	Paragraph 103(c)	50,000	250,000
125	Paragraph 103(d)	25,000	125,000
126	Section 105	50,000	250,000
127	Section 106	50,000	250,000
128	Section 107	50,000	250,000
129	Section 108	5,000	25,000
130	Subsection 109(1)	5,000	25,000
131	Subsection 109(2)	5,000	25,000
132	Subsection 109(3)	5,000	25,000
133	Subsection 110(1)	25,000	125,000
134	Subsection 110(2)	5,000	25,000

SOR/2015-133, ss. 1 to 3
SOR/2016-65, ss. 2 to 5

SCHEDULE 2(Section 4)Enforcement Officer Certificate

ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CERTIFICATE
Certificate Number:
Pursuant to subsection 40.11(1) of the Railway Safety Act, (NAME) is designated as an enforcement officer to exercise the powers conferred to an enforcement officer under that Act.
Signature of Minister or Minister’s delegate:
Date of issuance:

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