Trespass by means of motor vehicle
5(1)No person shall trespass by means of a motor vehicle
(a)
in any area designated by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council as a wildlife refuge or a wildlife management area under the
Fish and Wildlife Act,
(b)
in a protected natural area established under the
Protected Natural Areas Act,
(d)
in a lake shore area,
(e)
in an ocean shore area,
(f)
in a saltwater marsh,
(g)
in a freshwater marsh, or
(h)
in any area which the Lieutenant-Governor in Council has designated by regulation as an area in need of protection from environmental damage.
5(2)Paragraphs (1)(
c), (
d), (
e), (
f) and (
g) do not apply to a person operating a motor vehicle on ice or on frozen ground that is completely covered by snow.
5(3)Paragraph (1)(
c) does not apply to a person driving a motor vehicle directly across a river, creek, stream, brook or other channel at a customary crossing point.
5(4)Paragraphs (1)(
c), (
d), (
e), (
f) and (
g) do not apply to
(a)
any land within a provincial park as defined in the
Parks Act, and
(b)
any land within an incorporated city, town or village.
5(5)Subsection (1) does not apply to the operation of a motor vehicle on a roadway designed or ordinarily used for the passage of conventional motor vehicles.
1985, c.70, s.2; 1988, c.45, s.1; 2003, c.P-19.01, s.41; 2004, c.12, s.55