Acts and Regulations

2018, c.11 - Climate Change Act

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Offences and penalties
2020, c.3, s.8
8.4(1)A person who does any of the following commits an offence, and is liable on conviction, for each offence, if an individual, to a fine of not more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both, and if a person other than an individual, to a fine of not more than $1,000,000:
(a) makes a statement in any information or material submitted, provided, produced, delivered or given to or filed with the Minister or any person acting under the authority of the Minister that is misleading or untrue or does not state a fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make the statement not misleading;
(b) violates or fails to comply with a Ministerial order made under this Act;
(c) violates or fails to comply with a provision of this Act that is listed in Schedule A; and
(d) violates or fails to comply with any provision of the regulations.
8.4(2)When a person is convicted of an offence under this Act or the regulations, the convicting judge may, in addition to any other penalty imposed under this Act or the regulations, make an order 
(a) prohibiting the offender from doing anything that may result in the continuation or repetition of the offence,
(b) requiring the offender to take within the time or in the manner set out in the order any action that could reduce or limit greenhouse gas emissions,
(c) directing an offender who has an unfulfilled compliance obligation to fulfil the compliance obligation by paying into the Fund the amount of the compliance obligation and any interest on that amount, or
(d) requiring the offender to comply with any other conditions that the judge considers necessary.
8.4(3)If an offence referred to in subsection (1) continues for more than one day,
(a) the minimum fine that may be imposed is the minimum fine provided for under subsection (1) multiplied by the number of days during which the offence continues, and
(b) the maximum fine that may be imposed is the maximum fine provided for under subsection (1) multiplied by the number of days during which the offence continues.
2020, c.3, s.8