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P-19.01 - Protected Natural Areas Act

Section 25
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Powers of conservation officers and forest service officers
2013, c.39, s.17
25(1)A conservation officer in carrying out his or her duties under this Act and the regulations is a person employed for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace and has and may exercise all the powers, authorities and immunities of a peace officer as defined in the Criminal Code (Canada).
25(2)A conservation officer has, in addition to the powers of search given under the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, the power to search without warrant any lands within a protected natural area in or on which he or she has reasonable and probable grounds to believe there is anything that may provide evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act or the regulations.
25(3)A conservation officer or a forest service officer, in carrying out his or her duties under this Act or the regulations, and any person accompanied by him or her, may enter upon and pass through private lands without being liable for trespass.
2013, c.39, s.17.
Powers of forest service officers
25(1)A forest service officer in carrying out his or her duties under this Act and the regulations is a person employed for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace and has and may exercise all the powers, authorities and immunities of a peace officer as defined in the Criminal Code (Canada).
25(2)A forest service officer has, in addition to the powers of search given under the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, the power to search without warrant any lands within a protected natural area in or on which the forest service officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe there is anything that may provide evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act or the regulations.
25(3)A forest service officer, in carrying out his or her duties under this Act or the regulations, and any person accompanied by him or her, may enter upon and pass through private lands without being liable for trespass.
Powers of forest service officers
25(1)A forest service officer in carrying out his or her duties under this Act and the regulations is a person employed for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace and has and may exercise all the powers, authorities and immunities of a peace officer as defined in the Criminal Code (Canada).
25(2)A forest service officer has, in addition to the powers of search given under the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, the power to search without warrant any lands within a protected natural area in or on which the forest service officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe there is anything that may provide evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act or the regulations.
25(3)A forest service officer, in carrying out his or her duties under this Act or the regulations, and any person accompanied by him or her, may enter upon and pass through private lands without being liable for trespass.