Federal Government Introduces Administrative Penalty Regulations For Six Environmental Statutes

In 2010, the federal government introduced The Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Act (EVAMPA), which provided Environment Canada with the authority to issue Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs) for certain offences. The government has now introduced proposed regulations, the Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulations (the "Regulations"), which set-out the details of the AMPs regime under the EVAMPA. In particular, the Regulations:

• Designate the offences that would be subject to AMPs under six federal acts and their regulations: the Antarctic Environmental Protection Act; the Canada Wildlife Act; the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (Parts 7 and 9); the International River Improvements Act; the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994; and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act.