International Boundary Waters Treaty Act

Marginal note:Ministerial orders

• 19 (1) If a person contravenes subsection 11(1), 12(1) or 13(1) or (2), the Minister may

  • (a) order the person to remove or alter any obstruction or work to which the contravention relates; or

  • (b) order the person to refrain from proceeding with any construction or other work, or to cease the use or diversion, to which the contravention relates.

• Marginal note:Powers of Minister

  (2) If the person fails to comply with an order made under paragraph (1)(a) or (b), the Minister may remove or alter anything referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or used in relation to any activity referred to in paragraph (1)(b) or order it to be forfeited to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• Marginal note:Disposition

  (3) Anything forfeited under subsection (2) may be removed, destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Minister directs.

• Marginal note:Costs recoverable

  (4) The Minister’s cost of removing or altering anything under subsection (2) and the costs of and incidental to the removal, destruction or disposition under subsection (3) of anything forfeited, less any sum that may be realized from its disposition, are recoverable by Her Majesty in right of Canada from the person who contravened the order made under subsection (1) as a debt due to Her Majesty in any court of competent jurisdiction.