C-358
First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament,
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA
BILL C-358
An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (deposit of sewage)
first reading, October 18, 2006
Mr. Zed
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SUMMARY
This enactment prohibits the deposit of untreated sewage in Canadian waters. It also allows the Governor in Council to prescribe by regulation how sewage must be treated and the standards that it must meet before it can be deposited in those waters.
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1st Session, 39th Parliament,
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
house of commons of canada
BILL C-358
An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (deposit of sewage)
R.S., c. F-14
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. The Fisheries Act is amended by adding the following after section 36:
Definition of “sewage”
36.1 (1) In this section, “sewage” means
(a) drainage and other wastes from toilets and other receptacles intended to receive or retain human body wastes;
(b) drainage from medical premises such as a dispensary or a sick bay via wash basins, wash tubs and scuppers located in such premises;
(c) drainage from spaces containing living animals; or
(d) other drainage or wastes when mixed with the drainage or other wastes referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
Deposit of sewage prohibited
(2) Despite any provision of this or any other Act, no person shall deposit or permit the deposit of sewage in Canadian fisheries waters unless
(a) the sewage is treated in a manner prescribed by regulations made pursuant to subsection (3); and
(b) the sewage meets the standards prescribed by regulations made pursuant to that subsection.
Regulations
(3) The Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing the treatment referred to in paragraph (2)(a); and
(b) prescribing the standards referred to in paragraph (2)(b).
No exception if no regulations
(4) For greater certainty, the exceptions referred to in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) do not apply unless the Governor in Council has made regulations prescribing the treatment and the standards referred to in those paragraphs.
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