What Canada International River Improvements Act: Licensing of Works on Rivers Flowing Out of Canada requires
The International River Improvements Act (R.S.C. 1985, c. I-20) controls the construction, operation and maintenance of works that alter the flow of rivers flowing from Canada to places outside Canada, administered by Environment and Climate Change Canada under the Governor in Council. Section 2 contains the key definitions: an international river is water flowing from any place in Canada to any place outside Canada, and an international river improvement is a dam, obstruction, canal, reservoir, pipeline or other work the purpose or effect of which is to increase, decrease or otherwise alter the natural flow of an international river and thereby affect its use outside Canada. Section 3 empowers the Governor in Council to make regulations respecting the construction, operation, maintenance and licensing of international river improvements. Section 4 imposes the central prohibition: except in accordance with a licence issued under the Act, no person shall construct, operate or maintain an international river improvement. Section 13 confers inspection powers on enforcement officers, who may enter and inspect places at reasonable times, subject to warrant requirements for dwellings. The enforcement provisions in sections 33 and 34 set out the offences for contravening the Act, with tiered penalties for individuals and corporations, and sections 35 to 50 provide continuing-offence rules, sentencing principles and court orders. The Act is the legal instrument by which Canada manages the international consequences of altering transboundary rivers and meets the obligations that flow from the Boundary Waters Treaty and related arrangements with the United States.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: Parliament of Canada / Environment and Climate Change Canada · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-20/FullText.html
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- International River Improvements Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. I-20, section 2 - definition of international river (water flowing from any place in Canada to any place outside Canada).
- International River Improvements Act, section 2 - definition of international river improvement (dam, obstruction, canal, reservoir, pipeline or other work altering natural flow).
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