Canadian Navigable Waters Act

Marginal note:Debt

• 18 (1) The amount of the costs incurred by the Minister while acting under subsection 15(4) or 15.1(2) or section 15.2 or subsection 16(2) constitutes a debt due to Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• Marginal note:Recovery by Her Majesty

  (2) Such debts are recoverable from

  • (a) the person in charge of the obstruction at the time the obstruction was occasioned;

  • (b) any person through whose act or fault or through the act or fault of whose servant the obstruction was occasioned or continued;

  • (b.1) the person in charge of the potential obstruction at the time potential obstruction was identified;

  • (b.2) any person through whose act or fault or through the act or fault of whose servant the potential obstruction was occasioned or continued; or

  • (c) the person to whom the order referred to in subsection 16(1) is given.