Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999

Marginal note:Weight of evidence and precautionary principle

76.1 When the Ministers are conducting and interpreting the results of

• (a) a screening assessment under section 74,

• (b) a review of a decision of another jurisdiction under subsection 75(3) that, in their opinion, is based on scientific considerations and is relevant to Canada, or

• (c) an assessment whether a substance specified on the Priority Substances List is toxic or capable of becoming toxic,

the Ministers shall apply a weight of evidence approach and the precautionary principle.