NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 78/25

Forest Fire Offence and Penalty Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Forestry Act
(O.C. 2025-221)

(Filed August 8, 2025)

Under the authority of section 155 of the Forestry Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John’s, August 8, 2025.

Denis Mahoney, K.C.
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   S.2 Amdt.
Offence

CNLR 10/96
as amended

        1. Paragraphs 2(c) and (d) of the Forest Fire Offence and Penalty Regulations are repealed and the following substituted:

             (c)  where the complaint is laid and summons issued by a means of a ticket

                      (i)  for a first offence, to a fine of $50,000 or, in default of payment, imprisonment for not more than 6 months, and

                     (ii)  for a subsequent offence, to a fine of $75,000 or, in default of payment, imprisonment for not more than 6 months; or

             (d)  where the complaint is laid and summons issued by means other than a ticket

                      (i)  for a first offence, to a fine of not less than $50,000 and not more than $100,000 or, in default of payment, imprisonment for not more than one year, and

                     (ii)  for a subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than $75,000 and not more than $150,000 or, in default of payment, imprisonment for not more than one year.

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