NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 29/24

Unauthorized Use of Government Property Regulations
under the
Works, Services and Transportation Act
(O.C.2024-060)

(Filed May 3, 2024)

Under the authority of section 59 of the Works, Services and Transportation Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John’s, May 3, 2024.

Krista Quinlan
Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   Short title

        2.   Definition

        3.   No loitering

        4.   Unauthorized activities

        5.   Notice

        6.   Removal

        7.   Offence and penalty

Short title

        1. These regulations may be cited as the Unauthorized Use of Government Property Regulations.

 

Definition

        2. In these regulations, "government property" means real property under the control and management of the minister.

No loitering

        3. A person shall not loiter on government property.

Unauthorized activities

        4. (1) A person shall not occupy, reside, camp or sleep on government property or use a vehicle for the purposes of occupying, residing, camping or sleeping on government property without the prior approval of the minister.

             (2)  A person shall not erect, use, occupy or maintain a structure on government property without the prior approval of the minister.

             (3)  A structure referred to in subsection (2) includes a temporary structure.

Notice

        5. (1) Where the minister or a peace officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person is contravening section 4, a person authorized by the minister or a peace officer may provide notice, in writing or orally, to the person requiring that the person do one or more of the following:

             (a)  cease the activity that contravenes section 4;

             (b)  leave government property; and

             (c)  remove all the person's personal property from government property.

             (2)  A person who is given notice under subsection (1) shall immediately comply with the requirements in the notice.

Removal

        6. A person authorized by the minister or a peace officer may remove from government property

             (a)  any person who refuses to comply with a notice provided under section 5; and

             (b)  any personal property apparently in the person's possession.

 

Offence and penalty

        7. (1) A person who contravenes these regulations is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $500.  

             (2)  Each contravention of these regulations constitutes a new and separate offence.

             (3)  Where an offence under these regulations is committed or continued on more than one day, the person who committed the offence is liable to be convicted for a separate offence for each day on which the offence is committed or continued.

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