NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 97/24

Town of Labrador City Violation Notice Regulations, 2024
under the
Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000

(Filed December 19, 2024)

Under the authority of section 39.3 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000, I make the following regulations.

Dated at St. John’s, December 13, 2024.

Dr. John Haggie
Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   Short title

        2.   Definition

        3.   Violation notices

        4.   Time of payment

        5.   Amount of payment

        6.   Offence and penalty

        7.   Repeal

        8.   Commencement     

Short title

        1. These regulations may be cited as the Town of Labrador City Violation Notice Regulations, 2024.

 

Definition

        2. In these regulations, "violation notice" means a violation notice issued in accordance with section 39.1 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 with respect to a regulation referred to in section 3.

Violation notices

        3. The town council of the Town of Labrador City may issue violation notices with respect to a failure to comply with

             (a)  a provision of the Occupancy and Maintenance Regulations under the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000; or

             (b)  a provision of the following regulations enacted by the town council in accordance with section 35 of the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000:

                      (i)  Town of Labrador City Commercial Occupancy and Maintenance Regulations, 2012, and

                     (ii)  Town of Labrador City Residential Occupancy and Maintenance Regulations, 2012.

Time of payment

        4. Where a violation notice has been issued by the town council of the Town of Labrador City,

             (a)  a voluntary payment made to the Town of Labrador City with respect to the violation notice shall be made by the recipient of the violation notice not later than 7 days after the issuance of the violation notice to the recipient; and

             (b)  notwithstanding paragraph (a), a voluntary payment made to the Town of Labrador City with respect to the violation notice after the time period referred to in paragraph (a) shall be made by the recipient of the violation notice not later than 14 days after the issuance of the violation notice to the recipient.

Amount of payment

        5. Where a violation notice has been issued by the town council of the Town of Labrador City,

             (a)  a voluntary payment to the Town of Labrador City made with respect to the violation notice within the time period referred to in paragraph 4(a) shall be $50; and

             (b)  a voluntary payment to the Town of Labrador City made with respect to the violation notice within the time period referred to in paragraph 4(b) shall be $75.

Offence and penalty

        6. Where a person has received a violation notice and is convicted of an offence with respect to the same matter for which the violation notice was issued, the penalty for that offence shall be $100.

Repeal

        7. The Town of Labrador City Violation Notice Regulations, Newfoundland and Labrador Regulations 14/15 are repealed.

Commencement

        8. These regulations come into force on January 1, 2025.

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