B.C. Reg. 153/2019, deposited July 8, 2019, under the ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT [sections 115 and 119]. Order in Council 406/2019, approved and ordered July 8, 2019.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective September 15, 2019, the Administrative Penalties (Environmental Management Act) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 133/2014, is amended by adding the following section:

Prescribed provisions of Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation

31.1 (1) A person who contravenes section 12, 17 or 30 (4) of the Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $75 000.

(2) A person who contravenes section 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 or 15 of the Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $40 000.

(3) A person who contravenes section 31 of the Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation is liable to an administrative penalty not exceeding $10 000.

— G. HEYMAN, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy; S. SIMPSON, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

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