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This enactment would amend the Contraventions Act and would
make consequential amendments to certain other Acts respecting the
treatment given to persons accused of committing an offence that has
been designated as a contravention by the Governor in Council.
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In addition to a number of technical and housekeeping amendments,
the enactment would
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(a) permit the Governor in Council to make the offence scheme in
effect in a province or territory (with any necessary changes)
applicable to federal contraventions committed in that province or
territory;
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(b) authorize the Minister of Justice to enter into agreements with
provinces, territories, their municipalities and agents regarding the
administration of the Act, including the prosecution of
contraventions and the discharge and enforcement of fines;
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(c) authorize the Minister of Justice to enter into agreements with
provinces, territories, and their municipalities to share revenue
resulting from fines imposed as the result of a contravention and
provide for the accounting of any such compensation; and
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(d) provide that, whether a contravention is subject to the federal
scheme or a provincial or territorial scheme, certain fundamental
principles continue to apply.
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