CPA · Government Organization Act
13 Grants
(a) the Minister is authorized to do so by regulations under this
section, and
(b) there is authority available in a supply vote for the purpose
for which the grant is to be made.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
applicable to a Minister
(a) authorizing the Minister to make grants;
(b) respecting the purposes for which grants may be made;
(c) governing applications for grants;
(d) respecting the persons or organizations or classes of persons
or organizations eligible for grants;
(e) respecting the conditions required to be met by any
applicant for a grant to render that person or organization
eligible for the grant;
(f) empowering the Minister in particular circumstances to
waive eligibility criteria prescribed under clause (d) or (e);
(g) respecting the conditions on which a grant is made and
requiring the repayment of the grant to the Government if
the conditions are not met;
(h) providing for the payment of a grant in a lump sum or by
instalments and prescribing the time or times when the lump
sum or the instalments may be paid;
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(i) authorizing the Minister to make deductions from a grant
and prescribing the circumstances under which the
deductions may be made;
(j) limiting the amount of a grant or class of grant;
(k) authorizing the Minister to delegate in writing to any
employee of the Government any power conferred or duty
imposed on the Minister by this section or the regulations;
(l) requiring a person or organization receiving a grant to
account for the way in which the grant is spent in whole or
in part;
(m) authorizing the Minister to enter into an agreement with
respect to any matter relating to the payment of a grant.
(3) A regulation made under subsection (2) may be specific or
general in its application.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2)(g), the Minister may impose
further conditions not prescribed in the regulations on the making
of a particular grant.
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(1) This section applies only to land belonging to or occupied
by the Crown.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,
either general in their application or specific to any particular case,
(a) permitting, restricting or prohibiting the use by the public or
by any persons
(i) of any path, passageway, driveway or road through land
belonging to or occupied by the Crown and leading to or
from any public work belonging to or occupied by the
Crown, whether or not it has been dedicated or
established as a public highway, and
(ii) of the gardens, grounds or other area appurtenant to or
used in connection with any public work belonging to or
occupied by the Crown;
(b) permitting, restricting, prohibiting or imposing conditions
on the use, manner of use, speed, direction of travel,
stopping or parking of motor vehicles and other vehicles,
the presence of animals, or any other thing named in the
regulations, in any place referred to in clause (a);
(c) authorizing and providing for the seizure and removal of
any motor vehicle or other vehicle parked or left in
contravention of the regulations, and authorizing and
providing for its retention until the expenses of seizure,
removal and storage, if any, are paid.
(3) The bylaws of a municipality relating to the matters
enumerated in subsection (2) apply to the land referred to in those
bylaws situated in the municipality but, if there is a conflict
between the bylaws and a regulation under subsection (2), the
regulation prevails.
(4) A vehicle seized and removed pursuant to regulations under
subsection (2)(c) is retained and stored at the risk of its owner.
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(5) Subject to regulations under subsection (2), the Minister may
erect at any place where the Minister considers it necessary signs
(a) fixing speed limits,
(b) prohibiting or controlling parking,
(c) prohibiting entry and restricting the direction of movement
of traffic, and
(d) requiring vehicles to stop before proceeding and to yield the
right of way to other traffic,
and any other type of sign or device ordinarily used to regulate
traffic.
(6) A person who
(a) contravenes a regulation made under subsection (2), or
(b) fails to obey an order, direction or instruction indicated by a
sign erected pursuant to subsection (5)
is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not more than $1000.
(7) In a prosecution under this section, the existence of a sign
referred to in subsection (5) is proof, in the absence of evidence to
the contrary, that the sign was erected by the Minister without other
or further proof that it was erected by the Minister.
(8) In a prosecution under this section, a certificate purporting to
be signed by the Minister shall be admitted in evidence as proof, in
the absence of evidence to the contrary, that any land or premises
referred to in the certificate is owned or occupied by the Crown
without proof of the Minister's appointment or signature.
(1) If a person fails to comply with this Part or a regulation or
an agreement made under this Part, the Minister may apply to the
Court of King's Bench for an order granting the relief provided for
under subsection (5).
(2) Repealed 2009 c53 s73.
(3) On the filing of an application with the clerk of the Court of
King's Bench, the Court may, if it considers it necessary in the
circumstances, hear an interim application on one day's notice, or
any longer period that the Court may direct, and make an interim
order granting any relief that the Court considers appropriate
pending the determination of the application.
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(4) An interim order under subsection (3) may be made ex parte if
the Court considers it appropriate to do so in the circumstances.
(5) On hearing an application, the Court may do one or more of the
following:
(a) direct the person to comply with this Part, the regulations or
the agreement made under this Part, as the case may be;
(b) direct a person to cease carr ying out any action that in the
opinion of the Court does not comply with this Part, the
regulations or the agreement made under this Part, as the
case may be;
(c) give those directions that it considers necessary in order to
ensure compliance with this Part, the regulations or the
agreement made under this Part, as the case may be;
(d) make its order subject to any terms or conditions that the
Court considers appropriate;
(e) dismiss the application;
(f) award costs.
(6) Nothing in this section is to be construed so as to restrict or
otherwise affect any right of action or remedy that the Government
has at law or under an enactment or an agreement.