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Administrative Monetary Penalty System - Consultation Document
The Administrative Monetary Penalty System created under the Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Act
Environment Canada
June 2011
Download Consultation Document (PDF Format, 547KB)
Table of Contents
- Overview and Goals of the Consultation Exercise
- Background: Administrative Monetary Penalties in the Context of Environmental Legislation
- What are AMPs? What is the rationale behind an AMP system?
- How does an AMP differ from a penal sanction? When should an AMP be imposed, rather than a penal sanction?
- The process for issuing an AMP
- Issues for Consultation
- Scope of the AMP system: the violations that will be subject to an AMP
- Determining the amount of the AMP
- Introduction
- Determining the baseline AMP
- Additional factors that can increase the AMP
- Next steps
- Conclusion
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