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TOWN OF BONAVISTA REG-05
PROTECTION OF WATER SUPPLY
REGULATIONS
REG-05
PROTECTION OF WATER SUPPLY REGULATIONS
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
Pursuant to the power conferred by Section 161 of The Municipalities Act, the Town Council of
Bonavista has made the following regulations: -
Frank Little, Mayor
1. Interpretations: In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. "Act" means The Municipalities Act;
b. "Animal" means any domestic animal;
c. "Council" means the Town Council of the Town of Bonavista;
d. "Reservoir" means the public water supply reservoir of the Town of Bonavista;
e. "Town" means the Town of Bona vista as defined by Order-in-Council dated the 24th
day of November 1964 or any amendments thereto, made, or continued under the
Act.
2. No person shall be permitted to erect any building within the immediate area of the
reservoir.
3. No person shall be permitted to use the waters of the reservoir, for recreational
purposes such as swimming, boating, or paddling.
4. No persons shall fish in the waters of the reservoir.
5. No person shall dip, soak, or wash any article of clothing or any utensil or any vehicle in
the waters of the reservoir.
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6. No person shall throw or cause to be thrown waste material of any kind into the waters
of the reservoir.
7. No person shall permit any animal of which he is the owner to enter the waters of the
reservoir.
8. The owner of any dead animal found within 152 m of the waters of the reservoir shall
remove and properly dispose of such animal within 48 hours after he has been notified
by the Council or otherwise made aware of the death of the animal in such location.
9. Pursuant to Section 443 of the Act, every person who contravenes or fails to comply
with any of the provisions of these regulations is guilty of an offence and liable on
summary conviction to a fine and period of imprisonment.
10. These regulations were adopted and passed at a meeting on the 2nd day of November
1981 and will come into effect on the 7th day of November 1981 and may be cited as the
Town of Bonavista (Protection of Water Supply) Regulations, 1981.