Rights and Responsibilities

Here is the regulation in effect on the National Battlefields Park:

BY-LAW RESPECTING THE NATIONAL BATTLEFIELDS PARK
AS REVISED IN 1991, 1993 AND 2002

Short Title

1. This By-law may be cited as the National Battlefields Park By-law.

Interpretation

2. In this By-law,

"Commission" means The National Battlefields Commission; (Commission)

"Park" means the lands owned by, or falling under the jurisdiction, control or care of, the Commission; (parc)

"sports field" means that portion of the Park that is bounded on the north by the Grande Allée, on the west by avenue Montcalm, on the south by avenue George VI and on the east by avenue Wolfe-Montcalm. (terrain des sports)

Prohibition

3. (1) No person in the Park shall

  1. displace, deface, soil, pollute or otherwise damage any proprety of the Commission;
  2. pollute the water, including the water in any fountains, or throw or deposit any object in, bathe in, or permit any animal that the person has brought into the Park to be in the water.

Sports

4. (1) No person in the Park shall

  1. ride a bicycle other than on a public road or on a designated path;
  2. ride on a skateboard, roller skates, roller skis or any other similar device; or
  3. engage in any organized sport or game other than
    1. on the sports field or in another area set aside for that purpose, or
    2. in any other area that is designated in writing by the Secretary.

Animals

5. (1) Every person who brings an animal into the Park shall keep it restrained by a leash that is not more than 3m in length or confine it in a box, cage or vehicle.

(2) If a person brings an animal into the Park and it defecates, the person shall collect the excrement and deposit it in a waste receptable.

The laws and policies concerning the National Battlefields Commission can be consulted on the site of the Department of Canadian Heritage at www.pch.gc.ca and on the site of the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat at www.tbs-sct.gc.ca