2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

No offence to be charged if penalty is paid
53.1(13) A person who pays an administrative penalty under this section
may not be charged with an offence in respect of the matter that
gave rise to the issuance of the notice of administrative penalty
unless the matter continues after the penalty is paid.
Lien for debt
53.1(14) The government has, in addition to any other remedy it has for
the recovery of a debt arising under this section, a lien and charge
on every estate or interest in real property and personal property
of the person required to pay the debt (referred to in this section
as the “debtor”), including property acquired by the debtor after
the debt arose.

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Extent of security
53.1(15) The lien secures the payment of
(a) the amount of the debt when the lien takes effect;
(b) interest on the debt from the time the debt arose until it is paid
in full, as determined under The Financial Administration Act and
the regulations under that Act; and
(c) costs reasonably incurred by the director
(i) for the registration and discharge of the lien, and
(ii) in retaking, holding, repairing, processing, preparing for
disposition or disposing of property in respect of which the
lien is registered.
When lien takes effect
53.1(16) The lien takes effect
(a) in relation to the debtor’s interest in real property, when a
certificate in respect of the lien is registered against specific lands
of the debtor; and
(b) in relation to the debtor’s personal property, when a financing
statement in respect of the lien is registered in the Personal
Property Registry.
Registration and enforcement of lien
53.1(17) Subsections 28(6) to (14) of The Pension Benefits Act apply, with
necessary changes, to the registration and enforcement of a lien
arising under this section as if
(a) the references in those provisions to “employer” were references
to the debtor under this section; and
(b) the references in those provisions to “the superintendent” were
references to the director under this Act.
S.M. 2002, c. 33, s. 42; S.M. 2013, c. 9, s. 25; S.M. 2021, c. 16, s. 11.
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