Bylaw Enforcment

Option 1: Pay the bylaw notice penalty

Option 2: Dispute the Bylaw Notice

To dispute a Bylaw Notice, you may file the Notice of Dispute and Request for Adjudication section on the back of the Bylaw Notice within 21 days from the date you received it, or are presumed to have received it (i.e. if mailed to you, then you are presumed to have received it on the 7^th day after mailing.) When sending email requests to initiate a dispute, please include the bylaw ticket number (NV ###) and please use BYLAW DISPUTE as the email subject line.

Disputed Bylaw Notices are reviewed by an appointed Screening Officer (who is not a Bylaw Enforcement Officer). Disputants will be contacted to discuss the allegations in the Bylaw Notice, the NRRM’s regulations, their compliance obligations and options for dealing with Bylaw Notices. The Screening Office may:

1. cancel a Bylaw Notice, if there’s a valid reason under the Screening Officer Policy;
2. enter into a Compliance Agreement with a person with appropriate terms and conditions and a reduced penalty as set out in the Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw; or
3. confirm the validity of a Bylaw Notice.

If the Screening Officer does not cancel a Bylaw Notice, the disputant can choose whether to pay the penalty in effect as at that date or have the matter resolved by an adjudicator

If proceeding to adjudication, the disputant pays a $25 adjudication administration fee (to help offset the cost of the process) and files a Notice to Confirm Request for Adjudication.  A date will be scheduled and the  adjudication  will  take  place  at  the NRRM office.

It should be noted that the disputant is not required to personally appear at the adjudication. Representation may be made in writing, over the phone or in person.

If the adjudicator determines that the contravention as alleged did occur, the $25 administration fee is forfeited and the penalty amount, along with any applicable surcharges in effect as at that date, are due and owing. Conversely, if the adjudicator finds that the allegation in the Bylaw Notice did not occur, the $25 fee is refunded, and the Bylaw Notice is cancelled.

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If the penalty is not paid, or the Bylaw Notice is not disputed, within 21 days from the date you received it, or are presumed to have received it, the penalty and, after 35 days, any authorized surcharge, is immediately due and payable. Additional enforcement and collection procedures may be taken against you.