The Yukon government has tabled new legislation on the safe use of moveable soccer goals at public recreational facilities in the territory.

The Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act was tabled Monday in the legislature.

The act makes it illegal to use a moveable soccer net at any public recreational facility — like schools — without written permission of the public body that operates the facility.

No person can make a soccer goal available for use at a public recreational facility unless the goal meets all applicable prescribed standards, the act says.

"What it means is that there will be standards that are applicable to, and required for, the installation and maintenance of moveable soccer goals,” Education minister Scott Kent said in an interview this morning.

"Schools as the public body will be responsible for ensuring that those standards are met.”

The act does not define what it means to get permission nor what the required standards for installation and maintenance will be.

Those definitions will be part of regulations being created to go along with the act, Kent said.

"Obviously, the legislation comes first and then the regulations. We want to ensure that as the summer soccer season approaches, that the regulations are in place will respect to the standards.”

Kent said he hopes everything will be in place by May.

The minister said he doesn't anticipate that things like family trips to the soccer fields on weekends will be affected.

The act also requires that if any soccer goals are found to be defective, they must immediately be removed from use.

A person who is found guilty of an offence under this act could face "a fine of not more than $500,” the act says.

Government spokesperson Matthew Grant said early this afternoon the $500 fine is based on review of other Yukon legislation that contain fines.

On July 4, 2012, in Watson Lake, five-year-old Jaedyn Amann-Hicks died after a soccer goal fell on her while she played in a field with friends at the local high school.

In a report released last year, the territory's chief coroner said the goal that killed Amann-Hicks was intended for indoor use, was rusty and missing screws, and was not anchored to the ground.

Kent said he suspects the act will become known as "Jaedyn's Law”.

"Obviously, it's a tragedy that you can never anticipate; my heartfelt sympathies go out to all the family and really the entire community of Watson Lake who suffered from this last year.”

The girl's family has launched a lawsuit against the government.

NDP education critic Jim Tredger said his party will be supporting the bill which creates the act.