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Bill 75, Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026

Kerzner, Hon. Michael S. Solicitor General

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Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2026,

chapter 7

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s

aid to Bill 75 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 75 has been enacted as

Chapter 7 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2026.

SCHEDULE 1

ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH ACT

The

Animals for Research Act is amended.

Under

new

section 15.1, invasive medical research on cats, dogs and other prescribed

animals is prohibited, subject to specific exceptions. Other research on cats,

dogs and other prescribed animals is prohibited unless specific conditions are

met.

The

roles and responsibilities of animal care committees in registered research

facilities are set out.

Operators

of supply facilities are prohibited from breeding cats or dogs for research

purposes.

Minor

offences and major offences, and maximum penalties for each, are set out.

Various

technical amendments are made, including with respect to the registration of

research facilities.

SCHEDULE 2

BAIL ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Bail Act ,

including the following:

1. Subsection

1 (1) is repealed and replaced so that certificates of lien are no longer

delivered or transmitted to the sheriff of the county in which the land

mentioned in the certificate is located but instead registered, in the proper

land registry office, against the land mentioned in the certificate for an

amount equal to the amount a surety has promised to pay.

Section

2 is repealed and replaced to provide that if a surety fails to pay any amount

they owe to the Crown under

section 771 of the Criminal

Code (Canada), the Crown may enforce the lien by sale of the real

property against which it is registered.

3. A

new

section 3 provides that a lien arising from a certificate of lien

registered against the land expires six years after the day the certificate was

registered, unless certain conditions apply.

Section

8 is repealed and replaced to authorize the Minister of the Finance to take

measures in order to enforce the collection of debt to the Crown under

section

771 of the Criminal Code (Canada).

5. A

new

section 8.0.1 requires payment from an accused or surety if a release order

referred to in

section 515 of the Criminal Code

(Canada) sets out a requirement for the accused or surety to pay an amount of

money if the accused fails to comply with a condition of the order.

6. Related

transition rules are set out in a new

section 8.4.

SCHEDULE 3

CONSTABLE JOE MACDONALD PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ SURVIVORS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ACT,

The

Schedule enacts the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety

Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund Act, 2026 . The major elements of

the Act are described below.

Currently,

the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund

is established under an Order in Council to provide and distribute scholarships

for the surviving spouses and children of public safety officers who died in

the line of duty. The Act continues this Fund and sets out rules for the

granting of scholarships, while also allowing the scholarships to be granted in

circumstances prescribed in the regulations. It also continues the Constable

Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund Committee that

was originally established by Order in Council and sets out rules respecting

its membership and functions. Regulation-making powers are added respecting the

Fund and scholarships granted under the Act.

SCHEDULE 4

CORONERS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Coroners

Act .

Currently,

clause 7 (1) (

c) of the Act requires the Chief Forensic Pathologist to conduct

programs for the instruction of pathologists. This is replaced with new

requirements to facilitate the postgraduate training of pathologists and to

conduct continuing education programs.

New

section 50.2 is added to the Act. This

section prohibits photographs, audio or

video recordings or other records at an inquest and in certain related

contexts. It also prohibits the publication, broadcasting or reproduction of

those records. Exceptions are set out for notes, sketches, certain audio

recordings and specified records that have been authorized by the presiding

coroner. Contraventions of this

section are offences.

SCHEDULE 5

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Highway Traffic

Act relating to driver’s licence suspensions, vehicle impoundments and

increased fines in certain circumstances, including amendments providing for

and respecting the following:

1. Indefinite

suspension, in certain circumstances, of the driver’s licence of a person who

is convicted of a Criminal Code (Canada) offence

respecting dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death.

2. Suspension

of a person’s driver’s licence and the impoundment of the person’s vehicle if a

police officer believes a contravention of Criminal Code

(Canada) provisions respecting dangerous operation of conveyances has occurred.

3. The

right to appeal the impoundment of the person’s vehicle for driving while the

person’s licence is suspended and the grounds and processes for the appeal.

4. Higher fines and longer licence suspensions in certain

circumstances on conviction for the offence of driving while suspended and

longer periods for which the vehicle that was driven may be impounded.

5. Higher fines on conviction for the

offence of driving with a visible display screen if the offence was committed

by means of a commercial motor vehicle.

6. Higher

fines and suspension of a person’s driver’s licence on conviction for the

offence of driving while holding devices if the offence was committed by means

of a commercial motor vehicle.

7. Suspension

of a person’s driver’s licence if a police officer believes the offence of

driving carelessly has occurred.

SCHEDULE 6

POLICE RECORD CHECKS REFORM ACT, 2015

The

Schedule amends the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 .

Under

section 9 of the Act, a police record check provider shall not disclose

information unless the information is authorized to be disclosed in connection

with a particular type of police record check in accordance with the

Schedule

to the Act.

Currently,

the

Schedule to the Act authorizes, for certain types of police record checks,

the disclosure of every criminal offence of which the individual has been

convicted and for which a pardon has not been issued or granted, with the

exception that such an offence may not be disclosed in the case of a

summary

conviction if the request for information is made more than five years after

the date of the

summary conviction.

The

Schedule to the Act is amended to provide that this exception to the disclosure

applies to convictions for an offence that may be prosecuted only by way of

summary conviction proceedings if the request is made more than five years

after the date of the conviction.

New

section 14.1 of the Act requires a police record check provider to comply with any

prescribed service standards with respect to conducting police record checks.

Certain causes of actions are extinguished with respect to any purported

failure to comply with those service standards.

The

Minister is authorized to make regulations for the purposes of

section 14.1 of

the Act, such as regulations establishing service standards or requiring that a

police record check provider report on such matters respecting compliance with

the service standards as the regulations specify.

SCHEDULE 7

PROVINCIAL ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES ACT, 2019

The

Schedule amends the Provincial Animal Welfare Services

Act, 2019 .

Currently,

section 49 of the Act sets out the same sanctions for contravening the

prohibition on causing harm or attempting to cause harm to an animal that works

with peace officers and the prohibition on causing harm or attempting to cause

harm to a service animal. These sanctions include a minimum fine of $25,000 as

well as a maximum fine. For an individual, the maximum fine is $130,000 for a

first offence and $260,000 for a second or subsequent offence. For a

corporation, the maximum fine is $500,000 for a first offence and $1,000,000

for a second or subsequent offence.

Section

49 is amended to change the fines that may be imposed for contravening the

prohibition on causing harm or attempting to cause harm to an animal that works

with peace officers. The minimum fine is increased to $50,000 and the maximum

fine becomes, in the case of an individual, $260,000, or in the case of a

corporation, $1,000,000, regardless of whether it is a first, second or

subsequent offence.

Consequential

amendments are made to reflect this change.

addition, corrections are made to the French version of the Act.

Bill 75 2026

Act to enact the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors

Scholarship Fund Act, 2026 and to amend various other Acts

CONTENTS

Preamble

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Animals

for Research Act

Schedule 2

Bail

Act

Schedule 3

Constable

Joe Macdonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund Act, 2026

Schedule 4

Coroners

Act

Schedule 5

Highway

Traffic Act

Schedule 6

Police

Record Checks Reform Act, 2015

Schedule 7

Provincial

Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019

Preamble

The

Government of Ontario is committed to:

Reforming

the bail system to protect Ontario communities;

Stopping

dangerous drivers to keep Ontario roads and highways safe;

Improving

access to justice and protecting public safety; and

Promoting

the humane treatment of animals.

Therefore,

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Contents

of this Act

1 This Act consists of this section, sections 2

and 3, and the Schedules to this Act.

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided

in this section, this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

(2) The

Schedules to this Act come into force as provided in each Schedule.

(3) If

a

Schedule to this Act provides that any of its provisions are to come into force

on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, an order

may apply to one or more of those provisions, and orders may be issued at

different times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 .

SCHEDULE 1

ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH ACT

(1) The definition of “Minister” in subsection 1 (1) of the Animals for Research Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

“Minister”

means the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness or such other member

of the Executive Council to whom responsibility for the administration of this

Act may be assigned or transferred under the Executive

Council Act ; (“ministre”)

(2) Subsection

1 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

definitions:

“Ministry”

means the ministry of the Minister; (“ ministère ”)

“prescribed”

means prescribed by the regulations; (“ prescrit ”)

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Prohibited

breeding

3.1 No operator of a supply

facility shall breed cats or dogs for research purposes.

Subsections 4 (2) and (3) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

Registration,

renewals

(2) Subject

to subsection (3), the Director shall register a research facility, or renew

the registration of a research facility, whose operator applies for

registration or renewal and pays the prescribed fee unless the Director is of

the opinion that,

(

a) the

past conduct of the applicant or, if the applicant is a corporation, of its

officers, its directors or any prescribed persons, affords reasonable grounds

to believe that the applicant will not operate the research facility in

accordance with the law;

(

b) the

research facility does not have the pens, cages, compounds, tools, implements,

buildings and dietary materials necessary to properly care for and handle

animals;

(

c) the

research facility was formerly registered and its registration was revoked less

than one year before the date of the application; or

(

d) the

applicant or the research facility does not meet the prescribed requirements,

if any.

Refusal

to register, renew

(3) The

Director may, after a hearing, refuse to register a research facility or renew

the registration of a research facility if the Director is of the opinion that

one or more of the grounds set out in clause (2) (a), (

b) or (

d) exist.

Section 5 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Suspension,

revocation

The

Director may, after a hearing, suspend or revoke the registration of a research

facility if,

(

a) any

of the facilities, equipment or materials referred to in clause 4 (2) (

b) have

not been properly maintained or are no longer available at the research

facility; or

(

b) the

operator of the research facility or any person employed by or associated with

the operator in the operation of the research facility has failed to comply

with this Act or the regulations or with any Act relating to cruelty to or

maltreatment or neglect of animals.

Subsection 12 (2) of the Act is repealed.

(1) Subsection 14 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Sale,

gift, etc.

(2) No

operator of a research facility shall sell, gift or otherwise transfer

ownership of an animal to any person unless,

(

a) the

research facility has a written procedure for transferring ownership of

animals;

(

b) the

procedure satisfies any prescribed requirements;

(

c) the

procedure has been reviewed and approved by an animal care committee; and

(

d) the

operator complies with the approved procedure.

(2) Subsection

14 (3) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(0.

a) the

sale, gift or transfer of ownership of an animal owned by the operator of the

research facility in their personal capacity or for a purpose other than

research;

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Invasive medical research

15.1

(1) No

person shall perform invasive medical research on cats, dogs or other

prescribed animals.

Exception

(2) Despite

subsection (1), invasive medical research on an animal mentioned in that

subsection is permitted at a registered research facility if,

(

a) the

research is for a veterinary purpose set out in the regulations or is otherwise

described in the regulations;

(

b) the

operator of the registered research facility where the research would be

performed submits a research project proposal that meets the prescribed

criteria, if any, to the animal care committee for the registered research

facility;

(

c) the

animal care committee reviews the research project proposal and provides the

operator of the registered research facility with its approval, in writing, in

accordance with subsection 17 (3.1); and

(

d) the

research is carried out in accordance with the approved research project

proposal and in accordance with any prescribed requirements, conditions or

limitations.

Other

research

(3) No

person shall perform any research other than invasive medical research on cats,

dogs or other prescribed animals unless the conditions in clauses (2) (

b) to

(

d) are satisfied with respect to the research.

(1) Subsection 17 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Animal

care committee

(1) The

operator of a registered research facility shall ensure that,

(

a) an

animal care committee is established or engaged in respect of the research

facility in accordance with this section; and

(

b) the

animal care committee carries out its duties under this Act with respect to the

research facility.

Membership

(1.1) The

members of the animal care committee shall include,

(

a) at

least one veterinarian; and

(

b) such

other members as may be required by the regulations or who meet such criteria

as may be set out in the regulations.

(2) Subsection

17 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Responsibility

of animal care committee

(2) Every

animal care committee established or engaged under subsection (1) in respect of

a registered research facility shall be responsible for co-ordinating and

reviewing the following from time to time for the facility:

1. Its

activities and procedures relating to the care of animals.

2. Its

standards of care and facilities, equipment and materials for animals.

3. The

training for and qualifications of personnel engaged in the care of animals at

the facility.

4. Its

protocol for how animals will be used in research.

5. Its

procedures for the prevention of unnecessary pain including the use of

anaesthetics and analgesics.

(3) Section

17 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Review

of research project proposal

(3.1) In

the prescribed circumstances, the animal care committee shall,

(

a) review

research project proposals to assess compliance with any prescribed criteria

mentioned in

section 15.1;

(

b) if

it approves a research project proposal, include confirmation of how the

proposal satisfies the criteria mentioned in clause (a); and

(

c) provide

the research facility with a written record of its review.

Records

(3.2) The

operator of a registered research facility shall retain records of the animal

care committee’s reviews and assessments under this Act in accordance with the

regulations.

(4) Subsection

17 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “an offence has been or will be

committed against

section 16 in any research facility in connection with which

it is established” in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “section

15.1 or 16 is being contravened or will be contravened in any research facility

in respect of which it is established or engaged”.

(1) Clause 18 (3) (

c) of the Act is amended by striking out

“relating to animals that” in the portion before subclause (

i) and substituting

“ relating to research conducted at a research facility

or proposed to be conducted at a research facility or relating to animals that ”.

(2) Subsection

18 (4) of the Act is amended by adding “or 158.1” after “158” in the portion

before clause (a).

(3) Subsection

18 (5) of the Act is amended by adding “or 158.1” after “158”.

(1) Subsection 20 (4) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Identifying

dogs, cats

(4) The

operator of a pound who has impounded a dog or cat shall take any prescribed

steps, and any other reasonable steps, to find the owner of the dog or cat and

shall notify the owner as soon as reasonably possible that the dog or cat has

been impounded.

(2) Clause

20 (6) (

c) of the Act is amended by striking out “sell” at the beginning and

substituting “subject to the regulations, sell”.

Section 21 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Offences

Minor

offences

(1) Every

person is guilty of an offence who,

(

a) contravenes

a provision of this Act or the regulations not referenced in subsection (2);

(

b) contravenes

or fails to comply with an order of an animal care committee under subsection

17 (4); or

(

c) knowingly

provides false or misleading information to the chief inspector or to another

inspector.

Major

offences

(2) Every

person is guilty of an offence who contravenes any of the following:

1. Subsection

2 (1) (Operator required to be licensed).

2. Subsection

4 (1) (Research facility required to be registered).

3. Subsection

14 (1) (Purchase or other acquisition of animals).

4. Subsection

14 (2) (Sale, gift, etc.).

5. Subsection

15.1 (1) (Invasive medical research).

6. Subsection

15.1 (3) (Other research).

7. Subsection

16 (1) (Animals to be anaesthetized).

8. Subsection

16 (2) (Analgesics to be provided).

9. Subsection

17 (1) (Animal care committee).

10. Subsection

20 (5) or (6) (Dog or cat not to be destroyed).

Penalty

— individual, minor offences

(3) On

conviction under subsection (1), an individual is liable,

(

a) in

the case of a first offence, to a fine of not more than $75,000, to

imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both; or

(

b) in

the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than

$100,000, to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both.

Penalty

— individual, major offences

(4) On

conviction under subsection (2), an individual is liable,

(

a) in

the case of a first offence, to a fine of not more than $130,000, to

imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or to both; or

(

b) in

the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than

$260,000, to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or to both.

Penalty

— corporation, minor offences

(5) On

conviction under subsection (1), a corporation is liable,

(

a) in

the case of a first offence, to a fine of not more than $100,000; or

(

b) in

the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than

$250,000.

Penalty

— corporation, major offences

(6) On

conviction under subsection (2), a corporation is liable,

(

a) in

the case of a first offence, to a fine of not more than $500,000; or

(

b) in

the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than

$1,000,000.

(1) Section 23 of the Act is amended by adding the following

clauses:

(0.

a) respecting

anything in this Act that is described as being prescribed or done by

regulation;

(0.

b) defining

or clarifying the meaning of any word or expression used in this Act that is

not otherwise defined in this Act;

. . . .

(d.1) governing

animal care committees or assigning them duties;

. . . .

(e.1) governing

standards or requirements for the carrying out of research in a research

facility, including conditions, limitations and restrictions in respect of the

research;

. . . .

(n.1) governing

such transitional matters as the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers

necessary or advisable in connection with the implementation of the amendments

made by the Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 ;

(2) Clause

23 (

h) of the Act is amended by adding “and for how long they shall be kept” at

the end.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

General

provisions re regulations

General

or particular

(1) A

regulation under this Act may be general or particular in its application.

Incorporation

by reference, standards of practice

(2) A

regulation may incorporate by reference, in whole or in part and with such

changes as are considered necessary, any code, standard, guideline or similar

document.

Rolling

incorporation

(3) If

a regulation incorporates by reference a code, standard, guideline or similar

document, the regulation may require compliance with the code, standard,

guideline or document as amended from time to time, whether the amendment was

made before or after the regulation was made.

Same

(4) A

code, standard, guideline or similar document adopted pursuant to subsection

(3) must be created by a recognized body and must not be a code, standard,

guideline or document created by the Ministry.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 2

BAIL ACT

Subsection 1 (1) of the Bail Act is repealed and

the following substituted:

Registration

of certificate of lien

(1) In

cases where a release order referred to in

section 515 of the Criminal Code (Canada) is made in respect of an accused,

the Crown Attorney may register, in the proper land registry office, a

certificate of lien against the land mentioned in the certificate for an amount

equal to the amount a surety has promised to pay in the release order if the

accused fails to comply with a condition of the order.

Section 2 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Sale

of land in the event of default

If the

surety referred to in subsection 1 (1) fails to pay to the Crown any amount the

surety has been ordered to pay under

section 771 of the Criminal

Code (Canada), the Crown may enforce the lien by sale of the real

property against which it is registered in the same manner as a sale to realize

on a mortgage.

Expiry

of lien

A lien

arising from a certificate of lien registered under

section 1 expires on the

sixth anniversary of the date the certificate was registered against the land

unless, before the end of the six-year period,

(

a) a

writ of fieri facias issued under

section 771 of the Criminal

Code (Canada) against the surety referred to in subsection 1 (1) of this

Act is filed with the sheriff of the county in which the land is situated; and

(

b) the

sheriff takes all the steps they are required to take under subsection 10

(4) of the Execution Act in respect of the writ they

have received.

Section 6 of the Act is repealed.

Subsection 7 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Certificate

of discharge

(1) The

Crown Attorney may,

(

a) register

a certificate of discharge in the proper land registry office; or

(

b) if

the certificate of lien is continued under

section 8.4, deliver a certificate

of discharge to the sheriff to whom the certificate of lien was delivered or

transmitted.

Section 8 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Collection of amounts owed to the Crown

(1) The

Minister of Finance may take one or more of the measures described in

section

11.1.1, 11.1.2 or 11.1.4 of the Ministry of Revenue Act

to enforce the collection of a debt to the Crown under

section 771 of the Criminal Code (Canada) if the Minister responsible for

the administration of this Act has entered into a memorandum of understanding

under

section 11.1 of the Ministry of Revenue Act

for the Minister of Finance to provide collection services.

Application

of ss. 11.1.1, 11.1.2 and 11.1.4 of Ministry of Revenue Act

(2) None

of the measures described in

section 11.1.1, 11.1.2 or 11.1.4 of the Ministry of Revenue Act shall be taken with respect to

debt referred to in subsection (1) of this

section unless,

(

a) the

Minister responsible for the administration of this Act has entered into a

memorandum of understanding with the Minister of Finance for the purpose of

authorizing the Ministry of Finance to take such measures; and

(

b) such

measures are taken in accordance with,

(

i) the

terms set out in the memorandum of understanding referred to in clause (a), and

(ii) any

other requirements, limitations, conditions or terms prescribed by the

regulations.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Security

deposit

8.0.1

(1) The

following requirements apply with respect to a release order referred to in

section 515 of the Criminal Code (Canada) made in

respect of an accused:

1. If

the order sets out the accused’s promise to pay a specified amount if the

accused fails to comply with a condition of the order, the accused shall pay

the amount specified in the order to the person specified in the regulations,

at the time and in the manner specified in the regulations.

2. If

the order sets out a surety’s promise to pay a specified amount if the accused

fails to comply with a condition of the order, the surety shall pay the amount

specified in the order to the person specified in the regulations, at the time

and in the manner specified in the regulations.

Offence

(2) A

person who fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

Subsection 8.1 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

1.2 A

person named as a surety in a release order referred to in

section 515 of the Criminal Code (Canada) for which a certificate of default

has been endorsed under

section 770 of that Act.

The Act is amended by adding the following sections:

Limitation

period

8.3 A proceeding for an

offence under this Act shall not be commenced after five years after the date

on which the offence was, or is alleged to have been, committed.

Transition

8.4

(1) Certificates

of lien that were delivered or transmitted to the sheriff of the county in

which the land is situated before the day

section 8 of

Schedule 2 to the Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 came into force

continue to be in effect but are deemed to expire two years after that day

unless a writ of fieri facias issued under

section 771 of the Criminal Code (Canada) in respect of the lien is filed

with the sheriff before they expire.

Same

(2) The

sheriff may withdraw from the index of writs of execution maintained under the Execution Act any certificate of lien deemed to have

expired under subsection (1) without notice to the Crown Attorney.

(1) Section 9 of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(

c) prescribing

requirements, limitations, conditions or terms for the purposes of subclause 8

(2) (b) (ii).

(2) Section

9 of the Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(

d) governing

the payment of amounts under subsection 8.0.1 (1);

(

e) providing for the administration of

amounts received under subsection 8.0.1 (1), including how such amounts shall

be held and administered and the circumstances in which an amount or part of an

amount shall be refunded to the person who paid the amount.

(3) Section

9 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Regulations

re transitional matters

(2) The

Minister responsible for the administration of this Act may make regulations

governing transitional matters that, in the opinion of the Minister, are

necessary or advisable to deal with issues arising out of the amendments to

this Act made by

Schedule 2 to the Keeping Criminals

Behind Bars Act, 2026 .

Execution

Act

(1) Paragraph 1 of subsection 10 (4) of the Execution

Act is amended by striking out “under the Bail Act ”

and substituting “continued under

section 8.4 of the Bail

Act ”.

(2) Subsection

10 (6) of the Act is amended by striking out “under the Bail

Act ” and substituting “continued under

section 8.4 of the Bail Act ”.

Land

Titles Act

Subsection 136 (2) of the Land Titles Act is

amended by striking out “any certificate of lien under the Bail Act ” and substituting “by any certificate of lien

continued under

section 8.4 of the Bail Act ”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 3

CONSTABLE JOE MACDONALD PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ SURVIVORS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ACT,

CONTENTS

Definitions

Fund

continued

Minister’s

responsibility

Applications

for scholarships

Committee

Regulations

Commencement

Short

title

Definitions

1 In this Act,

“Committee”

means the committee continued under

section 5; (“Comité”)

“Fund”

means the fund continued under

section 2; (“Fonds”)

“Minister”

means the Solicitor General or such other member of the Executive Council to

whom responsibility for the administration of this Act may be assigned or

transferred under the Executive Council Act ; (“ ministre ”)

“prescribed”

means prescribed by the regulations; (“ prescrit ”)

“public

safety officer” means,

(

a) a

police officer as defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Community

Safety and Policing Act, 2019 ,

(

b) a

First Nation Officer as defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 ,

(

c) a

firefighter as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the Fire

Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 ,

(

d) a

person employed under

Part III of the Public Service of

Ontario Act, 2006 as a correctional officer, probation officer or parole

officer, or any combination thereof,

(

e) a

probation officer as defined in

section 144 of the Child,

Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 , or

(

f) a

member of any other prescribed category; (“ agent de sécurité

publique ”)

“regulations”

means the regulations made under this Act. (“ règlements ”)

Fund

continued

(1) The Constable

Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund established

by Order in Council 1453/97 is continued under this Act under the name

Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund in

survivants d’agents de sécurité publique in French.

Purpose

(2) The

purpose of the Fund is to provide and distribute scholarships to provide for

the costs of tuition and student living allowances for post-secondary education

to the surviving spouses and children of public safety officers who died in the

line of duty or in other prescribed circumstances.

Initial

balance transfer

(3) On

the day this

section comes into force, the amount of the balance that was

credited to the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors

Scholarship Fund established by Order in Council 1453/97, including, for

greater certainty, the initial principal amount of $5 million and any interest

earned but not paid out from the Fund, shall be credited to the account of the

Fund continued under this Act.

Additional

funding

(4) The

Treasury Board, having regard to the Fund’s condition, expenditures and

forecasted liability, may direct that the Fund be credited with such an amount

as may be considered necessary or advisable.

Authorized

charges

(5) Amounts

may be charged to the Fund and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for

the following purposes:

1. To

fund the grant of a scholarship as described in

section 4.

2. To

fund reimbursement of the expenses of the Committee as described in subsection

5 (5).

3. For

any other prescribed purpose in respect of the administration of the Fund.

Minister’s

responsibility

3 The Minister shall be responsible for the

granting and administration of scholarships under this Act.

Applications

for scholarships

(1) A spouse or a child of a public

safety officer who died in the line of duty or in the prescribed circumstances

may apply to the Minister for a scholarship from the Fund to support their

education at a post-secondary institution.

Form

and manner of application

(2) The

application must be made in the form and manner approved by the Minister.

Granting

of scholarships

(3) The

Minister shall grant a scholarship to the applicant if, in the Minister’s

opinion, the application has met the prescribed criteria, taking into account

any recommendations of the Committee.

Amount

(4) The

amount of the scholarship shall be determined in accordance with the rules set

out in the regulations and may, for greater certainty, include amounts

respecting the cost of tuition or a student living allowance.

Ongoing

eligibility

(5) A

person who has been granted a scholarship under this Act must meet the

prescribed eligibility criteria, if any, in order to continue receiving the

scholarship.

Committee

(1) The Constable Joe MacDonald

Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund Committee established by

Order in Council 1453/97 is continued under this Act.

Mandate

(2) The

Committee shall review applications submitted under this Act and make

recommendations to the Minister about them.

Members

(3) The

Minister shall appoint the members of the Committee for a term not exceeding

three years and may reappoint members for any number of additional terms which

each must not exceed three years.

Chair

(4) The

Minister shall designate one member of the Committee as the chair and may

designate one or more members as vice-chairs.

Reimbursement

for reasonable expenses

(5) The

members of the Committee shall not receive remuneration but may be reimbursed

for reasonable expenses incurred in performing their duties under this Act in

accordance with the directives or guidelines issued by the Management Board of

Cabinet.

Expenses

(6) The

expenses of the Committee shall be paid from the Fund.

Committee’s

recommendations

(7) The

Committee shall recommend to the Minister that a scholarship be granted if the

prescribed criteria are satisfied.

Regulations

6 The Minister may make regulations,

(

a) prescribing

anything that this Act refers to as being prescribed or set out in the

regulations;

(

b) governing

the administration of the Fund, including payment out of the fund, the

recognition of revenue and the incurrence of expenditures;

(

c) governing

applications for scholarships under this Act;

(

d) governing

the determination of the amount of a scholarship granted under this Act;

(

e) governing

the administration of scholarships granted under this Act;

(

f) establishing

rules or requirements that apply in order for a person to continue to receive a

scholarship that has been granted under this Act;

(

g) defining

or clarifying the meaning of any word or expression used in this Act that is

not otherwise defined in this Act, including, without limiting the generality

of the foregoing,

(i) “child”,

(ii) “died

in the line of duty”,

(iii) “parent”,

(iv) “post-secondary

institution”,

(v) “student

living allowance”;

(

h) governing

transitional matters that may arise due to the enactment of

Schedule 3 to the Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 ;

(

i) respecting

any other matter necessary or advisable to implement this Act effectively.

Commencement

7 The Act set out in this

Schedule comes into force on a

day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Short

title

8 The

short title of the Act set out in this

Schedule is

the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’

Survivors Scholarship Fund Act, 2026 .

SCHEDULE 4

CORONERS ACT

Clause 7 (1) (

c) of the Coroners Act is repealed

and the following substituted:

(

c) facilitate

the postgraduate training of pathologists to enable them to provide forensic

pathology services under this Act;

(c.1) conduct

continuing education programs for pathologists who provide services under this

Act;

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Prohibition

on photographs, recordings, dissemination

50.2

(1) No

person shall,

(

a) take

or attempt to take a photograph, audio or video recording or other record

capable of producing or transmitting visual or aural representations by

electronic means or otherwise,

(

i) at

an inquest,

(ii) of

any person entering or leaving the room in which an inquest is to be or has

been conducted, or

(iii) of

any person in the building in which an inquest is to be or has been conducted

if there is reasonable ground for believing that the person is there for the

purpose of attending or leaving the inquest, other than in an area of the

building designated by the coroner presiding at the inquest for the purpose and

with the person’s consent;

(

b) publish,

broadcast, reproduce or otherwise disseminate a photograph, recording or record

taken in contravention of clause (a); or

(

c) broadcast,

reproduce or otherwise disseminate an audio recording described in clause (2)

(b).

Non-application

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply with respect to,

(

a) the

unobtrusive making of notes or sketches of events at an inquest by a person;

(

b) the

making of an audio recording at an inquest, unobtrusively and in a manner

authorized by the coroner presiding at the inquest, by a person with standing

at the inquest, a representative of a person with standing at the inquest or a

journalist, for the sole purpose of supplementing or replacing notes; or

(

c) subject

to the authorization of the coroner presiding at the inquest, any act referred

to in subsection (1),

(

i) if

it is required for the presentation of evidence, the making of a record or any

other purpose of the inquest,

(ii) with

the consent of the persons with standing at the inquest and witnesses, or

(iii) in

connection with any ceremonial proceeding.

Offence

and penalty

(3) Every

person who contravenes this

section is guilty of an offence and on conviction

is liable to a fine of not more than $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term of

not more than six months, or to both.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Keeping

Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 5

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

The Highway Traffic Act is amended by adding the

following section:

Suspension

on conviction for dangerous operation causing death

41.0.3

(1) The

driver’s licence of a person who is convicted of an offence under subsection

320.13 (3) of the Criminal Code (Canada) committed

while driving or having the care, charge or control of a motor vehicle, street

car or a motorized snow vehicle, is thereupon suspended indefinitely, subject

to early reinstatement under

section 57.

Same

(2) Subsections

41 (5) and (8) apply to this

section with necessary modifications.

Subsection 41.4 (21) of the Act is amended by adding “48.5” after “48.4”.

Subsection 43 (1) of the Act, as amended by

section 9 of the Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 , is amended by

striking out “under subsection 41 (1), 41.0.1 (1) or 42 (1)” and substituting

“under subsection 41 (1), 41.0.1 (1), 41.0.3 (1) or 42 (1)”.

Subsection 48.4 (21) of the Act is amended by adding “48.5” after “41.4”.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Police

to require surrender of licence, detention of vehicle

48.5

(1) If a

police officer believes on reasonable and probable

grounds that a person is driving, or has driven, a motor vehicle on a

highway in contravention of

section 320.13 of the Criminal

Code (Canada), the officer shall,

(

a) request

that the person surrender their driver’s licence; and

(

b) detain

the motor vehicle that was being driven by the person until it is impounded

under clause (3) (b).

Administrative

90-day licence suspension

(2) Upon

a request being made under clause (1) (a), the person to whom the request is

made shall forthwith surrender their driver’s licence to the police officer

and, whether or not the person is unable or fails to surrender the licence to

the police officer, the driver’s licence is suspended for a period of 90 days

from the day the request is made.

Administrative

seven-day vehicle impoundment

(3) Upon

a motor vehicle being detained under clause (1) (b), the motor vehicle shall,

at the cost of and risk to its owner,

(

a) be

removed to an impound facility as directed by a police officer; and

(

b) be

impounded for seven days from the day it was detained under clause (1) (b).

Release

of vehicle

(4) Subject

to subsection (6), the motor vehicle shall be released to its owner from the

impound facility upon the expiry of the period of impoundment.

Early

release of vehicle

(5) Despite

the detention or impoundment of a motor vehicle under this section, a police

officer may release the motor vehicle to its owner before it is impounded under

subsection (3) or, subject to subsection (6), may direct the operator of the

impound facility where the motor vehicle is impounded to release the motor

vehicle to its owner before the expiry of the seven days if the officer is

satisfied that the motor vehicle was stolen at the time that it was driven on a

highway in contravention of subsection (1).

Costs

to be paid before release of vehicle

(6) The

person who operates the impound facility where a motor vehicle is impounded

under subsection (3) is not required to release the motor vehicle until the

removal and impound costs for the vehicle have been paid.

Lien

for storage costs

(7) The

costs incurred by the person who operates the impound facility where a motor

vehicle is impounded under this

section are a lien on the motor vehicle that

may be enforced under the Repair and Storage Liens Act .

Duty

of officer re licence suspension

(8) Every

police officer who asks for the surrender of a person’s driver’s licence under

this

section shall keep a record of the licence received with the name and

address of the person and the date and time of the suspension and shall, as

soon as practicable after receiving the licence, provide the person with a

notice of suspension showing the time from which the suspension takes effect

and the period of time for which the licence is suspended.

Duty

of officer re impoundment

(9) Every

police officer who detains a motor vehicle under this

section shall prepare a

notice identifying the motor vehicle that is to be impounded under subsection

(3), the name and address of the driver and the date and time of the

impoundment and shall, as soon as practicable after the impoundment of the

motor vehicle, provide the driver with a copy of the notice showing the time

from which the impoundment takes effect, the period of time for which the motor

vehicle is impounded and the place where the vehicle may be recovered.

Same

(10) A

police officer shall provide a copy of the notice prepared under subsection

(9) to the owner of the motor vehicle by delivering it personally or by mail to the

address of the owner shown on the permit for the motor vehicle or to the latest

address for the owner appearing on the records of the Ministry.

appeal or hearing

(11) There

is no appeal from, or right to be heard before, a vehicle detention or vehicle

impoundment under subsection (1) or (3), but this subsection does not affect

the taking of any proceeding in court.

right to be heard

(12) There

is no right to be heard before a driver’s licence suspension under subsection

(2), but this subsection does not affect the taking of any proceeding in court.

Owner

may recover losses from driver

(13) The

owner of a motor vehicle that is impounded under this

section may bring an

action against the driver of the motor vehicle at the time the vehicle was

detained under clause (1) (

b) to recover any costs or other losses incurred by

the owner in connection with the impoundment.

Offence

(14) Every

person who obstructs or interferes with a police officer in the performance of

the officer’s duties under this

section is guilty of an offence and on

conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $200 and not more than $5,000

or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.

Intent

of suspension and impoundment

(15) The

suspension of a driver’s licence and the impoundment of a motor vehicle under

this

section are intended to promote compliance with this Act and to thereby

safeguard the public and do not constitute an alternative to any proceeding or

penalty arising from the same circumstances or around the same time.

Impoundment

concurrent with other administrative impoundments

(16) The

impoundment of a motor vehicle under this

section runs concurrently with an

impoundment, if any, of the same motor vehicle under

section 41.4, 48.4, 55.1,

55.2, 82.1 or 172.

Regulations

(17) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) requiring

police officers to keep records with respect to licence suspensions and vehicle

impoundments under this

section for a specified period of time and to report

specified information with respect to licence suspensions and vehicle

impoundments to the Registrar and governing such records and reports;

(

b) exempting any class of persons or class

or type of vehicles from any provision or requirement of this

section and

prescribing conditions and circumstances for any such exemptions.

Definitions

(18) In

this section,

“driver’s

licence” includes a driver’s licence issued by another jurisdiction; (“permis

de conduire”)

“motor

vehicle” includes a street car and a motorized snow vehicle. (“véhicule

automobile”)

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Appeal

of 90-day suspension

50.1.1

(1) A person

whose driver’s licence is suspended under

section 48.5 may appeal the

suspension to the Tribunal if the appeal is commenced while the suspension is

in effect.

Grounds

for appeal

(2) The

only grounds on which a person may appeal a suspension under

section 48.5 and

the only grounds on which the Tribunal may order that the suspension be set

aside are,

(

a) that

the person whose licence was suspended is not the same individual to whom a

police officer made a request to surrender their driver’s licence under clause

48.5 (1) (a); or

(

b) that throughout the circumstances that

resulted in the police officer making a request for the person to surrender

their driver’s licence under clause 48.5 (1) (a), the person was unable to

drive the motor vehicle safely because of a medical occurrence the onset of

which was sudden and unforeseeable.

Supporting

material

(3) A

person who appeals to the Tribunal under subsection (1) shall file written

material in support of the appeal, and the Tribunal shall not hold a hearing

until all the supporting material is filed.

Powers

of Board

(4) The

Tribunal may confirm the suspension or may order that the suspension be set

aside.

Licence

reinstated

(5) If

the Tribunal orders that the suspension be set aside, it shall give written

notice of the order to the appellant and the Registrar and, upon receipt of

such notice, the Registrar shall reinstate the appellant’s driver’s licence,

subject to any other suspension under this Act.

Decision

final

(6) The

decision of the Tribunal under this

section is final and binding.

Suspension

not stayed

(7) The

suspension under

section 48.5 continues to apply despite the filing of an

appeal under this

section unless the Registrar reinstates the licence pursuant

to the Tribunal’s order that the suspension be set aside, and this subsection

prevails over the Statutory Powers Procedure Act .

When

oral hearing required

(8) The

Tribunal is not required to hold an oral hearing under this

section unless the

appellant requests an oral hearing at the time of filing the appeal and bases

the appeal on one of the grounds set out in subsection (2).

Exception

(9) Despite

a request by the appellant for an oral hearing, the Tribunal may order that the

suspension be set aside on the basis of the material filed with the Tribunal

without holding an oral hearing.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Appeal

of a vehicle impoundment for driving while suspended under s. 55.2

50.4

(1) The

owner of a motor vehicle that is impounded under

section 55.2 for a period of

30 days or more may, upon paying the fee established by the Tribunal, appeal

the impoundment to the Tribunal.

Parties

(2) The

owner and the Registrar are the parties to an appeal under this section.

Grounds

for appeal

(3) The

only grounds on which an owner may appeal under subsection (1) and the only

grounds on which the Tribunal may order the Registrar to release the motor

vehicle are,

(

a) that

the motor vehicle that is impounded was stolen at the time it was detained in

order to be impounded;

(

b) that

the driver’s licence of the driver of the motor vehicle at the time it was

detained in order to be impounded was not then under suspension;

(

c) that

the owner of the motor vehicle exercised due diligence in attempting to

determine that the driver’s licence of the driver of the motor vehicle at the

time it was detained in order to be impounded was not then under suspension; or

(

d) that

the impoundment will result in exceptional hardship.

Exception

(4) Clause

(3) (

d) does not apply if there was a previous impoundment under

section 55.2

with respect to any motor vehicle then owned by the same owner.

Powers

of Tribunal

(5) The

Tribunal may confirm the impoundment or order the Registrar to release the

motor vehicle.

Notice

of decision

(6) The

Tribunal shall give written notice of its decision to the owner and the

Registrar.

Registrar’s

actions if Tribunal orders release of vehicle

(7) If

the Tribunal orders the Registrar to release the motor vehicle, the Registrar

shall, upon receipt of the notice,

(

a) issue

an order to release the vehicle; and

(

b) if the grounds for ordering the release

of the vehicle are those set out in clause (3) (b),

(

i) pay

on behalf of the owner the amount incurred by the owner, as a result of the

impoundment, for removing and impounding the vehicle, not including any amount

for economic losses, and

(ii) pay

the operator or the owner the amount incurred by the operator or owner, as a

result of the impoundment, for removing the load or drawn vehicle from the

motor vehicle, not including any amount for economic losses.

Decision

final

(8) The

decision of the Tribunal under this

section is final and binding.

Impoundment

not stayed

(9) Despite

the Statutory Powers Procedure Act , the filing of

an appeal under this

section does not suspend or terminate the impoundment

under

section 55.2.

Civil

Remedies Act, 2001

prevails

(10) Subsection

(7) does not apply if the vehicle is subject to an order under

Part III.1 of

the Civil Remedies Act, 2001 .

Definitions

(11) In

this section,

“owner”

means each person whose name appears on the permit for the vehicle and includes

a holder of a permit as defined in subsection 6 (1).

Clause 52 (1) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking out “section 41 or 42” and

substituting “section 41, 41.0.1, 41.0.2, 41.0.3 or 42”.

(1) Clauses 53 (1) (

a) and (

b) of the Act are repealed and the

following substituted:

(

a) for

a first offence, to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $10,000;

(

b) for

a first subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than $5,000 and not more than

$15,000; and

(

c) for

a second subsequent or an additional subsequent offence, to a fine of not less

than $10,000 and not more than $20,000,

. . . .

(2) Subsection

53 (1.1) of the Act is amended by striking out “section 41 or 42” and

substituting “section 41, 41.0.1, 41.0.2, 41.0.3 or 42”.

(1) Paragraph 1 of subsection 55.1 (1) of the Act is repealed and

the following substituted:

1. While

the person’s driver’s licence is under suspension under

section 41, 41.0.1,

41.0.2, 41.0.3, 42 or 43, even if it is under suspension at the same time for

any other reason.

(2) Subsection

55.1 (37) of the Act is amended by adding “48.5” after “48.4”.

(1) Subsection 55.2 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Short-term

vehicle impoundment for driving while suspended

(1) Where

a police officer is satisfied that a person was driving a motor vehicle on a

highway while the person’s driver’s licence is under suspension (other than

under

section 32, 41, 41.0.1, 41.0.2, 41.0.3, 42, 43, 46 or 47 or for a reason

prescribed under clause 55.1 (38) (f.1)), the officer shall detain the motor

vehicle that was being driven by the person and the vehicle shall, at the cost

and risk of its owner,

(

a) be

removed to an impound facility as directed by a police officer; and

(

b) be

impounded from the time it was detained for the period described in subsection

(1.1) or until it is ordered to be released by the Registrar under subsection

(3) or under

section 50.4.

Impoundment

period

(1.1) A

motor vehicle detained under subsection (1) shall be impounded as follows:

1. For

14 days, if there has not been any previous impoundment under this section,

within a prescribed period, with respect to any motor vehicle then owned by the

owner of the vehicle currently being impounded.

2. For

30 days, if there has been one previous impoundment under this section, within

a prescribed period, with respect to any motor vehicle then owned by the owner

of the vehicle currently being impounded.

3. For

45 days, if there have been two or more previous impoundments under this

section, within a prescribed period, with respect to any motor vehicle then

owned by the owner of the vehicle currently being impounded.

(2) Subsection

55.2 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “the seven days” and

substituting “the period of impoundment”.

(3) Section

55.2 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Notice

by Registrar

(6.1) The

Registrar may provide notice of the impoundment to the owner of the motor

vehicle by mailing it to them at the latest address for them appearing on the

records of the Ministry.

(4) Subsection

55.2 (13) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

right to be heard

(13) There

is no right to be heard before a vehicle detention or impoundment under

subsection (1).

(5) Subsection

55.2 (21) of the Act is amended by adding “48.5” after “48.4”.

(6) Subsection

55.2 (23) of the Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(a.1) prescribing the period for the purpose

of subsection (1.1);

. . . .

(

e) prescribing

the time within which an appeal may be brought under

section 50.4 with respect

to an impoundment under this section, and governing any other time requirements

in the appeal process;

(

f) prescribing

criteria to be considered, and criteria not to be considered, by the Tribunal

in determining in an appeal under

section 50.4 whether exceptional hardship

will result from an impoundment under this section.

Subsection 57 (4.2) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

5. Where

the licence is suspended under subsection 41.0.3 (1) and the suspension has

been in effect for at least 25 years before the reinstatement takes effect.

Subsection 68.1 (8) of the Act is amended by striking out “$250” and

substituting “$1,000”.

(1) Clause 78 (2) (

b) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

(

b) a

hand-held wireless communication device or other device prescribed for the

purpose of subsection 78.1 (1) that is being used in compliance with

section

78.1;

(2) Section

78 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(5.1) Despite

subsection (5), every person who contravenes this

section is guilty of an

offence and, if the offence was committed by means of a commercial motor

vehicle, on conviction is liable,

(

a) for

a first offence, to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,000;

(

b) for

a first subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than

$4,000; and

(

c) for

a second subsequent or an additional subsequent offence, to a fine of not less

than $1,000 and not more than $6,000.

(3) Section

78 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(6.1) Despite

subsection (6), if a person is convicted of an offence committed by means of a

commercial motor vehicle under this section, the Registrar shall suspend the

person’s driver’s licence,

(

a) for

a first offence, for seven days;

(

b) for

a first subsequent offence, for 14 days; and

(

c) for

a second subsequent or an additional subsequent offence, for 60 days.

(4) Subsection

78 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection (5) or (6)” and

substituting “subsection (5), (5.1), (6) or (6.1)”.

(1) Subsection 78.1 (3) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Hands-free

mode allowed

(3) Despite

subsections (1) and (2), a person may drive a motor vehicle on a highway while

using a device described in those subsections in hands-free mode if the device

does not have a display screen on which is displayed,

(

a) entertainment;

(

b) text

or images other than those permitted under clause 78 (2) (a), (c), (

d) or (

e) or the regulations.

(2) Section

78.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(6.1.1) Despite

subsection (6.1), every person who contravenes this

section is guilty of an

offence and, if the offence was committed by means of a commercial motor

vehicle, on conviction is liable,

(

a) for

a first offence, to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,000;

(

b) for

a first subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than

$4,000; and

(

c) for

a second subsequent or an additional subsequent offence, to a fine of not less

than $1,000 and not more than $6,000.

(3) Section

78.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(6.2.1) Despite

subsection (6.2), if a person is convicted of an offence committed by means of

a commercial motor vehicle under this section, the Registrar shall suspend the

person’s driver’s licence,

(

a) for

a first offence, for seven days;

(

b) for

a first subsequent offence, for 14 days; and

(

c) for

a second subsequent or an additional subsequent offence, for 60 days.

(4) Subsection

78.1 (6.3) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection (6.1) or (6.2)”

and substituting “subsection (6.1), (6.1.1), (6.2) or (6.2.1)”.

Subsection 82.1 (36.2) of the Act is amended by adding “48.5” after “48.4”.

(1) Subsection 130 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “$400

and not more than $2,000” and substituting “$1,000 and not more than $5,000”.

(2) Subsection

130 (8) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Police

to require surrender of licence

(8) If

a police officer believes on reasonable and probable grounds that a person is

driving, or has driven, a vehicle on a highway in contravention of subsection

(1) or (3), the officer shall request that the person surrender their driver’s

licence.

Administrative

seven-day licence suspension

(9) Upon

a request being made under subsection (8) in respect of a contravention of

subsection (1), the person to whom the request is made shall forthwith

surrender their driver’s licence to the police officer and, whether or not the

person is unable or fails to surrender the licence to the police officer, the

driver’s licence is suspended for a period of seven days from the day the

request is made.

Administrative

30-day licence suspension

(10) Upon

a request being made under subsection (8) in respect of a contravention of

subsection (3), the person to whom the request is made shall forthwith

surrender their driver’s licence to the police officer and, whether or not the

person is unable or fails to surrender the licence to the police officer, the

driver’s licence is suspended for a period of 30 days from the day the request

is made.

Duty

of officer re licence suspension

(11) Every

police officer who asks for the surrender of a person’s driver’s licence under

this

section shall keep a record of the licence received with the name and

address of the person and the date and time of the suspension and shall, as

soon as practicable after receiving the licence, provide the person with a

notice of suspension showing the time from which the suspension takes effect

and the period of time for which the licence is suspended.

appeal or hearing

(12) There

is no appeal from, or right to be heard before, a driver’s licence suspension

under subsection (9) or (10), but this subsection does not affect the taking of

any proceeding in court.

Offence

(13) Every

person who obstructs or interferes with a police officer in the performance of

the officer’s duties under this

section is guilty of an offence and on

conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $200 and not more than $5,000

or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.

Intent

of suspension

(14) The

suspension of a driver’s licence under this

section is intended to promote

compliance with this Act and to thereby safeguard the public and does not

constitute an alternative to any proceeding or penalty arising from the same

circumstances or around the same time.

Regulations

(15) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) requiring

police officers to keep records with respect to licence suspensions under this

section for a specified period of time and to report specified information with

respect to licence suspensions to the Registrar and governing such records and

reports;

(

b) exempting

any class of persons from any provision or requirement of this

section and

prescribing conditions or circumstances for any such exemptions.

Definitions

(16) In

this section,

“driver”

means a person driving or having care, charge or control of a vehicle, whether

or not the vehicle is on a highway or in a specified place, and “drive” has a

corresponding meaning; (“conducteur”)

“driver’s

licence” includes a driver’s licence issued by another jurisdiction; (“permis

de conduire”)

“specified

place” means,

(

a) any

parking lot, structure or garage, whether public or private, paved or unpaved,

flat or multilevel, above or below grade, including any driveway or road that

connects the parking lot to a highway,

(

b) any

parking lot into which drivers are expressly or impliedly invited or permitted

to enter, with or without payment, and no matter whether payment was made or

whether the driver entered with or without permission; and

(

c) any

private, commercial or industrial parking lot from which the public would

ordinarily be excluded. (“endroit précisé”)

Subsection 172 (22) of the Act is amended by adding “48.5” after “48.4”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 6

POLICE RECORD CHECKS REFORM ACT, 2015

Paragraph 8 of subsection 2 (2) of the Police Record

Checks Reform Act, 2015 is repealed.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Service

standards

14.1

(1) A police

record check provider shall comply with any prescribed service standards with

respect to conducting police record checks.

Extinguishment

of causes of action

(2) No

cause of action arises against the Crown or any other person as a direct or

indirect result of any purported failure to comply with a prescribed service

standard.

remedy

(3) No

costs, compensation or damages, including for loss of revenues or loss of

profit or any other alleged loss, whether direct or indirect, are owing or

payable to any person and no remedy, including but not limited to a remedy in

contract, restitution, tort, misfeasance, bad faith, trust or fiduciary

obligation, any equitable remedy or any remedy under any statute, is available

to any person in connection with anything referred to in subsection (2) against

any person referred to in that subsection.

Proceedings

barred

(4) No

proceeding that is directly or indirectly based on or related to anything

referred to in subsection (2) may be brought or maintained against any person

referred to in that subsection.

Application

(5) Subsections

(3) and (4) do not apply with respect to an application for judicial review, a

claim for a constitutional remedy or a proceeding under this Act or the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 but do apply with

respect to any other court, administrative or arbitral proceeding, claiming any

remedy or relief, including specific performance, injunction, declaratory

relief or the enforcement of a judgment, order or award made outside Ontario.

costs awarded

(6) No

costs shall be awarded against any person in respect of a proceeding that

cannot be brought or maintained under subsection (4).

Proceedings

by Crown not prevented

(7) Subsections

(2) to (6) do not apply with respect to proceedings brought by the Crown.

Subsection 22 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(

e) for

the purposes of

section 14.1,

(

i) establishing

and governing service standards, including regulations specifying timeframes

within which a police record check provider is required to conduct a police

record check, and

(ii) requiring

that a police record check provider report on such matters respecting

compliance with the service standards by the police record check provider as

the regulations specify and governing the reporting requirements, including

requiring and governing the publication of the reports.

Item 1 of the Table entitled “Authorized Disclosure” in subsection 1 (2) of the

Schedule to the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Every

criminal offence of which the individual has been convicted for which a

pardon has not been issued or granted.

Disclose.

However, do not disclose convictions for an offence that may be

prosecuted only by way of

summary conviction proceedings if the request is made more than five years after the

date of the conviction .

Disclose.

However, do not disclose convictions for an offence that may be

prosecuted only by way of

summary conviction proceedings if the request is

made more than five years after the date of the conviction.

Disclose.

However, do not disclose convictions for an offence that may be

prosecuted only by way of

summary conviction proceedings if the request is

made more than five years after the date of the conviction.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the later of January 1, 2026 and the day the Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 receives Royal

Assent.

SCHEDULE 7

PROVINCIAL ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES ACT, 2019

Section 17 of the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act,

2019 is repealed and the following substituted:

Harming

service animal

(1) No

person shall cause harm, or attempt to cause harm, to a service animal, whether

or not the animal is working at the time of the harm.

Harming

law enforcement animal

(2) No

person shall cause harm, or attempt to cause harm, to an animal that works with

peace officers in the execution of their duties, whether or not the animal is

working at the time of the harm.

The French version of subsection 35 (6.1) of the Act is amended by striking out

“ lui

fournisse ”

and substituting “ fournisse au ministère ”.

(1) Paragraph 4 of subsection 49 (2) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

4. Subsection

17 (1) (Harming service animal).

(2) Paragraph

4 of subsection 49 (7) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

4. Contravening

subsection 17 (1) (Harming service animal).

(3) Section

49 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Major

offence, penalties for harming law enforcement animal

(7.0.1) Every

person who contravenes subsection 17 (2) is guilty of an offence and on

conviction is liable,

(

a) in

the case of an individual, to a fine of not less than $50,000 and not more than

$260,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or to both;

and

(

b) in

the case of a corporation, to a fine of not less than $50,000 and not more than

$1,000,000.

(4) Subsection

49 (9) of the Act is amended by striking out “or (ix) or subsection (2)” and

substituting “or (ix) or in subsection (2) or (7.0.1)”.

(5) Subsection

49 (10) of the Act is amended by striking out “or (ix) or subsection (2)” and

substituting “or (ix) or in subsection (2) or (7.0.1)”.

(6) Subsection

49 (11) of the Act is amended by striking out “or (ix) or subsection (2)” and

substituting “or (ix) or in subsection (2) or (7.0.1)”.

The French version of subsection 53 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “ lui

fournisse ”

and substituting “ fournisse au ministère ”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Keeping

Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2026 receives Royal Assent.

Bill 75 Original (PDF)

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

SCHEDULE 1

ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH ACT

The

Animals for Research Act is amended.

Under

new

section 15.1, invasive medical research on cats, dogs and other prescribed

animals is prohibited, subject to specific exceptions. Other research on cats,

dogs and other prescribed animals is prohibited unless specific conditions are

met.

The

roles and responsibilities of animal care committees in registered research

facilities are set out.

Operators

of supply facilities are prohibited from breeding cats or dogs for research

purposes.

Minor

offences and major offences, and maximum penalties for each, are set out.

Various

technical amendments are made, including with respect to the registration of

research facilities.

SCHEDULE 2

BAIL ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Bail Act ,

including the following:

1. Subsection

1 (1) is repealed and replaced so that certificates of lien are no longer

delivered or transmitted to the sheriff of the county in which the land

mentioned in the certificate is located but instead registered, in the proper

land registry office, against the land mentioned in the certificate for an

amount equal to the amount a surety has promised to pay.

Section

2 is repealed and replaced to provide that if a surety fails to pay any amount

they owe to the Crown under

section 771 of the Criminal

Code (Canada), the Crown may enforce the lien by sale of the real

property against which it is registered.

3. A

new

section 3 provides that a lien arising from a certificate of lien

registered against the land expires six years after the day the certificate was

registered, unless certain conditions apply.

Section

8 is repealed and replaced to authorize the Minister of the Finance to take

measures in order to enforce the collection of debt to the Crown under

section

771 of the Criminal Code (Canada).

5. A

new

section 8.0.1 requires payment from an accused or surety if a release order

referred to in

section 515 of the Criminal Code

(Canada) sets out a requirement for the accused or surety to pay an amount of

money if the accused fails to comply with a condition of the order.

6. Related

transition rules are set out in a new

section 8.4.

SCHEDULE 3

CONSTABLE JOE MACDONALD PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ SURVIVORS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ACT,

The

Schedule enacts the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety

Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund Act, 2025 . The major elements of

the Act are described below.

Currently,

the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund

is established under an Order in Council to provide and distribute scholarships

for the surviving spouses and children of public safety officers who died in

the line of duty. The Act continues this Fund and sets out rules for the

granting of scholarships, while also allowing the scholarships to be granted in

circumstances prescribed in the regulations. It also continues the Constable

Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund Committee that

was originally established by Order in Council and sets out rules respecting

its membership and functions. Regulation-making powers are added respecting the

Fund and scholarships granted under the Act.

SCHEDULE 4

CORONERS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Coroners

Act .

Currently,

clause 7 (1) (

c) of the Act requires the Chief Forensic Pathologist to conduct

programs for the instruction of pathologists. This is replaced with new

requirements to facilitate the postgraduate training of pathologists and to

conduct continuing education programs.

New

section 50.2 is added to the Act. This

section prohibits photographs, audio or

video recordings or other records at an inquest and in certain related

contexts. It also prohibits the publication, broadcasting or reproduction of

those records. Exceptions are set out for notes, sketches, certain audio

recordings and specified records that have been authorized by the presiding

coroner. Contraventions of this

section are offences.

SCHEDULE 5

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Highway Traffic

Act relating to driver’s licence suspensions, vehicle impoundments and

increased fines in certain circumstances, including amendments providing for

and respecting the following:

1. Indefinite

suspension, in certain circumstances, of the driver’s licence of a person who

is convicted of a Criminal Code (Canada) offence

respecting dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death.

2. Suspension

of a person’s driver’s licence and the impoundment of the person’s vehicle if a

police officer believes a contravention of Criminal Code

(Canada) provisions respecting dangerous operation of conveyances has occurred.

3. The

right to appeal the impoundment of the person’s vehicle for driving while the

person’s licence is suspended and the grounds and processes for the appeal.

4. Higher fines and longer licence suspensions in certain

circumstances on conviction for the offence of driving while suspended and

longer periods for which the vehicle that was driven may be impounded.

5. Higher fines on conviction for the

offence of driving with a visible display screen if the offence was committed

by means of a commercial motor vehicle.

6. Higher

fines and suspension of a person’s driver’s licence on conviction for the

offence of driving while holding devices if the offence was committed by means

of a commercial motor vehicle.

7. Suspension

of a person’s driver’s licence if a police officer believes the offence of

driving carelessly has occurred.

SCHEDULE 6

POLICE RECORD CHECKS REFORM ACT, 2015

The

Schedule amends the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 .

Under

section 9 of the Act, a police record check provider shall not disclose

information unless the information is authorized to be disclosed in connection

with a particular type of police record check in accordance with the

Schedule

to the Act.

Currently,

the

Schedule to the Act authorizes, for certain types of police record checks,

the disclosure of every criminal offence of which the individual has been

convicted and for which a pardon has not been issued or granted, with the

exception that such an offence may not be disclosed in the case of a

summary

conviction if the request for information is made more than five years after

the date of the

summary conviction.

The

Schedule to the Act is amended to provide that this exception to the disclosure

applies to convictions for an offence that may be prosecuted only by way of

summary conviction proceedings if the request is made more than five years

after the date of the conviction.

New

section 14.1 of the Act requires a police record check provider to comply with any

prescribed service standards with respect to conducting police record checks.

Certain causes of actions are extinguished with respect to any purported

failure to comply with those service standards.

The

Minister is authorized to make regulations for the purposes of

section 14.1 of

the Act, such as regulations establishing service standards or requiring that a

police record check provider report on such matters respecting compliance with

the service standards as the regulations specify.

SCHEDULE 7

PROVINCIAL ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES ACT, 2019

The

Schedule amends the Provincial Animal Welfare Services

Act, 2019 .

Currently,

section 49 of the Act sets out the same sanctions for contravening the

prohibition on causing harm or attempting to cause harm to an animal that works

with peace officers and the prohibition on causing harm or attempting to cause

harm to a service animal. These sanctions include a minimum fine of $25,000 as

well as a maximum fine. For an individual, the maximum fine is $130,000 for a

first offence and $260,000 for a second or subsequent offence. For a

corporation, the maximum fine is $500,000 for a first offence and $1,000,000

for a second or subsequent offence.

Section

49 is amended to change the fines that may be imposed for contravening the

prohibition on causing harm or attempting to cause harm to an animal that works

with peace officers. The minimum fine is increased to $50,000 and the maximum

fine becomes, in the case of an individual, $260,000, or in the case of a

corporation, $1,000,000, regardless of whether it is a first, second or

subsequent offence.

Consequential

amendments are made to reflect this change.

addition, corrections are made to the French version of the Act.

Bill 75 2025

Act to enact the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors

Scholarship Fund Act, 2025 and to amend various other Acts

CONTENTS

Preamble

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Animals

for Research Act

Schedule 2

Bail

Act

Schedule 3

Constable

Joe Macdonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund Act, 2025

Schedule 4

Coroners

Act

Schedule 5

Highway

Traffic Act

Schedule 6

Police

Record Checks Reform Act, 2015

Schedule 7

Provincial

Animal Welfare Services Act, 2019

Preamble

The

Government of Ontario is committed to:

Reforming

the bail system to protect Ontario communities;

Stopping

dangerous drivers to keep Ontario roads and highways safe;

Improving

access to justice and protecting public safety; and

Promoting

the humane treatment of animals.

Therefore,

His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Contents

of this Act

1 This Act consists of this section, sections 2

and 3, and the Schedules to this Act.

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided

in this section, this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

(2) The

Schedules to this Act come into force as provided in each Schedule.

(3) If

a

Schedule to this Act provides that any of its provisions are to come into force

on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, an order may

apply to one or more of those provisions, and orders may be issued at different

times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act,

2025 .

SCHEDULE 1

ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH ACT

(1) The definition of “Minister” in subsection 1 (1) of the Animals for Research Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

“Minister”

means the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness or such other member

of the Executive Council to whom responsibility for the administration of this

Act may be assigned or transferred under the Executive

Council Act ; (“ministre”)

(2) Subsection

1 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

definitions:

“Ministry”

means the ministry of the Minister; (“ ministère ”)

“prescribed”

means prescribed by the regulations; (“ prescrit ”)

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Prohibited

breeding

3.1 No operator of a supply

facility shall breed cats or dogs for research purposes.

Subsections 4 (2) and (3) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

Registration,

renewals

(2) Subject

to subsection (3), the Director shall register a research facility, or renew

the registration of a research facility, whose operator applies for

registration or renewal and pays the prescribed fee unless the Director is of

the opinion that,

(

a) the

past conduct of the applicant or, if the applicant is a corporation, of its

officers, its directors or any prescribed persons, affords reasonable grounds

to believe that the applicant will not operate the research facility in

accordance with the law;

(

b) the

research facility does not have the pens, cages, compounds, tools, implements,

buildings and dietary materials necessary to properly care for and handle

animals;

(

c) the

research facility was formerly registered and its registration was revoked less

than one year before the date of the application; or

(

d) the

applicant or the research facility does not meet the prescribed requirements,

if any.

Refusal

to register, renew

(3) The

Director may, after a hearing, refuse to register a research facility or renew

the registration of a research facility if the Director is of the opinion that

one or more of the grounds set out in clause (2) (a), (

b) or (

d) exist.

Section 5 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Suspension,

revocation

The

Director may, after a hearing, suspend or revoke the registration of a research

facility if,

(

a) any

of the facilities, equipment or materials referred to in clause 4 (2) (

b) have

not been properly maintained or are no longer available at the research

facility; or

(

b) the

operator of the research facility or any person employed by or associated with

the operator in the operation of the research facility has failed to comply

with this Act or the regulations or with any Act relating to cruelty to or

maltreatment or neglect of animals.

Subsection 12 (2) of the Act is repealed.

(1) Subsection 14 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Sale,

gift, etc.

(2) No

operator of a research facility shall sell, gift or otherwise transfer

ownership of an animal to any person unless,

(

a) the

research facility has a written procedure for transferring ownership of

animals;

(

b) the

procedure satisfies any prescribed requirements;

(

c) the

procedure has been reviewed and approved by an animal care committee; and

(

d) the

operator complies with the approved procedure.

(2) Subsection

14 (3) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(0.

a) the

sale, gift or transfer of ownership of an animal owned by the operator of the

research facility in their personal capacity or for a purpose other than

research;

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Invasive medical research

15.1

(1) No

person shall perform invasive medical research on cats, dogs or other

prescribed animals.

Exception

(2) Despite

subsection (1), invasive medical research on an animal mentioned in that

subsection is permitted at a registered research facility if,

(

a) the

research is for a veterinary purpose set out in the regulations or is otherwise

described in the regulations;

(

b) the

operator of the registered research facility where the research would be

performed submits a research project proposal that meets the prescribed

criteria, if any, to the animal care committee for the registered research

facility;

(

c) the

animal care committee reviews the research project proposal and provides the

operator of the registered research facility with its approval, in writing, in

accordance with subsection 17 (3.1); and

(

d) the

research is carried out in accordance with the approved research project

proposal and in accordance with any prescribed requirements, conditions or

limitations.

Other

research

(3) No

person shall perform any research other than invasive medical research on cats,

dogs or other prescribed animals unless the conditions in clauses (2) (

b) to

(

d) are satisfied with respect to the research.

(1) Subsection 17 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Animal

care committee

(1) The

operator of a registered research facility shall ensure that,

(

a) an

animal care committee is established or engaged in respect of the research

facility in accordance with this section; and

(

b) the

animal care committee carries out its duties under this Act with respect to the

research facility.

Membership

(1.1) The

members of the animal care committee shall include,

(

a) at

least one veterinarian; and

(

b) such

other members as may be required by the regulations or who meet such criteria

as may be set out in the regulations.

(2) Subsection

17 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Responsibility

of animal care committee

(2) Every

animal care committee established or engaged under subsection (1) in respect of

a registered research facility shall be responsible for co-ordinating and

reviewing the following from time to time for the facility:

1. Its

activities and procedures relating to the care of animals.

2. Its

standards of care and facilities, equipment and materials for animals.

3. The

training for and qualifications of personnel engaged in the care of animals at

the facility.

4. Its

protocol for how animals will be used in research.

5. Its

procedures for the prevention of unnecessary pain including the use of

anaesthetics and analgesics.

(3) Section

17 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Review

of research project proposal

(3.1) In

the prescribed circumstances, the animal care committee shall,

(

a) review

research project proposals to assess compliance with any prescribed criteria

mentioned in

section 15.1;

(

b) if

it approves a research project proposal, include confirmation of how the

proposal satisfies the criteria mentioned in clause (a); and

(

c) provide

the research facility with a written record of its review.

Records

(3.2) The

operator of a registered research facility shall retain records of the animal

care committee’s reviews and assessments under this Act in accordance with the

regulations.

(4) Subsection

17 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “an offence has been or will be

committed against

section 16 in any research facility in connection with which

it is established” in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “section

15.1 or 16 is being contravened or will be contravened in any research facility

in respect of which it is established or engaged”.

(1) Clause 18 (3) (

c) of the Act is amended by striking out

“relating to animals that” in the portion before subclause (

i) and substituting

“ relating to research conducted at a research facility

or proposed to be conducted at a research facility or relating to animals that ”.

(2) Subsection

18 (4) of the Act is amended by adding “or 158.1” after “158” in the portion

before clause (a).

(3) Subsection

18 (5) of the Act is amended by adding “or 158.1” after “158”.

(1) Subsection 20 (4) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Identifying

dogs, cats

(4) The

operator of a pound who has impounded a dog or cat shall take any prescribed

steps, and any other reasonable steps, to find the owner of the dog or cat and

shall notify the owner as soon as reasonably possible that the dog or cat has

been impounded.

(2) Clause

20 (6) (

c) of the Act is amended by striking out “sell” at the beginning and

substituting “subject to the regulations, sell”.

Section 21 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Offences

Minor

offences

(1) Every

person is guilty of an offence who,

(

a) contravenes

a provision of this Act or the regulations not referenced in subsection (2);

(

b) contravenes

or fails to comply with an order of an animal care committee under subsection

17 (4); or

(

c) knowingly

provides false or misleading information to the chief inspector or to another

inspector.

Major

offences

(2) Every

person is guilty of an offence who contravenes any of the following:

1. Subsection

2 (1) (Operator required to be licensed).

2. Subsection

4 (1) (Research facility required to be registered).

3. Subsection

14 (1) (Purchase or other acquisition of animals).

4. Subsection

14 (2) (Sale, gift, etc.).

5. Subsection

15.1 (1) (Invasive medical research).

6. Subsection

15.1 (3) (Other research).

7. Subsection

16 (1) (Animals to be anaesthetized).

8. Subsection

16 (2) (Analgesics to be provided).

9. Subsection

17 (1) (Animal care committee).

10. Subsection

20 (5) or (6) (Dog or cat not to be destroyed).

Penalty

— individual, minor offences

(3) On

conviction under subsection (1), an individual is liable,

(

a) in

the case of a first offence, to a fine of not more than $75,000, to

imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both; or

(

b) in

the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than

$100,000, to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both.

Penalty

— individual, major offences

(4) On

conviction under subsection (2), an individual is liable,

(

a) in

the case of a first offence, to a fine of not more than $130,000, to

imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or to both; or

(

b) in

the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than $260,000,

to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years, or to both.

Penalty

— corporation, minor offences

(5) On

conviction under subsection (1), a corporation is liable,

(

a) in

the case of a first offence, to a fine of not more than $100,000; or

(

b) in

the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than $250,000.

Penalty

— corporation, major offences

(6) On

conviction under subsection (2), a corporation is liable,

(

a) in

the case of a first offence, to a fine of not more than $500,000; or

(

b) in

the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than $1,000,000.

(1) Section 23 of the Act is amended by adding the following

clauses:

(0.

a) respecting

anything in this Act that is described as being prescribed or done by

regulation;

(0.

b) defining

or clarifying the meaning of any word or expression used in this Act that is

not otherwise defined in this Act;

. . . .

(d.1) governing

animal care committees or assigning them duties;

. . . .

(e.1) governing

standards or requirements for the carrying out of research in a research

facility, including conditions, limitations and restrictions in respect of the

research;

. . . .

(n.1) governing

such transitional matters as the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers

necessary or advisable in connection with the implementation of the amendments

made by the Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2025 ;

(2) Clause

23 (

h) of the Act is amended by adding “and for how long they shall be kept” at

the end.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

General

provisions re regulations

General

or particular

(1) A

regulation under this Act may be general or particular in its application.

Incorporation

by reference, standards of practice

(2) A

regulation may incorporate by reference, in whole or in part and with such

changes as are considered necessary, any code, standard, guideline or similar

document.

Rolling

incorporation

(3) If

a regulation incorporates by reference a code, standard, guideline or similar

document, the regulation may require compliance with the code, standard,

guideline or document as amended from time to time, whether the amendment was

made before or after the regulation was made.

Same

(4) A

code, standard, guideline or similar document adopted pursuant to subsection

(3) must be created by a recognized body and must not be a code, standard,

guideline or document created by the Ministry.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 2

BAIL ACT

Subsection 1 (1) of the Bail Act is repealed and

the following substituted:

Registration

of certificate of lien

(1) In

cases where a release order referred to in

section 515 of the Criminal Code (Canada) is made in respect of an accused,

the Crown Attorney may register, in the proper land registry office, a

certificate of lien against the land mentioned in the certificate for an amount

equal to the amount a surety has promised to pay in the release order if the

accused fails to comply with a condition of the order.

Section 2 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Sale

of land in the event of default

If the

surety referred to in subsection 1 (1) fails to pay to the Crown any amount the

surety has been ordered to pay under

section 771 of the Criminal

Code (Canada), the Crown may enforce the lien by sale of the real

property against which it is registered in the same manner as a sale to realize

on a mortgage.

Expiry

of lien

A lien

arising from a certificate of lien registered under

section 1 expires on the

sixth anniversary of the date the certificate was registered against the land

unless, before the end of the six-year period,

(

a) a

writ of fieri facias issued under

section 771 of the Criminal

Code (Canada) against the surety referred to in subsection 1 (1) of this

Act is filed with the sheriff of the county in which the land is situated; and

(

b) the

sheriff takes all the steps they are required to take under subsection 10

(4) of the Execution Act in respect of the writ they

have received.

Section 6 of the Act is repealed.

Subsection 7 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Certificate

of discharge

(1) The

Crown Attorney may,

(

a) register

a certificate of discharge in the proper land registry office; or

(

b) if

the certificate of lien is continued under

section 8.4, deliver a certificate

of discharge to the sheriff to whom the certificate of lien was delivered or

transmitted.

Section 8 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Collection of amounts owed to the Crown

(1) The

Minister of Finance may take one or more of the measures described in

section

11.1.1, 11.1.2 or 11.1.4 of the Ministry of Revenue Act

to enforce the collection of a debt to the Crown under

section 771 of the Criminal Code (Canada) if the Minister responsible for

the administration of this Act has entered into a memorandum of understanding

under

section 11.1 of the Ministry of Revenue Act

for the Minister of Finance to provide collection services.

Application

of ss. 11.1.1, 11.1.2 and 11.1.4 of Ministry of Revenue Act

(2) None

of the measures described in

section 11.1.1, 11.1.2 or 11.1.4 of the Ministry of Revenue Act shall be taken with respect to

debt referred to in subsection (1) of this

section unless,

(

a) the

Minister responsible for the administration of this Act has entered into a

memorandum of understanding with the Minister of Finance for the purpose of

authorizing the Ministry of Finance to take such measures; and

(

b) such

measures are taken in accordance with,

(

i) the

terms set out in the memorandum of understanding referred to in clause (a), and

(ii) any

other requirements, limitations, conditions or terms prescribed by the

regulations.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Security

deposit

8.0.1

(1) The

following requirements apply with respect to a release order referred to in

section 515 of the Criminal Code (Canada) made in

respect of an accused:

1. If

the order sets out the accused’s promise to pay a specified amount if the

accused fails to comply with a condition of the order, the accused shall pay

the amount specified in the order to the person specified in the regulations,

at the time and in the manner specified in the regulations.

2. If

the order sets out a surety’s promise to pay a specified amount if the accused

fails to comply with a condition of the order, the surety shall pay the amount

specified in the order to the person specified in the regulations, at the time

and in the manner specified in the regulations.

Offence

(2) A

person who fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.

Subsection 8.1 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

1.2 A

person named as a surety in a release order referred to in

section 515 of the Criminal Code (Canada) for which a certificate of default

has been endorsed under

section 770 of that Act.

The Act is amended by adding the following sections:

Limitation

period

8.3 A proceeding for an

offence under this Act shall not be commenced after five years after the date

on which the offence was, or is alleged to have been, committed.

Transition

8.4

(1) Certificates

of lien that were delivered or transmitted to the sheriff of the county in

which the land is situated before the day

section 8 of

Schedule 2 to the Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2025 came into force

continue to be in effect but are deemed to expire two years after that day

unless a writ of fieri facias issued under

section 771 of the Criminal Code (Canada) in respect of the lien is filed

with the sheriff before they expire.

Same

(2) The

sheriff may withdraw from the index of writs of execution maintained under the Execution Act any certificate of lien deemed to have

expired under subsection (1) without notice to the Crown Attorney.

(1) Section 9 of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(

c) prescribing

requirements, limitations, conditions or terms for the purposes of subclause 8

(2) (b) (ii).

(2) Section

9 of the Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(

d) governing

the payment of amounts under subsection 8.0.1 (1);

(

e) providing for the administration of

amounts received under subsection 8.0.1 (1), including how such amounts shall

be held and administered and the circumstances in which an amount or part of an

amount shall be refunded to the person who paid the amount.

(3) Section

9 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Regulations

re transitional matters

(2) The

Minister responsible for the administration of this Act may make regulations governing

transitional matters that, in the opinion of the Minister, are necessary or

advisable to deal with issues arising out of the amendments to this Act made by

Schedule 2 to the Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2025 .

Execution

Act

(1) Paragraph 1 of subsection 10 (4) of the Execution

Act is amended by striking out “under the Bail Act ”

and substituting “continued under

section 8.4 of the Bail

Act ”.

(2) Subsection

10 (6) of the Act is amended by striking out “under the Bail

Act ” and substituting “continued under

section 8.4 of the Bail Act ”.

Land

Titles Act

Subsection 136 (2) of the Land Titles Act is

amended by striking out “any certificate of lien under the Bail Act ” and substituting “by any certificate of lien

continued under

section 8.4 of the Bail Act ”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on a day to be named by order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 3

CONSTABLE JOE MACDONALD PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS’ SURVIVORS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ACT,

CONTENTS

Definitions

Fund

continued

Minister’s

responsibility

Applications

for scholarships

Committee

Regulations

Commencement

Short

title

Definitions

1 In this Act,

“Committee”

means the committee continued under

section 5; (“Comité”)

“Fund”

means the fund continued under

section 2; (“Fonds”)

“Minister”

means the Solicitor General or such other member of the Executive Council to

whom responsibility for the administration of this Act may be assigned or

transferred under the Executive Council Act ; (“ ministre ”)

“prescribed”

means prescribed by the regulations; (“ prescrit ”)

“public

safety officer” means,

(

a) a

police officer as defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Community

Safety and Policing Act, 2019 ,

(

b) a

First Nation Officer as defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 ,

(

c) a

firefighter as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the Fire

Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 ,

(

d) a

person employed under

Part III of the Public Service of

Ontario Act, 2006 as a correctional officer, probation officer or parole

officer, or any combination thereof,

(

e) a

probation officer as defined in

section 144 of the Child,

Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 , or

(

f) a

member of any other prescribed category; (“ agent de sécurité

publique ”)

“regulations”

means the regulations made under this Act. (“ règlements ”)

Fund

continued

(1) The Constable

Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund established

by Order in Council 1453/97 is continued under this Act under the name Constable

Fonds Joe MacDonald de bourses d’études à l’intention des survivants d’agents

de sécurité publique

in French.

Purpose

(2) The

purpose of the Fund is to provide and distribute scholarships to provide for

the costs of tuition and student living allowances for post-secondary education

to the surviving spouses and children of public safety officers who died in the

line of duty or in other prescribed circumstances.

Initial

balance transfer

(3) On

the day this

section comes into force, the amount of the balance that was credited

to the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship

Fund established by Order in Council 1453/97, including, for greater certainty,

the initial principal amount of $5 million and any interest earned but not paid

out from the Fund, shall be credited to the account of the Fund continued under

this Act.

Additional

funding

(4) The

Treasury Board, having regard to the Fund’s condition, expenditures and

forecasted liability, may direct that the Fund be credited with such an amount

as may be considered necessary or advisable.

Authorized

charges

(5) Amounts

may be charged to the Fund and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for

the following purposes:

1. To

fund the grant of a scholarship as described in

section 4.

2. To

fund reimbursement of the expenses of the Committee as described in subsection

5 (5).

3. For

any other prescribed purpose in respect of the administration of the Fund.

Minister’s

responsibility

3 The Minister shall be responsible for the

granting and administration of scholarships under this Act.

Applications

for scholarships

(1) A spouse or a child of a public

safety officer who died in the line of duty or in the prescribed circumstances

may apply to the Minister for a scholarship from the Fund to support their

education at a post-secondary institution.

Form

and manner of application

(2) The

application must be made in the form and manner approved by the Minister.

Granting

of scholarships

(3) The

Minister shall grant a scholarship to the applicant if, in the Minister’s

opinion, the application has met the prescribed criteria, taking into account

any recommendations of the Committee.

Amount

(4) The

amount of the scholarship shall be determined in accordance with the rules set

out in the regulations and may, for greater certainty, include amounts

respecting the cost of tuition or a student living allowance.

Ongoing

eligibility

(5) A

person who has been granted a scholarship under this Act must meet the

prescribed eligibility criteria, if any, in order to continue receiving the

scholarship.

Committee

(1) The Constable Joe MacDonald

Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund Committee established by

Order in Council 1453/97 is continued under this Act.

Mandate

(2) The

Committee shall review applications submitted under this Act and make

recommendations to the Minister about them.

Members

(3) The

Minister shall appoint the members of the Committee for a term not exceeding

three years and may reappoint members for any number of additional terms which

each must not exceed three years.

Chair

(4) The

Minister shall designate one member of the Committee as the chair and may

designate one or more members as vice-chairs.

Reimbursement

for reasonable expenses

(5) The

members of the Committee shall not receive remuneration but may be reimbursed

for reasonable expenses incurred in performing their duties under this Act in

accordance with the directives or guidelines issued by the Management Board of

Cabinet.

Expenses

(6) The

expenses of the Committee shall be paid from the Fund.

Committee’s

recommendations

(7) The

Committee shall recommend to the Minister that a scholarship be granted if the

prescribed criteria are satisfied.

Regulations

6 The Minister may make regulations,

(

a) prescribing

anything that this Act refers to as being prescribed or set out in the

regulations;

(

b) governing

the administration of the Fund, including payment out of the fund, the recognition

of revenue and the incurrence of expenditures;

(

c) governing

applications for scholarships under this Act;

(

d) governing

the determination of the amount of a scholarship granted under this Act;

(

e) governing

the administration of scholarships granted under this Act;

(

f) establishing

rules or requirements that apply in order for a person to continue to receive a

scholarship that has been granted under this Act;

(

g) defining

or clarifying the meaning of any word or expression used in this Act that is

not otherwise defined in this Act, including, without limiting the generality

of the foregoing,

(i) “child”,

(ii) “died

in the line of duty”,

(iii) “parent”,

(iv) “post-secondary

institution”,

(v) “student

living allowance”;

(

h) governing

transitional matters that may arise due to the enactment of

Schedule 3 to the Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2025 ;

(

i) respecting

any other matter necessary or advisable to implement this Act effectively.

Commencement

7 The Act set out in this

Schedule comes into force on a

day to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Short

title

8 The

short title of the Act set out in this

Schedule is

the Constable Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’

Survivors Scholarship Fund Act, 2025 .

SCHEDULE 4

CORONERS ACT

Clause 7 (1) (

c) of the Coroners Act is repealed

and the following substituted:

(

c) facilitate

the postgraduate training of pathologists to enable them to provide forensic

pathology services under this Act;

(c.1) conduct

continuing education programs for pathologists who provide services under this

Act;

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Prohibition

on photographs, recordings, dissemination

50.2

(1) No

person shall,

(

a) take

or attempt to take a photograph, audio or video recording or other record

capable of producing or transmitting visual or aural representations by

electronic means or otherwise,

(

i) at

an inquest,

(ii) of

any person entering or leaving the room in which an inquest is to be or has

been conducted, or

(iii) of

any person in the building in which an inquest is to be or has been conducted

if there is reasonable ground for believing that the person is there for the

purpose of attending or leaving the inquest, other than in an area of the

building designated by the coroner presiding at the inquest for the purpose and

with the person’s consent;

(

b) publish,

broadcast, reproduce or otherwise disseminate a photograph, recording or record

taken in contravention of clause (a); or

(

c) broadcast,

reproduce or otherwise disseminate an audio recording described in clause (2)

(b).

Non-application

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply with respect to,

(

a) the

unobtrusive making of notes or sketches of events at an inquest by a person;

(

b) the

making of an audio recording at an inquest, unobtrusively and in a manner

authorized by the coroner presiding at the inquest, by a person with standing

at the inquest, a representative of a person with standing at the inquest or a

journalist, for the sole purpose of supplementing or replacing notes; or

(

c) subject

to the authorization of the coroner presiding at the inquest, any act referred

to in subsection (1),

(

i) if

it is required for the presentation of evidence, the making of a record or any

other purpose of the inquest,

(ii) with

the consent of the persons with standing at the inquest and witnesses, or

(iii) in

connection with any ceremonial proceeding.

Offence

and penalty

(3) Every

person who contravenes this

section is guilty of an offence and on conviction

is liable to a fine of not more than $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term of

not more than six months, or to both.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Keeping

Criminals Behind Bars Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 5

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

The Highway Traffic Act is amended by adding the

following section:

Suspension

on conviction for dangerous operation causing death

41.0.3

(1) The

driver’s licence of a person who is convicted of an offence under subsection

320.13 (3) of the Criminal Code (Canada) committed

while driving or having the care, charge or control of a motor vehicle, street

car or a motorized snow vehicle, is thereupon suspended indefinitely, subject

to early reinstatement under

section 57.

Same

(2) Subsections

41 (5) and (8) apply to this

section with necessary modifications.

Subsection 41.4 (21) of the Act is amended by adding “48.5” after “48.4”.

Subsection 43 (1) of the Act, as amended by

section 9 of the Safer Roads and Communities Act, 2024 , is amended by

striking out “under subsection 41 (1), 41.0.1 (1) or 42 (1)” and substituting “under

subsection 41 (1), 41.0.1 (1), 41.0.3 (1) or 42 (1)”.

Subsection 48.4 (21) of the Act is amended by adding “48.5” after “41.4”.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Police

to require surrender of licence, detention of vehicle

48.5

(1) If a

police officer believes on reasonable and probable

grounds that a person is driving, or has driven, a motor vehicle on a

highway in contravention of

section 320.13 of the Criminal

Code (Canada), the officer shall,

(

a) request

that the person surrender their driver’s licence; and

(

b) detain

the motor vehicle that was being driven by the person until it is impounded

under clause (3) (b).

Administrative

90-day licence suspension

(2) Upon

a request being made under clause (1) (a), the person to whom the request is

made shall forthwith surrender their driver’s licence to the police officer

and, whether or not the person is unable or fails to surrender the licence to

the police officer, the driver’s licence is suspended for a period of 90 days

from the day the request is made.

Administrative

seven-day vehicle impoundment

(3) Upon

a motor vehicle being detained under clause (1) (b), the motor vehicle shall,

at the cost of and risk to its owner,

(

a) be

removed to an impound facility as directed by a police officer; and

(

b) be

impounded for seven days from the day it was detained under clause (1) (b).

Release

of vehicle

(4) Subject

to subsection (6), the motor vehicle shall be released to its owner from the

impound facility upon the expiry of the period of impoundment.

Early

release of vehicle

(5) Despite

the detention or impoundment of a motor vehicle under this section, a police

officer may release the motor vehicle to its owner before it is impounded under

subsection (3) or, subject to subsection (6), may direct the operator of the

impound facility where the motor vehicle is impounded to release the motor

vehicle to its owner before the expiry of the seven days if the officer is

satisfied that the motor vehicle was stolen at the time that it was driven on a

highway in contravention of subsection (1).

Costs

to be paid before release of vehicle

(6) The

person who operates the impound facility where a motor vehicle is impounded

under subsection (3) is not required to release the motor vehicle until the

removal and impound costs for the vehicle have been paid.

Lien

for storage costs

(7) The

costs incurred by the person who operates the impound facility where a motor

vehicle is impounded under this

section are a lien on the motor vehicle that

may be enforced under the Repair and Storage Liens Act .

Duty

of officer re licence suspension

(8) Every

police officer who asks for the surrender of a person’s driver’s licence under

this

section shall keep a record of the licence received with the name and

address of the person and the date and time of the suspension and shall, as

soon as practicable after receiving the licence, provide the person with a

notice of suspension showing the time from which the suspension takes effect

and the period of time for which the licence is suspended.

Duty

of officer re impoundment

(9) Every

police officer who detains a motor vehicle under this

section shall prepare a

notice identifying the motor vehicle that is to be impounded under subsection

(3), the name and address of the driver and the date and time of the

impoundment and shall, as soon as practicable after the impoundment of the

motor vehicle, provide the driver with a copy of the notice showing the time

from which the impoundment takes effect, the period of time for which the motor

vehicle is impounded and the place where the vehicle may be recovered.

Same

(10) A

police officer shall provide a copy of the notice prepared under subsection

(9) to the owner of the motor vehicle by delivering it personally or by mail to the

address of the owner shown on the permit for the motor vehicle or to the latest

address for the owner appearing on the records of the Ministry.

appeal or hearing

(11) There

is no appeal from, or right to be heard before, a vehicle detention or vehicle

impoundment under subsection (1) or (3), but this subsection does not affect

the taking of any proceeding in court.

right to be heard

(12) There

is no right to be heard before a driver’s licence suspension under subsection (2),

but this subsection does not affect the taking of any proceeding in court.

Owner

may recover losses from driver

(13) The

owner of a motor vehicle that is impounded under this

section may bring an

action against the driver of the motor vehicle at the time the vehicle was

detained under clause (1) (

b) to recover any costs or other losses incurred by

the owner in connection with the impoundment.

Offence

(14) Every

person who obstructs or interferes with a police officer in the performance of

the officer’s duties under this

section is guilty of an offence and on

conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $200 and not more than $5,000

or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both.

Intent

of suspension and impoundment

(15) The

suspension of a driver’s licence and the impoundment of a motor vehicle under

this

section are intended to promote compliance with this Act and to thereby

safeguard the public and do not constitute an alternative to any proceeding or

penalty arising from the same circumstances or around the same time.

Impoundment

concurrent with other administrative impoundments

(16) The

impoundment of a motor vehicle under this

section runs concurrently with an

impoundment, if any, of the same motor vehicle under

section 41.4, 48.4, 55.1,

55.2, 82.1 or 172.

Regulations

(17) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) requiring

police officers to keep records with respect to licence suspensions and vehicle

impoundments under this

section for a specified period of time and to report

specified information with respect to licence suspensions and vehicle

impoundments to the Registrar and governing such records and reports;

(

b) exempting any class of persons or class

or type of vehicles from any provision or requirement of this

section and

prescribing conditions and circumstances for any such exemptions.

Definitions

(18) In

this section,

“driver’s

licence” includes a driver’s licence issued by another jurisdiction; (“permis

de conduire”)

“motor

vehicle” includes a street car and a motorized snow vehicle. (“véhicule

automobile”)

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Appeal

of 90-day suspension

50.1.1

(1) A person

whose driver’s licence is suspended under

section 48.5 may appeal the

suspension to the Tribunal if the appeal is commenced while the suspension is

in effect.

Grounds

for appeal

(2) The

only grounds on which a person may appeal a suspension under

section 48.5 and

the only grounds on which the Tribunal may order that the suspension be set

aside are,

(

a) that

the person whose licence was suspended is not the same individual to whom a

police officer made a request to surrender their driver’s licence under clause

48.5 (1) (a); or

(

b) that throughout the circumstances that

resulted in the police officer making a request for the person to surrender

their driver’s licence under clause 48.5 (1) (a), the person was unable to

drive the motor vehicle safely because of a medical occurrence the onset of

which was sudden and unforeseeable.

Supporting

material

(3) A

person who appeals to the Tribunal under subsection (1) shall file written

material in support of the appeal, and the Tribunal shall not hold a hearing

until all the supporting material is filed.

Powers

of Board

(4) The

Tribunal may confirm the suspension or may order that the suspension be set

aside.

Licence

reinstated

(5) If

the Tribunal orders that the su