Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act (Animal Protection Complaints Commissioner), 2011 Berardinetti, Lorenzo — Bill 194 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 194, 39-2

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Bill 194, Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act (Animal Protection Complaints Commissioner), 2011

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Bill 194 2011

Act to amend the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act

to establish and provide for the office of the Animal Protection Complaints

Commissioner

Note:

This Act amends the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Act. For the legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated

Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The

Ontario Society for the Prevention of

Cruelty to Animals Act is amended by adding the following

sections:

Animal Protection Complaints Commissioner

Animal

Protection Complaints Commissioner

21.1

(1) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council shall, on the address of the Legislative

Assembly, appoint a person to be the Animal Protection Complaints Commissioner.

Officer

of the Assembly

(2) The Commissioner is an officer of the Assembly.

Functions

(3) The functions of the Commissioner are,

(

a) to

investigate any decision made by or any act or omission of the Society; and

(

b) to

educate the public about the obligations and prohibitions under this Act

regarding care of and harm to animals.

Annual

report

(4) The Commissioner shall report annually on the affairs

of the office to the Speaker of the Assembly who shall cause the report to be

laid before the Assembly.

Application

of Ombudsman

Act

21.2

(1) The

following sections of the Ombudsman

Act apply with necessary modifications with respect to the Animal

Protection Complaints Commissioner:

Section

2. Sections

8 to 10.

3. Sections

12 and

Section

Same

(2) For the purposes of clause 21.1 (3) (a), the following

sections of the Ombudsman

Act apply with necessary modifications:

1. Subsections

14 (2), (3), (4) and (5).

2. Sections

16 to 28.

Same

(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), but

without limiting the generality of those subsections,

(

a) a

reference to the Ombudsman shall be read as a reference to the Commissioner;

and

(

b) a

reference to a governmental organization shall be read as a reference to the

Society.

Commencement

2. This

Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act (Animal

Protection Complaints Commissioner), 2011 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Ontario

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act to establish

the position of the Animal Protection Complaints Commissioner. The

Commissioner is an officer of the Legislative Assembly.

The

Commissioner's functions are to investigate any decision made by or any act or

omission of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, as

well as to educate the public about the obligations and prohibitions under the

Act regarding care of and harm to animals.

The

Commissioner is required to report annually on the affairs of the office to the

Speaker of the Assembly.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 12, 2011

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May 12, 2011

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 194

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 194, 39-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p39 s2 bill 194 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	28d26867891f975a7f5f847d1f138e20a045804d

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