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Bill 227, Cutting Red Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024

Harris, Hon. Mike Minister of Red Tape Reduction

Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2024,

chapter 28

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s

aid to Bill 227 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 227 has been enacted as

Chapter 28 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2024.

SCHEDULE 1

ALGONQUIN FORESTRY AUTHORITY ACT

The

Schedule amends

section 5 of the Algonquin Forestry

Authority Act so that, instead of the Lieutenant Governor in Council

appointing a person to be the general manager of the Authority, the Authority

will now hire the general manager. A consequential amendment is made to

subsection 6 (1).

SCHEDULE 2

ARCHITECTS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Architects

Act .

Section

11 is amended to add references to agricultural occupancy and to add a

definition of “agricultural occupancy”.

Currently,

section 53 of the Act provides that the Council of the Association of

Architects of Ontario shall make a report annually to the Minister and that the

Minister shall submit the report to the Lieutenant Governor in Council and lay

the report before the Assembly.

Section 53 is repealed and replaced to provide

that, no later than 120 days after the end of each financial year of the

Association, the Council shall provide the Minister with a copy of an annual

report for that year, and to require the Association to make its annual report

publicly accessible by publishing it on its website and by making it available

as a document in paper format or in any other format, on request and at cost,

to members of the public.

SCHEDULE 3

COMBATIVE SPORTS ACT, 2019

The

Schedule amends the French version of the Combative Sports

Act, 2019 to change the French equivalent to the defined term

“matchmaker” from “promoteur de match” to “organisateur”. The

Schedule also

50.1 provides that regulations made under

section 49 or 50 of the Act may

include rolling incorporation of a document.

SCHEDULE 4

COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT

The

Schedule amends the Courts of Justice Act to make

changes to the membership of the Civil Rules Committee and of the Family Rules

Committee, largely to permit the Chief Justice of Ontario and the Chief Justice

of the Superior Court of Justice to designate judges to be a member in their

place or in the place of an Associate Chief Justice.

The

Act is also amended by giving family and other civil court rule-making

authority to the Attorney General. Currently, the Family Rules Committee makes

court rules respecting family matters (section 68), and the Civil Rules

Committee makes court rules respecting all other civil matters (section 66).

The making of these rules is subject to the approval of the Attorney General.

Under the new

section 68.1, the Attorney General is given the same rule-making

authority that the Rules Committees have, which the Attorney General can

exercise subject to prior consultation with the relevant chief justices and the

presiding member of the relevant Rules Committee. The Attorney General can make

new rules or amend or revoke rules made by a Rules Committee. The Rules

Committees retain their rule-making powers, but rules made by the Attorney

General prevail over those made by a Rules Committee, in the event of a conflict.

Finally,

the

Schedule repeals sections 79 (Ontario Courts Management Advisory Committee)

and 79.2 (Regional Courts Management Advisory Committee).

SCHEDULE 5

EDUCATION ACT

The

Education Act is amended by adding the term “system

principal”. Duties of system principals include leading or supporting a

function, program or initiative of a board in respect of multiple schools of

the board, or in respect of the schools or the pupils of the board generally,

and exercising managerial functions for one or more employees of a board.

Various related and consequential amendments are made to the Act and other

Acts.

SCHEDULE 6

ELECTION FINANCES ACT

The

Election Finances Act is amended to allow the Chief

Electoral Officer to forgive payment of amounts owed to the Chief Electoral

Officer before January 1, 2017.

SCHEDULE 7

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT

The

Environmental Protection Act is amended to give the

Lieutenant Governor in Council authority to prescribe circumstances in which an

owner of a property is prohibited from submitting for filing in the Registry a

record of site condition in respect of the property.

SCHEDULE 8

EXPROPRIATIONS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Expropriations Act with respect

to the publication of notices and other documents. Amendments include requiring

that publication of an expropriating authority’s notice of application for

approval to expropriate be done in accordance with the regulations. The

Lieutenant Governor in Council is given authority to make regulations governing

the publication of notices and other documents for the purposes of the Act.

SCHEDULE 9

FAMILY LAW ACT

The

Schedule amends the Family Law Act .

The

definition of “child” is amended to clarify the language of the definition.

new

section 59.9 allows a party who is entitled to the enforcement of a family

arbitration award containing a provision for support or maintenance to file

that award with the clerk of the Superior Court of Justice or the Family Court.

The

section provides that, upon filing of the award, the provision for support

or maintenance may be enforced as if it were an order of the court where it is

filed. Finally, the

section provides that the filing of the award does not

affect the right of a party to apply to the court under subsection 46 (1) of

the Arbitration Act, 1991 to set aside the award.

Consequential

amendments are made to the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears

Enforcement Act, 1996 and the Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act, 2002.

SCHEDULE 10

FARM IMPLEMENTS ACT

The

Farm Implements Act is amended as follows:

New

subsection 3 (7) of the Act provides that a provision in a dealership agreement

that purports to restrict the application of the law of Ontario or restrict

jurisdiction or venue to a forum outside Ontario is void.

Subsection

4 (5) of the Act is amended by removing certain powers of the Director under

the Act.

Section

5 of the Act is amended such that certain elements of the dispute resolution

process do not apply to disputes regarding the refusal to renew or termination

of dealership agreements. New subsections 5 (5.1) and (5.2) provide for the

continuation of a dealership agreement in certain circumstances. Subsections 5

(7) to (9) of the Act, which relate to appeal to the Divisional Court, are

repealed. Related regulation-making authority is added to

section 35 of the

Act.

Sections

6, 7, 8 and 35 of the Act are amended to remove rules respecting renewals of

registration.

SCHEDULE 11

JURIES ACT

The

Schedule re-enacts

section 4.1 of the Juries Act ,

which deals with the preparation of the jury source list that is used by the

Jury Sheriff to create a jury roll. The jury source list is prepared by the

Minister of Health based on information available to the Minister in respect of

insured persons under the Health Insurance Act . The

re-enacted

section requires that, in addition to disclosing the names and

addresses of persons for the purposes of the jury source list, the Minister

must also disclose their year of birth. Related amendments are made to

section

6 of the Act.

SCHEDULE 12

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT

The

Schedule amends

section 2.1 of the Justices of the Peace

Act . The number of core members of the Justices of the Peace

Appointments Advisory Committee is raised from three to four, with the Attorney

General given the power to appoint two of them. New provisions are added to

provide for an alternate core member, alternate regional leads and a vice-chair

of the Committee.

SCHEDULE 13

LAND TITLES ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Land Titles Act

in relation to eligibility to recover out of the Land Titles Assurance Fund. In

addition,

section 171 of the Act, which provides for a process by which owners

may apply to the land registrar to have land withdrawn from the Act owing to

the existence of special circumstances, is repealed.

SCHEDULE 14

LAW SOCIETY ACT

Currently,

subsection 54 (6) of the Law Society Act provides

that the board of the Law Foundation of Ontario shall make a report annually to

the Attorney General on the activities of the Foundation, including the report

of the auditor under subsection 54 (5), and that the Attorney General shall lay

the report before the Assembly. Subsection 54 (6) is re-enacted to provide

that, no later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the

Government of Ontario, the board shall provide the Attorney General with a copy

of an annual report for the previous calendar year, which shall include the

report of the auditor under subsection 54 (5) and such other information as the

Attorney General requires.

new subsection 54 (7) is added to require the Foundation to make its annual

report publicly accessible by publishing it on its website and by making it

available as a document in paper format or in any other format, on request and

at cost, to members of the public.

SCHEDULE 15

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ACT

The

Schedule repeals

section 108.1 of the Legislative Assembly

Act .

SCHEDULE 16

MINING ACT

The

Schedule amends

section 176 of the Mining Act by

adding subsection (2.1.2). This subsection provides that, except as otherwise

governed by the Act or the regulations, the Minister of Mines may make

regulations respecting service standards for the processing of any application,

submission or filing under the Act or the regulations, including establishing standard

time periods for procedural steps to be taken by the Minister or Ministry of

Mines.

SCHEDULE 17

MODERNIZING ONTARIO FOR PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ACT, 2020

Currently,

the Modernizing Ontario for People and Businesses Act,

2020 provides that a regulatory impact analysis must be conducted if an

instrument governed by the Act would affect a regulated entity. The Act is

amended to provide that an analysis must also be conducted if an instrument

would affect individuals. Other related amendments are made.

SCHEDULE 18

NORTHERN SERVICES BOARDS ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Northern Services

Boards Act . Some of the more significant amendments are described below.

The

term of office for a Board member set out in

section 5 is increased from one

year to three years. Consequential amendments are made to other sections.

Section

10 is amended to provide that a part of a meeting of the Board shall be closed

to the public if the subject matter being considered during that part of the meeting

is a request made under the Municipal Freedom of

Information and Protection of Privacy Act , if the Board is the head of

an institution for the purposes of that Act, or an ongoing investigation

respecting the Board by the Ombudsman appointed under the Ombudsman

Act . The new subsection 10 (5) provides that a part of a meeting may be

closed to the public if the subject matter set out in that subsection is the

subject matter being considered at that part of the meeting. Before holding a

part of a meeting that is to be closed to the public, a Board shall state, by

resolution, the fact that part of the meeting will be closed to the public and

the general nature of the matter to be considered at that part of the meeting.

Subsection 10 (8) sets out when a meeting may be closed to the public during a

vote.

The

new

section 10.1 provides that a person may request that an investigation be

undertaken by the Ombudsman regarding whether a Board has complied with the

requirements related to meetings or parts of meetings that are closed to the

public. If the Board receives a report from the Ombudsman reporting the Ombudsman’s

opinion, and the reasons for it, that a meeting or part of a meeting that was

the subject matter of an investigation appears to have been closed to the

public contrary to subsections 10 (4) to (8), the Board shall pass a resolution

stating how it intends to address the report.

SCHEDULE 19

OMBUDSMAN ACT

The

Schedule amends the Ombudsman Act by adding a new

section 14.2.

Section 14.2 applies with respect to Local Services Boards within

the meaning of the Northern Services Boards Act .

a person makes a request under subsection 10.1 (1) of the Northern

Services Boards Act , the Ombudsman may investigate whether a Local

Services Board has complied with subsections 10 (4) to (8) of the Northern Services Boards Act in respect of a meeting or

part of a meeting that was closed to the public. If, after completing such an

investigation, the Ombudsman is of the opinion that the meeting or part of the

meeting appears to have been closed to the public contrary to subsections 10

(4) to (8) of the Northern Services Boards Act , the

Ombudsman shall report their opinion, and the reasons for it, to the Local

Services Board and may make such recommendations as they think fit. Reports

received by the Local Services Board shall be made available to the public.

Subsections

14.2 (7) and (8) set out which other provisions of the Ombudsman

Act apply for the purposes of the new

section 14.2.

SCHEDULE 20

ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

The

Schedule amends

section 10 of the Ontario Heritage Act .

A new subsection 10 (2.1) sets out an exception to the rule in subsection 10

(2). Under subsection 10 (2.1), approval of the Minister is not required for

the release of easements entered into by the Ontario Heritage Trust with owners

of real property if the Trust has determined that such a release over the

property or part of the property would not affect heritage attributes that are

described in the easement.

SCHEDULE 21

ONTARIO NEW HOME WARRANTIES PLAN ACT

The

Schedule amends the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act .

Here are some highlights:

1. Various

terminological changes are made, including adding new

definitions of “purchase

agreement” and “construction contract” and replacing those terms in places

where “contract” is mentioned.

2. New

clause 23 (1) (

c) authorizes the Corporation to make by-laws requiring a

purchaser of a specified type of home to notify the Corporation of a purchase

agreement, as well as to make by-laws governing the timelines, manner and

information in connection with such notice. New clause 23 (1) (

d) adds similar

authority with respect to requiring an owner of land to notify the Corporation

of a construction contract.

3. Currently,

clause 23 (1) (m.3) authorizes the Corporation to make by-laws governing the

entitlement of an owner to payment out the guarantee fund, including interest,

as compensation under

section 14. The clause is re-enacted to apply to

entitlements under subsection 14 (1) or (2), and to also provide that such

authority includes, among other things, providing for the maximum amount of

entitlements and different amounts of entitlements, depending on various

specified circumstances, including whether a purchaser or owner of land has

complied with a requirement set out in a by-law made under clause 23 (1) (

c) or

(d), as applicable.

4. A

new clause 23 (1) (m.3.1) is added to authorize the Corporation to make by-laws

governing the entitlement of a person to payment out of the guarantee fund,

including interest, as compensation under subsections 14 (3), (4) and (5.0.3).

5. A

new subsection 23 (3) provides that a by-law made under clause 23 (1) (m.3) may

provide for, among other things, the establishment and maintenance of a special

fund within the guarantee fund from which entitlements are to be paid in

respect of claims where a purchaser or owner of land has not complied with a requirement

set out in a by-law made under clause 23 (1) (

c) or (d), as applicable.

SCHEDULE 22

ONTARIO UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM ACT, 2012

The

Schedule amends

section 7 of the Ontario Underground

Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012 . Subsection 7 (6.1) is

added to the Act to permit affected members to submit a request to the

Corporation to be approved to respond to notifications respecting the member’s

own underground infrastructure. New subsections 7 (6.2) and (6.3) of the Act

provide for the determination and notification process for the Corporation in

response to such a request and new subsection 7 (6.4) of the Act provides that

such determinations are final. New subsection 7 (6.5) of the Act sets out the

effects of various determinations made by the Corporation. Subsection 7 (7) of

the Act is amended to reflect the request process set out in new subsections 7

(6.1) to (6.5) of the Act. Various other related amendments are made to

section

7 of the Act.

SCHEDULE 23

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Professional Engineers Act .

Section

12 is amended to add references to agricultural occupancy and to add a

definition of “agricultural occupancy”.

Currently,

section 48 of the Act provides that the Council of the Association of

Professional Engineers of Ontario shall make a report annually to the Minister

and that the Minister shall submit the report to the Lieutenant Governor in

Council and lay the report before the Assembly.

Section 48 is repealed and

replaced to provide that, no later than 120 days after the end of each

financial year of the Association, the Council shall provide the Minister with

a copy of an annual report for that year, and to require the Association to

make its annual report publicly accessible by publishing it on its website and

by making it available as a document in paper format or in any other format, on

request and at cost, to members of the public.

SCHEDULE 24

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT, 2006

Section

212 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 provides

that substantial compliance with the Act respecting the contents of forms,

notices or documents is sufficient. The

Schedule amends

section 212 to add a

statement, for greater certainty, that an error in the contents of a form,

notice or document still constitutes substantial compliance, as long as the

error does not significantly prejudice a party’s ability to participate in a

proceeding under this Act.

SCHEDULE 25

STATUTORY POWERS PROCEDURE ACT

Section

4.4 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act , which

creates a default rule for dealing with the incapacity of a member of a

tribunal who has participated in a hearing, is re-enacted. The new version of

section 4.4 addresses the incapacity of a tribunal member in greater detail,

and also addresses the failure of a panel to complete a hearing or make a

decision within a reasonable time. As with the current

section 4.4, the new

section is subject to any other Act or regulation that may apply.

Consequential

amendments are made to various Acts.

SCHEDULE 26

UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ACT, 1997

The

Schedule repeals the University Health Network Act, 1997 .

SCHEDULE 27

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS IN RESPECT OF

SECTION 11.0.1 OF THE MINISTRY OF

INFRASTRUCTURE ACT, 2011 AND OTHER RELATED AMENDMENTS

Various

statutes are amended with respect to the acquisition or disposition of real

estate.

The

Agricultural Research and Innovation Ontario Act is

amended to provide that the Corporation under that Act shall not dispose of a

freehold interest in real property without the approval of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

The Building Ontario Fund Act, 2024 is amended so that

certain powers of the Corporation under that Act are subject to limits imposed

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act,

2011 . The Act is also amended to provide that the Corporation shall not

dispose of a freehold interest in real property without the approval of the

Lieutenant Governor in Council, except with respect to investments made by the

Corporation in carrying out its objects.

The

Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 is amended so

that certain powers of the Ontario Clean Water Agency established under that

Act are subject to limits imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the

Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 . The Act is also amended to provide

that the Ontario Clean Water Agency shall not acquire or dispose of a freehold

interest in real property without the approval of the Minister of the

Environment, Conservation and Parks, with certain exceptions.

The

Metrolinx Act, 2006 is amended so that certain

powers of the Corporation under that Act are subject to limits imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

The Act is also amended to provide that the Corporation shall not dispose of a

freehold interest in real property except with the approval of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council, with certain exceptions, and, if regulations have been

made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, in accordance with those

regulations.

The

Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017 is

amended so that certain powers of the Corporation under that Act are subject to

limits imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of

Infrastructure Act, 2011 . The Act is also amended to provide that the

Corporation shall not dispose of a freehold interest in real property without

the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

The Ontario Food Terminal Act is amended to provide that the

Board under that Act shall not acquire a freehold interest in real property

without the approval of the Minister and shall not dispose of a freehold

interest in real property without the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in

Council.

The

Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act, 2011 is

amended to provide that the Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation and

the Temagami Forest Management Corporation established under that Act shall not

acquire or dispose of a freehold interest in real property without the approval

of the Minister.

The

Ontario Heritage Act is amended to provide that the

Trust under that Act shall not receive or acquire a freehold interest in real

property without the approval of the Minister.

The

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act, 1999 is

amended so that certain powers of the Corporation under that Act are subject to

limits imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of

Infrastructure Act, 2011 . The Act is also amended to provide that the

Corporation shall not dispose of a freehold interest in real property without

the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

The

Ontario Northland Transportation Commission Act is

amended to provide that the Commission under that Act shall not acquire a

freehold interest in real property without the approval of the Minister and

shall not dispose of a freehold interest in real property without the approval

of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

The

Venture Ontario Act, 2008 is amended so that certain

powers of the Corporation under that Act are subject to limits imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

Bill 227 2024

Act to amend various Acts

CONTENTS

Preamble

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Algonquin

Forestry Authority Act

Schedule 2

Architects

Act

Schedule 3

Combative

Sports Act, 2019

Schedule 4

Courts

of Justice Act

Schedule 5

Education

Act

Schedule 6

Election

Finances Act

Schedule 7

Environmental

Protection Act

Schedule 8

Expropriations

Act

Schedule 9

Family

Law Act

Schedule 10

Farm

Implements Act

Schedule 11

Juries

Act

Schedule 12

Justices

of the Peace Act

Schedule 13

Land

Titles Act

Schedule 14

Law

Society Act

Schedule 15

Legislative

Assembly Act

Schedule 16

Mining

Act

Schedule 17

Modernizing

Ontario for People and Businesses Act, 2020

Schedule 18

Northern

Services Boards Act

Schedule 19

Ombudsman

Act

Schedule 20

Ontario

Heritage Act

Schedule 21

Ontario

New Home Warranties Plan Act

Schedule 22

Ontario

Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012

Schedule 23

Professional

Engineers Act

Schedule 24

Residential

Tenancies Act, 2006

Schedule 25

Statutory

Powers Procedure Act

Schedule 26

University

Health Network Act, 1997

Schedule 27

Consequential

Amendments in Respect of

Section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure

Act, 2011 and Other Related Amendments

Preamble

The

Government of Ontario is committed to continuing to help Ontarians save time

and money by reducing red tape and is dedicated to supporting better services

and a stronger economy.

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 proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, a

proclamation may apply to one or more of those provisions, and proclamations

may be issued at different times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Cutting

Red Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 .

SCHEDULE 1

ALGONQUIN FORESTRY AUTHORITY ACT

Section 5 of the Algonquin Forestry Authority Act is

amended by striking out “The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall appoint” at

the beginning and substituting “The Authority shall hire”.

Subsection 6 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “appoint, employ and

promote” and substituting “appoint, hire, employ and promote”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 2

ARCHITECTS ACT

(1) Subclause 11 (3) (a) (ii) of the Architects

Act is amended by striking out “mercantile occupancy or industrial

occupancy” and substituting “mercantile occupancy, industrial occupancy or

agricultural occupancy”.

(2) Paragraph

3 of subsection 11 (4) of the Act is amended by adding the following

subparagraph:

v.1 agricultural

occupancy that exceeds 600 square metres in gross area or three storeys,

(3) Subparagraph

3 vii of subsection 11 (4) of the Act is amended by adding the following

sub-subparagraph:

B.1 agricultural

occupancy and any other occupancy, except industrial occupancy,

(4) Sub-subparagraph

3 vii C of subsection 11 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “institutional

occupancy or industrial occupancy” in the portion before sub-subparagraph 3 vii

D and substituting “institutional occupancy, agricultural occupancy or

industrial occupancy”.

(5) Subsection

11 (6) of the Act is amended by adding the following definition:

“agricultural

occupancy” means the occupancy of a building or part thereof that is located on

land that is associated with and devoted to the practice of farming, and is

used for the purpose of producing crops, raising farm animals or preparing,

marketing, storing or processing agricultural products; (“établissement

agricole”)

Section 53 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Annual

report

(1) No

later than 120 days after the end of each financial year of the Association,

the Council shall provide the Minister with a copy of an annual report for that

year containing such information as the Minister requires.

Same

(2) The

Association shall make its annual report publicly accessible by publishing it

on its website and by making it available as a document in paper format or in

any other format, on request and at cost, to members of the public.

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Cutting Red Tape, Building

Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Section

1 comes into force on the later of January 1, 2025 and the day the Cutting Red Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives

Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 3

COMBATIVE SPORTS ACT, 2019

(1) The French version of the definition of “matchmaker” in

subsection 1 (1) of the Combative Sports Act, 2019

is repealed.

(2) The

French version of subsection 1 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

definition:

«organisateur»

Personne qui organise une compétition ou une exhibition de sports de combat

professionnels. («matchmaker»)

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Rolling

incorporation by reference

50.1 A regulation made under

section 49 or 50 that incorporates another document by reference may provide

that the reference to the document includes amendments made to the document

from time to time after the regulation is made.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 4

COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT

(1) Clauses 65 (2) (

a) and (a.1) of the Courts

of Justice Act are repealed and the following substituted:

(

a) the

Chief Justice of Ontario or another judge of the Court of Appeal designated by

the Chief Justice;

(a.1) the

Associate Chief Justice of Ontario or another judge of the Court of Appeal

designated by the Chief Justice of Ontario;

(a.2) the

Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice or another judge of that court

designated by the Chief Justice;

(a.3) the

Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice or another judge of

that court designated by the Chief Justice of that court;

(2) Subsection

65 (3) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Presiding

member

(3) The Civil Rules Committee shall

be presided over,

(

a) by

the Chief Justice of Ontario; or

(

b) if

the Chief Justice of Ontario is absent or so requests, or is not serving as a

member under clause (2) (a), by another member designated by the Chief Justice.

(1) Clauses 67 (2) (a), (

b) and (

d) of the Act are repealed and the

following substituted:

(

a) the

Chief Justice of Ontario or another judge of the Court of Appeal designated by

the Chief Justice;

(

b) the

Associate Chief Justice of Ontario or another judge of the Court of Appeal

designated by the Chief Justice of Ontario;

(b.1) the

Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice or another judge of that court

designated by the Chief Justice;

(b.2) the

Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice or another judge of

that court designated by the Chief Justice of that court;

. . . .

(

d) the

Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice or another judge of that court

designated by the Chief Justice;

(2) Subsection

67 (3) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Presiding

member

(3) The

Family Rules Committee shall be presided over,

(

a) by

the Chief Justice of Ontario; or

(

b) if

the Chief Justice of Ontario is absent or so requests, or is not serving as a

member under clause (2) (a), by another member designated by the Chief Justice.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Civil,

family rules made by the Attorney General

Civil

rules

68.1

(1) Subject

to subsection (3), the Attorney General may make rules respecting any matter

about which the Civil Rules Committee has authority to make rules under

section

66, and may amend or revoke any rule made by the Civil Rules Committee under

that section.

Family

rules

(2) Subject

to subsection (3), the Attorney General may make rules respecting any matter

about which the Family Rules Committee has authority to make rules under

section 68, and may amend or revoke any rule made by the Family Rules Committee

under that section.

Prior

consultation

(3) Before

a rule may be made under subsection (1) or (2), the Attorney General shall

consult with,

(

a) one

or more of the Chief Justice of Ontario, the Chief Justice of the Superior

Court of Justice and the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice, as the

Attorney General considers appropriate given the proceedings to which the rule

would apply; and

(

b) the

presiding member of the Civil Rules Committee or the Family Rules Committee, as

the case may be.

Conflict

(4) In

the event of a conflict between a rule made under this

section and a rule made

under

section 66 or 68, the rule made under this

section prevails to the extent

of the conflict.

Sections 79 and 79.2 of the Act are repealed.

Subsection 140 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “the judge’s own

initiative” and substituting “a judge’s own initiative”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 5

EDUCATION ACT

(1) The definition of “principal” in

section 1 of the Education Act is amended by adding “ and does not

include a system principal” at the end.

(2) Section

1 of the Education Act is amended by adding the

following definition:

“system

principal” means a teacher appointed by a board to perform the duties of a

system principal under this Act and the regulations; (“ directeur de service”)

(1) Paragraph 3.4 of subsection 8 (1) of the Act is amended by

striking out “principals” and substituting “principals, system principals”.

(2) Paragraph

14 of subsection 8 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “principal” and

substituting “principal, system principal”.

(3) Paragraph

16 of subsection 8 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “principals” and

substituting “principals, system principals”.

(1) Paragraph 26 of subsection 11 (1) of the Act is amended by

striking out “principals” and substituting “principals, system principals”.

(2) Subsection

11 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

system

principals

26.0.0.1 providing

that a provision of

an Act or regulation that applies to principals also

applies to system principals, with the modifications and in the circumstances

prescribed by the regulations;

Subsection 171 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

system

principals

5.2 appoint

teachers to be system principals, and every appointee shall hold the qualifications

and perform the duties required under this Act;

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

System

principals

Duties

of system principals

265.1

(1) It is

the duty of a system principal,

(

a) to lead or support a function, program

or initiative of a board in respect of multiple schools of the board, or in

respect of the schools or the pupils of the board generally;

(

b) to

exercise managerial functions for one or more employees

of a board ; and

(

c) to

perform any other duties assigned by the board or prescribed by the regulations.

Labour

Relations Act, 1995

(2) The

Labour Relations Act, 1995 does not apply to a

system principal.

Regulations

(3) The

Lieutenant

employment for system principals.

The definition of “teacher” in subsection 277.15 (1) of the Act is amended by

striking out “a vice-principal” and substituting “a vice-principal, a system

principal”.

Subsection 277.20 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “which principal”

in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “which principal or system

principal”.

The heading to

Part XI.1 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

PART XI.1

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL OF PRINCIPALS, VICE-PRINCIPALS , SYSTEM PRINCIPALS,

DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION AND SUPERVISORY OFFICERS

Clauses 287.2 (

a) and (

b) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

(

a) to

ensure that pupils receive the benefit of an education system staffed by

directors of education, supervisory officers, principals, vice-principals and,

if appropriate, system principals, who are performing their duties

satisfactorily;

(

b) to

provide for fair, effective and consistent evaluation of directors of

education, supervisory officers, principals, vice-principals and system

principals; and

Subsection 287.4 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “principals and

vice-principals” in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “principals,

vice-principals and system principals”.

Subsection 287.5 (8) of the Act is amended by striking out “principals or

vice-principals” and substituting “principals, vice-principals or system

principals”.

Subsection 287.6 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “principal or

vice-principal” and substituting “principal, vice-principal or system

principal”.

(1) Subsection 287.7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out

“principal or vice-principal” wherever it appears and substituting in each case

“principal, vice-principal or system principal”.

(2) Subsection

287.7 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “principal or vice-principal”

wherever it appears and substituting in each case “principal, vice-principal or

system principal”.

Provincial

Schools Authority Act

(1) Section 1 of the Provincial Schools

Authority Act is amended by adding the following definition:

“system

principal” means a person appointed by the Authority under paragraph 5.2 of

subsection 171 (1) of the Education Act . (“ directeur de

service”)

(2) Subsection

3 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “the teachers and principals and

vice-principals” and substituting “the teachers, principals, vice-principals

and system principals”.

(3) Subsection

7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “for principals and for

vice-principals” at the end and substituting “for principals, vice-principals

and system principals”.

(4) Subsection

7 (2) of the Act is repealed.

School

Boards Collective Bargaining Act, 2014

Section 8 of the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act,

2014 is amended by striking out “principals and vice-principals” and

substituting “principals, vice-principals and system principals”.

Teaching

Profession Act

The definition of “teacher” in

section 1 of the Act is amended by striking out

“a vice-principal” and substituting “a vice-principal, a system principal”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the later of January 31, 2025 and the day the

Cutting Red Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024

receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 6

ELECTION FINANCES ACT

(1) Subsection 17 (2) of the Election Finances

Act is amended by striking out “subsection (1)” and substituting

“subsection (1) or (1.1)”.

(2) Section

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

Forgiveness

of pre-2017 amounts

(4) The

Chief Electoral Officer may, in writing, forgive the payment of an amount owing

to the Chief Electoral Officer under subsection (2) if the amount first became

owing to the Chief Electoral Officer before January 1, 2017.

Considerations

re forgiveness

(5) In

determining whether to forgive the payment of an amount under subsection (4),

the Chief Electoral Officer shall consider, in addition to any other relevant

factors,

(

a) whether

there is a reasonable prospect of collecting the amount;

(

b) how

the amount became owing to the Chief Electoral Officer; and

(

c) whether

the political party, constituency association, nomination contestant, candidate

or leadership contestant that owes the amount was previously forgiven under

subsection (4) in respect of a different amount.

Effect

of forgiveness

(6) If

the payment of an amount owing under subsection (2) is forgiven, subsections

(1) to (3) cease to apply with respect to the amount or to the contribution in

respect of which the amount was owing.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 7

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT

Subsection 168.4 (1) of the Environmental Protection Act

is amended by adding “Subject to the regulations” at the beginning of the

portion before paragraph 1.

Subsection 176 (10) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(a.1) prescribing

circumstances in which an owner of a property is prohibited from submitting for

filing in the Registry a record of site condition in respect of the property;

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 8

EXPROPRIATIONS ACT

Subsection 1 (2) of the Expropriations Act is

repealed and the following substituted:

Service

(2) Any

document required by this Act to be served may be served personally or by

registered mail addressed to the person to be served at the person’s last known

address or, if that person or person’s address is unknown, by publication in

accordance with the regulations, and service shall be deemed to be made,

(

a) in

the case of service by registered mail, on the second day after the day of

mailing; and

(

b) in

the case of service by publication, on the day that is three weeks after the first

publication of the document.

Subsection 6 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “once a week for three

consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the locality in

which the lands are situate” at the end and substituting “in accordance with

the regulations”.

Section 44 of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(

e) governing

the publication of notices and other documents for the purposes of this Act,

including,

(

i) requiring

publication by specified methods, including print and electronic methods,

(ii) imposing

different requirements based on who is required to publish a notice or other

document,

(iii) defining

“first publication” for the purposes of clause 1 (2) (

b) and subsection 6 (2).

Commencement

This

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

Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE 9

FAMILY LAW ACT

The definition of “child” in subsection 1 (1) of the Family

Law Act is amended by striking out “whom” and substituting “in respect

of whom”.

Subsection 59.8 (1) of the Act is amended by adding “Subject to

section 59.9,”

at the beginning.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Enforcement

of family arbitration award for support

59.9

(1) A party

who is entitled to the enforcement of a family arbitration award that contains

a provision for support or maintenance may file the award with the clerk of the Superior Court of Justice or the Family

Court together with the following documentation:

1. A

copy of the family arbitration agreement.

2. Copies

of the certificates of independent legal advice.

Effect

of filing

(2) A

provision for support or maintenance contained in an award that is filed in

accordance with subsection (1) may be enforced as if it were an order of the

court where it is filed.

Right

to set aside award not affected

(3) For

greater certainty, the filing of an award under subsection (1) does not affect

the right of a party to apply to the court under subsection 46 (1) of the Arbitration Act, 1991 to set aside the award.

Family

Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996

(1) The definition of “support order” in subsection 1 (1) of the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act, 1996

is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (h), by adding “or” at the

end of clause (

i) and by adding the following clause:

(

j) a

family arbitration award that is enforceable under

section 59.9 of the Family Law Act .

(2) Subsection

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

(

d) if

the support order is a family arbitration award, by the Superior Court of

Justice or the Family Court.

(3) Subsection

21 (8) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(

d) family

arbitration awards that are enforceable under

section 59.9 of the Family Law Act .

(4) Subclause

35 (6) (a) (

i) of the Act is amended by striking out “subclause (ii)” and

substituting “subclause (ii) or (iii)”.

(5) Clause

35 (6) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of subclause

(ii) and by adding the following subclause:

(iii) if

the support order is a family arbitration award, the Superior Court of Justice

or the Family Court; and

Interjurisdictional

Support Orders Act, 2002

The definition of “support order” in

section 1 of the Interjurisdictional

Support Orders Act, 2002 is amended by striking out “and” at the end of

clause (

a) and by adding the following clause:

(a.1) the

provisions of a family arbitration award requiring the payment of support if

they are enforceable in the jurisdiction in which the award was made as if they

were contained in an order of a court of that jurisdiction, and

Commencement

This

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

Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE 10

FARM IMPLEMENTS ACT

Section 3 of the Farm Implements Act is amended by

adding the following subsection:

Provisions

altering jurisdiction void

(7) Any

provision in a dealership agreement purporting to restrict the application of

the law of Ontario or to restrict jurisdiction or venue to a forum outside

Ontario is void with respect to a claim under the dealership agreement or a

claim otherwise enforceable under this Act in Ontario.

Clauses 4 (5) (

c) and (

d) of the Act are repealed.

(1) Subsection 5 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “any

matter” and substituting “any matter, other than a dispute regarding the

refusal to renew or termination of a dealership agreement”.

(2) Subsection

5 (5) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Hearing

(5) If

the parties to a dispute are unable to resolve it with the assistance of a

mediator or if the dispute is regarding the refusal to renew or termination of

a dealership agreement, any of the parties to the mediation or the dealership

agreement, as the case may be, may apply to the Tribunal for a hearing.

Dealership

agreement continues

(5.1) Except

in the circumstances set out in subsection (5.2), where a dealer or distributor

has the right under the Act to refuse to renew or to terminate a dealership

agreement and has exercised that right, the dealership agreement is deemed not

to have been terminated or expired until,

(

a) in

the case that the dispute has been referred to the Tribunal for a hearing,

following the Tribunal’s decision regarding whether the dealer or distributor

had properly exercised its rights related to the decision not to renew or the

termination; or

(

b) the

day that is 30 days following the termination or expiry of the dealership

agreement.

Same

(5.2) Subsection

(5.1) does not apply where a dealer or distributor exercises their rights under

the Act to refuse to renew or to terminate a dealership agreement in any of the

following circumstances:

1. The

dealership agreement was terminated or not renewed with the written consent of

the dealer and distributor.

2. The

dealer or distributor makes an assignment in bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), a bankruptcy

order has been made against the dealer or the dealer, being bankrupt, has not

been discharged from bankruptcy.

3. An

application is made under the Business Corporations Act

to wind up, dissolve or liquidate the dealership or the dealership is being

wound up by order of the court under that Act.

4. In

the prescribed circumstances.

(3) Subsections

5 (7) to (9) of the Act are repealed.

Subsection 6 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “registration or renewal

of registration as a dealer or distributor is entitled to registration or

renewal” and substituting “registration as a dealer or distributor is entitled

to registration”.

(1) Subsection 7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or

renew”.

(2) Subsection

7 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “or renew”.

(1) Subsection 8 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or

renew”.

(2) Subsection

8 (8) of the Act is repealed.

(1) Section 35 of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(

e) prescribing

circumstances for the purposes of subsection 5 (5.2);

(2) Clauses

35 (

f) and (

g) of the Act are amended by striking out “or renewal of

registration” wherever it appears.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 11

JURIES ACT

Section 4.1 of the Juries Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

Jury

source list

4.1

(1) In this

section,

“Minister”

means the Minister of Health or such other member of the Executive Council to

whom the administration of the Health Insurance Act

may be assigned.

Duty

to prepare

(2) On

or before June 1 in each year, the Minister shall prepare and disclose to the

Jury Sheriff a jury source list that sets out the information referred to in

subsection (3) in respect of every person who, according to the most recent

information available to the Minister,

(

a) is

registered as an insured person under the Health Insurance

Act ;

(

b) resides

in Ontario;

(

c) is

a Canadian citizen; and

(

d) is

at least 18 years of age or will attain that age on or before December 31 of

the year in which the list is provided.

Information

(3) The

jury source list shall set out the following information respecting each person

included in the list:

1. The

person’s name.

2. The

person’s year of birth.

3. The

person’s most recent residential address and, if different, mailing address.

use other than for jury roll

(4) The

Jury Sheriff shall ensure that the information referred to in subsection (3) is

used only for the purpose of creating the jury roll under sections 6 to 8.

disclosure

(5) The

Jury Sheriff shall ensure that the jury source list is not disclosed unless the

Jury Sheriff is required by law to do so.

Security

(6) The

Jury Sheriff shall keep the jury source list in a secure location or, in the

case of an electronic jury source list, in a secure database under the Jury

Sheriff’s control.

Subsections 6 (4) and (5) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

Selection

(4) For

the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the Jury Sheriff shall randomly select

the required number of persons to receive the jury questionnaire or

instructions from among the persons included in the jury source list disclosed

under

section 4.1.

Address

(5) The

jury questionnaire or instructions shall be mailed to the mailing address

indicated for the person in the jury source list disclosed under

section 4.1.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 12

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT

(1) Subsection 2.1 (2) of the Justices of the

Peace Act is amended by striking out “three” in the portion before

paragraph 1 and substituting “four”.

(2) Paragraph

3 of subsection 2.1 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

3. Two

persons appointed by the Attorney General.

(3) Section

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

Alternate

(2.1) In

addition to the core members appointed under subsection (2), the Committee

shall include the following person, appointed by the Chief Justice of the

Ontario Court of Justice, to act in the absence of the member appointed under

paragraph 1 of subsection (2):

1. If

the member is a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice, another judge of that

Court.

2. If

the member is a justice of the peace, another justice of the peace.

(4) Subsection

2.1 (5) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Regional

leads and alternates

(5) The

Attorney General shall, for each region, designate from among the regional

members for that region,

(

a) a

regional lead; and

(

b) a

member to act in the absence of the regional lead.

(5) Section

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

Vice-chair

(9.1) The

Attorney General shall designate one of the core members as vice-chair of the

Committee for a term of up to three years.

Term

of office

(9.2) The

same person may serve as vice-chair for two or more terms.

Powers

(9.3) The

vice-chair has the powers of the chair when acting for the chair, but is

otherwise not entitled to vote.

Commencement

This

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

Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE 13

LAND TITLES ACT

(1) Subclauses 57 (4) (a) (ii) and (iii) of the Land Titles Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

(ii) the

registration of a fraudulent instrument, or

(iii) any

misdescription, omission or other error in a certificate of ownership or in an

entry on the register attributable to an officer appointed under this Act or

their representative in a land registry office;

(2) Clause

57 (4) (

b) of the Act is amended by striking out “some other person being

registered as owner through fraud” at the end and substituting “the

registration of a fraudulent instrument”.

(3) Subsection

57 (4.2) of the Act is repealed.

(1) Subsection 59 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at

the end of clause (e), by adding “or” at the end of clause (

f) and by adding

the following clause:

prescribed

claims or claimants

(

g) in

the case of a prescribed claim or where the person is a prescribed claimant.

(2) Subsection

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

Definition

(2) In

this section,

“claimant”

includes the person actually making the claim and, if the claim is being made

on someone’s behalf, the person on whose behalf the claim is made.

Section 171 of the Act is repealed.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 14

LAW SOCIETY ACT

Subsection 54 (6) of the Law Society Act is

repealed and the following substituted:

Annual

report

(6) No

later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Government of

Ontario, the board shall provide the Attorney General with a copy of an annual

report for the previous calendar year, which shall include the report of the

auditor under subsection (5) and such other information as the Attorney General

requires.

Same

(7) The

Foundation shall make its annual report publicly accessible by publishing it on

its website and by making it available as a document in paper format or in any

other format, on request and at cost, to members of the public.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 15

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ACT

Section 108.1 of the Legislative Assembly Act is

repealed.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 16

MINING ACT

Section 176 of the Mining Act is amended by adding

the following subsection:

Regulations

re service standards

(2.1.2) Except

as otherwise governed by this Act or the regulations, the Minister may make

regulations respecting service standards for the processing of any application,

submission or filing under this Act or the regulations, including establishing standard

time periods for procedural steps to be taken by the Minister or Ministry.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 17

MODERNIZING ONTARIO FOR PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ACT, 2020

The

Preamble to the Modernizing Ontario for People and

Businesses Act, 2020 is struck out and the following substituted:

Preamble

The

Ontario government is committed to supporting individuals and regulated

entities, while ensuring appropriate regulatory oversights that protect

workers, the environment and the public interest, including health and safety.

The

Ontario government recognizes that regulatory modernization enables economic

growth, prosperity and a strong business climate, and supports the unique needs

of small businesses.

part of the Ontario government’s regulatory modernization efforts, it is also

committed to reducing unnecessary burdens faced by individuals when interacting

with the government.

The

Ontario government is dedicated to a regulatory environment that considers both

costs and benefits as part of government decision making, utilizes recognized

standards, provides digital options and recognizes excellent compliance

records. The Ontario government is committed to supporting the needs of

individuals and regulated entities by ensuring interactions with government are

efficient and straightforward.

Section 3 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Analysis

of regulatory impact, regulated entities

Where

an instrument governed by this Act that would affect a regulated entity is proposed

and where the additional prescribed criteria, if any, apply, the minister

responsible for the administration of the instrument shall ensure that,

(

a) an

analysis of the potential regulatory impact is conducted, including the

prescribed direct compliance costs; and

(

b) the

analysis is published in the prescribed manner.

Analysis of regulatory

impact, individuals

3.1 Where an instrument

governed by this Act that would affect an individual is proposed and where the

additional prescribed criteria, if any, apply, the minister responsible for the

administration of the instrument shall ensure that,

(

a) an

analysis of the potential regulatory impact is conducted; and

(

b) the

analysis is published in the prescribed manner.

Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of

section 4 of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

3. Digital

services that are accessible to regulated entities and individuals, as

applicable, should be provided.

4. Regulated

entities and individuals that demonstrate excellent compliance should be

recognized.

5. Unnecessary

reporting should be reduced, and steps should be taken to avoid requiring regulated

entities or individuals to provide the same information to government

repeatedly.

Clause 10 (2) (

f) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(

f) governing

analyses required under

section 3, including prescribing additional criteria

for when an analysis is required, the information that is to be included in an

analysis, the scope of the direct compliance costs to be considered in an

analysis and the manner in which an analysis is to be published;

(f.1) governing

analyses required under

section 3.1, including prescribing additional criteria

for when an analysis is required, the information that is to be included in an

analysis and the manner in which an analysis is to be published;

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Cutting Red Tape, Building

Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Sections

2 and 4 come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant

Governor.

SCHEDULE 18

NORTHERN SERVICES BOARDS ACT

The definition of “Minister” in

section 1 of the Northern

Services Boards Act is repealed and the following substituted:

“Minister”

means the Minister of Northern Development 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”)

Subsections 4 (2) to (4) of the Act are repealed.

Section 5 of the Act is amended by striking out “shall be for one year from the

1st day of October in any year to the 30th day of September in the next year”

at the end and substituting “shall be for three years from the 1st day of

October in any year to the 30th day of September three years later”.

Section 7 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Fire

protection services

(2.1) Despite

subsections (1) and (2), if the power to provide fire protection services is

designated in the order of the Minister, a Board may provide fire protection

services outside the Board area.

. . . .

Definition

(8) In

subsection (2.1),

“fire

protection services” has the same meaning as in the Fire

Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 .

(1) Subsection 10 (3) of the Act is amended by adding “Subject to

subsections (4) and (5)” at the beginning.

(2) Section

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

Closed

Meetings

(4) A

part of a meeting of the Board shall be closed to the public if the subject

matter being considered during that part of the meeting is,

(

a) a

request made under the Municipal Freedom of Information

and Protection of Privacy Act , if the Board is the head of an

institution for the purposes of that Act; or

(

b) an

ongoing investigation respecting the Board by the Ombudsman appointed under the

Ombudsman Act .

Same

(5) A

part of a meeting of the Board may be closed to the public if the subject

matter being considered at that part of the meeting involves,

(

a) personal

matters about an identifiable individual;

(

b) litigation

or potential litigation affecting the Board;

(

c) advice

that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications

necessary for that purpose;

(

d) information

province or territory or a Crown agency of any of them; or

(

e) a

position, plan, procedure, criteria or instruction to be applied to any

negotiations carried on or to be carried on by or on behalf of the Board.

Resolution

(6) Before

holding a part of a meeting that is to be closed to the public, a Board shall

state, by resolution, the fact that part of the meeting will be closed to the

public and the general nature of the matter to be considered at that part of

the meeting.

Open

during vote

(7) Subject

to subsection (8), a meeting shall not be closed to the public during the

taking of a vote.

Exception

(8) A

meeting may be closed to the public during a vote if,

(a) subsection

(4) or (5) requires or permits the part of the meeting to be closed to the

public; and

(

b) the

vote is for a procedural matter or for giving directions or instructions to

officers or agents of the Board or persons retained by or under a contract with

the Board.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Investigation

10.1

(1) A person

may request that an investigation of whether a Board has complied with

subsections 10 (4) to (8) in respect of a meeting or part of a meeting that was

closed to the public be undertaken by the Ombudsman appointed under the Ombudsman Act .

Requirement

to pass resolution re report

(2) If

a Board receives a report from the Ombudsman reporting the Ombudsman’s opinion,

and the reasons for it, that a meeting or part of a meeting that was the

subject matter of an investigation appears to have been closed to the public

contrary to subsections 10 (4) to (8), the Board shall pass a resolution

stating how it intends to address the report.

Clauses 14 (4) (

b) and (

c) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

(

b) keep

minutes of such meetings, including any part of a meeting that is closed to the

public in accordance with subsection 10 (4) or (5);

(

c) except

for any portion of the minutes that pertain to a part of a meeting that is

closed to the public in accordance with subsection 10 (4) or (5), ensure that

copies of the minutes of meetings are posted in at least one location visible

to the public in the Board area and, if available, by electronic means or in an

electronic format;

Clause 16 (

c) of the Act is amended by striking out “annual audit report” at

the end and substituting “review engagement of financial statements”.

(1) Subsection 19 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “In each

year” at the beginning and substituting “In each election year”.

(2) Subsection

19 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “If the Board fails to call an

election meeting” at the beginning and substituting “If in an election year the

Board fails to call an election meeting”.

(3) Subsection

19 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out “If in any year” at the beginning

and substituting “If in an election year”.

Section 21 of the Act is amended by,

(

a) striking

out “after the election meeting” and substituting “in each fiscal year”; and

(

b) adding

“for that fiscal year” at the end.

Section 21.1 of the Act is repealed.

(1) Subsection 26 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “be

shown on the tax bill for such property as “Taxes for the purposes of The Local

Services Board of (or Impôts prélevés aux fins de la régie locale des services

publics de) ... (naming the Board)”, and shall”.

(2) Subsection

26 (2.1) of the Act is amended by,

(

a) striking

out “shown on the tax bill under the Provincial Land Tax

Act, 2006 in respect of the property as “Fees for the purposes of The

Local Services Board of (or Droits perçus aux fins de la régie locale des

services publics de) ... (naming the Board)”, and shall be”; and

(

b) striking

out “that Act” at the end and substituting “the Provincial

Land Tax Act, 2006 ”.

Section 29 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Review

engagement of financial statements

(1) A

Board shall engage a chartered professional accountant who is not a member of

the Board to undertake a review engagement of the Board’s financial statements

and to make a review engagement report to the Board annually, or more often as

the Board requires.

Fiscal

year

(2) The

fiscal year of a Board is the year commencing on the 1st day of October and ending

on the following 30th day of September.

Copy

of report to Minister

(3) The

secretary shall send a copy of the reviewed financial statements and the review

engagement report to the Minister.

Audit

required by Minister

(4) The

Minister may at any time cause the accounts and transactions of a Board to be

audited by a chartered professional accountant who is not a member of the Board.

expense of Board

(5) A

review engagement referred to in subsection (1) or an audit referred to in

subsection (4) shall be at the Board’s expense.

Examination

of documents

(6) The

secretary shall permit any inhabitant at any reasonable time to examine and

copy,

(

a) the

reviewed financial statements;

(

b) the

review engagement report; and

(

c) if

the Minister causes a Board’s accounts and transactions to be audited in

accordance with subsection (4), any audit report.

(1) Paragraph 2 of the

Schedule to the Act is amended by,

(

a) striking

out “fire suppression and other fire protection activities” in clause (

a) and

substituting “fire protection services within the meaning of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 ”; and

(

b) striking

out “fire protection” at the end of clause (

b) and substituting “fire

protection services within the meaning of the Fire

Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 ”.

(2) Clauses

(

a) and (

b) of paragraph 3 of the

Schedule to the Act are repealed and the

following substituted:

(

a) establish

and maintain a system for the collection or removal, or any combination of

them, of compost, garbage or recycling, or any combination of them; or

(

b) contract

for the collection, removal or disposal, or any combination of them, of

compost, garbage or recycling, or any combination of them,

(3) Paragraph

7 of the

Schedule to the Act is repealed.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on August 1, 2025.

SCHEDULE 19

OMBUDSMAN ACT

The Ombudsman Act is amended by adding the

following section:

Specific

powers of investigation re Local Services Boards

14.2

(1) This Act

does not apply to a Local Services Board except in accordance with this

section.

Application

(2) This

section applies in the circumstances described in subsection 10.1 (1) of the Northern Services Boards Act .

Investigation

by Ombudsman

(3) If

a person makes a request under subsection 10.1 (1) of the Northern

Services Boards Act , the Ombudsman may investigate whether a Local

Services Board has complied with subsections 10 (4) to (8) of the Northern Services Boards Act in respect of a meeting or

part of a meeting that was closed to the public.

Report

and recommendations

(4) If,

after completing an investigation under subsection (3), the Ombudsman is of the

opinion that the meeting or part of the meeting that was the subject-matter of

the investigation appears to have been closed to the public contrary to subsections

10 (4) to (8) of the Northern Services Boards Act ,

the Ombudsman shall report their opinion, and the reasons for it, to the Local

Services Board and may make such recommendations as they think fit.

Reports

to be public

(5) The

Local Services Board shall ensure that reports received under subsection (4) by

the Local Services Board are made available to the public.

Ombudsman

may publish report

(6) The

Ombudsman may, after making a report under subsection (4), publish the report

or otherwise make it available to the public.

Application

of other provisions

(7) Subsections

7.3 (3), 14 (2) and (3), and 15 (1), (2), and (3), sections 16 and 17,

subsections 18 (2) and (3.2), 19 (3) to (9) and 22 (2), sections 23 and 24,

subsections 25 (2.1) to (2.3) and sections 26 to 28 apply for the purposes of

this section.

Application

of other provisions – necessary modifications

(8) Subsections

15 (2.1), 18 (1), (3) (3.1) and (6), 19 (1) and (2) and 25 (1) and (2) apply

for the purposes of this section, with necessary modifications, and for that

purpose,

(

a) references

to a head of a public sector body shall be read as references to the chair of

the Local Services Board or, in the absence of a chair, the acting chair

appointed in accordance with subsection 9 (2) of the Northern

Services Boards Act ;

(

b) references

to an officer, employee or member of a public sector body shall be read as

references to a member of the Local Services Board; and

(

c) references

to a public sector body shall be read as references to a Local Services Board.

Definition

(9) In

this section,

“Local

Services Board” means a Local Services Board established under

Part I of the Northern Services Boards Act .

Subsection 19 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “the Municipal Act, 2001 or the City of

Toronto Act, 2006 ” and substituting “the Municipal

Act, 2001 , the City of Toronto Act, 2006 or

the Northern Services Boards Act ”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on August 1, 2025.

SCHEDULE 20

ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

Section 10 of the Ontario Heritage Act is amended

by adding the following subsections:

Exception

(2.1) Despite

subsection (2), approval of the Minister is not required for the release of

easements entered into by the Trust with owners of real property if the Trust

has determined that such a release over the property or part of the property would

not affect heritage attributes that are described in the easement.

Same

(2.2) For

greater certainty, despite subsection (2.1), any other applicable requirements

of the Act continue to apply to the property.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 21

ONTARIO NEW HOME WARRANTIES PLAN ACT

Subsection 1 (1) of the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan

Act is amended by adding the following

definitions:

“construction

contract” means an agreement between a builder and an owner of land which

provides for the construction of a home on the land; (“contrat de

construction”)

“purchase

agreement” means an agreement between a vendor and any person providing for the

purchase by such a person of a home; (“convention d’achat”)

“purchaser”

means a person who enters into a purchase agreement with a vendor for the

purchase of a home and includes an assignee of the purchaser’s interest in a

purchase agreement; (“acquéreur”)

Paragraph 1 of subsection 2.0.1 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out

“purchasers of homes or owners” at the end and substituting “owners or

prospective owners”.

Paragraph 1 of subsection 5.1 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out

“purchasers of homes or owners” at the end and substituting “owners or

prospective owners”.

(1) Subsection 10.2 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “a

contract with an owner of land for the construction of a home on the land” in

the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “a construction contract”.

(2) Subsection

10.2 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out the portion before clause (

a) and substituting the following:

Construction

contract

(3) Subject

to the prescribed requirements or restrictions, if any, a builder shall not

enter into a construction contract unless the builder,

. . . .

Subsection 11 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Disclosures

on entering into contract

(2) When

a vendor enters into a purchase agreement or construction contract with a

prospective owner, the vendor shall deliver to the prospective owner such

documentation and notices respecting the Plan as are prescribed by the

regulations.

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

substituted:

Compensation

(1) Subject

to the regulations, a purchaser is entitled to receive payment out of the

guarantee fund for the amount that the purchaser paid to the vendor as a

deposit or other payment to be credited to the purchase price under the

purchase agreement on closing if,

(

a) the

purchaser has exercised a statutory right to rescind the purchase agreement

before closing; or

(

b) the

purchaser has a cause of action against the vendor resulting from the fact that

title to the home has not been transferred to the purchaser because,

(

i) the

vendor has gone into bankruptcy, or

(ii) the

vendor has fundamentally breached the purchase agreement.

(2) Subsection

14 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “a contract with a builder for the

construction of a home on the land” and substituting “a construction contract”.

(3) Clause

14 (3) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking out “a contract to construct the

home on land owned by the person” and substituting “a construction contract”.

(4) Subsection

14 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out “a contract” and substituting “a

construction contract”.

(5) Subsection

14 (5.0.3) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Delayed

occupancy or closing

(5.0.3) Subject

to the regulations, a person who has entered into a purchase agreement is

entitled to receive payment out of the guarantee fund for a delay in,

(

a) occupancy

of the home, as determined by the regulations; or

(

b) closing

the purchase agreement, as determined by the regulations.

(1) Subsection 17 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “arising

out of the contract” and substituting “arising out of a purchase agreement or

construction contract”.

(2) Subsection

17 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “Every agreement between a vendor”

at the beginning and substituting “Every purchase agreement and construction

contract between a vendor”.

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

clauses:

(

c) subject

to the approval of the Minister, requiring a purchaser of a specified type of

home to notify the Corporation of a purchase agreement, including,

(

i) governing

the timelines for the purchaser to provide the notice,

(ii) governing

the manner in which notice must be provided by the purchaser,

(iii) governing

information that the purchaser is required to provide to the Corporation;

(

d) subject

to the approval of the Minister, requiring an owner of land to notify the

Corporation of a construction contract, including,

(

i) governing

the timelines for an owner of land to provide the notice,

(ii) governing

the manner in which notice must be provided by the owner of land,

(iii) governing

the information that the owner of land is required to provide to the

Corporation;

(2) Clause

23 (1) (m.3) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(m.3) subject

to the approval of the Minister, governing the entitlement to payment out of

the guarantee fund, including interest, as compensation under subsection 14

(1) or (2), including,

(

i) in

the case of a purchaser’s entitlement under subsection 14 (1), providing for

the maximum amount of entitlements and different entitlements to be paid,

depending on the date the purchase agreement was entered into, the type of home

that was purchased or whether the purchaser has complied with a requirement set

out in a by-law made under clause (

c) of this subsection, and prescribing

methods for determining a purchaser’s entitlement to compensation,

(ii) in

the case of the entitlement of an owner of land under subsection 14 (2),

providing for the maximum amount of entitlements and different entitlements to

be paid, depending on the date the construction contract was entered into or

whether the owner of land has complied with a requirement set out in a by-law

made under clause (

d) of this subsection, and prescribing methods for

determining an owner’s entitlement to compensation;

(m.3.1) subject

to the approval of the Minister, governing the entitlement of a person to

payment out of the guarantee fund, including interest, as compensation under

subsections 14 (3), (4) and (5.0.3);

(3) Clause

23 (1) (m.4) of the Act is amended by striking out “governing agreements that a

vendor enters into with a purchaser” in the portion before subclause (

i) and

substituting “governing purchase agreements”.

(4) Section

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

By-laws

made under subs. (1) (m.3)

(3) Without

limiting the generality of clause (1) (m.3), a by-law made under that clause

may provide,

(

a) for

the establishment and maintenance of a special fund within the guarantee fund

from which entitlements are to be paid in respect of claims where a purchaser

or owner of land has not complied with a requirement set out in a by-law made

under clause (1) (

c) or (d), as applicable;

(

b) for

the amount to be designated, on a specified periodic basis, to the special fund

from the guarantee fund; or

(

c) that

the amount of an entitlement arising from a claim referred to in clause (

a) may

be determined with reference to the amount in the special fund for a specified

period of time, and determining when payments out of the special fund may be

made.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 22

ONTARIO UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM ACT, 2012

(1) Section 7 of the Ontario Underground

Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012 is amended by adding the

following subsections:

Request

by affected member

(6.1) Within

10 business days after receiving the notice under subsection (6), an affected

member may submit a request to the Corporation to be approved to respond to

notifications made by the Corporation under subsection (9.1) respecting the

member’s own underground infrastructure.

Factors

in Corporation’s determination

(6.2) If

an affected member has submitted a request to the Corporation pursuant to

subsection (6.1), the Corporation shall consider the request, having regard to,

(

a) safety

concerns;

(

b) the

specialized nature of the affected member’s infrastructure;

(

c) any

limitations regarding the affected member’s mapping information; and

(

d) any

other factors that may be prescribed by the Minister.

Determination

and notice

(6.3) Within

15 business days of receiving the request under subsection (6.1), the

Corporation shall make a determination and provide written notice of the determination

to the affected member, the project owner and any other affected member with

respect to the project.

Determination

final

(6.4) A

determination made under subsection (6.3) is final and there is no right to

appeal that decision.

Effect

of determination

(6.5) The

following requirements apply once the Corporation has made a determination

under subsection (6.3):

1. In

the case that the Corporation approves a request made by a member under

subsection (6.1),

i. the

member ceases to be an affected member for the purposes of this section, and

ii. the

project owner and any remaining affected members shall comply with subsection

(7) within 10 business days of receiving the notice under subsection (6.3).

2. In

the case that the Corporation denies a request by a member made under

subsection (6.1),

i. the

member continues to be an affected member for the purposes of this section, and

ii. the

project owner and the affected members shall comply with subsection (7) within

10 business days of receiving the notice under subsection (6.3).

(2) Subsection

7 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out the portion before clause (

a) and

substituting the following:

(7) Within

10 business days after receiving the notice under subsection (6) or, if a

request is made under subsection (6.1), in accordance with the timing set out

in subsection (6.5),

. . . .

(3) Clause

7 (7) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking out “the affected members and the

project owner” at the beginning and substituting “the project owner and any

affected members who have not made a request under subsection (6.1) or who have

received notice that their request has been denied under subsection (6.3)”.

(4) Subsection

7 (9.1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and” at the end of clause (a),

by adding “and” to the end of clause (

b) and by adding the following clause:

(

c) if

the excavation or dig set out in the dedicated locator request may affect

underground infrastructure owned or operated by a member of the Corporation whose

request was approved under subsection (6.3), each member whose infrastructure

may be affected.

(5) Subsection

7 (13) of the Act is amended by striking out “(9.1) (b)” in the portion before

paragraph 1 and substituting “(9.1) (

b) or (c)”.

(6) Subsection

7 (13) of the Act is amended by striking out “transmission” wherever it

appears.

(7) Subsection

7 (15) of the Act is amended by striking out “(9.1) (b)” and substituting

“(9.1) (

b) or (c)”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 23

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ACT

(1) Clause 12 (4) (

b) of the Professional

Engineers Act is amended by striking out “mercantile occupancy or

industrial occupancy” and substituting “mercantile occupancy, industrial

occupancy or agricultural occupancy”.

(2) Paragraph

3 of subsection 12 (6) of the Act is amended by adding the following

subparagraph:

v.1 agricultural

occupancy that exceeds 600 square metres in gross area or three storeys,

(3) Subparagraph

3 vii of subsection 12 (6) of the Act is amended by adding the following

sub-subparagraph:

B.1 agricultural

occupancy and any other occupancy, except industrial occupancy,

(4) Sub-subparagraph

3 vii C of subsection 12 (6) of the Act is amended by striking out “institutional

occupancy or industrial occupancy” in the portion before sub-subparagraph 3 vii

D and substituting “institutional occupancy, agricultural occupancy or

industrial occupancy”.

(5) Subsection

12 (8) of the Act is amended by adding the following definition:

“agricultural

occupancy” means the occupancy of a building or part thereof that is located on

land that is associated with and devoted to the practice of farming, and is

used for the purpose of producing crops, raising farm animals or preparing,

marketing, storing or processing agricultural products; (“établissement

agricole”)

Section 48 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Annual

report

(1) No

later than 120 days after the end of each financial year of the Association,

the Council shall provide the Minister with a copy of an annual report for that

year containing such information as the Minister requires.

Same

(2) The

Association shall make its annual report publicly accessible by publishing it

on its website and by making it available as a document in paper format or in

any other format, on request and at cost, to members of the public.

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Cutting Red Tape, Building

Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Section

1 comes into force on the later of January 1, 2025 and the day the Cutting Red Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives

Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 24

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT, 2006

Section 212 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

is amended by adding the following subsection:

When

error still constitutes substantial compliance

(2) For

greater certainty, an error in the contents of a form, notice or document still

constitutes substantial compliance with this Act, as long as the error does not

significantly prejudice a party’s ability to participate in a proceeding under

this Act.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 25

STATUTORY POWERS PROCEDURE ACT

Section 4.4 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act

is repealed and the following substituted:

Incapacity,

failure to complete hearing or make decision

Incapacity,

panel of one

4.4

(1) In the

case of a panel of one person, if the person dies or is or appears to be, for

any other reason, unable to complete a hearing or to make a decision, the chair

of the tribunal may, on a party’s motion to the tribunal or on the chair’s own

initiative, assign another panel to complete the hearing or make a decision in

the person’s place.

Incapacity,

panel of more than one

(2) In

the case of a panel of more than one person, if a member of the panel dies or is

unable for any other reason to complete a hearing or to participate in a

decision, the remaining member or members may complete the hearing or make a

decision.

Failure

to meet reasonable time frame

(3) If

the chair of the tribunal is of the opinion that a panel has failed to complete

a hearing or make a decision within a reasonable time, the chair may specify a

deadline by which the panel must complete the hearing or make a decision.

Same

(4) For

the purposes of subsection (3), the chair of the tribunal,

(

a) shall

consider,

(

i) the

guidelines established by the tribunal under

section 16.2, and

(ii) the

service standard policy developed by the tribunal under

section 5 of the Adjudicative Tribunals Accountability, Governance and

Appointments Act, 2009 , if applicable; and

(

b) may

consider any other matter that, in the chair’s opinion, is relevant in the

circumstances.

Failure

to meet specified deadline

(5) If

a panel fails to meet a deadline specified under subsection (3), the chair of

the tribunal may, on a party’s motion to the tribunal or on the chair’s own

initiative, assign another panel to complete the hearing or make a decision in

the first panel’s place.

assigned to another panel

(6) The

panel assigned under subsection (1) or (5) shall determine whether to,

(

a) continue

the hearing or make a decision on the basis of the existing evidentiary record,

subject to subsection (8); or

(

b) rehear

the proceeding.

Same,

submissions

(7) If

the panel permits, the parties to the proceeding may make submissions on the

determination to be made by the panel under subsection (6).

Same,

powers

(8) Despite

clause (6) (a), the panel may, during or after the hearing, recall a witness or

require further evidence.

Other

Acts and regulations

(9) This

section is subject to any other Act or regulation that applies to the

proceeding.

Section 16.2 of the Act is amended by adding “and make publicly available”

after “shall establish”.

Assessment

Review Board Act

Section 6 of the Assessment Review Board Act is

repealed and the following substituted:

Assignment

The

chair shall arrange sittings of the Board and assign the members of the Board

to panels to conduct hearings.

Child,

Youth and Family Services Act, 2017

Subsections 266 (6) and (7) of the Child, Youth and Family

Services Act, 2017 are repealed.

Highway

Traffic Act

Subsection 96 (7) of the Highway Traffic Act is

repealed.

Human

Rights Code

Subsection 33 (3) of the Human Rights Code is

repealed.

Intercountry

Adoption Act, 1998

Subsections 15 (7) and (8) of the Intercountry Adoption

Act, 1998 are repealed.

Ontario

Works Act, 1997

Subsection 66 (4) of the Ontario Works Act, 1997 is

repealed.

Commencement

This

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

Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE 26

UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ACT, 1997

University

Health Network Act, 1997

The University Health Network Act, 1997 is

repealed.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Cutting Red

Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 27

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS IN RESPECT OF

SECTION 11.0.1 OF THE MINISTRY OF

INFRASTRUCTURE ACT, 2011 AND OTHER RELATED AMENDMENTS

Agricultural

Research and Innovation Ontario Act

Section 4 of the Agricultural Research and Innovation

Ontario Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Lieutenant

Governor in Council’s approval for disposition of real property

(6) In

addition to any approval required under subsection (3), the Corporation shall

not dispose of a freehold interest in real property without the approval of the

Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Disposing

of easements, etc.

(7) For

greater certainty, subsection (6) does not apply in respect of assigning,

discharging or disposing an easement or covenant.

Building

Ontario Fund Act, 2024

(1) Section 10 of the Building Ontario Fund

Act, 2024 is repealed and the following substituted:

Powers

The

Corporation has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person

for carrying out its objects, except as limited under this Act and

section

11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

(2) Subsection

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

Lieutenant

Governor in Council’s approval for disposition of real property

(2) In

addition to any approval required under subsection (1), the Corporation shall

not dispose of a freehold interest in real property without the approval of the

Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Investments

(3) Subsections

(1) and (2) do not apply with respect to investments made by the Corporation in

carrying out its objects under

section 3.

Capital

Investment Plan Act, 1993

(1) Subsection 4 (2) of the Capital Investment Plan

Act, 1993 is repealed and the following substituted:

Limitation

re real property

(2) The

capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a corporation established under

paragraph 1 or 3 of subsection 2 (1) are also subject to any limits imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

(2) Subsection

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

Limitation

re real property

(2) Any

transfer under subsection (1) to a corporation established under paragraph 1 or

3 of subsection 2 (1) is subject to any limits imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the

Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

(3) The

definition of “Minister” in

section 48 of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

“Minister”

means the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks or such other

member of the Executive Council as may be assigned the administration of this

Act under the Executive Council Act . (“ministre”)

(4) Section

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

Minister’s

approval for acquisition or disposition of real property

(3) Neither

the Agency nor any of its subsidiary corporations shall acquire or dispose of a

freehold interest in real property without the approval of the Minister.

Same

(4) Subsection

(3) does not apply to an acquisition from the Crown, to a disposition to the

Crown or to a disposition under subsection 26 (2) of the Ontario

Water Resources Act .

(5) Subsection

57.1 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “Subsection 2 (4) and sections 4”

at the beginning and substituting “Subsections 2 (4) and 4 (1) and sections”.

Metrolinx

Act, 2006

(1) Section 8.1 of the Metrolinx Act, 2006

is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(2.1) Subsection

(2) does not apply with respect to an asset that the Corporation is prohibited

from holding, controlling or acquiring under

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

(2) Subsection

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

Powers

(1) The

Corporation has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person

for carrying out its objects, except as limited under this Act and

section

11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

(3) Section

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

Lieutenant

Governor in Council’s approval for disposition of real property

(4) The

Corporation shall not dispose of a freehold interest in real property without

the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council unless,

(

a) the

property is an asset described in

section 29 and it is disposed of in

accordance with that section;

(

b) the

property is specified by the regulations; or

(

c) any

other prescribed circumstances exist.

Disposition

in accordance with regulations

(5) A

disposition under subsection (4) shall be done in accordance with the

regulations, if any.

(4) Section

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

Limitation

re real property

(3) Any

transfer under subsection (1) to the Corporation is subject to any limits

imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of

Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

(5) Subsection

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

(a.1) governing

the disposition of freehold interests in real property by the Corporation,

including specifying properties and prescribing circumstances for the purpose

of subsection 16 (4) and setting conditions that must be met before the

disposition may take place;

(6) Section

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

Limitation

re real property

(1.1) The

transfer under subsection (1) is subject to any limits imposed by

section

11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

(7) Section

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

Limitation

re real property

(4.1) For

greater certainty, a transfer under subsection (1) is subject to any limits

imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of

Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

Ontario

Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017

(1) Subsection 5 (1) of the Ontario Cannabis

Retail Corporation Act, 2017 is repealed and the following substituted:

Powers

(1) The

Corporation has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person

for carrying out its objects, except as limited under this Act and

section

11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

(2) Section

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

Lieutenant

Governor in Council’s approval for disposition of real property

(4.1) The

Corporation shall not dispose of a freehold interest in real property without

the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Ontario

Food Terminal Act

Section 4 of the Ontario Food Terminal Act is

amended by adding the following subsections:

Minister’s

approval for acquisition of real property

(4) The

Board shall not acquire a freehold interest in real property without the

approval of the Minister.

Lieutenant

Governor in Council’s approval for disposition of real property

(5) The

Board shall not dispose of a freehold interest in real property without the

approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Ontario

Forest Tenure Modernization Act, 2011

Section 9 of the Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act,

2011 is amended by adding the following subsection:

Minister’s

approval for acquisition or disposition of real property

(5) The

exception in subsection (4) does not apply in respect of the acquisition or

disposition of a freehold interest in real property by the

Nawiinginokiima Forest Management Corporation or the Temagami Forest Management

Corporation, a nd approval of the Minister is required for such an

acquisition or disposition.

Ontario

Heritage Act

Section 10 of the Ontario Heritage Act is amended

by adding the following subsections:

Minister’s

approval for acquisition of Trust property

(1.1) The

Trust shall not receive or acquire a freehold interest

in real property without the approval of the Minister.

Acquiring

easements, etc.

(1.2) For

greater certainty, subsection (1.1) does not apply in respect of entering into an

easement or covenant.

Ontario

Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act, 1999

(1) Subsection 4 (1) of the Ontario Lottery and

Gaming Corporation Act, 1999 is repealed and the following substituted:

Powers

of the Corporation

(1) The

Corporation has the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person

for carrying out its objects, except as limited under this Act and

section

11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

(2) Section

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

Lieutenant

Governor in Council’s approval for disposition of real property

(2.1) In

addition to any approval required under subsection (2), the Corporation shall

not dispose of a freehold interest in real property without the approval of the

Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Ontario

Northland Transportation Commission Act

Section 7 of the Ontario Northland Transportation

Commission Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Minister’s

approval for acquisition of real property

(5) Despite

any provision of this Act or the regulations, the Commission shall not acquire

a freehold interest in real property without the approval of the Minister.

Acquiring

easements, etc.

(6) For

greater certainty, subsection (5) does not apply in respect of acquiring

easements, rights of user or rights of support.

Lieutenant

Governor in Council’s approval for disposing of real property

(7) Despite

any provision of this Act or the regulations, the Commission shall not dispose

of a freehold interest in real property without the approval of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

Disposing

of easements, etc.

(8) For

greater certainty, subsection (7) does not apply in respect of disposing of,

(

a) an

interest in land by grant of an easement; or

(

b) mines,

minerals or mining rights.

Venture

Ontario Act, 2008

Subsection 6 (1) of the Venture Ontario Act, 2008

is amended by adding “and

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry

of Infrastructure Act, 2011 ” at the end.

Commencement

This

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

Lieutenant Governor.

Bill 227 Original (PDF)

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

SCHEDULE 1

ALGONQUIN FORESTRY AUTHORITY ACT

The

Schedule amends

section 5 of the Algonquin Forestry

Authority Act so that, instead of the Lieutenant Governor in Council

appointing a person to be the general manager of the Authority, the Authority

will now hire the general manager. A consequential amendment is made to

subsection 6 (1).

SCHEDULE 2

ARCHITECTS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Architects

Act .

Section

11 is amended to add references to agricultural occupancy and to add a

definition of “agricultural occupancy”.

Currently,

section 53 of the Act provides that the Council of the Association of

Architects of Ontario shall make a report annually to the Minister and that the

Minister shall submit the report to the Lieutenant Governor in Council and lay

the report before the Assembly.

Section 53 is repealed and replaced to provide

that, no later than 120 days after the end of each financial year of the

Association, the Council shall provide the Minister with a copy of an annual

report for that year, and to require the Association to make its annual report

publicly accessible by publishing it on its website and by making it available

as a document in paper format or in any other format, on request and at cost,

to members of the public.

SCHEDULE 3

COMBATIVE SPORTS ACT, 2019

The

Schedule amends the French version of the Combative Sports

Act, 2019 to change the French equivalent to the defined term

“matchmaker” from “promoteur de match” to “organisateur”. The

Schedule also

50.1 provides that regulations made under

section 49 or 50 of the Act may

include rolling incorporation of a document.

SCHEDULE 4

COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT

The

Schedule amends the Courts of Justice Act to make

changes to the membership of the Civil Rules Committee and of the Family Rules

Committee, largely to permit the Chief Justice of Ontario and the Chief Justice

of the Superior Court of Justice to designate judges to be a member in their

place or in the place of an Associate Chief Justice.

The

Act is also amended by giving family and other civil court rule-making

authority to the Attorney General. Currently, the Family Rules Committee makes

court rules respecting family matters (section 68), and the Civil Rules

Committee makes court rules respecting all other civil matters (section 66).

The making of these rules is subject to the approval of the Attorney General.

Under the new

section 68.1, the Attorney General is given the same rule-making

authority that the Rules Committees have, which the Attorney General can

exercise subject to prior consultation with the relevant chief justices and the

presiding member of the relevant Rules Committee. The Attorney General can make

new rules or amend or revoke rules made by a Rules Committee. The Rules

Committees retain their rule-making powers, but rules made by the Attorney

General prevail over those made by a Rules Committee, in the event of a conflict.

Finally,

the

Schedule repeals sections 79 (Ontario Courts Management Advisory Committee)

and 79.2 (Regional Courts Management Advisory Committee).

SCHEDULE 5

EDUCATION ACT

The

Education Act is amended by adding the term “system

principal”. Duties of system principals include leading or supporting a

function, program or initiative of a board in respect of multiple schools of

the board, or in respect of the schools or the pupils of the board generally,

and exercising managerial functions for one or more employees of a board.

Various related and consequential amendments are made to the Act and other

Acts.

SCHEDULE 6

ELECTION FINANCES ACT

The

Election Finances Act is amended to allow the Chief

Electoral Officer to forgive payment of amounts owed to the Chief Electoral

Officer before January 1, 2017.

SCHEDULE 7

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT

The

Environmental Protection Act is amended to give the

Lieutenant Governor in Council authority to prescribe circumstances in which an

owner of a property is prohibited from submitting for filing in the Registry a

record of site condition in respect of the property.

SCHEDULE 8

EXPROPRIATIONS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Expropriations Act with respect

to the publication of notices and other documents. Amendments include requiring

that publication of an expropriating authority’s notice of application for

approval to expropriate be done in accordance with the regulations. The

Lieutenant Governor in Council is given authority to make regulations governing

the publication of notices and other documents for the purposes of the Act.

SCHEDULE 9

FAMILY LAW ACT

The

Schedule amends the Family Law Act .

The

definition of “child” is amended to clarify the language of the definition.

new

section 59.9 allows a party who is entitled to the enforcement of a family

arbitration award containing a provision for support or maintenance to file

that award with the clerk of the Superior Court of Justice or the Family Court.

The

section provides that, upon filing of the award, the provision for support

or maintenance may be enforced as if it were an order of the court where it is

filed. Finally, the

section provides that the filing of the award does not

affect the right of a party to apply to the court under subsection 46 (1) of

the Arbitration Act, 1991 to set aside the award.

Consequential

amendments are made to the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears

Enforcement Act, 1996 and the Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act, 2002.

SCHEDULE 10

FARM IMPLEMENTS ACT

The

Farm Implements Act is amended as follows:

New

subsection 3 (7) of the Act provides that a provision in a dealership agreement

that purports to restrict the application of the law of Ontario or restrict jurisdiction

or venue to a forum outside Ontario is void.

Subsection

4 (5) of the Act is amended by removing certain powers of the Director under

the Act.

Section

5 of the Act is amended such that certain elements of the dispute resolution

process do not apply to disputes regarding the refusal to renew or termination

of dealership agreements. New subsections 5 (5.1) and (5.2) provide for the

continuation of a dealership agreement in certain circumstances. Subsections 5

(7) to (9) of the Act, which relate to appeal to the Divisional Court, are

repealed. Related regulation-making authority is added to

section 35 of the

Act.

Sections

6, 7, 8 and 35 of the Act are amended to remove rules respecting renewals of

registration.

SCHEDULE 11

JURIES ACT

The

Schedule re-enacts

section 4.1 of the Juries Act ,

which deals with the preparation of the jury source list that is used by the

Jury Sheriff to create a jury roll. The jury source list is prepared by the

Minister of Health based on information available to the Minister in respect of

insured persons under the Health Insurance Act . The

re-enacted

section requires that, in addition to disclosing the names and

addresses of persons for the purposes of the jury source list, the Minister

must also disclose their year of birth. Related amendments are made to

section

6 of the Act.

SCHEDULE 12

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT

The

Schedule amends

section 2.1 of the Justices of the Peace

Act . The number of core members of the Justices of the Peace

Appointments Advisory Committee is raised from three to four, with the Attorney

General given the power to appoint two of them. New provisions are added to

provide for an alternate core member, alternate regional leads and a vice-chair

of the Committee.

SCHEDULE 13

LAND TITLES ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Land Titles Act

in relation to eligibility to recover out of the Land Titles Assurance Fund. In

addition,

section 171 of the Act, which provides for a process by which owners

may apply to the land registrar to have land withdrawn from the Act owing to

the existence of special circumstances, is repealed.

SCHEDULE 14

LAW SOCIETY ACT

Currently,

subsection 54 (6) of the Law Society Act provides

that the board of the Law Foundation of Ontario shall make a report annually to

the Attorney General on the activities of the Foundation, including the report

of the auditor under subsection 54 (5), and that the Attorney General shall lay

the report before the Assembly. Subsection 54 (6) is re-enacted to provide

that, no later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the

Government of Ontario, the board shall provide the Attorney General with a copy

of an annual report for the previous calendar year, which shall include the

report of the auditor under subsection 54 (5) and such other information as the

Attorney General requires.

new subsection 54 (7) is added to require the Foundation to make its annual

report publicly accessible by publishing it on its website and by making it

available as a document in paper format or in any other format, on request and

at cost, to members of the public.

SCHEDULE 15

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ACT

The

Schedule repeals

section 108.1 of the Legislative Assembly

Act .

SCHEDULE 16

MINING ACT

The

Schedule amends

section 176 of the Mining Act by

adding subsection (2.1.2). This subsection provides that, except as otherwise

governed by the Act or the regulations, the Minister of Mines may make

regulations respecting service standards for the processing of any application,

submission or filing under the Act or the regulations, including establishing standard

time periods for procedural steps to be taken by the Minister or Ministry of

Mines.

SCHEDULE 17

MODERNIZING ONTARIO FOR PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ACT, 2020

Currently,

the Modernizing Ontario for People and Businesses Act,

2020 provides that a regulatory impact analysis must be conducted if an

instrument governed by the Act would affect a regulated entity. The Act is

amended to provide that an analysis must also be conducted if an instrument

would affect individuals. Other related amendments are made.

SCHEDULE 18

NORTHERN SERVICES BOARDS ACT

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Northern Services

Boards Act . Some of the more significant amendments are described below.

The

term of office for a Board member set out in

section 5 is increased from one

year to three years. Consequential amendments are made to other sections.

Section

10 is amended to provide that a part of a meeting of the Board shall be closed

to the public if the subject matter being considered during that part of the meeting

is a request made under the Municipal Freedom of

Information and Protection of Privacy Act , if the Board is the head of

an institution for the purposes of that Act, or an ongoing investigation

respecting the Board by the Ombudsman appointed under the Ombudsman

Act . The new subsection 10 (5) provides that a part of a meeting may be

closed to the public if the subject matter set out in that subsection is the

subject matter being considered at that part of the meeting. Before holding a

part of a meeting that is to be closed to the public, a Board shall state, by

resolution, the fact that part of the meeting will be closed to the public and

the general nature of the matter to be considered at that part of the meeting.

Subsection 10 (8) sets out when a meeting may be closed to the public during a

vote.

The

new

section 10.1 provides that a person may request that an investigation be

undertaken by the Ombudsman regarding whether a Board has complied with the

requirements related to meetings or parts of meetings that are closed to the

public. If the Board receives a report from the Ombudsman reporting the Ombudsman’s

opinion, and the reasons for it, that a meeting or part of a meeting that was

the subject matter of an investigation appears to have been closed to the

public contrary to subsections 10 (4) to (8), the Board shall pass a resolution

stating how it intends to address the report.

SCHEDULE 19

OMBUDSMAN ACT

The

Schedule amends the Ombudsman Act by adding a new

section 14.2.

Section 14.2 applies with respect to Local Services Boards within

the meaning of the Northern Services Boards Act .

a person makes a request under subsection 10.1 (1) of the Northern

Services Boards Act , the Ombudsman may investigate whether a Local

Services Board has complied with subsections 10 (4) to (8) of the Northern Services Boards Act in respect of a meeting or

part of a meeting that was closed to the public. If, after completing such an

investigation, the Ombudsman is of the opinion that the meeting or part of the

meeting appears to have been closed to the public contrary to subsections 10

(4) to (8) of the Northern Services Boards Act , the

Ombudsman shall report their opinion, and the reasons for it, to the Local

Services Board and may make such recommendations as they think fit. Reports

received by the Local Services Board shall be made available to the public.

Subsections

14.2 (7) and (8) set out which other provisions of the Ombudsman

Act apply for the purposes of the new

section 14.2.

SCHEDULE 20

ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT

The

Schedule amends

section 10 of the Ontario Heritage Act .

A new subsection 10 (2.1) sets out an exception to the rule in subsection 10

(2). Under subsection 10 (2.1), approval of the Minister is not required for

the release of easements entered into by the Ontario Heritage Trust with owners

of real property if the Trust has determined that such a release over the

property or part of the property would not affect heritage attributes that are

described in the easement.

SCHEDULE 21

ONTARIO NEW HOME WARRANTIES PLAN ACT

The

Schedule amends the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act .

Here are some highlights:

1. Various

terminological changes are made, including adding new

definitions of “purchase

agreement” and “construction contract” and replacing those terms in places

where “contract” is mentioned.

2. New

clause 23 (1) (

c) authorizes the Corporation to make by-laws requiring a

purchaser of a specified type of home to notify the Corporation of a purchase

agreement, as well as to make by-laws governing the timelines, manner and

information in connection with such notice. New clause 23 (1) (

d) adds similar

authority with respect to requiring an owner of land to notify the Corporation

of a construction contract.

3. Currently,

clause 23 (1) (m.3) authorizes the Corporation to make by-laws governing the

entitlement of an owner to payment out the guarantee fund, including interest,

as compensation under

section 14. The clause is re-enacted to apply to

entitlements under subsection 14 (1) or (2), and to also provide that such

authority includes, among other things, providing for the maximum amount of

entitlements and different amounts of entitlements, depending on various

specified circumstances, including whether a purchaser or owner of land has

complied with a requirement set out in a by-law made under clause 23 (1) (

c) or

(d), as applicable.

4. A

new clause 23 (1) (m.3.1) is added to authorize the Corporation to make by-laws

governing the entitlement of a person to payment out of the guarantee fund,

including interest, as compensation under subsections 14 (3), (4) and (5.0.3).

5. A

new subsection 23 (3) provides that a by-law made under clause 23 (1) (m.3) may

provide for, among other things, the establishment and maintenance of a special

fund within the guarantee fund from which entitlements are to be paid in

respect of claims where a purchaser or owner of land has not complied with a requirement

set out in a by-law made under clause 23 (1) (

c) or (d), as applicable.

SCHEDULE 22

ONTARIO UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM ACT, 2012

The

Schedule amends

section 7 of the Ontario Underground

Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012 . Subsection 7 (6.1) is

added to the Act to permit affected members to submit a request to the

Corporation to be approved to respond to notifications respecting the member’s

own underground infrastructure. New subsections 7 (6.2) and (6.3) of the Act

provide for the determination and notification process for the Corporation in

response to such a request and new subsection 7 (6.4) of the Act provides that

such determinations are final. New subsection 7 (6.5) of the Act sets out the

effects of various determinations made by the Corporation. Subsection 7 (7) of

the Act is amended to reflect the request process set out in new subsections 7

(6.1) to (6.5) of the Act. Various other related amendments are made to

section

7 of the Act.

SCHEDULE 23

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Professional Engineers Act .

Section

12 is amended to add references to agricultural occupancy and to add a

definition of “agricultural occupancy”.

Currently,

section 48 of the Act provides that the Council of the Association of

Professional Engineers of Ontario shall make a report annually to the Minister

and that the Minister shall submit the report to the Lieutenant Governor in

Council and lay the report before the Assembly.

Section 48 is repealed and

replaced to provide that, no later than 120 days after the end of each

financial year of the Association, the Council shall provide the Minister with

a copy of an annual report for that year, and to require the Association to

make its annual report publicly accessible by publishing it on its website and

by making it available as a document in paper format or in any other format, on

request and at cost, to members of the public.

SCHEDULE 24

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT, 2006

Section

212 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 provides

that substantial compliance with the Act respecting the contents of forms,

notices or documents is sufficient. The

Schedule amends

section 212 to add a

statement, for greater certainty, that an error in the contents of a form,

notice or document still constitutes substantial compliance, as long as the

error does not significantly prejudice a party’s ability to participate in a

proceeding under this Act.

SCHEDULE 25

STATUTORY POWERS PROCEDURE ACT

Section

4.4 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act , which

creates a default rule for dealing with the incapacity of a member of a

tribunal who has participated in a hearing, is re-enacted. The new version of

section 4.4 addresses the incapacity of a tribunal member in greater detail,

and also addresses the failure of a panel to complete a hearing or make a

decision within a reasonable time. As with the current

section 4.4, the new

section is subject to any other Act or regulation that may apply.

Consequential

amendments are made to various Acts.

SCHEDULE 26

UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK ACT, 1997

The

Schedule repeals the University Health Network Act, 1997 .

SCHEDULE 27

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS IN RESPECT OF

SECTION 11.0.1 OF THE MINISTRY OF

INFRASTRUCTURE ACT, 2011 AND OTHER RELATED AMENDMENTS

Various

statutes are amended with respect to the acquisition or disposition of real

estate.

The

Agricultural Research and Innovation Ontario Act is

amended to provide that the Corporation under that Act shall not dispose of a

freehold interest in real property without the approval of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council.

The Building Ontario Fund Act, 2024 is amended so that

certain powers of the Corporation under that Act are subject to limits imposed

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act,

2011 . The Act is also amended to provide that the Corporation shall not

dispose of a freehold interest in real property without the approval of the

Lieutenant Governor in Council, except with respect to investments made by the

Corporation in carrying out its objects.

The

Capital Investment Plan Act, 1993 is amended so

that certain powers of the Ontario Clean Water Agency established under that

Act are subject to limits imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the

Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 . The Act is also amended to provide

that the Ontario Clean Water Agency shall not acquire or dispose of a freehold

interest in real property without the approval of the Minister of the

Environment, Conservation and Parks, with certain exceptions.

The

Metrolinx Act, 2006 is amended so that certain

powers of the Corporation under that Act are subject to limits imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

The Act is also amended to prov