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Bill 46, Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025

Khanjin, Hon. Andrea Minister of Red Tape Reduction

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Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2025,

chapter 24

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s

aid to Bill 46 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 46 has been enacted as

Chapter 24 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2025.

SCHEDULE 1

AT YOUR SERVICE ACT, 2022

The

At Your Service Act, 2022 is amended to replace the

reference in subsection 5 (1) of the Act to the Minister of Economic

Development, Job Creation and Trade with a reference to the Minister with

responsibility for the administration of the Act.

SCHEDULE 2

CHILDREN’S LAW REFORM ACT

Part

I of the Children’s Law Reform Act , which sets out

rules of parentage in law, is amended to add a new

section 17.6.1 providing for

the Ontario Court of Justice to order blood, DNA or other tests in a proceeding

over which the Court has jurisdiction. The

section provides that the Court’s jurisdiction

to make a determination of parentage in one of its proceedings is not limited

by anything in the Part, nor is such a determination a declaration of parentage

under the Part.

SCHEDULE 3

CHRISTOPHER’S LAW (SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY), 2000

The

Schedule amends Christopher’s Law (Sex Offender Registry),

2000 with respect to the disclosure of information obtained from the sex

offender registry. The amendments include a provision permitting disclosure to

a prescribed entity for crime prevention or law enforcement purposes. Before

such disclosure occurs, the Ministry is required to enter into an agreement

with the prescribed entity respecting the disclosure of the information.

SCHEDULE 4

CITY OF TORONTO ACT, 2006

The

Schedule amends the City of Toronto Act, 2006 .

Currently,

section 232 requires the city treasurer to publish a copy of the City’s audited

financial statements and related documentation in a newspaper having general

circulation in the City within 60 days after receiving those statements. The

treasurer may also provide copies of that information in such other manner as

the treasurer considers appropriate. The treasurer is also required to provide

a copy of the information to any taxpayer or resident of the City upon request,

at no cost, if the treasurer has instead published a notice in the newspaper

that the information will be made available upon request.

Section

232 is re-enacted so that the city treasurer is no longer required to post the

audited financial statements and related documentation, or a notice of such

information, in a newspaper having general circulation in the City, but is

instead required to post that information on a website of the City within 60

days after receiving those statements.

SCHEDULE 5

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2002

Currently,

section 47.1 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2002 provides rules regarding

the expiry of rewards points provided under a consumer agreement. The

section

is re-enacted to provide general rules governing consumer agreements under

which rewards points are provided. The Lieutenant Governor in Council is also

authorized to make regulations governing such consumer agreements, and the

regulations may provide that the regulations and re-enacted

section 47.1 apply

to consumer agreements that were entered into before the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 received Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 6

CONSUMER REPORTING ACT

Subsection

12 (3) of the Consumer Reporting Act , as that

subsection is re-enacted by the Better for Consumers,

Better for Businesses Act, 2023 , sets out information that a consumer

reporting agency is required to disclose to a consumer who requests their

consumer report or consumer report and consumer score. This includes information

about persons who have accessed the consumer reporting agency’s file pertaining

to the consumer or who have received a consumer report from the agency

pertaining to the consumer. That subsection is amended to eliminate the

person’s email address from the information required to be disclosed.

SCHEDULE 7

COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT

The

Schedule amends subsection 21 (2) of the Courts of Justice

Act in respect of matters that may be heard and determined by a single

judge of the Divisional Court, as opposed to a panel of three. As well,

subsection 68.1 (4) of the Act, a conflict provision respecting the concurrent

court rule-making authorities of the Attorney General on the one hand and the

Civil Rules Committee and the Family Rules Committee on the other, is repealed.

SCHEDULE 8

CROWN FOREST SUSTAINABILITY ACT, 1994

The

Schedule amends

Part III.1 of the Crown Forest

Sustainability Act, 1994 , which deals with the removal of forest

resources that are in a Crown forest for the purpose of allowing an activity other

than a forest operation to be carried out on the land that requires the forest

resources to be removed. Such removal is not subject to a requirement to

provide for the sustainability of the Crown forest, but must be done in

accordance with a permit issued under the Part. The

Part is amended to provide

that circumstances may be set out in regulations made under the Act that would

authorize such removal of forest resources without a permit, in accordance with

the regulations (“authorizing regulations”).

Section 69 is amended to give

related regulation-making authority to the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Complementary

amendments are also made in relation to various provisions in order to

incorporate authorizing regulations and the actions they authorize into the

Act, including,

(

a) section

41.2 (limitations on remedies);

(

b) section

57 (compliance order, etc.);

(

c) section

63 (lien for Crown charges);

(

d) section

64 (offences).

well, the definition of “Minister” in

section 1 is updated.

SCHEDULE 9

ESCHEATS ACT, 2015

The Escheats Act, 2015

is amended to add a new

section to provide, for greater certainty, that a

particular agreement described in the

section is valid and effective.

SCHEDULE 10

FIXING LONG-TERM CARE ACT, 2021

The

Schedule re-enacts

section 180 of the Fixing Long-Term

Care Act, 2021 . The

section currently requires the Director to publish

specified reports, orders and other information. The re-enacted provision

continues this requirement and specifies the minimum time period for which the

publication must be made available to the public.

SCHEDULE 11

FUNERAL, BURIAL AND CREMATION SERVICES ACT, 2002

The

Schedule amends the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services

Act, 2002 . Here are some highlights:

1. A

new

section 3.1.1 is added to prohibit an operator from providing a prescribed

licensed supply or service in respect of human remains unless the operator has

received authorization to do so from the person or entity who has such

authority in respect of the human remains as determined in accordance with the

regulations. An application may be made to the Superior Court of Justice for an

order determining the person or entity who has the authority in respect of the

human remains. An amendment is made to subsection 113 (1) to authorize

regulations concerning the application of

section 3.1.1.

2. Currently,

subsection 88 (1) provides that a cemetery owner may apply to the registrar for

an order to close a cemetery. An amendment is made to provide that an

application must be made in accordance with the regulations. Corresponding

authority to make regulations is added to subsection 113 (2). An amendment is

also made to subsection 88 (3), which sets out exceptions to certain notice

requirements.

3. Various

amendments are made regarding the appointment of directors and registrars to

address the sharing of responsibility for the administration of the Act between

administrative authorities and the Minister.

4. Amendments

are made regarding complaints, inspections and investigations.

5. A

new Part providing for the imposition of administrative penalties is added to

the Act.

6. Provisions

providing for compliance orders as an enforcement mechanism are added to the

Act.

7. Various

amendments are made to the French version of the Act, including amendments to

replace the term “crématoire” with “crématorium”.

8. Various

other technical amendments are made.

SCHEDULE 12

HEALING ARTS RADIATION PROTECTION ACT

The

Schedule amends the Healing Arts Radiation Protection Act .

Section

4 of the Act is amended to require X-ray owner applicants to include their

current email address and any information prescribed by the regulations in an

application under that section. A related regulation-making power is set out.

Section

27 of the Act is amended to provide for service of certain documents to be

delivered by electronic means or by other methods that may be prescribed under

the regulations.

SCHEDULE 13

IGAMING ONTARIO ACT, 2024

The

Schedule amends the iGaming Ontario Act, 2024 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 .

SCHEDULE 14

LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD OF ONTARIO ACT, 2019

The

Schedule amends the Liquor Control Board of Ontario Act,

2019 so that certain powers of the LCBO under that Act are subject to

limits imposed by

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of

Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

SCHEDULE 15

LIQUOR LICENCE AND CONTROL ACT, 2019

The

Schedule amends various provisions of the Liquor Licence

and Control Act, 2019 to permit the possession and consumption of open

liquor in designated public areas in operating provincial parks. Additionally,

the French version of subsection 59 (2) of the Act is amended to address an

inaccuracy in the translation of the phrase “information under oath”.

SCHEDULE 16

MODERNIZING ONTARIO FOR PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ACT, 2020

The

Schedule amends the Modernizing Ontario for People and

Businesses Act, 2020 to authorize the Minister to collect, use, and

disclose personal information for the purpose of facilitating public

consultation with respect to burdens or proposed instruments governed by the Act.

SCHEDULE 17

MOTORIZED SNOW VEHICLES ACT

The

Schedule amends the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act to

provide that additional classes of vehicles may be prescribed as “motorized

snow vehicles”.

SCHEDULE 18

MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001

The

Schedule amends the Municipal Act, 2001 .

Currently,

section 295 requires the treasurer of the municipality to publish a copy of the

municipality’s audited financial statements and related documentation in a

newspaper having general circulation in the municipality within 60 days after

receiving those statements. The treasurer may also provide copies of that

information in such other manner as the treasurer considers appropriate. The

treasurer is also required to provide a copy of the information to any taxpayer

or resident of the municipality upon request, at no cost, if the treasurer has

instead published a notice in the newspaper that the information will be made

available upon request.

Section

295 is re-enacted so that the treasurer is no longer required to post the

audited financial statements and related documentation, or a notice of such

information, in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, but

is instead required to post that information on a website of the municipality

within 60 days after receiving those statements. If the municipality does not

have a website, the treasurer must ensure the information is made available to

the public, at no cost.

SCHEDULE 19

ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDS CORPORATION ACT, 2011

The

Schedule amends the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands

Corporation Act, 2011 to add district social services administration

boards established under the District Social Services

Administration Boards Act as eligible public organizations. The

Schedule

also makes a technical amendment to the French version of the Act.

SCHEDULE 20

RESOURCE RECOVERY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY ACT, 2016

The

Schedule amends the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy

Act, 2016 . Here are some highlights:

Amendments

authorize the Minister to, by order, require the Resource Productivity and

Recovery Authority to collect certain information from persons who are required

to carry out responsibilities under

Part IV, or persons performing activities

that relate to resource recovery or waste reduction in Ontario, and provide the

information to the Minister. Information provided to the Minister must be kept

confidential, subject to certain exceptions.

Section

61 currently specifies various persons who may be required to carry out

responsibilities under

Part IV with respect to products in a designated class

and their primary packaging, including a person who meets prescribed conditions

in respect of a product or its primary packaging. The

section is amended to

provide that the prescribed conditions may include a condition that the person

has entered into an agreement with a brand holder or a person who has a

commercial connection to a product.

New

section 69.1 is added to allow for regulations to require persons who have

entered into an agreement with a brand holder or a person who has a commercial

connection to a product to offer to provide specified services with respect to

prescribed material, products or packaging to municipalities or other

prescribed entities.

SCHEDULE 21

ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM ACT

The

Schedule amends

section 4 of the Royal Ontario Museum Act .

The Board previously consisted of no more than 21 trustees. It now consists of no

fewer than 13 and no more than 21 trustees. Not fewer than seven and not more

than 15 of the trustees are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Previously,

15 were appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. When a vacancy on the

Board is filled under subsection 4 (5), the body that elected or appointed the

new trustee determines if the new trustee will hold office for the remainder of

the old trustee’s term or for a new term. Previously, the new trustee would

always hold office for the remainder of the old trustee’s term.

SCHEDULE 22

SUCCESSION LAW REFORM ACT

The

Schedule amends

section 51 of the Succession Law Reform

Act to provide that, in the event that a participant has designated a

person by instrument to receive a benefit payable under a plan on the

participant’s death, and that plan is being converted, renewed, replaced or

transferred, the participant’s attorney under a continuing power of attorney

for property or the participant’s guardian of property may make a designation

by instrument signed by the attorney or guardian in order to permit the same person

to be designated under the plan that results from the conversion, renewal, replacement

or transfer.

consequential amendment is made to

section 53 of the Act.

Bill 46 2025

Act to amend various Acts

CONTENTS

Preamble

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Your Service Act, 2022

Schedule 2

Children’s

Law Reform Act

Schedule 3

Christopher’s

Law (Sex Offender Registry), 2000

Schedule 4

City

of Toronto Act, 2006

Schedule 5

Consumer

Protection Act, 2002

Schedule 6

Consumer

Reporting Act

Schedule 7

Courts

of Justice Act

Schedule 8

Crown

Forest Sustainability Act, 1994

Schedule 9

Escheats

Act, 2015

Schedule 10

Fixing

Long-term Care Act, 2021

Schedule 11

Funeral,

Burial and Cremation Services Act, 2002

Schedule 12

Healing

Arts Radiation Protection Act

Schedule 13

iGaming

Ontario Act, 2024

Schedule 14

Liquor

Control Board of Ontario Act, 2019

Schedule 15

Liquor

Licence and Control Act, 2019

Schedule 16

Modernizing

Ontario for People and Businesses Act, 2020

Schedule 17

Motorized

Snow Vehicles Act

Schedule 18

Municipal

Act, 2001

Schedule 19

Ontario

Infrastructure and Lands Corporation Act, 2011

Schedule 20

Resource

Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016

Schedule 21

Royal

Ontario Museum Act

Schedule 22

Succession

Law Reform Act

Preamble

The

Government of Ontario is committed to protecting Ontario by cutting red tape to

save people and businesses time and money and to support 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 order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, an

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

different times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 .

SCHEDULE 1

AT YOUR SERVICE ACT, 2022

Subsection 5 (1) of the At Your Service Act, 2022 is

amended by striking out “Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and

Trade” and substituting “Minister with responsibility for the administration of

this Act”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 2

CHILDREN’S LAW REFORM ACT

Section 17.6 of the Children’s Law Reform Act is

amended by striking out “an order” and substituting “a declaratory order”.

Part I of the Act is amended by adding the following section:

Parentage

determinations by Ontario Court of Justice

17.6.1

(1) Nothing

in this Part shall be read as limiting any authority of the Ontario Court of

Justice to make a determination of parentage if it is necessary to do so in

order to make a decision in a proceeding over which the Court has jurisdiction

but, for greater certainty, such a determination is not a declaration under

this Part.

Blood,

DNA tests

(2) The

Ontario Court of Justice may, on the application of a party in a proceeding

over which the Court has jurisdiction and in which the Court is required to

make a determination of parentage, give the party leave to obtain a blood test,

DNA test or any other test the Court considers appropriate of a person named in

the order granting leave and to submit the results in evidence in the

proceeding.

Same

(3) Subsections

17.2 (2) to (5) apply, with necessary modifications, with respect to an order

made under subsection (2).

Confidentiality

(4) For

greater certainty,

section 17.3 includes an application made under subsection

(2).

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 3

CHRISTOPHER’S LAW (SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY), 2000

(1) Subsection 10 (1) of Christopher’s Law (Sex

Offender Registry), 2000 is amended by striking out “(3) and (3.1)” and

substituting “(3), (3.0.2) and (3.1)”.

(2) Subsection

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

Same

(3) A

member of a police service and an employee of or person authorized by the

ministry for the purposes of this

section may disclose information contained in

the sex offender registry to an entity mentioned in subsection (3.0.1) for

crime prevention or law enforcement purposes and the entity may collect, retain

and use the information for crime prevention or law enforcement purposes.

Same,

entities

(3.0.1) The

entities to which information may be disclosed under subsection (3) are the

following:

1. Police

services.

2. Entities

that provide policing under the laws of other jurisdictions.

(3) Section

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

Same,

prescribed entities

(3.0.2) An

employee of or person authorized by the ministry for the purposes of this

section may disclose information contained in the sex offender registry to an

entity prescribed for the purposes of this subsection for crime prevention or

law enforcement purposes and the entity may collect, retain and use the

information for crime prevention or law enforcement purposes.

Disclosure

to prescribed entities, agreement required

(3.0.3) Before

a person discloses information under subsection (3.0.2) to a prescribed entity,

the Ministry shall, in accordance with the regulations, if any, enter into an

agreement with the prescribed entity respecting the disclosure of the

information.

(4) Subsection

10 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “(3) or (3.1)” and substituting

“(3), (3.0.2) or (3.1)”.

Section 14 of the Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(h.7) prescribing

entities for the purpose of subsection 10 (3.0.2);

(h.8) governing

agreements entered into for the purposes of subsection 10 (3.0.3);

Commencement

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

Schedule

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

Council.

(2) Subsection

1 (2) comes into force on the day the Protect Ontario by

Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 4

CITY OF TORONTO ACT, 2006

Section 232 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 is

repealed and the following substituted:

Publication

of financial statements

Within

60 days after receiving the audited financial statements of the City for the

previous year, the city treasurer shall post a copy of the audited financial

statements, the notes to the financial statements, the city auditor’s report

and the tax rate information for taxes imposed under any Part of this Act for

the current and previous year as contained in the financial review on a website

of the City.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on January 1, 2026.

SCHEDULE 5

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2002

Section 47.1 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2002

is repealed and the following substituted:

Requirements

47.1

(1) Every

consumer agreement under which rewards points are provided shall be made,

renewed, amended or extended in accordance with the prescribed requirements.

Disclosure

of information

(2) Before

a consumer enters into a consumer agreement under which rewards points are

provided, a supplier shall disclose such information as may be prescribed to

the consumer and shall satisfy such requirements as may be prescribed with

respect to the disclosure of the information.

Expiry

of rewards points

(3) A

consumer agreement under which rewards points are provided shall not provide

for the expiry, cancellation or suspension of rewards points except in

accordance with the regulations.

Consumer’s

recourse

(4) If

a consumer is a party to a consumer agreement under which rewards points are

provided and the rewards points expire or are cancelled or suspended in a

manner that is not in accordance with this

section or the regulations, the

consumer may request that the supplier credit back to the consumer any rewards

points that were expired, cancelled or suspended.

Request

(5) A

request under subsection (4) shall be in writing, shall comply with the

requirements, if any, that are prescribed under subsection 92 (2) and shall be

given to the supplier, in the prescribed period, in accordance with

section 92.

Obligations

of rewards points supplier

(6) The

supplier of rewards points,

(

a) shall,

within the prescribed period, acknowledge the consumer’s request; and

(

b) if

the request meets the requirements of subsection (5), shall, within the

prescribed period,

(

i) credit

back to the consumer any rewards points, or

(ii) after

having conducted an investigation, send a written notice to the consumer

explaining the reasons why the supplier is of the opinion that the consumer is

not entitled to demand a credit back of rewards points under this Act.

Right

of action

(7) A

consumer may commence an action against a supplier of rewards points to recover

the rewards points to which the consumer is entitled under this section.

compensation

(8) No

supplier or other person is entitled to compensation as a result of the

enactment of

section 1 of

Schedule 5 to the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 or any regulation made under

subsection (10).

expropriation or injurious affection

(9) Nothing

done or not done in accordance with this

section or the regulations under it

constitutes an expropriation or injurious affection for the purposes of the Expropriations Act or otherwise at law.

Regulations

(10) In

addition to the power of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations

under

section 123, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations

governing matters relating to consumer agreements under which rewards points

are provided, including,

(

a) governing

the disclosure of information;

(

b) governing

the form and content of such agreements;

(

c) governing

the making, renewing, amending or extending of such agreements;

(

d) governing

the expiry, cancellation or suspension of rewards points, including,

(

i) the

obligations of suppliers and consumers in relation to the expiry, cancellation

or suspension of rewards points,

(ii) the

circumstances under which a supplier is prohibited from cancelling or

suspending rewards points, and

(iii) the

circumstances under which a supplier is prohibited from providing for the

expiry of rewards points;

(

e) governing

the credit back of rewards points;

(

f) prescribing

periods of time for the purposes of subsection (5) and clauses (6) (

a) and (b);

(

g) governing

transitional matters that, in the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor in

Council, are necessary or desirable to facilitate the implementation of

section

47.1, as it reads on the day

section 1 of

Schedule 5 to the Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 comes into

force.

Same,

application to existing consumer agreements

(11) A

regulation made under subsection (10) may, if it so provides,

(

a) specify

that the regulation applies to a consumer agreement or a related agreement that

was entered into before the day the regulation is filed, including a consumer

agreement or a related agreement that was entered into before the day the Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 received

Royal Assent;

(

b) specify

that

section 47.1, as it reads on the day

section 1 of

Schedule 5 to the Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 comes into

force, applies to a consumer agreement or a related agreement that was entered

into before the day the regulation is filed, including a consumer agreement or

a related agreement that was entered into before the day the Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 received

Royal Assent.

Same,

modification, extinguishment of rights

(12) For

clarity, a regulation that provides that it or

section 47.1, as it reads on the

day

section 1 of

Schedule 5 to the Protect Ontario by

Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 comes into force, applies to a consumer

agreement or related agreement that was entered into before the day the

regulation is filed, including a consumer agreement or related agreement that

was entered into before the day the Protect Ontario by

Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 received Royal Assent, may, if the regulation

so provides, have the effect of modifying or extinguishing any right,

obligation or interest acquired or accrued under the agreement or related

agreement.

Subclause 116 (1) (b) (iii) of the Act is amended by striking out “47.1 (1),

(5) and (6)” at the end and substituting “47.1 (1), (3) and (6)”.

Protecting

Rewards Points Act (Consumer Protection Amendment), 2016

Subsection 2 (2) of the Protecting Rewards Points Act

(Consumer Protection Amendment), 2016 is repealed.

Putting

Consumers First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017

Subsection 19 (2) of

Schedule 2 to the Putting Consumers

First Act (Consumer Protection Statute Law Amendment), 2017 is repealed.

Commencement

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

Schedule

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

Council.

(2) Sections

3 and 4 come into force on the day the Protect Ontario by

Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 6

CONSUMER REPORTING ACT

(1) Paragraph 3 of subsection 12 (3) of the Consumer

Reporting Act , as re-enacted by subsection 3 (1) of

Schedule 2 to the Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023 , is

amended by striking out “name, telephone number and email address” and

substituting “name and telephone number”.

(2) Subparagraph

4 i of subsection 12 (3) of the Act, as re-enacted by subsection 3 (1) of

Schedule 2 to the Better for Consumers, Better for

Businesses Act, 2023 , is amended by striking out “names, telephone

numbers and email addresses” and substituting “names and telephone numbers”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the later of the day

section 5 of the Access to Consumer Credit Reports and Elevator Availability Act,

2018 comes into force and the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 7

COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT

Clause 21 (2) (

c) of the Courts of Justice Act is

repealed and the following substituted:

(

c) is

in a matter or class of matters that the Chief Justice of the Superior Court of

Justice or a judge designated by the Chief Justice is satisfied, from the

nature of the issues involved or the necessity for expedition, can and ought to

be heard and determined by one judge.

Subsection 68.1 (4) of the Act is repealed.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 8

CROWN FOREST SUSTAINABILITY ACT, 1994

The definition of “Minister” in

section 3 of the Crown

Forest Sustainability Act, 1994 is amended by striking out “Minister of

Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry” and substituting

“Minister of Natural Resources”.

(1) Clauses 41.2 (1) (

c) and (c.1) of the Act are repealed and the

following substituted:

(

c) the

granting of a forest resource licence, or the issuance of a permit or an

authorization, in respect of land that is already subject to a forest resource

licence;

(c.1) the

termination or suspension of a forest resource licence or of licensee rights

under

section 41.6 or regulations made for the purposes of that section;

(2) Subsection

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

(d.1) the

making of authorizing regulations for the purposes of

Part III.1;

(3) Subsection

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

costs awarded

(5) No

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

cannot be brought or maintained under subsection (3).

The heading to

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

PART III.1

REMOVAL OF FOREST RESOURCES

Part III.1 of the Act is amended by adding the following section:

Definition

41.2.1 In this Part,

“authorizing

regulation” means a regulation made for the purposes of clause 41.3 (1) (b).

Sections 41.3 and 41.4 of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Removal

of forest resources

41.3

(1) A person

may remove forest resources that are in a Crown forest for the purpose of

allowing an activity other than a forest operation to be carried out on the

land that requires the forest resources to be removed,

(

a) in

accordance with a permit; or

(

b) in

the circumstances prescribed by, and in accordance with, the regulations,

subject to subsection 41.6.1 (3).

Exempt

from sustainability requirement

(2) No

decision or action of the Minister under this Part, and no action taken under a

permit or in accordance with an authorizing regulation, is,

(

a) a

forest operation within the meaning of this Act; or

(

b) subject

to a requirement to provide for the sustainability of a Crown forest.

Forest

Management Planning Manual, etc., not applicable

(3) Neither

the issuance of a permit, nor any action taken under a permit or in accordance

with an authorizing regulation, is subject to the requirements of,

(

a) the

Forest Management Planning Manual;

(

b) a

forest management plan approved under

section 9;

(

c) a

forest operations prescription prepared and certified under

section 16;

(

d) a

work

schedule prepared or revised under

section 17; or

(e) subsection

42 (1).

Permits

41.4

(1) The

Minister may, subject to subsections 41.6 (2) and 41.6.1 (2), issue a permit to

a person to remove forest resources that are in a Crown forest for the purpose

of allowing an activity other than a forest operation to be carried out on the

land that requires the forest resources to be removed.

Considerations

(2) In

determining whether to issue a permit, the Minister shall,

(

a) have

regard for the plant life, animal life, water, soil, air and social and

economic values, including recreational values and heritage values, of the

Crown forest; and

(

b) consider

whether the permit could adversely impact established or asserted aboriginal

and treaty rights and whether any consultation with Indigenous communities is

required.

Subsection 41.5 (4) of the Act is repealed.

(1) Subsection 41.6 (3) of the Act is amended by adding “Except as

otherwise provided by the regulations” at the beginning.

(2) Section

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

Same

(4) Regulations

made for the purposes of subsection (3) may provide that the issuance of a

permit,

(

a) does

not terminate the licence or rights; or

(

b) suspends,

rather than terminates, the licence and rights to the extent referred to in

that subsection, for the period determined under the regulations.

Authorizing

regulation

(5) If

it so provides, an authorizing regulation applies with respect to land that is

subject to a forest resource licence.

Effect

of removal under authorizing regulation

(6) An

authorizing regulation that applies with respect to land that is subject to a

forest resource licence may provide for,

(

a) the

termination of the licence in respect of the land to which the regulation

applies and of all rights of the licensee in respect of forest resources on the

land; or

(

b) the

suspension of the licence in respect of the land to which the regulation

applies and of all rights of the licensee in respect of forest resources on the

land, for the period determined under the regulation.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Outstanding

approval, etc.

41.6.1

(1) This

section applies if the person who wishes to remove forest resources for the

purpose of allowing an activity to be carried out is required under any of the

following Acts to obtain an approval or satisfy conditions or other requirements

in order to proceed with the activity:

1. The

Aggregate Resources Act .

2. The

Environmental Assessment Act .

3. The

Impact Assessment Act (Canada).

4. The

Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act .

5. The

Mining Act .

6. The

Public Lands Act .

7. An

Act of Ontario or of Canada prescribed by the regulations.

Same,

permit issuance

(2) A

permit shall not be issued to the person unless the person has met the

requirements referred to in subsection (1) of at least one of the Acts referred

to in that subsection.

Same,

authorizing regulation

(3) An

authorizing regulation does not apply with respect to the person unless the

person has met the requirements referred to in subsection (1) of at least one

of the Acts referred to in that subsection.

Section 41.7 of the Act is amended by adding “or in accordance with an

authorizing regulation” after “under a permit”.

Section 41.8 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Prices

and charges for removal

41.8

(1) The

Minister may determine, from time to time, the prices, forestry futures charges

and forest renewal charges payable by a permittee or person to whom an

authorizing regulation applies for the removal of forest resources.

Same

(2) The

prices and charges determined under subsection (1) shall be paid in the

amounts, in the manner and within the times required by the Minister.

Effective

date

(3) A

determination under subsection (1) may be made to apply retroactively to April

1 or any later date in the year in which the determination is made.

Payment

of Crown charges for removal

41.8.1

(1) Crown

charges in respect of the removal of forest resources shall be paid by the

permittee or person to whom an authorizing regulation applies whether the

resources are removed by the permittee or person or by someone else with or

without the permittee or person’s consent.

Property

in resources, permit

(2) On

payment by a permittee of all Crown charges referred to in subsection (1),

property in forest resources that have been removed in the land to which the

permit relates during the term of the permit vests in the permittee, whether

the resources were removed by the permittee or by someone else with or without

the permittee’s consent.

Property

in resources, authorizing regulation

(3) On

payment by a person to whom an authorizing regulation applies of all Crown

charges referred to in subsection (1), property in forest resources that have

been removed in the land to which the regulation relates while the removal was

subject to the regulation vests in the person, whether the resources were

removed by the person or by someone else with or without the person’s consent.

Seizure

of resources

(4) A

permittee or person to whom an authorizing regulation applies who has paid all

Crown charges referred to in subsection (1) is entitled to seize all forest

resources that have been removed during the term of the permit or while the

removal was subject to the authorizing regulation and that are in the

possession of someone not entitled to them.

Right

of action

(5) A

permittee or person to whom an authorizing regulation applies who has paid all

Crown charges referred to in subsection (1) is entitled to bring an action

against anyone who, during the term of the permit or while the removal was

subject to the authorizing regulation, removed, damaged or otherwise took

possession of forest resources without the permission of the permittee or

person.

(1) Subsection 41.13 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “A

permittee who removes forest resources under the authority of a permit” at the

beginning and substituting “A person who removes forest resources under a

permit or in accordance with an authorizing regulation”.

(2) Subsection

41.13 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “A permittee” at the beginning

and substituting “The person”.

(3) Subsection

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

Exceptions

(3) Despite

subsections (1) and (2),

(

a) the

Minister may direct a permittee that forest resources be measured, counted or

weighed at such place and in such manner as the Minister may direct; and

(

b) an

authorizing regulation may provide that forest resources removed in accordance

with the regulation be measured, counted or weighed at such place and in such

manner as the regulation specifies.

Section 57 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Compliance

order, etc.

(1) If,

in the opinion of the Minister, a person has failed to comply with a forest

resource licence or a permit or authorizing regulation under

Part III.1, the

Minister may,

(

a) order

the person to take such action as the Minister directs to carry out the

obligations imposed by the licence, permit or regulation;

(

b) take

such action as the Minister considers necessary to carry out the obligations

imposed by the licence, permit or regulation; or

(

c) in

the case of a permit or authorizing regulation, order the person to stop

removal activities authorized by the permit or regulation.

Costs

(2) The

person who failed to comply with the licence, permit or authorizing regulation

is liable to the Minister for all costs associated with action taken by the

Minister under clause (1) (b).

Subsection 63 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “a forest resource

licence or a permit” and substituting “a forest resource licence, a permit or

an authorizing regulation under

Part III.1”.

Clause 64 (1) (

b) of the Act is amended by striking out “a permit or an

authorization” and substituting “a permit, an authorizing regulation under

Part

III.1 or an authorization”.

(1) Paragraphs 16 and 16.1 of subsection 69 (1) of the Act are

repealed and the following substituted:

16. governing

the removal of forest resources in Crown forests for the purposes of

Part

III.1, including,

i. defining

or clarifying the meaning of “remove” or “transport” for the purposes of the

Part,

ii. governing

permits, including prescribing the records to be kept by permittees and former

iii. for

the purposes of clause 41.3 (1) (b),

A. setting

out the circumstances in which a person may remove forest resources that are in

a Crown forest for the purpose of allowing an activity other than a forest

operation to be carried out on the land that requires the forest resources to

be removed,

B. specifying

conditions or restrictions on the removal of forest resources in the prescribed

circumstances, including,

1. requiring

the person to keep records, and governing the requirements,

2. requiring

the person to provide notice, information, reports, records or other documents

to the Ministry, and governing the requirements,

3. requiring

the payment of fees, and governing their determination and payment,

C. respecting

any other matter referred to in the Part as being done or provided for by an

authorizing regulation,

iv. for

the purposes of subsections 41.6 (3) and (4), providing for the determination

of whether a licence or the rights referred to in subsection 41.6 (3) should

not be terminated or whether they should instead be suspended to the extent

referred to in that subsection, and governing any suspension,

v. for

the purposes of subsection 41.6 (6), providing for the determination of whether

a licence or the rights referred to in that subsection should be terminated or

suspended, and governing any termination or suspension;

(2) Subsection

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

33. providing

for transitional matters arising from amendments made to this Act or from the

making of regulations under this Act.

(3) Section

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

Subdelegation

(3.1) A

regulation under subparagraph 16 iv or v of subsection (1) may authorize the

Minister to determine any matter that may be determined by the Lieutenant

Governor in Council under that subparagraph.

Commencement

This

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

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 9

ESCHEATS ACT, 2015

The Escheats Act, 2015 is amended by adding the

following section:

Validity

of particular agreement

8.1

(1) For

greater certainty, despite anything in this Act or the Forfeited

Corporate Property Act, 2015 , the agreement between the Public Guardian

and Trustee and IAMGOLD Corporation, dated June 24, 2021, is valid and

effective.

compensation

(2) No

person is entitled to any compensation or any other remedy or relief as a

result of the enactment of subsection (1).

Commencement

This

Schedule is deemed to have come into force on June 24, 2021.

SCHEDULE 10

FIXING LONG-TERM CARE ACT, 2021

Section 180 of the Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021

is repealed and the following substituted:

Reports,

etc. to be public

(1) The Director shall ensure that

every item mentioned in Column 1 of the Table to this subsection is published

as soon as is reasonably possible, having regard to the circumstances, after

the event set out opposite the item in Column 2 of the Table.

Item

Column

Item to be published

Column

Event

Direction

under subsection 56 (1)

Making

of the direction

Inspection

report under

section 152

Completion

of the inspection report

Order

under this Part

Making

of the order

Written

notification under subsection 154 (1)

Issuing

of the notification

Written

plan for achieving compliance that the Director has ordered in accordance

with clause 155 (1) (

b) following a referral under paragraph 4 of subsection

154 (1)

Receipt

of the plan by the Director

Form,

format

(2) An

item mentioned in Column 1 of the Table to subsection (1) may be published in

any format or manner that the Director considers appropriate.

Duration

of publication, reports etc.

(3) An

item required to be published under subsection (1) shall remain available to

the public for a period of at least three years following the day on which the

item is first published.

Existing

reports, etc.

(4) The

Director may cease publication of any item mentioned in Column 1 of the Table

to subsection (1), whether it was published before or after the day

section 1

of

Schedule 10 to the Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape

Act, 2025 comes into force, if the item has remained available to the

public for a period of at least three years.

Direction

or order while in effect

(5) Despite

subsections (3) and (4), a direction under subsection 56 (1), an order under

subsection 157 (1) or an order under subsection 159 (1) to suspend a licence

shall remain available to the public for a period of at least three years

following the day on which the direction or order, as the case may be, ceases

to be in effect.

Information

about administrative penalties, etc.

(6) The

Director may publish, in any format or manner the Director considers

appropriate, information that is not otherwise published under subsection

(1) respecting any of the following:

1. An

administrative penalty issued under this Act.

2. A

conviction under this Act.

3. A

penalty imposed on conviction under this Act.

Duration

of publication, penalties etc.

(7) If

the Director publishes information respecting a penalty or conviction mentioned

in subsection (6), the Director shall publish the information as soon as

reasonably possible, having regard to the circumstances, after the

administrative penalty is issued, the conviction occurs or the penalty on

conviction is imposed, as the case may be, and continue to make it available to

the public for a period of at least three years following the day on which the

information is first published.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 11

FUNERAL, BURIAL AND CREMATION SERVICES ACT, 2002

(1) Subsection 1 (1) of the Funeral, Burial and

Cremation Services Act, 2002 is amended by adding the following

definitions:

“administrative authority” means an

administrative authority as designated under

section 3 of the Safety

and Consumer Statutes Administration Act, 1996 for the purpose of administering a designated provision; (“organisme

d’application”)

“designated provision” means, subject to

subsection (5), a provision of this Act or the regulations that is designated

legislation within the meaning of the Safety and Consumer

Statutes Administration Act, 1996 ; (“disposition

désignée”)

(2) The

French version of the

definitions of “crematorium” and “crematorium services”

in subsection 1 (1) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

«crématorium»

Bâtiment doté d’appareils pour la crémation de restes humains qui a été

approuvé ou créé en tant que tel conformément aux exigences de la présente loi

ou d’une loi qu’elle remplace. S’entend en outre de tout ce qui y est

nécessairement accessoire ou connexe à cette fin. («crematorium»)

«services

de crématorium» Les services fournis en ce qui concerne la crémation de corps

d’êtres humains décédés et, en outre, les services prescrits. («crematorium

services»)

(3) The

definition of “income” in subsection 1 (1) of the Act is amended by striking

out “or 56” at the end.

(4) The definition of “Minister” in

subsection 1 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “Minister of Government

Services” and substituting “Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery

and Procurement”.

(5) Subsection

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

“non -designated provision” means, subject to

subsection (5), a provision of this Act or the regulations that is not a

designated provision; (“disposition non désignée”)

(6) The definition of “registrar” in

subsection 1 (1) of the Act is repealed.

(7) Section

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

Requirement under this Act

(3) A reference in this Act or the

regulations to the contravention of, compliance with or failure to comply with

a requirement under this Act is a reference to the contravention of, compliance

with or failure to comply with, as the case may be, any of the following:

1. A

provision of this Act or the regulations.

2. Any

decision permitted or required in this Act or the regulations, including a direction,

order, declaration or imposition of a condition.

3. The

terms of a site disposition agreement or any other prescribed type of agreement

entered into under this Act.

(8) Section 1 of the Act is amended by

adding the following subsections:

Director, registrar

(4) In this Act, subject to subsection

(5) and unless the context suggests otherwise,

(

a) a

reference to the director in a designated provision is a reference to the director appointed under

section 2 for

the purpose of administering the provision;

(

b) a

reference to the director in a non-designated provision is a reference to the director appointed under

section

2.1 for the purpose of administering the provision;

(

c) a

reference to the registrar in a designated provision is a reference to the registrar appointed under

section

3 for the purpose of administering the

provision; and

(

d) a

reference to the registrar in a non-designated provision is a reference to the registrar appointed under

section

3.1 for the purpose of administering the provision.

When part of administration specified

(5) If the Lieutenant Governor in

Council designates an administrative authority under the Safety

and Consumer Statutes Administration Act, 1996 for the purpose of

administering a designated provision but specifies in the designation that the

designation is only in respect of a part of the provision’s administration,

(

a) any

reference to the designated provision in respect of which the administrative

authority has been designated shall be read as a reference to that provision as limited by that

specification;

(

b) the

remaining parts of the administration of the provision that are not designated

as administered by an administrative authority shall be deemed to be

administration of a

non-designated provision;

(

c) any

reference to the provision as it relates to the administration of the parts mentioned in clause (

b) shall be

deemed to be a reference to a non-designated provision; and

(

d) any

reference to a director or registrar in the provision shall be read as,

(

i) if

in the context of the administration of the designated provision, a reference

to the applicable director appointed under

section 2 or registrar appointed

under

section 3, as the case may be, and

(ii) if

in the context of the administration of the non-designated provision, a

reference to the applicable director appointed under

section 2.1 or registrar

appointed under

section 3.1, as the case may be.

(1) The French version of the Act is amended by striking out

“crématoire” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “crématorium”.

(2) The

French version of the Act is amended by striking out “crématoires” wherever it

appears and substituting in each case “crématoriums”.

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

substituted:

Directors,

appointed by administrative authority

(1) Subject

to subsection (2), the board of an administrative authority shall appoint one

or more directors for the purposes of administering designated provisions of

the administrative authority and may appoint one or more deputy directors.

(2) Subsection

2 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “3 (1)” and substituting “3 (1) or

3.1 (1)”.

(3) Section

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

Policies

(5) The

director may establish written policies regarding the

interpretation and

administration of the powers and duties imposed on the director under this Act.

Same,

publication

(6) If

the director makes available to the public one or more written policies made

under subsection (5), the director shall comply with prescribed requirements

respecting publication, if any.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Directors,

appointed by Minister

2.1

(1) Subject

to subsection (2), the Minister shall appoint one or more directors for the

purposes of administering non-designated provisions and may appoint one or more

deputy directors.

Director

cannot be registrar

(2) A

person appointed as a registrar or a deputy registrar under subsection 3 (1) or

3.1 (1) shall not be appointed as a director or a deputy director under

subsection (1) of this section.

Application

of s. 2 (3) to (6)

(3) Subsections

2 (3) to (6) apply in respect of directors and deputy directors appointed under

this section.

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

substituted:

Registrars,

appointed by administrative authority

(1) Subject

to subsection (2), the board of an administrative authority shall appoint one

or more registrars for the purposes of administering designated provisions of

the administrative authority and may appoint one or more deputy registrars.

(2) Subsection

3 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “2 (1)” and substituting “2 (1) or

2.1 (1)”.

(3) Subsection

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

Policies

(5) The

registrar may establish written policies regarding the

interpretation and administration

of the powers and duties imposed on the registrar under this Act.

Same,

publication

(6) If

the registrar makes available to the public one or more written policies made

under subsection (5), the registrar shall comply with prescribed requirements

respecting publication, if any.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Registrars,

appointed by deputy minister

3.1

(1) Subject

to subsection (2), the deputy minister to the Minister shall appoint one or

more registrars for the purposes of administering non-designated provisions and

may appoint one or more deputy registrars.

Registrar

cannot be director

(2) A

person appointed as a director or a deputy director under subsection 2 (1) or

2.1 (1) shall not be appointed as a registrar or a deputy registrar under

subsection (1) of this section.

Application

of s. 3 (3) to (6)

(3) Subsections

3 (3) to (6) apply in respect of registrars and deputy registrars appointed

under this section.

Part III of the Act is amended by adding the following section:

Requirement

for authorization before the provision of licensed supplies or services

3.1.1

(1) No

operator shall provide a prescribed licensed supply or service in respect of

human remains unless the operator has received authorization to do so from the

person or entity who has such authority in respect of the human remains as

determined in accordance with the regulations.

Same

(2) For

clarity, subsection (1) operates to prohibit an operator from providing a

prescribed licensed supply or service without an authorization under that

section even if an interment rights holder has directed or consented to the

interment of the human remains or a scattering rights holder has directed or

consented to the scattering of the cremated human remains.

Application

to court

(3) A

person or entity may apply to the Superior Court of Justice for an order

determining whether the person or entity, or any other party to the

proceedings, has the authority in respect of human remains for the purposes of

subsection (1) and, upon the application, the court may make such order as the

court thinks fit after taking into account such factors as may be prescribed.

Same

(4) For

greater certainty, the Superior Court of Justice may make an order determining

that a person or entity other than the person or entity determined in

accordance with the regulations referred to in subsection (1) has the authority

in respect of human remains for the purposes of that subsection.

Same,

order

(5) If

the Superior Court of Justice makes an order under subsection (3) determining

that a person or entity has the authority in respect of human remains, that

person or entity is deemed to be the person or entity who has such authority

for the purposes of subsection (1) until such time as the person or entity is

no longer deemed to have such authority as may be determined in accordance with

the regulations.

Protection

from liability

(6) No

cause of action arises against an operator as a result of the operator acting

on the basis of an authorization received under subsection (1) unless the

operator knew, or ought to have known, that,

(

a) the

facts stated in the authorization were not true; or

(

b) the

person or entity giving the authorization to the operator did not have the

authority to do so.

Proceedings

barred

(7) No

proceeding that is based on a cause of action referred to in subsection (6) may

be brought against an operator.

Section 13 of the Act is repealed.

Subsection 52 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “or 56” at the end.

Paragraph 5 of subsection 64 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

5. Fix

and impose costs to be paid by the licensee to the Minister of Finance or to

such other person as may be prescribed by the Minister under clause 112 (1)

(b.2).

Section 65 of the Act is repealed.

Sections 66 to 69 of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Complaints

(1) The

registrar may,

(

a) receive

complaints concerning conduct that may be in contravention of a requirement

under this Act;

(

b) make

inquiries, gather information or make written requests for information from any

person regarding a complaint described in clause (a); and

(

c) attempt

to mediate or resolve a complaint described in clause (a).

Request

for information

(2) An

inquiry or written request made under clause (1) (

b) shall indicate the nature

of the complaint.

Duty

to comply

(3) A

person who receives an inquiry or written request under clause (1) (

b) shall

provide the requested information to the registrar.

Registrar’s

powers

(4) If

the registrar is of the opinion, whether as a result of a complaint or

otherwise, that a person has contravened a requirement under this Act, the

registrar may do any of the following, as the registrar considers appropriate:

1. Give

the person a written warning, stating that if the person continues to engage in

the activity that resulted in the alleged contravention, action may be taken

against the person.

2. If

the person is a licensee, require by written direction that the licensee attend

a specified educational program or ensure that a person prescribed for the

purposes of clause 14 (1) (

g) attends a specified educational program.

3. If

the person is a licensee, refer the matter, in whole or in part, to a

discipline committee.

4. If

the person is a licensee or an applicant for a licence, take an action under

section

17, subject to

section 18.

5. Take

further action in accordance with this Act.

Inspection

(1) The

registrar or a person designated in writing by the registrar may conduct an

inspection in accordance with this

section for the purposes of,

(

a) ensuring

compliance with a requirement under this Act;

(

b) dealing

with a complaint under

section 66; or

(

c) if

applicable, ensuring that a licensee remains entitled to be licensed or that an

applicant for a licence is entitled to be licensed under this Act.

Power

to enter premises

(2) For

the purposes of subsection (1), an inspector may, without a warrant or court

order, enter and inspect at any reasonable time the business premises of a

licensee or an applicant for a licence under this Act, or any premises in

relation to which any of sections 94 to 100 apply.

Dwellings

(3) Subsection

(2) does not authorize entry of a dwelling without the consent of the occupier.

Expert

(4) An

inspector conducting an inspection may be accompanied by one or more persons

with special, expert or professional knowledge, and any other persons as

necessary, as the inspector considers advisable.

Powers

of inspector

(5) While

carrying out an inspection, an inspector,

(

a) may

review, examine or test anything relevant to the inspection and may require a

person described in subsection (4) to conduct the review, examination or test

in the time, manner and form specified by the inspector;

(

b) is

entitled to free access to all money, valuables, documents, records, equipment,

supplies, substances, artifacts, materials and any other things or information

relevant to the inspection;

(

c) may

take photographs, video recordings or other recordings that are relevant to the

inspection;

(

d) may

use any data storage, processing or retrieval device or system used in carrying

on business to produce information that is relevant to the inspection and that

is in any form;

(

e) may,

upon giving a receipt for them, remove for review, examination, testing or

copying anything relevant to the inspection;

(

f) may

require a person to produce information or anything else relevant to the

inspection;

(

g) may

prohibit persons from entering premises or using anything else for a reasonable

period of time for the purposes of carrying out a review, examination or test

relevant to the inspection; and

(

h) may

make reasonable inquiries of any person, orally or in writing, with respect to

anything relevant to the inspection.

Limitation

re photographs and recordings

(6) A

photograph or recording made under clause (5) (

c) must be made in a manner that

does not intercept any private communication and that accords with reasonable

expectations of privacy.

Written

demand

(7) A

demand that anything be produced for inspection must be in writing and must

state the nature of the thing required and when it is to be produced.

Obligation

to produce and assist

(8) If

an inspector demands that something be produced for inspection, the person

having custody of the thing shall produce it for the inspector within the time

provided for in the demand, and shall, upon the inspector’s demand,

(

a) provide

whatever assistance is reasonably necessary to produce information or any other

thing in a readable form, including using any data storage, processing or

retrieval device or system; and

(

b) provide

whatever assistance is reasonably necessary to interpret a record or other

thing for the inspector.

Return

of things

(9) Anything

that has been removed for review, testing, examination or copying,

(

a) shall

be made available to the person from whom it was removed on request and at a

time and place that are convenient for the person and for the inspector; and

(

b) shall

be returned to the person within a reasonable time.

Identification

(10) An

inspector shall produce, on request, evidence of their authority to carry out

an inspection.

obstruction

(11) No

person shall obstruct an inspector conducting an inspection or a person

accompanying the inspector under subsection (4) or withhold from the inspector

or other person or conceal, alter or destroy any thing or information relevant

to the inspection.

Use

of force prohibited

(12) An

inspector shall not use force to enter and inspect premises under this section.

Admissibility

of copies

(13) A

copy of anything that purports to be certified by an inspector to be a true

copy of the original is admissible in evidence to the same extent as the

original and has the same evidentiary value.

Appointment

of investigators

(1) The

director may appoint persons to be investigators for the purposes of conducting

investigations.

Certificate

of appointment

(2) The

director who appoints an investigator under subsection (1) shall issue to the investigator

a certificate of appointment bearing the director’s signature or a facsimile of

the signature.

Production

of certificate of appointment

(3) Every

investigator who is conducting an investigation, including under

section 70,

shall, upon request, produce the certificate of appointment as an investigator.

(1) Subsection 70 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

warrant

(1) Upon

application made without notice by an investigator, a justice of the peace may

issue a warrant, if the justice of the peace is satisfied on information under

oath that there are reasonable grounds for believing both of the following:

1. A

person,

i. has

contravened or is contravening a requirement under this Act, or

ii. has

committed or is committing an offence under the law of any jurisdiction that is

relevant to the person’s fitness to be licensed under this Act.

2. There

is,

i. in

any building, dwelling, receptacle or place anything relating to the

contravention of a requirement under this Act or to the person’s fitness to be

licensed under this Act, or

ii. information

or evidence relating to the contravention of a requirement under this Act or

the person’s fitness to be licensed under this Act that may be obtained through

the use of an investigative technique or procedure or the doing of anything

described in the warrant.

(2) Subsection

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

a) and

substituting the following:

(2) Subject

to any conditions set out in a warrant obtained under subsection (1), the

warrant authorizes an investigator,

. . . .

Section 70.1 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Seizure

of things not specified

70.1 An investigator who is

lawfully present in a place pursuant to a warrant or otherwise in the execution

of the investigator’s duties may, without a warrant, seize anything in plain

view that the investigator believes on reasonable grounds will afford evidence

relating to a contravention of any requirement under this Act or to a person’s

fitness to be licensed under this Act.

The Act is amended by adding the following Part:

PART IX.1

ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES

Definitions

71.2 In this Part,

“administrative

penalty” means an administrative penalty imposed under

section 71.4 or, if an

order under that

section is confirmed or varied under

section 71.5, the

administrative penalty as confirmed or varied under

section 71.5; (“pénalité

administrative”)

“assessor” means an assessor appointed under subsection

71.3 (2) who is authorized to impose an administrative penalty or the registrar

acting as an assessor. (“évaluateur”)

Registrar

is assessor

71.3

(1) The

registrar is, by virtue of the registrar’s office, an assessor.

Appointment

of assessors

(2) The

registrar mentioned in subsection (1) shall appoint in writing persons to be

assessors who are authorized to make an order under

section 71.4 imposing an

administrative penalty.

Order

for administrative penalty

71.4

(1) An

assessor may, by order, impose an administrative penalty against a person in

accordance with this

section and the regulations if the assessor is satisfied

that the person has contravened or is contravening,

(

a) a

prescribed provision of this Act or the regulations; or

(

b) a

condition of a licence, if the person is a licensee.

whom payable, prescribed provisions

(2) An

administrative penalty is payable to,

(

a) the

Minister of Finance, if it is imposed in respect of a contravention of a

non-designated provision; or

(

b) an

administrative authority, if it is imposed in respect of a contravention of a

designated provision of the administrative authority.

Same,

licence conditions

(3) For

the purposes of this section,

(

a) if

section 16 is a non-designated provision, an administrative penalty in respect

of a contravention of a condition of a licence is payable to the Minister of

Finance; and

(

b) if

section 16 is a designated provision in respect of an administrative authority,

an administrative penalty in respect of a contravention of a condition of a

licence is payable to the administrative authority.

Debt

(4) An

administrative penalty payable to the Minister of Finance or an administrative

authority is a debt due to the respective payee.

Purpose

(5) An

administrative penalty may be imposed under this

section for one or more of the

following purposes:

1. To

promote compliance with this Act and the regulations.

2. To

prevent a person from deriving, directly or indirectly, any economic benefit as

a result of contravening this Act or the regulations.

Amount

(6) The

amount of an administrative penalty shall reflect the purpose of the penalty

and shall be determined in accordance with the regulations, but the amount of

the penalty shall not exceed $25,000.

Form

of order

(7) An

order made under subsection (1) imposing an administrative penalty shall be in

the form that the registrar determines.

Service

of order

(8) The

order shall be served on the person against whom the administrative penalty is

imposed in the manner that the registrar determines.

Absolute

liability

(9) An

order made under subsection (1) imposing an administrative penalty against a

person applies even if,

(

a) the

person took all reasonable steps to prevent the contravention on which the

order is based; or

(

b) at

the time of the contravention, the person had an honest and reasonable belief

in a mistaken set of facts that, if true, would have rendered the contravention

innocent.

effect on offences

(10) For

greater certainty, nothing in subsection (9) affects the prosecution of an

offence.

Other

measures

(11) Subject

section 71.6, an administrative penalty may be imposed alone or in

conjunction with the exercise of any measure against a person provided by this

Act or the regulations, including but not limited to the application of

conditions to a licence, the suspension, immediate suspension or revocation of

a licence or the refusal to renew a licence.

Limitation

(12) An

assessor shall not make an order under subsection (1) more than two years after

the day the assessor became aware of the contravention on which the order is

based.

hearing required

(13) Subject

to the regulations, an assessor is not required to hold a hearing or to afford

a person an opportunity for a hearing before making an order under subsection

(1) against the person.

Non-application

of other Act

(14) The

Statutory Powers Procedure Act does not apply to an

order of an assessor made under subsection (1).

Appeal

71.5

(1) In this

section,

“appeal

body” means,

(

a) if

no person or entity is prescribed for the purposes of this section, the

Tribunal, or

(

b) if

a person or entity other than the Tribunal is prescribed for the purposes of

this

section to deal with appeals in respect of prescribed matters,

(

i) the

prescribed person or entity, for appeals in respect of the prescribed matters,

and

(ii) the

Tribunal, for appeals in respect of any other matter.

Same

(2) The

person against whom an order made under subsection 71.4 (1) imposes an

administrative penalty may appeal the order to the appeal body by mailing or

delivering a written request for an appeal to the appeal body within 15 days

after receiving the order.

no appeal

(3) If

the person does not appeal the order in accordance with subsection (2), the

order is confirmed.

Hearing

(4) If

the person appeals the order in accordance with subsection (2), the appeal body

shall hold a hearing and may, by order, confirm, revoke or vary the assessor’s

order and the appeal body may attach conditions to its order.

Parties

(5) The

assessor, the appellant and any other persons that the appeal body specifies

are parties to the appeal.

Immediate

effect

(6) Even

if the person appeals an order of the appeal body, the order takes effect

immediately, unless the order provides otherwise, but the Divisional Court may

grant a stay until the disposition of the appeal.

Effect

of paying penalty

71.6 If a person against

whom an order imposing an administrative penalty is made pays the penalty in

accordance with the terms of the order or, if the order is varied on appeal, in

accordance with the terms of the varied order, the person cannot be charged with

an offence under this Act in respect of the same contravention on which the

order is based and no other prescribed measure shall be taken against the

person in respect of the same contravention on which the order is based.

Enforcement

71.7

(1) If a

person against whom an order imposing an administrative penalty is made fails

to pay the penalty in accordance with the terms of the order or, if the order

is varied on appeal, in accordance with the terms of the varied order, either

or both of the following may occur:

1. The

order may be filed with the Superior Court of Justice and enforced as if it

were an order of the court.

2. The

director may, by order, create a lien against the property of the person that

is liable to pay the penalty.

Date

of order

(2) For

the purposes of

section 129 of the Courts of Justice Act ,

the date on which the order mentioned in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) is filed

with the court shall be deemed to be the date of the order.

Application

of s. 82

(3) Subsections

82 (2) to (6) apply to the lien mentioned in paragraph 2 of subsection (1) of

this section, with necessary modifications, as if it were a lien created by the

director under subsection 82 (1) and references to the fine shall be read as

references to the administrative penalty.

Clause 72 (2) (

b) of the Act is amended by adding “of a requirement” after

“contravention”.

Subclause 73 (1) (a) (

i) of the Act is amended by adding “of a requirement”

after “contravention”.

The Act is amended by adding the following sections:

Compliance

order, contents

73.1

(1) An order

made under

section 73.3 or 73.4 may direct a person to take specified actions or

to refrain from taking specified actions in order to comply with a requirement

under this Act and may require the person to do so within a time specified in

the order.

Same

(2) For

clarity, a direction under subsection (1) may include a requirement that a

person submit a plan to the director specifying the steps the person shall take

to come into compliance and to maintain compliance or to report on the person’s

compliance actions at specified times.

Definition,

ss. 73.3 and 73.4

73.2 In sections 73.3 and

73.4,

“appeal

body” means,

(

a) if

no person or entity is prescribed for the purposes of this section, the

Tribunal, or

(

b) if

a person or entity other than the Tribunal is prescribed for the purposes of

this

section to deal with appeals in respect of prescribed matters,

(

i) the

prescribed person or entity, for appeals in respect of the prescribed matters,

and

(ii) the

Tribunal, for appeals in respect of any other matter.

Proposed

compliance order

73.3

(1) If the

director believes on reasonable grounds that a person has contravened or might

reasonably be expected to contravene any requirement under this Act, the

director may propose to make an order described in

section 73.1.

Notice

(2) The

director shall serve on the person a notice of a proposed order described in

subsection (1) and written reasons for making it.

Request

for hearing

(3) The

notice shall include a statement that the person is entitled to a hearing by

the applicable appeal body if the person, within 15 days after the notice is

served, mails or delivers a written request for a hearing to the appeal body

and to the director.

hearing required

(4) The

director may make the order if the person does not request a hearing in

accordance with subsection (3).

Hearing

(5) If,

in accordance with subsection (3), the person requests a hearing, the appeal

body shall hold the hearing.

Order

of appeal body

(6) The

appeal body may order the director to make the proposed order or to refrain

from making the proposed order or may make an order of its own in substitution

for that of the director.

Conditions

(7) The

appeal body may attach to its order the conditions that it considers appropriate.

Parties

(8) The

parties to proceedings before the appeal body under this

section are the

director, the person who has requested the hearing and the other persons, if

any, that the appeal body specifies.

Immediate

compliance order

73.4

(1) If, in

the opinion of the director, it is in the public interest to do so, the

director may make an order requiring compliance with any requirement under this

Act.

Same

(2) The

order takes effect as soon as it is served, in accordance with subsection (3),

on the person named in it.

Notice

of order

(3) Upon

making an order for compliance under subsection (1), the director shall serve

on the person named in the order a notice that includes the following:

1. The

order and the written reasons for making it.

2. The

statement mentioned in subsection 73.3 (3).

Hearing

(4) If,

in accordance with the process described in the statement mentioned in

paragraph 2 of subsection (3), the person named in the order requests a

hearing, the appeal body shall hold the hearing.

Order

of appeal body

(5) The

appeal body may confirm or set aside the order or exercise all other powers

that it may exercise in a proceeding under

section 73.3.

Expiration

of order

(6) If,

in accordance with the process described in the statement mentioned in

paragraph 2 of subsection (3), the person named in the order requests a

hearing,

(

a) the

order expires 15 days after the appeal body receives the written request for a

hearing; or

(

b) the

appeal body may extend the time of expiration until the hearing is concluded,

if a hearing is commenced within the 15-day period mentioned in clause (a).

Same

(7) Despite

subsection (6), if the appeal body is satisfied that the conduct of the person

named in the order has delayed the commencement of the hearing, the appeal body

may extend the time of the expiration for the order,

(

a) until

the hearing commences; and

(

b) once

the hearing commences, until the hearing is concluded.

Parties

(8) The

parties to proceedings before the appeal body are the director, the person who

has requested the hearing and the other persons, if any, that the appeal body specifies.

Appeal

73.5

(1) Even if

a party to a proceeding before the Tribunal appeals, under

section 11 of the Licence Appeal Tribunal Act, 1999 , an order of the

Tribunal made under

section 73.3 or 73.4, the order takes effect immediately

but the Tribunal may grant a stay until the disposition of the appeal.

Same

(2) The

regulations may provide that, despite any appeal of an order of a prescribed

person or entity under

section 73.3 or 73.4, the order takes effect immediately

but the prescribed person or entity may grant a stay until the disposition of

the appeal.

Subsection 77 (1) of the Act is amended by adding “or” at the end of clause

(c), by striking out “or” at the end of clause (

d) and by repealing clause (e).

Subsection 78 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “ this Act or the regulations or an order

made under this Act” and substituting “a requirement under this Act”.

Clauses 79 (1) (

a) to (

c) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

(

a) furnishes

false information in any application under this Act or in any statement, return

or other material required under this Act; or

(

b) contravenes or fails to comply with a

requirement under this Act, other than a code of ethics established by the

Minister under

section 112 or an order made under

section 64.

Subsection 81 (3) of the Act is repealed.

The French version of subsections 83 (1) and (2) of the Act are amended by

striking out “pour créer, modifier ou agrandir un cimetière” wherever it

appears and substituting in each case “pour créer ou modifier un cimetière ou

augmenter la capacité d’un cimetière”.

The French version of subsection 84 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out

“l’agrandissement d’un cimetière” and substituting “l’augmentation de la

capacité d’un cimetière”.

(1) Clause 86 (1) (

d) of the Act is amended by striking out “in

compliance with the requirements of this Act and the regulations” and

substituting “in compliance with the requirements under this Act”.

(2) The

French version of subsections 86 (1) and (2) of the Act are amended by striking

out “l’agrandissement d’un cimetière” wherever it appears and substituting in

each case “l’augmentation de la capacité d’un cimetière”.

(3) The

French version of clause 86 (2) (

b) of the Act is amended by striking out

“d’agrandissement d’un cimetière” and substituting “d’augmentation de la

capacité d’un cimetière”.

(4) The

French version of subsection 86 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out

“d’agrandissement d’un cimetière” and substituting “d’augmentation de la

capacité d’un cimetière”.

(5) The

French version of subsection 86 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “de

créer, de modifier ou d’agrandir un cimetière” and substituting “de créer ou de

modifier un cimetière ou d’augmenter la capacité d’un cimetière”.

(6) The

French version of subsection 86 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out

“d’agrandissement d’un cimetière” and substituting “d’augmentation de la

capacité d’un cimetière”.

(1) Subsection 88 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Cemetery

closing

(1) A

cemetery owner may apply, in accordance with the regulations, to the registrar

for an order to close a cemetery.

(2) Clauses

88 (3) (

a) and (

b) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

(

a) no

interments or scatterings have been made in the cemetery to be closed;

(

b) no

interments or scatterings to be made in the cemetery to be closed have been

authorized under subsection 3.1.1 (1);

(

c) the

consent of all affected interment and scattering rights holders to the closing

of the cemetery has been obtained; and

(

d) such

other requirements, as may be prescribed, have been satisfied.

(1) Subsection 96 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Investigation

into origins of site

(1) Subject

to the regulations, the registrar may order the owner of land on which a burial

site is discovered to, in accordance with any requirements specified by the

registrar, cause an investigation to be made to determine the origin of the

site.

(2) Subsection

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

Requirements

re investigation

(3) A

person conducting an investigation shall do so,

(

a) with

the minimum disturbance to the site that is reasonable in the circumstances;

and

(

b) subject

to the regulations, in accordance with any other requirements as may be

specified by the registrar.

The French version of subsection 102.1 (3) of the Act is amended by striking

out “aux fins de l’enquête d’un coroner” and substituting “aux fins de son

investigation”.

Subsection 108 (3) of the Act is repealed.

(1) The French version of clause 109 (1) (c.1) of the Act is amended

by striking out “l’agrandissement d’un cimetière” and substituting “l’augmentation

de la capacité d’un cimetière”.

(2) Subsection

109 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of clause (c.1),

by adding “or” at the end of clause (

d) and by adding the following clause:

(

e) any

other matter that is prescribed.

Section 111 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Documents,

information to registrar

Subject

to the regulations, a person shall provide to the registrar such documents or

information as the registrar requests and shall comply with such requirements

as the registrar may specify respecting the documents or information, which may

include requirements respecting,

(

a) the

time, form and manner in which the documents or information must be provided;

(

b) the

contents of the documents or information; and

(

c) verification

of specified information by affidavit or otherwise.

(1) Subsection 112 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

clause:

(a.1) governing

the establishment of one or more discipline committees and appeal committees

for the purpose of enforcing the codes of ethics established by the Minister

under clause (

a) against licensees or classes of licensees and respecting the

appointment of members of those committees and the composition of the

committees;

(2) Clause

112 (1) (

b) of the Act is amended by adding “including procedures for the

purposes of paragraph 5 of subsection 64 (2)” at the end.

(3) Subsection

112 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(b.1) respecting

the manner in which and the frequency with which decisions of the discipline

committee and appeal committee are made available to the public;

(b.2) prescribing

a person other than the Minister of Finance to whom costs are to be paid under

paragraph 5 of subsection 64 (2);

(4) Subsection

112 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(b.3) governing

administrative penalties that an assessor may order and all matters necessary

and incidental to the administration of a system of administrative penalties,

including,

(

i) specifying

the amount of an administrative penalty or providing for the determination of

the amount of an administrative penalty by specifying the method of calculating

the amount and the criteria to be considered in determining the amount,

(ii) providing

for different amounts to be paid, or different calculations or criteria to be

used, depending on the circumstances that gave rise to the administrative

penalty or the time at which the penalty is paid,

(iii) specifying

information that must be included in an order for payment of an administrative

penalty,

(iv) governing

the procedure for making an order under

section 71.4 or 71.5 for an

administrative penalty and the rights of the parties affected by the procedure,

including the time at which the order is deemed to be served on the person

against whom the order is made, and

(

v) governing

the appeal of an order for payment of an administrative penalty;

(b.4) specifying

the purposes for which the administrative authority may use the funds that it

collects as administrative penalties;

(1) Subsection 113 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following

paragraph:

0.1 governing

the application of

section 3.1.1, including,

i. prescribing

licensed supplies and services for the purposes of

section 3.1.1, which may

include setting out the licensed supplies and services that are not prescribed

for the purposes of that section,

ii. providing

for the determination of the person or entity referred to in subsection 3.1.1

(1),

iii. prescribing

conditions, limitations or restrictions that apply in connection with a person

or entity giving an authorization under subsection 3.1.1 (1), including

prescribing different conditions, limitations or restrictions that apply with

respect to different types of persons or entities,

iv. establishing

and governing obligations of persons or entities referred to in subsection

3.1.1 (1),

v. establishing

and governing obligations of operators in connection with the application of

section 3.1.1,

vi. establishing

and prescribing requirements that apply in respect of an authorization referred

to in

section 3.1.1, including with respect to the form and manner in which the

authorization is to be given,

vii. governing

applications to court under subsection 3.1.1 (3), including respecting the

procedures that govern such applications and the factors the court must

consider in making an order under that subsection,

viii. providing

for exemptions from all or part of

section 3.1.1, including exempting any

operator or other person or entity from the application of all or part of that

section and prescribing the circumstances in which all or part of that

section

does not apply;

(2) Paragraph

12 of subsection 113 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

12. prescribing

documents or information that persons must provide to the registrar and

prescribing requirements respecting the documents or information, which may

include requirements mentioned in

section 111;

(3) Paragraphs

42 to 44 of subsection 113 (1) of the Act are repealed.

(4) Subsection

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

59.1 respecting

transitional matters arising as a result of the enactment of the Protect Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 ;

(5) Subsection

113 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out the portion before paragraph 1

and substituting the following:

Same,

burial sites and cemeteries

(2) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations in respect of burial sites

and cemeteries, including regulations,

. . . .

(6) Paragraph

6 of subsection 113 (2) of the Act is repealed.

(7) Paragraph

10.1 of subsection 113 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

10.1 governing

the disinterment or removal of human remains, prescribing circumstances in

which the consent of interment or scattering rights holders and any other

specified persons or entities to the disinterment or removal is or is not

required, prescribing circumstances in which the registrar may substitute his

or her consent for that of an interment or scattering rights holder or any

other specified person or entity, providing for notice of disinterment or

removal to prescribed persons or entities and providing for an appeal process

from the decision of the registrar to consent to a disinterment or removal.

(8) Subsection

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

24.0.1 governing

applications for orders to close cemeteries under

section 88, including,

i. requiring

that applications contain the information and be accompanied by the

documentation that the registrar specifies, be in the form that the registrar

specifies, be submitted in the manner that the registrar specifies and be

completed by the time specified by the registrar,

ii. providing

rules with respect to when the registrar may consider an application to have

been withdrawn;

(9) Subsection

113 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraphs:

24.5 requiring

any person to comply with any directions specified by the registrar in respect

of the disturbance, preservation, handling, investigation or disposition of a

burial site or human remains and artifacts associated with the site;

24.6 governing

directions mentioned in paragraph 24.5;

24.7 governing

requirements specified by the registrar under subsection 96 (1) and clause 96

(3) (b);

Commencement

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

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Protect Ontario by Cutting

Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Subsections

1 (1), (5), (6) and (8), sections 3 to 7, 10, 15, 18, 26 and 32 and subsections

33 (1) to (5) and (7) to (9) come into force on a day to be named by order of

the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 12

HEALING ARTS RADIATION PROTECTION ACT

Subsection 4 (3) of the Healing Arts Radiation Protection

Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Same

(3) An

X-ray owner shall include their current email address and any other information

that is prescribed by the regulations in an application made under subsection

(2).

Notice

of change

(4) An

owner of an X-ray machine registered with the Director who changes their

business address or email address shall provide written notice of the change to

the Director within 15 days of the occurrence of the change.

Transition

(5) Any

owner of an X-ray machine shall provide notice of a change to their email

address to the Director if,

(

a) the owner provided an email address to

the Director before the day the Protect Ontario by Cutting

Red Tape Act, 2025 received Royal Assent;

(

b) the

email address was changed; and

(

c) the

owner has not already provided notice of the change to the Director.

Section 22 of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(

k) governing

the giving, service or delivery of any notice, order, decision or other

document required to be given, served or delivered under this Act or the

regulations;

Section 27 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Service

(1) Any

notice, order, decision or other document required to be given, served or

delivered under this Act or the regulations is sufficiently given, served or

delivered if,

(

a) delivered

personally;

(

b) delivered

by electronic means;

(

c) sent

by registered mail addressed to the person to whom it is required to be given,

served or delivered at the latest address for service appearing on the records

of the Ministry or, where there is no address for service so appearing, at the

address, if any, last known to the Director; or

(

d) any

other method that is prescribed by the regulations.

When

service deemed made by electronic means

(2) Service

that is made by electronic means in accordance with clause (1) (

b) is effective

on the day of delivery if served before 4 p.m. or on the following day if

served at or after 4 p.m., unless the person on whom service is being made

establishes that the person did not, acting in good faith, through absence,

accident, illness or other cause beyond the person’s control, receive the

notice, order, decision or other document until a later date.

When

service deemed made by registered mail

(3) Service

that is made by registered mail in accordance with clause (1) (

c) is deemed to

be made on the seventh day after the day of mailing, unless the person on whom

service is being made establishes that the person did not, acting in good

faith, through absence, accident, illness or other cause beyond the person’s

control, receive the notice, order, decision or other document until a later

date.

4 The French version of the Act is

amended by striking out “de protection” wherever it appears and substituting in

each case “de radioprotection”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 13

IGAMING ONTARIO ACT, 2024

Section 5 of the iGaming Ontario Act, 2024 is

repealed and the following substituted:

Natural

person powers

(1) Subject

to subsection (2) and

section 11.0.1 of the Ministry of

Infrastructure Act, 2011 , the Corporation has the capacity, rights and

powers of a natural person.

Limitations

(2) The

Corporation shall not exercise any of the following powers without the approval

of the Lieutenant Governor in Council:

1. Create

a subsidiary.

2. Acquire,

hold or dispose of any interest in real property.

3. Borrow

money or give security against property.

4. Any

prescribed power.

Commencement

This

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

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 14

LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD OF ONTARIO ACT, 2019

Subsection 4 (1) of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario

Act, 2019 is repealed and the following substituted:

General

powers

(1) The

LCBO has the capacity, rights and powers of a natural person for the purposes

of carrying out its objects except as limited by this Act and by

section 11.0.1

of the Ministry of Infrastructure Act, 2011 .

Commencement

This

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

Governor in Council.

SCHEDULE 15

LIQUOR LICENCE AND CONTROL ACT, 2019

Clause 2 (1) (

b) of the Liquor Licence and Control Act,

2019 is repealed and the following substituted:

(

b) permit

individuals to possess or consume open liquor in a public place that is not a

public place designated by a municipality under clause 41 (1) (

d) or a public

area in a provincial park to which clause 41 (1) (

e) applies;

Subsection 41 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of

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

d) and by adding the following

clause:

(

e) a public area in a provincial park that

is an operating park, and is,

(

i) designated

for the purposes of this clause by the person who is the park’s superintendent under

the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006 ,

subject to the regulations, and

(ii) indicated

by notice given in one of the following ways:

(

A) A

sign posted in the park that sets out the public area and states that liquor

may be consumed in a socially responsible manner while in it or that contains

such other information as may be prescribed by the regulations.

(

B) Any

other way that may be prescribed by the regulations.

The French version of subsection 59 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “dès

qu’une personne qui croit, en se fondant sur des motifs raisonnables, que les

documents servent de preuve de la perpétration d’une infraction à la présente

loi ou aux règlements, fournit sous serment les renseignements pertinents” at

the end and substituting “dès réception d’une dénonciation faite sous serment

par une personne qui croit, en se fondant sur des motifs raisonnables, que les

documents servent de preuve de la perpétration d’une infraction à la présente

loi ou aux règlements”.

(1) Paragraph 7 of subsection 78 (1) of the Act is amended by adding

“other than in public areas where it is permitted under clause 41 (1) (e)”

after “in provincial parks”.

(2) Subsection

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

9.1 for

the purposes of clause 41 (1) (e),

i. governing

designations made under subclause 41 (1) (e) (i), including imposing conditions

and limitations on the power to make the designations,

ii. respecting

the contents of the notice referred to in subclause 41 (1) (e) (ii) and

providing for and governing other ways of giving notice;

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 16

MODERNIZING ONTARIO FOR PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES ACT, 2020

The Modernizing Ontario for People and Businesses Act,

2020 is amended by striking out the heading immediately before

section 7

and substituting the following:

Information

and Reporting

The Act is amended by adding the following

section immediately after the

heading “Information and Reporting”:

Collection

of information

6.1 The Minister may

collect, use, and disclose personal information, as defined in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act , for

the purpose of facilitating public consultation with respect to burdens or proposed

instruments governed by this Act.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 17

MOTORIZED SNOW VEHICLES ACT

The definition of “motorized snow vehicle” in

section 1 of the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

“motorized

snow vehicle” means,

(

a) a

self-propelled vehicle designed to be driven primarily on snow, and

(

b) a

self-propelled vehicle that belongs to a class of vehicle prescribed by the

regulations; (“motoneige”)

Subsection 26 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(0.

a) prescribing

classes of vehicles for the purposes of the definition of “motorized snow

vehicle”;

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 18

MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001

Section 295 of the Municipal Act, 2001 is repealed

and the following substituted:

Publication

of financial statements

(1) Within

60 days after receiving the audited financial statements of the municipality

for the previous year, the treasurer of the municipality shall post a copy of

the audited financial statements, the notes to the financial statements, the

auditor’s report and the tax rate information for taxes imposed under any Part

of this Act for the current and previous year as contained in the financial

review on a website of the municipality.

no website, made available at no cost

(2) If

the municipality does not have a website, the treasurer shall ensure that the

information described in subsection (1) is made available to the public, at no

cost.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on January 1, 2026.

SCHEDULE 19

ONTARIO INFRASTRUCTURE AND LANDS CORPORATION ACT, 2011

Subsection 4 (2) of the Ontario Infrastructure and Lands

Corporation Act, 2011 is amended by adding the following paragraph:

5.1 A

district social services administration board established under the District Social Services Administration Boards Act .

The French version of subsection 20 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “président

du conseil d’administration d’un organisme de la Couronne” and substituting “président

d’un organisme de la Couronne”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 20

RESOURCE RECOVERY AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY ACT, 2016

The Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016

is amended by adding the following section:

Minister

may require collection of information, etc.

52.1

(1) The

Minister may, by order, require the Authority to collect any of the following

information, records or documents, as specified by the Minister in the order,

from specified persons or classes of persons who are required to carry out

responsibilities under

Part IV, or persons performing activities that relate to

resource recovery or waste reduction in Ontario, and to provide the

information, records or documents to the Minister within a specified period of

time:

1. Contracts,

agreements, offers of service, bills of lading, invoices, remittances or

correspondence related to the carrying out of responsibilities under

Part IV.

2. Financial

information, including costs and fees incurred, charged or proposed, and

revenues generated in relation to the carrying out of responsibilities under

Part IV.

3. Information

about the operation of a waste disposal site or waste management system within

the meaning of

Part V of the Environmental Protection Act ,

including collection, management and promotion and education activities engaged

in as part of carrying out responsibilities under

Part IV.

4. Such

other information, records or documents as the Minister may specify for the

purposes of assessing the effectiveness of this Act and the regulations and

developing and evaluating policy respecting resource recovery and waste

reduction.

Authority

to collect information, etc.

(2) The

Authority shall comply with a Minister’s order.

Legislation

Act, 2006 ,

Part III

(3) Part

III of the Legislation Act, 2006 does not apply to

an order under this section.

Section 53 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Information

etc. confidential

(1.2) Subject

to subsections (1.3) and (1.4), if the Minister requires the Authority to

provide the Minister with any information, records or documents that the

Authority has collected under subsection 52.1 (1), the Minister and any other

person or entity in receipt of the information, records or documents shall

maintain the information, records and documents in confidence, and shall not

disclose them to any person.

Disclosure

for evaluation

(1.3) The

information, records and documents may be disclosed to any person if the

disclosure is necessary for the purposes of assessing the effectiveness of this

Act and the regulations and developing and evaluating policy respecting

resource recovery and waste reduction.

Disclosure

with consent

(1.4) The

information, records and documents may be disclosed to any person if the person

to whom the information, record or document relates has consented to the

disclosure.

Prevails

over FIPPA

(1.5) Subsection

(1.2) prevails over the Freedom of Information and

Protection of Privacy Act .

Section 61 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same,

agreement

(2.1) Without

limiting the generality of paragraph 2 of subsection (2), the prescribed

conditions may include a condition that the person has entered into an

agreement with a person mentioned in subsection (1) or with a person mentioned

in paragraph 1 of subsection (2) in respect of a product or its primary

packaging in a designated class for the purposes of carrying out one or more

responsibilities under this Part.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Requirement

to offer services

69.1 A regulation may

provide that a person who satisfies the condition of having entered into an

agreement described in subsection 61 (2.1) is required to offer to provide the

following services with respect to prescribed material, products or packaging

in a designated class to municipalities or other prescribed entities:

1. Collection

services.

2. Management

services.

3. Implementation

of a promotion and education program.

Subsection 72 (1) of the Act is amended by adding “69.1” after “69”.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Information

etc. to be provided

72.1 A person who is

requested by the Authority to provide information, records or documents under

the authority of a Minister’s order under subsection 52.1 (1) shall comply with

the request within the time and in the manner specified by the Authority.

Subsection 98 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following paragraph:

2.1

Section

72.1.

Section 107 of the Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(b.1) requiring

persons who satisfy the condition of having entered into an agreement described

in subsection 61 (2.1) to provide specified information, including financial

and operational information, within specified time periods, to the parties to

the agreement, the public and the Authority;

(b.2) governing

agreements mentioned in clause (b.1);

(b.3) governing

offers mentioned in

section 69.1, including,

(

i) specifying

circumstances in which offers must be made and time periods within which offers

must be made,

(ii) governing

(iii) prescribing

requirements respecting the services offered;

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on day the Protect Ontario

by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 21

ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM ACT

(1) Subsection 4 (1) of the Royal Ontario

Museum Act is amended by striking out “consisting of twenty-one trustees”

at the end and substituting “consisting of no fewer than 13 and no more than 21

trustees”.

(2) Subsections

4 (3), (3.1) and (3.2) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Appointment

and election

(3) The

remaining trustees shall consist of,

(

a) four

elected by the members of the Museum; and

(

b) not

fewer than seven and not more than 15 appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Term

(3.1) The

trustees elected under clause (3) (

a) shall each hold office for a term of

three years.

Same

(3.2) The

trustees appointed under clause (3) (

b) shall each hold office at pleasure for

a term of up to three years.

(3) Subsection

4 (4) of the Act is repealed.

(4) Subsection

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

Vacancies

(5) Where

a vacancy occurs for any reason among the trustees elected or appointed under

subsection (3),

(

a) the

vacancy shall be filled by a person elected or appointed by the body that elected

or appointed the trustee whose office is vacant; and

(

b) the

body that elected or appointed the trustee under clause (

a) shall determine if

the trustee shall hold office for the remainder of the vacated term or for a

new term in accordance with subsection (3.1) or (3.2), as the case may be.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 22

SUCCESSION LAW REFORM ACT

(1) Subsection 51 (1.1) of the Succession Law

Reform Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Designation

by attorney or guardian

(1.1) If

a participant has designated a person by an instrument referred to in clause

(1) (

a) to receive a benefit payable under a plan on the participant’s death

and if the plan is being converted, renewed, replaced or transferred, the

participant’s attorney under a continuing power of attorney for property or the

participant’s guardian of property may make a designation under subsection (1),

by instrument signed by the attorney or guardian, in order to permit the same

person to be designated under the plan that results from the conversion,

renewal, replacement or transfer.

Same

(1.2) For

greater certainty, nothing in subsection 7 (2) or 31 (1) of the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992 prevents an attorney under

a continuing power of attorney for property or a guardian of property from

making a designation under subsection (1) in the circumstances set out in

subsection (1.1).

(2) Section

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

Electronic

designation

(3) A

designation under clause (1) (

a) or subsection (1.1) may be made electronically

in accordance with the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000 .

Section 53 of the Act is amended by striking out the portion before clause (

a) and substituting the following:

Payment

and enforcement

Where

a person has been designated in accordance with

section 51 to receive a benefit

under a plan on the death of the participant,

. . . .

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 receives Royal Assent.

Bill 46 As Amended by Standing Committee (PDF)

This

reprint of the Bill is marked to indicate the changes that were made in

Committee.

The

changes are indicated by underlines for

new text and a strikethrough for deleted text.

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

SCHEDULE 1

AT YOUR SERVICE ACT, 2022

The

At Your Service Act, 2022 is amended to replace the

reference in subsection 5 (1) of the Act to the Minister of Economic

Development, Job Creation and Trade with a reference to the Minister with

responsibility for the administration of the Act.

SCHEDULE 2

CHILDREN’S LAW REFORM ACT

Part

I of the Children’s Law Reform Act , which sets out

rules of parentage in law, is amended to add a new

section 17.6.1 providing for

the Ontario Court of Justice to order blood, DNA or other tests in a proceeding

over which the Court has jurisdiction. The

section provides that the Court’s jurisdiction

to make a determination of parentage in one of its proceedings is not limited

by anything in the Part, nor is such a determination a declaration of parentage

under the Part.

SCHEDULE 3

CHRISTOPHER’S LAW (SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY), 2000

The

Schedule amends Christopher’s Law (Sex Offender Registry),

2000 with respect to the disclosure of information obtained from the sex

offender registry. The amendments include a provision permitting disclosure to

a prescribed entity for crime prevention or law enforcement purposes. Before

such disclosure occurs, the Ministry is required to enter into an agreement

with the prescribed entity respecting the disclosure of the information.

SCHEDULE 4

CITY OF TORONTO ACT, 2006

The

Schedule amends the City of Toronto Act, 2006 .

Currently,

section 232 requires the city treasurer to publish a copy of the City’s audited

financial statements and related documentation in a newspaper having general

circulation in the City within 60 days after receiving those statements. The

treasurer may also provide copies of that information in such other manner as

the treasurer considers appropriate. The treasurer is also required to provide

a copy of the information to any taxpayer or resident of the City upon request,

at no cost, if the treasurer has instead published a notice in the newspaper

that the information will be made available upon request.

Section

232 is re-enacted so that the city treasurer is no longer required to post the

audited financial statements and related documentation, or a notice of such

information, in a newspaper having general circulation in the City, but is

instead required to post that information on a website of the City within 60

days after receiving those statements.

SCHEDULE 5

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 2002

Currently,

section 47.1 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2002 provides rules regarding

the expiry of rewards points provided under a consumer agreement. The

section

is re-enacted to provide general rules governing consumer agreements under

which rewards points are provided. The Lieutenant Governor in Council is also

authorized to make regulations governing such consumer agreements, and the

regulations may provide that the regulations and re-enacted

section 47.1 apply

to consumer agreements that were entered into before the Protect

Ontario by Cutting Red Tape Act, 2025 received Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 6

CONSUMER REPORTING ACT

Subsection

12 (3) of the Consumer Reporting Act , as that

subsection is re-enacted by the Better for Consumers,

Better for Businesses Act, 2023 , sets out information that a consumer

reporting agency is required to disclose to a consumer who requests their

consumer report or consumer report and consumer score. This includes information

about persons who have accessed the consumer reporting agency’s file pertaining

to the consumer or who have received a consumer report from the agency

pertaining to the consumer. That subsection is amended to eliminate the

person’s email address from the information required to be disclosed.

SCHEDULE 7

COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT

The

Schedule amends subsection 21 (2) of the Courts of Justice

Act in respect of matters that may be heard and determined by a single

judge of the Divisional Court, as opposed to a panel of three. As well,

subsection 68.1 (4) of the Act, a conflict provision respecting the concurrent

court rule-making authorities of the Attorney General on the one hand and the

Civil Rules Committee and the Family Rules Committee on the other, is repealed.

SCHEDULE 8

CROWN FOREST SUSTAINABILITY ACT, 1994

The

Schedule amends

Part III.1 of the Crown Forest

Sustainability Act, 1994 , which deals with the removal of forest

resources that are in a Crown forest for the purpose of allowing an activity other

than a forest operation to be carried out on the land that requires the forest

resources to be removed. Such removal is not subject to a requirement to

provide for the sustainability of the Crown forest, but must be done in

accordance with a permit issued under the Part. The

Part is amended to provide

that circumstances may be set out in regulations made under the Act that would

authorize such removal of forest resources without a permit, in accordance with

the regulations (“authorizing regulations”).

Section 69 is amended to give

related regulation-making authority to the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Complementary

amendments are also made in relation to various provisions in order to

incorporate authorizing regulations and the actions they authorize into the

Act, including,

(

a) section

41.2 (limitations on remedies);

(

b) section

57 (compliance order, etc.);

(

c) section

63 (lien for Crown charges);

(

d) section

64 (offences).

well, the definition of “Minister” in

section 1 is updated.

SCHEDULE 9

ESCHEATS ACT, 2015

The Escheats Act, 2015

is amended to add a new

section to provide, for greater certainty, that a

particular agreement described in the

section is valid and effective.

SCHEDULE 10

FIXING LONG-TERM CARE ACT, 2021

The

Schedule re-enacts

section 180 of the Fixing Long-Term

Care Act, 2021 . The

section currently requires the Director to publish

specified reports, orders and other information. The re-enacted provision

continues this requirement and specifies the minimum time period for which the

publication must be made available to the public.

SCHEDULE 11

FUNERAL, BURIAL AND CREMATION SERVICES ACT, 2002

The

Schedule amends the Funeral, Burial and Cremation Services

Act, 2002 . Here are some highlights:

1. A

new

section 3.1.1 is added to prohibit an operator from providing a prescribed

licensed supply or service in respect of human remains unless the operator has

received authorization to do so from the person or entity who has such

authority in respect of the human remains as determined in accordance with the

regulations. An application may be made to the Superior Court of Justice for an

order determining the person or entity who has the authority in respect of the

human remains. An amendment is made to subsection 113 (1) to authorize

regulations concerning the application of

section 3.1.1.

2. Currently,

subsection 88 (1) provides that a cemetery owner may apply to the registrar for

an order to close a cemetery. An amendment is made to provide that an

application must be made in accordance with the regulations. Corresponding

authority to make regulations is added to subsection 113 (2). An amendment is

also made to subsection 88 (3), which sets out exceptions to certain notice

requirements.

3. Various

amendments are made regarding the appointment of directors and registrars to

address the sharing of responsibility for the administration of the Act between

administrative authorities and the Minister.

4. Amendments

are made regarding complaints, inspections and investigations.

5. A

new Part providing for the imposition of administrative penalties is added to

the Act.

6. Provisions

providing for compliance orders as an enforcement mechanism are added to the

Act.

7. Various

amendments are made to the French version of the Act, including amendments to

replace the term “crématoire” with “crématorium”.

8. Various

other technical amendments are made.

SCHEDULE 12

HEALING ARTS RADIATION PROTECTION ACT

The

Schedule amends the Healing Arts Radiation Protection Act .

Section

4 of the Act is amended to require X-ray owner applicants to include their

current email address and any information prescribed by the regulations in an

application under that section. A related regulation-making power is set out.

Section

27 of the Act is amended to provide for service of certain documents to be

delivered by electronic means or by other methods that may be prescribed under

the regulations.

SCHEDULE 13

IGAMING ONTARIO ACT, 2024

The

Schedule amends the iGaming Ontario Act, 2024 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 .

SCHEDULE 14