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Bill 228, Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario's Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021

Miller, Norman

Royal Assent received. Statutes of Ontario 2021,

chapter 16

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Bill 228 Royal Assent (PDF)

Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario’s Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a

reader’s aid to Bill 228 and does not form part of the law.

Bill 228 has been enacted as

Chapter 16 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2021.

The Bill requires persons who sell, offer to sell or construct

floating docks, floating platforms or buoys to ensure that any expanded or

extruded polystyrene in the dock, platform or buoy is fully encapsulated.

Bill 228 2021

An Act to prohibit unencapsulated expanded or extruded polystyrene

in floating docks, floating platforms and buoys

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Sale of foam docks etc.

1 A person who sells or offers to sell a floating dock, floating

platform or buoy shall ensure that any expanded or extruded polystyrene in the dock,

platform or buoy is fully encapsulated.

Construction of foam docks etc.

2 A person who constructs or reconstructs a floating dock,

floating platform or buoy shall ensure that any expanded or extruded polystyrene

in the dock, platform or buoy is fully encapsulated.

Commencement

3 This Act comes into force on the second anniversary of the day

it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4 The

short title of this Act is the Keeping

Polystyrene Out of Ontario’s Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021 .

Bill 228 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

The

Bill requires persons who sell, offer to sell or construct floating docks,

floating platforms or buoys to ensure that any expanded or extruded polystyrene

in the dock, platform or buoy is fully encapsulated.

Bill 228 2021

Act to prohibit unencapsulated expanded or extruded polystyrene in floating

docks, floating platforms and buoys

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Sale

of foam docks etc.

person who sells or offers to sell a floating dock, floating platform or buoy shall

ensure that any expanded or extruded polystyrene in the dock, platform or buoy

is fully encapsulated.

Construction

of foam docks etc.

person who constructs or

reconstructs a floating dock, floating platform or buoy shall

ensure that any expanded or extruded polystyrene in the dock, platform or buoy

is fully encapsulated.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the second anniversary of the day it receives

Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Keeping Polystyrene Out

of Ontario’s Lakes and Rivers Act, 2021 .

Bill 228 Original (PDF)

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill requires persons who sell, offer to sell or construct floating docks,

floating platforms or buoys to ensure that any expanded or extruded polystyrene

in the dock, platform or buoy is fully encapsulated.

Bill 228 2020

Act to prohibit unencapsulated expanded or extruded polystyrene in floating

docks, floating platforms and buoys

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Sale

of foam docks etc.

person who sells or offers to sell a floating dock, floating platform or buoy shall

ensure that any expanded or extruded polystyrene in the dock, platform or buoy

is fully encapsulated.

Construction

of foam docks etc.

person who constructs a floating dock, floating platform or buoy shall ensure

that any expanded or extruded polystyrene in the dock, platform or buoy is

fully encapsulated.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the second anniversary of the day it receives

Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Keeping Polystyrene Out

of Ontario’s Lakes and Rivers Act, 2020 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

May 20, 2021

Royal Assent

Royal Assent received

May 13, 2021

Third Reading

Vote

Carried

May 13, 2021

Third Reading

Debated

March 24, 2021

Second Reading

Ordered for Third Reading

March 24, 2021

Second Reading

Reported as amended

March 24, 2021

Second Reading

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

March 22, 2021

Second Reading

Consideration of a Bill

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

February 23, 2021

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

February 23, 2021

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

February 23, 2021

Second Reading

Debated

November 5, 2020

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 5, 2020

Committee

Second Reading

February 23, 2021

Mr. Norman Miller, Mme France Gélinas, Mme Lucille Collard, Ms. Goldie Ghamari, Mr. Chris Glover, Mr. Mike Schreiner, Mr. Dave Smith, Ms. Bhutila Karpoche, Ms. Andrea Khanjin

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

March 22, 2021

March 24, 2021

March 24, 2021

Reported to the House as amended. Ordered for third reading.

Third Reading

May 13, 2021

Mr. Norman Miller, Mr. John Vanthof, Hon. Bill Walker, Mr. Mike Schreiner, Ms. Andrea Khanjin, Mr. Sam Oosterhoff, Mr. Dave Smith

Declared carried.

Royal Assent

Thursday, May 20, 2021

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