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Bill 109, Hands Off the Greenbelt Act, 2023

Schreiner, Mike

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Greenbelt Act, 2005 to restrict the

Minister and the Lieutenant Governor in Council from removing land from the

Greenbelt Area, removing land from the application of the Greenbelt Plan and

removing a designation of land as Protected Countryside. These new restrictions

apply retroactively as of December 13, 2022.

Bill 109 2023

Act to amend the Greenbelt Act, 2005 to impose limitations on the exercise of

powers conferred by the Act

His

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Greenbelt Act, 2005 is amended by adding the

following section:

General

limitation

1.1

(1) Neither

the Minister nor the Lieutenant Governor in Council may do anything under this

Act, including making a regulation, that would have the effect of doing any of

the following:

1. Removing

any land from the Greenbelt Area.

2. Removing

any land from the application of the Greenbelt Plan.

3. Removing

the designation of any land as Protected Countryside.

Effect

of contravention

(2) Anything

done in contravention of subsection (1), including making or filing a

regulation that contravenes that subsection or amending the Greenbelt Plan in a

way that contravenes that subsection, is deemed never to have been done.

Same

(3) For

greater certainty, Ontario Regulation 567/22 made under this Act, amending

Ontario Regulation 59/05 (Designation of Greenbelt Area) made under this Act,

is deemed never to have been made or filed.

The following provisions of the Act are repealed:

1. Subsection

2 (4).

2. Subsection

12 (2).

3. Subsection

13 (7).

Commencement

This Act is deemed to have come into force on December 13, 2022.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Hands Off the Greenbelt

Act, 2023 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

May 17, 2023

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

May 17, 2023

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

May 17, 2023

Carried