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Bill 157, Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024

Downey, Hon. Doug Attorney General

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

This

Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s aid to Bill 157 and does not form

part of the law.

Bill 157 has been enacted as

Chapter 2 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2024.

SCHEDULE 1

ARCHITECTS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Architects Act to establish a

limited licence to engage in the practice of architecture. Conditions of a

limited licence would be set out by regulations made under the Act.

Consequential amendments are made throughout the Act, and to two other Acts, to

reflect the addition of limited licences. These include the addition of an

offence respecting the use of the title “Licensed Technologist” by a person who

is not the holder of a limited licence or certificate of practice.

number of housekeeping amendments are also made to the Act.

SCHEDULE 2

CANNABIS CONTROL ACT, 2017

The

Schedule amends the Cannabis Control Act, 2017 .

The

Act is amended to prohibit the cultivation, propagation or harvesting of

cannabis in dwellings in which child care, as defined in the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 , is provided. An

exception is provided for in-home services.

Currently,

section 26 of the Act authorizes the Minister to enter into arrangements and

agreements with a council of the band with respect to certain cannabis

regulation issues on a reserve. Subsection 26 (3) is re-enacted to authorize

the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations to implement the

arrangement or agreement. These regulations may modify or clarify the

application of the Act, establish requirements that apply on a reserve and

incorporate rules established by the council of the band. These regulations are

subject to certain limits related to

section 69 of the Cannabis

Act (Canada).

SCHEDULE 3

CANNABIS LICENCE ACT, 2018

The

Schedule amends the Cannabis Licence Act, 2018 .

Currently,

section 44 of the Act authorizes the Minister to enter into arrangements and

agreements with a council of the band with respect to certain cannabis

regulation issues on a reserve. Subsection 44 (1) is re-enacted to state that

it applies to arrangements or agreements with respect to the sale of cannabis

on a reserve. New subsection 44 (3) is added to authorize the Lieutenant

Governor in Council to make regulations to implement the arrangement or

agreement. These regulations may modify or clarify the application of the Act,

establish requirements that apply on a reserve and incorporate rules

established by the council of the band.

SCHEDULE 4

COMMUNITY SAFETY AND POLICING ACT, 2019

The

Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 is amended

to change the French version of the term “special constable” from “agent

spécial” to “constable spécial”. Related amendments are made to several other

Acts.

Section

207 of the Act is amended to provide that certain disciplinary measures shall

be expunged from a police officer’s employment record two years after they were

imposed, instead of five years. The

section is amended to only allow the

extension of the retention period for disciplinary measures described in

paragraph 1 or 3 of subsection 200 (1). Applications to the Commission Chair

under that

section must be made within the prescribed period. The Commission

Chair is required to appoint an adjudicator within 30 days after the

application is received, except in exceptional circumstances.

Section 220 of the Act is amended to repeal

paragraph 5 of subsection 220 (1), which would apply the restriction in

subsection 220 (2) to persons employed in a confidential capacity in relation

to labour relations. The restriction in subsection 220 (2) is amended to apply

only to positions that would likely give rise to a conflict of interest in

engaging in or assisting with collective bargaining.

Section

262 of the Act, which sets out a consultation process for certain regulations,

is repealed.

SCHEDULE 5

CORONERS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Coroners Act .

Currently,

subsection 10 (5) of the Act requires that an inquest be performed whenever a

worker dies as a result of an accident occurring in the course of the worker’s

employment at or in a mining plant, mine or construction project. This

subsection is replaced with new requirements requiring notification of a

coroner when a person in charge has reason to believe a worker died in the

course of their employment at those sites. Inquests are mandatory for deaths at

or in mining plants or mines. In the case of deaths at or in construction

projects, the coroner shall investigate the circumstances of the death and

determine whether an inquest ought to be held. A procedure for requesting an

inquest in the case of a death at or in a construction project is set out.

New

section 10.2 requires an annual review of all worker deaths in the previous

calendar year resulting from an accident occurring in the course of the

worker’s employment at or in a construction project. This includes a review of

each of the deaths that occurred, a systemic examination of all such deaths and

the development of recommendations to prevent further deaths. The Chief Coroner

may assign the review of deaths to multiple coroners and may assign them at

different times of the year. The Chief Coroner may also personally conduct a

review. The Chief Coroner shall publish the reports from these reviews on a

website of the Government of Ontario in accordance with the regulations.

SCHEDULE 6

COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT

The

Schedule amends the Courts of Justice Act .

Clause

43 (9) (

a) of the Act is amended so that the Judicial Appointments Advisory

Committee is no longer required to include statistics on the cultural identity

of candidates for appointment as provincial judges in its annual report.

Subsection

65 (2) of the Act is amended to change the composition of the Civil Rules

Committee by removing the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice or

their designate as a member and adding one associate judge appointed by the Chief

Justice of the Superior Court of Justice. Consequential amendments are made to

section 65.

Sections

65 and 67 of the Act are amended to add a new confidentiality obligation in

relation to information or records held by the Ministry of the Attorney General

that relate to the business of the Civil Rules Committee and the Family Rules

Committee.

new

section 83 is added for the purposes of subsection 41 (1) of the Judges Act (Canada) to provide express authority for

judges to attend meetings, conferences or seminars held for a purpose relating

to the administration of justice.

Section

123 of the Act is amended to provide continuing jurisdiction for judges of the Ontario

Court of Justice who are appointed to another court while presiding over

certain hearings under the Child, Youth and Family

Services Act, 2017 , so that the hearings can be completed before the

same judge despite the appointment.

Section

140 of the Act is amended to allow judges of both the Superior Court of Justice

and the Court of Appeal to make orders related to vexatious proceedings. These

orders may be made on the judge’s own initiative or on motion or application by

any person. The rules for appeals and reviews of these orders are set out.

SCHEDULE 7

EVIDENCE ACT

The

Evidence Act is amended by adding a new

section

that provides that the sharing of information between public sector bodies on a

confidential basis does not affect or constitute a waiver of any privilege that

applies with respect to the information.

SCHEDULE 8

EXECUTION ACT

The

Execution Act is amended with respect to the

electronic database maintained by the sheriff as the index of writs of

execution. The amendments include the imposition of additional requirements on

the sheriff with respect to maintenance of the index. For example, the sheriff

is required to update the names of execution debtors as directed by the court.

The

Act is also amended to provide that where a question arises in relation to the

measures to be taken by a sheriff or any person assisting the sheriff in

carrying out a writ of possession, the sheriff or any interested person may

apply to a judge of the Superior Court of Justice for directions.

SCHEDULE 9

FAMILY LAW ACT

The

Schedule amends the Family Law Act to provide

express authority for the regulations establishing child support guidelines

under the Act to do so by incorporating by reference the Federal Child Support

Guidelines made under the Divorce Act (Canada).

SCHEDULE 10

FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION ACT, 1997

The

Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 is amended

to add a new

section respecting administrative penalties. This new

section

authorizes prescribed authorized persons to make orders imposing administrative

penalties on persons who have contravened prescribed provisions of the Act or

the regulations. The new

section also sets out a process for applying for

review of these penalties, and various enforcement provisions.

The

Lieutenant Governor in Council is given related regulation-making authorities.

SCHEDULE 11

JURIES ACT

The

Schedule amends the Juries Act .

Subsection

5 (2) of the Act provides that the local sheriff is required to determine the

number of persons in a jury area who need to be mailed a jury questionnaire or

instructions on how to access one.

Section 5 of the Act is amended to provide

that the determination is to be made by the Jury Sheriff instead, but that the

local sheriff may make recommendations to the Jury Sheriff respecting the

determination.

Section

17 of the Act is amended to provide that the period by which a jury summons

notice must be provided to a person does not apply if the Jury Sheriff

determines that it is impossible or unreasonably difficult to comply with the

timing requirement.

SCHEDULE 12

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT

Clause

2.1 (13) (

a) of the Justices of the Peace Act is

amended so that the Justices of the Peace Appointments Advisory Committee is no

longer required to include statistics on the cultural identity of candidates

for appointment as justices of the peace in its annual report.

SCHEDULE 13

LAND TITLES ACT

The

Land Titles Act is amended to remove obligations

currently imposed under the Act on a sheriff to whom a writ of execution, a

renewal of a writ of execution or a certificate of lien under the Bail Act is directed. A consequential amendment to the Bail Act is also made.

SCHEDULE 14

LAW SOCIETY ACT

Subsection

51 (6) of the Law Society Act is re-enacted to

provide that a person who has suffered a loss from

an act of dishonesty on the

part of a licensee and who wishes to receive a grant from the Compensation Fund

must provide notice in writing of their loss to the Law Society within two

years.

SCHEDULE 15

LEGISLATION ACT, 2006

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Legislation Act,

2006 .

The

commencement provisions of Acts may provide for provisions to come into force

on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor. These

proclamations are issued pursuant to an order made by the Lieutenant Governor

in Council.

Currently,

the Act sets out rules that apply to these proclamations. The

Schedule

recreates and adapts these rules to provide for the Lieutenant Governor in

Council making orders that name a day on which provisions of

an Act come into

force, without any need for an associated proclamation. These orders must be

published on the e-Laws website promptly after they are made.

new transition

section allows these orders to be made for any provisions of an

Act that are to come into force on a day to be named by proclamation. The

section also provides for the continued validity of certain proclamations.

The

Schedule also amends the Act respecting the commencement of regulations made

under Acts. A deemed commencement rule is added to

section 23 for regulations,

corresponding with subsection 8 (2) for Acts. As well, a new

section 23.1 is

added to permit powers conferred by a regulation to be exercised before the

regulation comes into force (but without effect for the most part). The new

section corresponds with

section 10 for Acts.

Clause

51 (1) (

c) of the Act provides for an interpretive presumption that the repeal

of

an Act or revocation of a regulation does not affect an offence committed

against the Act or regulation before its repeal or revocation, or any related

penalty, forfeiture or punishment. The clause is re-enacted so that it applies

with respect to any contraventions of

an Act or regulation in addition to

offences.

Finally,

the

Schedule makes various housekeeping amendments to the Act, including

replacing descriptions of a date with the actual date and repealing a spent

provision.

SCHEDULE 16

PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT

The

Schedule amends sections 5 and 5.1 of the Provincial

Offences Act with respect to how a defendant who is served with an

offence notice may give notice of an intention to appear in court for the

purpose of entering a plea and having a trial (section 5) or request a meeting with

the prosecutor to discuss the resolution of the offence (section 5.1).

SCHEDULE 17

PUBLIC OFFICERS ACT

The

Schedule repeals obsolete provisions of the Public

Officers Act and of Acts that refer to the Public

Officers Act .

SCHEDULE 18

VICTIMS’ BILL OF RIGHTS, 1995

Section

3 of the Victims’ Bill of Rights, 1995 establishes

a cause of action permitting victims of crimes that are prescribed by the

regulations to sue for emotional distress and related bodily harm arising from

those crimes. Subsection 3 (2) of the Act is amended to add to the list of

victims who are presumed to have suffered emotional distress.

Several

amendments are made to the French version of the Act to update terminology.

SCHEDULE 19

REFERENCES TO THE CROWN

The

Schedule amends various Acts respecting references to the Crown. In addition to

making a number of amendments directly, the

Schedule amends the Legislation Act, 2006 to add a new change power

permitting non-substantive changes to be made to Ontario Acts and regulations,

without the need for amendment, in order to reflect a change of reigning

sovereign or to otherwise change the terminology used to refer to the Crown in

accordance with Ontario drafting practices.

The

Schedule makes other related changes, including,

(

a) amending

the Ministry of Government Services Act to change

the name of the government printer from the Queen’s Printer for Ontario to the

King’s Printer for Ontario, and making the necessary consequential amendments

to other Acts; and

(

b) amending

the Barristers Act to change the title of Queen’s

Counsel to King’s Counsel.

Bill 157 2024

Act to amend various Acts in relation to the courts and other justice matters

CONTENTS

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Architects

Act

Schedule 2

Cannabis

Control Act, 2017

Schedule 3

Cannabis

Licence Act, 2018

Schedule 4

Community

Safety and Policing Act, 2019

Schedule 5

Coroners

Act

Schedule 6

Courts

of Justice Act

Schedule 7

Evidence

Act

Schedule 8

Execution

Act

Schedule 9

Family

Law Act

Schedule 10

Fire

Protection and Prevention Act, 1997

Schedule 11

Juries

Act

Schedule 12

Justices

of the Peace Act

Schedule 13

Land

Titles Act

Schedule 14

Law

Society Act

Schedule 15

Legislation

Act, 2006

Schedule 16

Provincial

Offences Act

Schedule 17

Public

Officers Act

Schedule 18

Victims’

Bill of Rights, 1995

Schedule 19

References

to the Crown

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 provisions are to come into force on a

day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, a proclamation may

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

different times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 .

SCHEDULE 1

ARCHITECTS ACT

(1) Section 1 of the Architects Act is

amended by adding the following definition:

“limited

licence” means a limited licence to engage in the practice of architecture

issued under this Act; (“permis restreint”)

(2) The

definition of “Minister” in

section 1 of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

“Minister”

means the Attorney General or such other member of the Executive Council to

whom responsibility for the administration of this Act may be assigned or

transferred under the Executive Council Act ; (“ministre”)

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

person licensed by the Association” at the beginning and substituting “Every

holder of a licence or limited licence”.

(2) Subsection

5 (2) of the Act is amended by adding “or limited licence” after “licence”.

(1) Paragraph 9 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

9. respecting

any matter ancillary to the provisions of this Act with regard to the issuing,

suspension and revocation of licences, limited licences, certificates of

practice and temporary licences, and the requirements and qualifications for

any of them, including but not limited to regulations,

i. respecting

the scope, standards and conduct of any examination set or approved by the

Council as a requirement for a licence or limited licence,

ii. respecting

the curricula and standards of professional training programs and courses of

study offered by the Council,

iii. respecting

the academic, experience and other requirements for admission into professional

training programs and courses of study,

iv. respecting

the academic and experience requirements for the issuance of a licence or

limited licence, and

v. establishing

classes of licence and limited licence;

(2) Paragraphs

10 and 11 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

10. prescribing

and temporary licences;

(3) Paragraph

13 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and prescribing

and requiring the use of forms of such returns” at the end and substituting

“and governing the requirements”.

(4) Paragraph

15 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and prescribing

and requiring the use of forms of such returns” at the end and substituting

“and governing the requirements”.

(5) Paragraph

30 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

30. governing

the continuing education of members of the Association, including,

i. providing

for the development or approval of continuing education programs,

ii. requiring

members to successfully complete or participate in such programs, and

iii. providing

for sanctions for non-compliance, including suspension or cancellation of a

member’s licence or limited licence until the member is in compliance, or the

imposition of additional requirements in order to be considered to be in

compliance;

(6) Paragraph

33 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “licences,

certificates of practice” and substituting “licences, limited licences,

certificates of practice”.

Paragraph 23 of subsection 8 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out

“licensing” and substituting “licences, limited licences”.

Clause 11 (1) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking out “is licensed” and

substituting “is the holder of a licence or limited licence”.

(1) Clause 13 (1) (

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

exempted therefrom by the Council” and substituting “subject to any exemption

by the Council”.

(2) Clause

13 (1) (

e) of the Act is amended by striking out “or is exempted therefrom by

the Council” at the end and substituting “subject to any exemption by the Council”.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Limited

licence

13.1

(1) The

Registrar shall issue a limited licence to a natural person who applies in

accordance with the regulations and,

(

a) is

of good character;

(

b) is

not less than 18 years of age;

(

c) is

a citizen of Canada or has the status of a permanent resident of Canada or is a

member of an organization of architects that is recognized by the Council and

that has objects, standards of practice and requirements for membership similar

to those of the Association;

(

d) has

complied with the academic and experience requirements specified in the

regulations for the issuance of a limited licence, subject to any exemption by

the Council; and

(

e) has

passed such examinations and completed such courses of study as the Council may

set or approve in accordance with the regulations, subject to any exemption by

the Council.

Grounds

for refusal to issue limited licence

(2) The

Registrar may refuse to issue a limited licence to an applicant if the

Registrar is of the opinion, on reasonable and probable grounds, that the past

conduct of the applicant affords grounds for belief that the applicant will not

engage in the practice of architecture in accordance with the law and with

honesty and integrity.

Referral

to committees

(3) Subsections

13 (3) to (6) (which relate to the Academic Requirements Committee and the

Experience Requirements Committee) apply with necessary modifications in

respect of an applicant for a limited licence.

Conditions

(4) Every

limited licence is subject to the conditions prescribed by the regulations.

Section 19 of the Act is amended by striking out “a licence or a certificate of

practice” and substituting “a licence, limited licence or certificate of

practice”.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Certificates

of practice and limited licence holders

22.1 It is a condition of

every certificate of practice that is held by a limited licence holder, or

under which a limited licence holder personally supervises and directs the

practice of architecture, that the certificate is subject to the same terms,

conditions and limitations to which the limited licence is subject.

(1) Clauses 25 (2) (

a) and (

b) of the Act are amended by striking

out “the licence or the temporary licence” wherever it appears and substituting

in each case “the licence, the limited licence or the temporary licence”.

(2) The

definition of “applicant” in subsection 25 (17) of the Act is amended by adding

“or limited licence” after “issuance of a licence”.

Subsection 27 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “every person who is

licensed under this Act” and substituting “every member of the Association”.

(1) Clause 34 (3) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking out “the

responsibilities of an architect” and substituting “the member’s or holder’s

responsibilities under this Act”.

(2) Clauses

34 (4) (

a) and (

b) of the Act are amended by striking out “the licence of the

member” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “the licence or

limited licence of the member”.

Subsection 37 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “ Arbitrations

Act ” and substituting “ Arbitration Act, 1991 ”.

(1) Subsection 42 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “or

whose membership has been cancelled for cause under a predecessor of this Act”.

(2) Subsection

42 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “or whose membership has been

suspended for cause under a predecessor of this Act”.

(3) Subsection

42 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out “or that a suspension or

cancellation for cause under a predecessor of this Act be removed”.

(1) Section 46 of the Act is amended by adding the following

subsection:

Same

(2.1) Every

person who is not a holder of a limited licence or certificate of practice and

who,

(

a) uses

the title “Licensed Technologist” or “technologue agréé” as an occupational

designation;

(

b) uses,

(

i) an

addition to or an abbreviation of the title “Licensed Technologist” or “technologue

agréé”,

(ii) an

occupational designation, or

(iii) a

term, title, addition or description,

that

will lead to the belief that the person may engage in the practice of

architecture; or

(

c) uses

a seal that will lead to the belief that the person is a licensed technologist,

guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable for the first offence to a

fine of not more than $10,000 and for each subsequent offence to a fine of not

more than $25,000.

(2) Subsections

46 (5), (6) and (7) of the Act are amended by striking out “(2), (3)” wherever

it appears and substituting in each case “(2), (2.1), (3)”.

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

Onus

of proof

If the

holding of a licence, limited licence, certificate of practice or temporary

licence, or acting under and in accordance with a certificate of practice, is

required to permit the lawful doing of any act or thing, and in any prosecution

it is proven that the defendant has done the act or thing, the burden of

proving that the defendant held the licence, limited licence, certificate of

practice or temporary licence or acted in accordance with a certificate of

practice rests on the defendant.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Forms

50.1 The Registrar may

approve forms for the purposes of this Act and require their use.

The Act is amended by striking out “licence, certificate of practice” and “a

licence, a certificate of practice” wherever they appear and substituting in

each case “licence, limited licence, certificate of practice” and “a licence, a

limited licence, a certificate of practice” respectively, except in subsection

46 (2).

Inspection Act, 2017

Section 2 of the Home Inspection Act, 2017 is

amended by striking out “a holder of a licence or certificate of practice” and

substituting “a holder of a licence, limited licence or certificate of

practice”.

Professional

Engineers Act

person who is licensed or who holds a certificate of practice” and substituting

“a person who holds a licence, certificate of practice”.

Commencement

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

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Enhancing Access to

Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Subsection

1 (1),

section 2, subsections 3 (1), (2), (5) and (6), sections 4, 5, 7 to 12,

15, 16, 18 and 20 come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the

Lieutenant Governor.

(3) Section

19 comes into force on the later of the day

section 2 of

Schedule 1 ( Home Inspection Act, 2017 ) to the Putting

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

comes into force and the day subsection 1 (1) of this

Schedule comes into

force.

SCHEDULE 2

CANNABIS CONTROL ACT, 2017

The Cannabis Control Act, 2017 is amended by adding

the following section:

Child

care settings

13.1

(1) No

person shall cultivate, propagate or harvest cannabis in a dwelling in which

child care, as defined in the Child Care and Early Years

Act, 2014 , is provided.

Exception,

in-home services

(2) Subsection

(1) does not apply to in-home services as defined in the Child

Care and Early Years Act, 2014 .

(1) Subsection 23 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “(2) to

(7)” in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “(2) to (9)”.

(2) Section

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

Penalty:

cultivation, propagation or harvesting in child care setting

(9) A

person who is convicted of contravening

section 13.1 is liable,

(

a) on

a first conviction in respect of that section, to a fine of not more than

$1,000; and

(

b) on

a subsequent conviction in respect of that section, to a fine of not more than

$5,000.

Subsection 26 (3) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Agreement

implementation

(3) To

implement an arrangement or agreement entered into under subsection (1), the

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) modifying

or clarifying the application of a provision of this Act or the regulations to

a person, place or thing, subject to any conditions or limitations;

(

b) establishing

requirements that apply to the sale, distribution, purchase, possession,

consumption, cultivation, propagation or harvesting of cannabis on a reserve,

subject to any conditions or limitations;

(

c) specifying

that rules established by the council of the band apply to the sale,

distribution, purchase, possession, consumption, cultivation, propagation or

harvesting of cannabis on a reserve, subject to any conditions or limitations.

Requirements

for authorization, s. 69 of Cannabis Act (Canada)

(4) If

a regulation under subsection (3) authorizes the sale of cannabis by a person

other than an authorized cannabis retailer, the arrangement or agreement is

subject to the following requirements:

1. The

only cannabis that may be sold or distributed under the arrangement or

agreement is cannabis that has been produced by a person or entity that is

authorized under the Cannabis Act (Canada) to

produce cannabis for commercial purposes.

2. The

arrangement or agreement must not allow for the sale or distribution of

cannabis to an individual under 18 years of age.

3. The

arrangement or agreement must require the keeping of appropriate records

respecting the activities of persons authorized to sell cannabis.

4. The

arrangement or agreement must require the taking of adequate measures to reduce

the risk of cannabis being diverted to an illicit market or activity.

Access

to rules established by the council of the band

(5) A

regulation made under clause (3) (

c) that provides that rules established by

the council of the band apply on a reserve shall either contain the rules or

incorporate them by reference.

Definitions

(6) In

this section,

“council

of the band” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Indian Act (Canada); (“conseil de bande”)

“Indian”

has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Indian

Act (Canada); (“Indien”)

“reserve”

means a reserve as defined in subsection 2 (1) of the Indian

Act (Canada) or an Indian settlement located on Crown land, the Indian

inhabitants of which are treated by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada in

the same manner as Indians residing on a reserve. (“réserve”)

Commencement

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

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Enhancing Access to

Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Sections

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

Governor.

SCHEDULE 3

CANNABIS LICENCE ACT, 2018

(1) Subsection 44 (1) of the Cannabis Licence

Act, 2018 is repealed and the following substituted:

Agreement

with council of the band

(1) Subject

to subsection (2) and to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council,

the Minister may, on behalf of the Crown, enter into arrangements and

agreements with a council of the band with respect to the sale of cannabis on a

reserve, including the licensing, authorization and regulation of retail stores,

or the enforcement of this Act and the regulations on a reserve.

(2) Section

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

Agreement

implementation

(3) To

implement an arrangement or agreement entered into under subsection (1), the

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(

a) modifying

or clarifying the application of a provision of this Act or the regulations to

a person, place or thing, subject to any conditions or limitations;

(

b) establishing

requirements that apply to the sale of cannabis on a reserve, subject to any

conditions or limitations;

(

c) specifying

that rules established by the council of the band apply to the sale of cannabis

on a reserve, subject to any conditions or limitations.

Access

to rules established by the council of the band

(4) A

regulation made under clause (3) (

c) that provides that rules established by

the council of the band apply on a reserve shall either contain the rules or

incorporate them by reference.

Clause 49 (1) (

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

(

s) exempting

any person, place or thing from this Act or the regulations or any provision of

this Act or the regulations or providing that this Act or the regulations or

any provision of this Act or the regulations does not apply in respect of any

person, place, thing or circumstance, and prescribing conditions or

restrictions for the exemption or non-application.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 4

COMMUNITY SAFETY AND POLICING ACT, 2019

1 The French version of the definition of “special

constable” in subsection 2 (1) of the Community Safety and

Policing Act, 2019 is repealed.

The French version of subsection 2 (1) of the Act is amended by adding the

following definition:

«constable

spécial» Personne nommée à

titre de constable spécial en vertu de l’article 92.

(«special constable»)

The French version of the Act is amended by striking out,

(a) “à

l’agent spécial” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “au

constable spécial”;

(b) “d’agent

spécial” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “de constable

spécial”;

(c) “de

l’agent spécial” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “du

constable spécial”;

(d) “l’agent

spécial” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “le constable

spécial”;

(e) “agent

spécial” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “constable spécial”;

(f) “d’agents

spéciaux” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “de constables

spéciaux”; and

(g) “agents

spéciaux” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “constables

spéciaux”.

4 Subsections 207 (1) to (4) of the Act are

repealed and the following substituted:

Expunging

of record

(1) A

chief of police shall expunge an entry made in a police officer’s employment

record respecting a disciplinary measure two years after the day the

disciplinary measure was imposed if,

(

a) the

disciplinary measure is described in paragraph 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of subsection

200 (1); and

(

b) no

other entries relating to disciplinary measures were entered into the officer’s

employment record in the two years following that day.

Same

(2) A

chief of police shall expunge an entry made in a police officer’s employment

record respecting a disciplinary measure five years after the day the

disciplinary measure was imposed if,

(

a) the

disciplinary measure is described in paragraph 1 of subsection 200 (1); and

(

b) no

other entries relating to disciplinary measures were entered into the officer’s

employment record in the five years following that day.

Extension

(3) Despite

subsections (1) and (2), a record of a disciplinary measure that is described

in paragraph 1 or 3 of subsection 200 (1) may be retained in a police officer’s

employment record for longer than two years or five years, as applicable, if,

(

a) the

officer consents to the extension; or

(

b) the

adjudicator orders that the period be extended after conducting a hearing under

this section.

Hearing

(4) A

chief of police may apply to the Commission Chair to appoint an adjudicator to

hold a hearing for the purpose of determining whether a record described in

subsection (3) should be retained for longer than two years or five years, as

applicable, as a result of extenuating circumstances.

Application

timing

(4.1) An

application under subsection (4) must be made within the prescribed period, if

such a period has been prescribed.

Appointment

of adjudicator

(4.2) The

Commission Chair shall appoint an adjudicator within 30 days after the day the

application was received, except in exceptional circumstances.

(1) Paragraph 5 of subsection 220 (1) of the Act is repealed.

(2) Subsection

220 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “conflict of interest in respect

of labour relations matters” at the end and substituting “conflict of interest

in engaging in or assisting with collective bargaining”.

Section 262 of the Act is repealed.

Coroners

Act

(1) The French version of the

definitions of ““auxiliary member”,

“First Nation Officer”, “police service” and “special constable”” in subsection

1 (1) of the Coroners Act are repealed.

(2) The

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

following

definitions:

«agent

de Première Nation», «constable spécial», «membre auxiliaire» et «service de

police» S’entendent au sens de la Loi de 2019 sur la

sécurité communautaire et les services policiers . («First Nation Officer»,

«special constable», «auxiliary member», «police service»)

(3) The

French version of subsection 10 (4.6.1) of the Act is amended by striking out,

(a) “agent

spécial” in the portion before clause (

a) and substituting “constable spécial”;

and

(b) “l’agent

spécial” in clause (

a) and substituting “le constable spécial”.

(4) The

French version of clause 10 (4.6.2) (

c) of the Act is amended by striking out

“agent spécial” and substituting “constable spécial”.

Dog

Owners’ Liability Act

The French version of paragraph 1 of

section 12 of the Dog

Owners’ Liability Act is amended by striking out “agents spéciaux” and

substituting “constables spéciaux”.

Interprovincial

Policing Act, 2009

The French version of

section 39 of the Interprovincial

Policing Act, 2009 is amended by striking out “agents spéciaux” and

substituting “constables spéciaux”.

Provincial

Offences Act

The French version of the definition of “police officer” in subsection 1 (1) of

the Provincial Offences Act is amended by striking

out “agents spéciaux” and substituting “constables spéciaux”.

Special

Investigations Unit Act, 2019

(1) The French version of clause (

b) of the definition of “official”

in subsection 1 (1) of the Special Investigations Unit

Act, 2019 is amended by striking out “agents spéciaux” and substituting “constables

spéciaux”.

(2) The

French version of subclause 15 (2) (b) (

i) of the Act is amended by striking

out “agent spécial” and substituting “constable spécial”.

Workplace

Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

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

subsection 14 (1) of the Workplace Safety and Insurance

Act, 1997 is amended by striking out “agent spécial” and substituting

“constable spécial”.

(2) The

French version of paragraph 17 of subsection 14 (2) of the Act is amended by

striking out “agents spéciaux” and substituting “constables spéciaux”.

Commencement

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

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Enhancing Access to

Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Sections

1 to 5 and 7 to 12 come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the

Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE 5

CORONERS ACT

Subsection 10 (5) of the Coroners Act is repealed

and the following substituted:

Notice

of death resulting from accident at or in mining plant or mine and inquest

(5) A

person in charge of a mining plant or mine, including a pit or quarry, who has

reason to believe that a worker died as a result of an accident occurring in

the course of the worker’s employment at or in the mining plant or mine shall

immediately give notice of the death to a coroner and the coroner shall hold an

inquest upon the body.

Notice

of death resulting from accident at or in construction project

(5.1) A person in charge of a construction project

who has reason to believe that a worker died as a result of an accident

occurring in the course of the worker’s employment at or in the construction

project shall immediately give notice of the death to a coroner.

Investigation

of death resulting from accident at or in construction project

(5.2) After

receiving notice of a death described in subsection (5.1), the coroner shall

investigate the circumstances of the death and if, as a result of the

investigation, the coroner is of the opinion that an inquest ought to be held,

the coroner shall hold an inquest upon the body.

Request

for inquest in case of accident at or in construction project

(5.3) The

following rules apply if a coroner determines that an inquest is unnecessary

into the death of a worker who is believed to have died as a result of an

accident occurring in the course of the worker’s employment at or in a

construction project:

1. The

spouse, parent, child, brother, sister or personal representative of the

deceased person may request the coroner in writing to hold an inquest.

2. If

the coroner receives a request described in paragraph 1 before or within one

year after the day an annual review under

section 10.2 that reviews the death

is made available to the public,

section 26 does not apply to the request and

instead the coroner shall hold an inquest upon the body.

3. If

the coroner receives a request described in paragraph 1 after the deadline

described in paragraph 2,

section 26 applies to the request.

Transition

(5.4) Subsections

(5.2) and (5.3) apply to the death of a worker that occurred in the course of

the worker’s employment at or in a construction project before the day

section

1 of

Schedule 5 to the Enhancing Access to Justice Act,

2024 came into force if an inquest upon the body has not already

commenced before that day.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Annual

review of construction deaths

10.2

(1) In each

calendar year, the Chief Coroner shall assign one or more coroners to conduct a

review of each of any worker deaths in the previous calendar year resulting

from an accident that occurred in the course of the worker’s employment at or

in a construction project.

Power

to assign to review

(2) The

Chief Coroner may,

(

a) group

different deaths together and assign different coroners to conduct reviews of

each group of deaths;

(

b) assign

a single coroner or a team of coroners to conduct the same review;

(

c) assign

coroners to review different groups of deaths at different times of the year,

so long as all of the worker deaths in the previous calendar year resulting

from an accident occurring in the course of the workers’ employment at or in a

construction project are assigned to coroners for review by the end of the

current calendar year;

(

d) revoke

the assignment of a coroner or team of coroners to a review and replace them

with other coroners; or

(

e) personally

conduct a review.

Deferred

review of deaths

(3) The

Chief Coroner may direct that a death shall not be included in the annual

review for the calendar year in which the death occurred and shall instead be

deferred to review in a later calendar year if,

(

a) the

death is the subject of an ongoing investigation, prosecution or inquest; or

(

b) the

Chief Coroner otherwise determines that it would be inappropriate for the death

to be included in the annual review.

Scope

of review

(4) A

coroner or team of coroners conducting a review under this

section shall,

(

a) examine

the circumstances of each of the deaths subject to their review;

(

b) to

the extent possible, conduct a systemic examination of the circumstances of all

of the deaths subject to their review and, if the coroner or team of coroners

consider it appropriate, related deaths that are not subject to their review;

(

c) to

the extent possible, identify any common issues among the deaths that are

subject to their review; and

(

d) develop

recommendations for the prevention of further deaths.

Powers

(5) In

conducting a review under this section, a coroner may,

(

a) consult

with any person that has information relevant to their review or who may be

affected by their review, including, without limitation,

(

i) the

family of the deceased,

(ii) any

person undertaking the construction project where the death occurred, and

(iii) any

organization that represents workers at the construction project where the

death occurred;

(

b) require

a person with knowledge about the deceased or of the death to provide

information about the facts and circumstances relating to the deceased or the

death that the coroner considers necessary for the purposes of conducting their

review; and

(

c) inspect

and extract information from any records or writings relating to the deceased

or his or her circumstances.

Expert

assistance

(6) Subject

to approval of the Chief Coroner, a coroner conducting a review under this

section may obtain assistance or retain expert services to assist with their

review.

Disclosure

of personal information

(7) A

coroner conducting a review under this

section shall not disclose personal

information to any person who is being consulted or who is providing assistance

or expert services for their review if other information will permit the

coroner to solicit their input or obtain their assistance or services.

Personal

information limited to what is reasonably necessary

(8) A

coroner conducting a review under this

section shall not disclose more personal

information to any person who is being consulted or who is providing assistance

or expert services for the coroner’s review than is reasonably necessary to

solicit their input or obtain their assistance or services.

Use

and disclosure

(9) A

person who receives personal information from a coroner conducting a review

under this

section shall not use the information except for the purposes for

which they received the information and shall not disclose the information

except as required by law.

Results

of review

(10) A

coroner or team of coroners conducting a review under this

section shall submit

a report containing the following information to the Chief Coroner in the form

and manner and within the time specified by the Chief Coroner:

1. The

coroner’s or team of coroners’ conclusions in respect of the circumstances of

each of the deaths subject to their review.

2. The

coroner’s or team of coroners’ conclusions in respect of the systemic

examination described in clause (4) (b).

3. A

description of any common issues identified by the coroner or team of coroners

among the deaths that are subject to their review.

4. The

coroner’s or team of coroners’ recommendations to prevent further deaths.

Timing

(11) The

report described in subsection (10) must be submitted on or before June 30th of

the calendar year following the calendar year in which the coroner or team of

coroners was assigned to the review.

Publication

(12) The

Chief Coroner shall, in accordance with the regulations, if any, make the

report or reports provided under subsection (10) available to the public on a

website of the Government of Ontario.

Notice

of specific recommendations

(13) The

Chief Coroner shall notify a person or entity of any recommendation in a review

conducted under this

section that is directed at the person or entity.

Rules

and directions

(14) A

coroner conducting a review under this

section shall comply with any rules or

directions respecting the reviews issued by the Chief Coroner.

Offence

(15) No

person shall wilfully use or disclose personal information in contravention of

subsection (7), (8) or (9).

Penalty

(16) Every

person who contravenes subsection (15) is guilty of an offence and is liable on

conviction,

(

a) in

the case of a first offence, to a fine of not more than $25,000; or

(

b) in

the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not more than $50,000.

Transition

(17) Despite

subsection (1), in the year in which

section 2 of

Schedule 5 to the Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 comes into force,

the review required by subsection (1) shall include a review of any worker

deaths resulting from an accident that occurred in the course of the worker’s

employment at or in a construction project,

(

a) for

which this Act, as it read at the time that notification of the death was

provided to a coroner, required that an inquest upon the body be held; and

(

b) for

which an inquest upon the body had not commenced as of the day

section 2 of

Schedule 5 to the Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024

comes into force.

Same,

deferral

(18) For

greater certainty, the Chief Coroner may defer the review of a death described

in subsection (17) to a later calendar year in accordance with subsection (3).

Subsection 56 (2) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

(0.

a) governing

the publication of reports made under

section 10.2, including by prescribing a

date by which reports must be published or prescribing the website or websites

on which the reports must be published;

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 6

COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT

Clause 43 (9) (

a) of the Courts of Justice Act is

amended by striking out “cultural identity”.

(1) Clause 65 (2) (a.2) of the Act is repealed.

(2) Subsection

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

(d.1) one

associate judge, who shall be appointed by the Chief Justice of the Superior

Court of Justice;

(3) Subsections

65 (4) and (5) of the Act are amended by striking out “(c), (f)” wherever it

appears and substituting in each case “(c), (d.1), (f)”.

(4) Section

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

Information

to be maintained in confidence

(7) The

Ministry of the Attorney General shall maintain in confidence any records or

other information collected, prepared, maintained or used by the Ministry in

relation to the business of the Civil Rules Committee and shall not disclose

any such records or information unless the disclosure has been authorized by

the Attorney General and approved by the chair of the Committee.

Prevails

over FIPPA

(8) Subsection

(7) prevails over the Freedom of Information and

Protection of Privacy Act .

Delegation

(9) The

Attorney General may, in writing, delegate the power to authorize disclosures

in subsection (7) to the Deputy Attorney General or to any other employee of

the Ministry, subject to any limitations, restrictions, conditions and

requirements that are set out in the delegation.

Transition

(10) If

a request for access to a record described in subsection (7) was made to the

Attorney General under the Freedom of Information and

Protection of Privacy Act on or after the

day the Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 received

first reading and a decision about disclosure of the record has not been made

by the date on which subsection 2 (4) of

Schedule 6 to the Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 comes into force,

subsections (7) to (9) of this

section apply to the request.

Section 67 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Information

to be maintained in confidence

(7) The

Ministry of the Attorney General shall maintain in confidence any records or

other information collected, prepared, maintained or used by the Ministry in

relation to the business of the Family Rules Committee and shall not disclose

any such records or information unless the disclosure has been authorized by

the Attorney General and approved by the chair of the Committee.

Prevails

over FIPPA

(8) Subsection

(7) prevails over the Freedom of Information and

Protection of Privacy Act .

Delegation

(9) The

Attorney General may, in writing, delegate the power to authorize disclosures

in subsection (7) to the Deputy Attorney General or to any other employee of

the Ministry, subject to any limitations, restrictions, conditions and

requirements that are set out in the delegation.

Transition

(10) If

a request for access to a record described in subsection (7) was made to the

Attorney General under the Freedom of Information and

Protection of Privacy Act on or after the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 received first reading and a decision about

disclosure of the record has not been made by the date on which

section 3 of

Schedule 6 to the Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024

comes into force, subsections (7) to (9) of this

section apply to the request.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Attendance

at meetings, conferences and seminars

For

the purposes of subsection 41 (1) of the Judges Act (Canada),

a judge of the Court of Appeal, the Superior Court of Justice or the Family

Court may, in that capacity, attend a meeting, conference or seminar that is

held for a purpose relating to the administration of justice, with the approval

of,

(

a) the

Chief Justice of Ontario, in the case of a judge of the Court of Appeal; or

(

b) the

Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice, in any other case.

Subsection 94 (2) of the Act is repealed.

Section 123 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Certain

hearings under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act,

(8) If

a judge in the Ontario Court of Justice who is presiding over a hearing under

Part V, VII or VIII of the Child, Youth and Family

Services Act, 2017 for a final order respecting a matter is appointed to

another court, the judge continues to have jurisdiction to complete the hearing

and give a decision in the matter.

(1) Subsection 140 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Vexatious

proceedings

(1) If

a judge of the Superior Court of Justice or of the Court of Appeal is satisfied

that a person has persistently and without reasonable grounds instituted

vexatious proceedings in any court or conducted a proceeding in any court in a

vexatious manner, the judge may make an order that includes any of the

following terms:

1. No

further proceeding may be instituted by the person in any court, except by

leave of a judge of the Superior Court of Justice.

2. No

proceeding previously instituted by the person in any court shall be continued,

except by leave of a judge of the Superior Court of Justice.

3. Any

other term that is just.

Procedure

(2) An

order under subsection (1) may be made on the judge’s own initiative or on

motion or application by any person, as provided in the rules of court.

Notice

required

(2.1) An

order under subsection (1) may only be made on notice to the person who is the

subject of the order, as provided in the rules of court.

Branches

of the Superior Court of Justice

(2.2) An

order of the Superior Court of Justice under subsection (1) may be made by a

judge presiding in any branch of that court.

Appeals

and reviews

(2.3) The

following rules apply with respect to an order made under subsection (1):

1. If

the order was made by a judge of the Superior Court of Justice, an appeal of

the order lies to a panel of the Court of Appeal.

2. If

the order was made by a judge of the Court of Appeal, a panel of the Court of

Appeal may, on motion, set aside or vary the decision.

3. For

greater certainty, leave is not required to bring an appeal under paragraph 1

or a motion under paragraph 2, unless the court orders otherwise.

(2) Section

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

Deputy

judges

(6) For

greater certainty, a reference to a judge of the Superior Court of Justice in

this

section does not include a reference to a deputy judge.

Commencement

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

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Enhancing Access to

Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Section

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

Governor.

SCHEDULE 7

EVIDENCE ACT

The Evidence Act is amended by adding the following

section:

Sharing

of information within public sector not affecting privilege

30.1

(1) In this

section,

“public

sector body” means,

(

a) the

Crown in right of Ontario,

(

b) a

Crown agency as defined in the Crown Liability and

Proceedings Act, 2019 ,

(

c) a

Crown corporation as defined in the Crown Liability and

Proceedings Act, 2019 , or

(

d) any

person, body or office specified by the regulations made under subsection (7).

Privilege

not waived, affected

(2) If

a public sector body shares information on a confidential basis with another

public sector body, the sharing does not constitute a waiver of, or otherwise

affect, any privilege that applies with respect to the information.

Same

(3) For

the purposes of subsection (2), privilege includes solicitor-client privilege,

litigation privilege, settlement privilege and public interest immunity.

Same

(4) Subsection

(2) applies regardless of whether the public sector body is required to share

the information.

Retroactive

application

(5) This

section is deemed to have applied with respect to any sharing of information

between public sector bodies before the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 received Royal Assent.

Same

(6) In

the case of a person, body or office that becomes a public sector body after

the day the Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives

Royal Assent, this

section is also deemed to have applied with respect to any

sharing of information with or by the person, body or office before becoming a

public sector body.

Regulations

(7) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing persons, bodies

or offices for the purposes of clause (

d) of the definition of “public sector

body” in subsection (1).

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 8

EXECUTION ACT

(1) Section 10 of the Execution Act is

amended by adding the following subsection:

When

writs of execution are binding

Definition

(0.1) In

this

section and

section 11,

“index”

means the electronic database maintained by the sheriff as the index of writs

of execution.

(2) Subsection

10 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “electronic database maintained by

the sheriff as the index of writs of execution” at the end and substituting

“index”.

(3) Clause

10 (2) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking out “electronic database

maintained as the index of writs of execution” and substituting “index”.

(4) Subsections

10 (4) and (5) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Obligations

of sheriff re index

(4) A

sheriff shall comply with the following requirements respecting the index:

1. If

a writ of execution, a renewal of a writ of execution or a certificate of lien

under the Bail Act is directed to the sheriff, the

sheriff shall, upon receiving from or on behalf of the judgment creditor the

required fee in accordance with the Administration of

Justice Act and instructions to do so, promptly take the following

actions:

i. Enter

in the index the writ, renewal or certificate of lien, as the case may be.

ii. If

applicable, indicate in the index that the writ, renewal or certificate of

lien, as the case may be, affects real property governed by the Land Titles Act .

2. A

sheriff shall assign consecutive numbers in the index to each writ and

certificate of lien in the order in which the writs and certificates of lien

are entered.

3. A

sheriff shall note in the index the effective date of each writ, renewal and

certificate of lien.

4. In

the case of a renewal, a sheriff shall extend the expiry date by the period

required under the applicable rule or statute.

5. A

sheriff shall update the names of execution debtors in the index as directed by

the court.

6. A

sheriff shall note in the index any statutory declaration filed under clause 11

(1) (b).

7. A

sheriff shall give the land registrar of each land titles division wholly or

partially within the sheriff’s jurisdiction access to the index.

(5) Subsection

10 (6) of the Act is amended by striking out “electronic database maintained by

the sheriff as the index of writs of execution” at the end and substituting

“index”.

(6) Subsection

10 (7) of the Act is repealed.

Subsection 11 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “received for execution

and recorded by the sheriff” at the end and substituting “noted in the index”.

Section 21 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Application

to court for directions

(3) Where

a question arises in relation to the measures to be taken by a sheriff or any

person assisting the sheriff in carrying out a writ of possession, the sheriff

or any interested person may apply to a judge of the

Superior Court of Justice for directions.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 9

FAMILY LAW ACT

Section 69 of the Family Law Act is amended by

adding the following subsection:

Same

(3.1) The

power to make a regulation under subsection (2) may be exercised by

incorporating by reference all or part of the Federal Child Support Guidelines

made under the Divorce Act (Canada) as they are

amended from time to time and with any changes that the regulations may

specify.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 10

FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION ACT, 1997

The Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 is

amended by adding the following section:

Administrative

penalties

Purpose

30.2

(1) The

purpose of an administrative penalty imposed under this

section is to promote

compliance with the requirements established by this Act and the regulations.

Order

imposing administrative penalties

(2) If

a prescribed authorized person is satisfied that a person is contravening or

not complying with a prescribed provision of this Act or the regulations, the

prescribed authorized person may, by order, impose an administrative penalty on

the person in accordance with this

section and the regulations.

Content

of order

(3) The

order imposing an administrative penalty shall be in writing and shall include

the following information:

1. The

particulars of the contravention of this Act or the regulations.

2. The

date and time by which payment of the administrative penalty must be made.

3. The

amount payable and how payment of the administrative penalty may be made.

4. The

right to request a review of the administrative penalty order.

Maximum

administrative penalty

(4) An

administrative penalty for a contravention of this Act or the regulations shall

not exceed the following amounts:

1. For

a contravention by an individual, $10,000 or such lesser amount as may be

prescribed.

2. For

a contravention by a person other than an individual, $100,000 or such lesser

amount as may be prescribed.

Administrative

penalty may be imposed with other measures

(5) An

administrative penalty may be imposed alone or in conjunction with any other

regulatory measure provided by this or any other Act, and may be imposed in

conjunction with a fine imposed for the same infraction.

Limitation

(6) An

administrative penalty shall not be imposed more than one year after the

contravention first came to the knowledge of the prescribed authorized person.

Deadline

to pay penalty

(7) A

person who has received an order imposing an administrative penalty shall pay

the penalty within 30 days after the day the order was served, subject to any

stays of the order described in subsection (12).

right to be heard

(8) There

is no right to be heard before an order imposing an administrative penalty is

made.

Right

to review

(9) A

person who has received an order imposing an administrative penalty may submit

a request for a review of the order to a prescribed reviewer.

Time

to submit request for review

(10) A

request for review under subsection (9) must be submitted to the reviewer within

30 days after the order is served.

review requested

(11) If

a person who has received an order imposing an administrative penalty requests

a review under subsection (9), the reviewer shall conduct the review in accordance

with the regulations.

Stay

of order

(12) A

review commenced under subsection (9) operates as a stay of the order until the

matter is finally disposed of.

Decision

of reviewer

(13) After

conducting the review, the reviewer may,

(

a) find

that the person did not contravene the provision of this Act or the regulations

specified in the order imposing the administrative penalty, and rescind the

order imposing the administrative penalty;

(

b) find

that the person did contravene the provision of this Act or the regulations

specified in the order imposing the administrative penalty, and affirm the

order imposing the administrative penalty; or

(

c) find

that the person did contravene the provision of this Act or the regulations

specified in the order imposing the administrative penalty but that the penalty

is excessive in the circumstances or is, by its magnitude, punitive in nature

having regard to all the circumstances and, in that case, the reviewer shall

amend the order imposing the administrative penalty by reducing the amount of

the penalty.

Decision

final

(14) The

reviewer’s decision is final.

Payment

after review

(15) If

the reviewer finds under clause (13) (

b) or (

c) that a person has contravened

the provision of this Act or the regulations specified in the order imposing

the administrative penalty, the person shall pay the penalty required by the

reviewer within 30 days after the day the decision was made.

Enforcement

by court

(16) If

an order imposing an administrative penalty has been issued under this

section

to a person and the penalty is not paid by the applicable deadline, the order

imposing the administrative penalty or the reviewer’s decision, as the case may

be, may be filed in the Superior Court of Justice and then may be enforced as

if it were an order of that court.

Postjudgment

interest

(17) Section

129 of the Courts of Justice Act applies in respect

of an order or decision filed in the Superior Court of Justice under subsection

(16) and the date on which the order or decision is filed under subsection

(19) is deemed to be the date of the order that is referred to in

section 129 of the

Courts of Justice Act .

Municipal

enforcement

(18) If

an order imposing an administrative penalty has been issued under this

section to

a person who owns lands or premises in a municipality and the penalty is not

paid within 15 days after the applicable deadline, the treasurer of the

municipality may, and upon the request of its upper-tier municipality, if any,

shall, add the administrative penalty to the tax roll for any property in the

municipality for which all of the owners are responsible for paying the

administrative penalty and collect it in the same manner as municipal taxes.

Enforcement

in territory without municipal status

(19) If

an order imposing an administrative penalty has been issued under this

section to

a person who owns lands or premises in a territory without municipal

organization and the penalty is not paid within 15 days after the applicable

deadline, the prescribed authorized person who issued the order shall notify

the Minister of Finance when,

(

a) the

time limit for submitting a request for review of the order has expired and no

review has been requested; or

(

b) a

review of the order was requested and the reviewer confirmed or amended the

order under clause (13) (

b) or (c).

Same

(20) When

the Minister of Finance receives notice of an order under subsection (19), the

amount of the administrative penalty may be collected under the Provincial Land Tax Act, 2006 as if the amount was a tax

imposed under that Act.

Section 78 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

G. in C.

(1.1) The

Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing administrative

penalties that may be imposed under

section 30.2, and, without limiting the

foregoing, may make regulations,

(

a) prescribing

provisions of this Act and of the regulations for the purpose of subsection

30.2 (2);

(

b) prescribing

authorized persons for the purpose of

section 30.2, which may include

authorizing municipalities to appoint prescribed authorized persons;

(

c) prescribing

the amount of a penalty, or a method for calculating the amount of a penalty,

and prescribing different penalties or ranges of penalties for different types

of contraventions or failures to comply and different penalties or ranges of

penalties depending on specified criteria;

(

d) authorizing

prescribed authorized persons to determine the amount of a penalty, if the

amount of the penalty or method for calculating the amount of the penalty is

not prescribed, and prescribing criteria that may or must be considered when

making an order under subsection 30.2 (2), including prescribing that the

criteria may include aggravating or mitigating factors;

(

e) authorizing

that a penalty may be imposed for each day or part of a day on which a

contravention or failure to comply continues;

(

f) authorizing

higher penalties for a second or subsequent contravention or failure to comply;

(

g) governing

the payment of penalties and authorizing prescribed authorized persons to

approve a plan of periodic payments that extends beyond the deadline;

(

h) authorizing

the imposition of late payment fees respecting penalties that are not paid

before the specified deadline, including graduated late payment fees, and

providing that such fees are included as part of the penalty for enforcement

purposes;

(

i) prescribing

a lesser maximum penalty and the provisions of this Act or the regulations to

which the lesser maximum penalty applies;

(

j) prescribing

and governing procedures for making and serving an order under

section 30.2,

including prescribing rules for service, prescribing the day on which an order

is deemed to have been received and providing for service on persons outside

Ontario;

(

k) governing

the review of an order, including,

(

i) prescribing

persons or entities as reviewers, which may include authorizing municipalities

to appoint the reviewers,

(ii) establishing

procedures for commencing and conducting a review,

(iii) establishing

time limits for the stages of a review and authorizing the reviewer to extend

any time limit,

(iv) prescribing

that the review must or may be conducted orally, electronically or in writing

or authorizing the reviewer to make that determination, and

(

v) establishing

criteria to be considered and criteria not to be considered by the reviewer

when determining what decision to make;

(

l) prescribing

the form and content of orders under

section 30.2;

(

m) prescribing

circumstances in which a person is not required to pay an administrative

penalty;

(

n) providing

that an administrative penalty is payable to a prescribed person rather than to

the Minister of Finance, and is a debt due to the person to whom it is payable;

(

o) providing

for other matters to carry out the purpose of

section 30.2.

Commencement

This

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

Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE 11

JURIES ACT

Subsection 5 (2) of the Juries Act is repealed and

the following substituted:

Required

number of jury questionnaires

(2) The

Jury Sheriff shall determine the number of persons in the jury area who need to

be mailed a jury questionnaire or instructions to access a jury questionnaire

in order to attain the aggregate number of persons described in clause (1) (c).

Recommendation

of local sheriff

(3) The

local sheriff may make recommendations to the Jury Sheriff respecting

determinations under subsection (2).

Subsection 17 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Notice

Summoning

jurors 28 days before attendance required

(1) The

Jury Sheriff shall summon every person on the panel list to serve on juries by

mailing to the person a notice in the prescribed form at least 28 days before

the day on which the person is to attend.

Shortened

period

(1.1) The

28-day period referred to in subsection (1) does not apply if,

(

a) the

Jury Sheriff is directed to randomly select and summon additional jurors under

this Act; or

(

b) the

Jury Sheriff determines that adherence to the 28-day period is impossible or

unreasonably difficult.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 12

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT

Clause 2.1 (13) (

a) of the Justices of the Peace Act

is amended by striking out “cultural identity”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 13

LAND TITLES ACT

Clause 35 (

a) of the Land Titles Act is repealed

and the following substituted:

(

a) search

against the patentee for writs of execution and other liens in the electronic

database maintained by the sheriff who has territorial jurisdiction for the

land titles division where the land registrar made the entry as the index of

writs of execution; and

The French version of

section 135 of the Act is amended by striking out

“domicile élu” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “adresse aux

fins de signification”.

(1) Subsections 136 (1), (2) and (3) of the Act are repealed and the

following substituted:

Executions

Definition

(1) In

this section,

“index”

means the electronic database maintained by the sheriff as the index of writs

of execution.

When

land is bound

(2) No

registered land is bound by any writ of execution or any certificate of lien

under the Bail Act until the sheriff to whom it is

directed has complied with subsection 10 (4) of the Execution

Act with respect to the writ of execution or certificate of lien, as the

case may be.

Transfer

void

(3) No

sale or transfer under a writ of execution or certificate of lien mentioned in

subsection (2) is valid as against a person purchasing for valuable

consideration before the sheriff has complied with subsection 10 (4) of the Execution Act with respect to the writ of execution or

certificate of lien, as the case may be, although the purchaser may have had

notice of the writ or certificate of lien, as the case may be.

(2) Subsection

136 (6) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection (1)” and substituting

“subsection (2)”.

(3) Subsections

136 (7) and (8) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Where

writ not binding

(7) A

writ of execution or certificate of lien mentioned in subsection (2) does not

bind land being transferred or charged as against the transferee or chargee if

the following criteria are satisfied:

1. The

land registrar decides that the name of the execution debtor appearing in the

writ or certificate of lien, as the case may be, and the name of the registered

owner as it appears in the records of the land registry office of the land

registrar do not represent the same person.

2. The

land registrar does one of the following:

i. In

the case of a charge, issues a certificate to the effect that the land

registrar has made the decision described in paragraph 1.

ii. In

the case of a transfer, registers the transfer free of the writ or certificate

of lien, as the case may be.

Amendment

to Bail Act

Section 2 of the Bail Act is amended by striking

out “subsection 136 (1) of the Land Titles Act ” and

substituting “subsection 10 (4) of the Execution Act ”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 14

LAW SOCIETY ACT

Subsection 51 (6) of the Law Society Act is

repealed and the following substituted:

Conditions

of grants

(6) No

grant shall be made out of the Fund unless notice in writing of the loss is

received by the Society within two years after the loss came to the knowledge

of the person suffering the loss.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day Enhancing Access

to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 15

LEGISLATION ACT, 2006

Subsection 8 (3) of the Legislation Act, 2006 is

repealed and the following substituted:

Provisions

coming into force on a day to be named by order

(3) If

an Act provides that any provisions of

an Act are to come into force on a day

to be named by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the following rules

apply to such an order:

1. Orders

may be issued at different times for different parts, portions or sections of

those provisions.

2. The

order may be amended or revoked by a further order of the Lieutenant Governor

in Council.

3. The

order may be amended or revoked before the date named by the order, but not on

or after that date.

4. If

the order names different dates for different provisions, the order may be

amended or revoked with respect to a particular provision before the date named

for that provision, but not on or after that date.

Effect

of amendment to order

(4) For

greater certainty, the dates referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of subsection

(3) are the dates as amended by any amendments to that order.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Transition

— provisions to come into force on proclamation

8.1

(1) A

provision of

an Act that is to come into force on a day to be named by

proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor is deemed to be a provision that is to

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

Council.

Same

(2) A

proclamation that names a day on which any provisions of

an Act are to come

into force may be amended by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council in

accordance with the rules set out in

section 8, with necessary modifications.

Continued

validity of issued proclamations

(3) Any

proclamation that names a day on which provisions of

an Act are to come into

force and that was issued on or before the day that is 30 days after the day

this

section came into force continues to be valid.

(1) Clause 10.1 (1) (

a) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

(

a) is

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

Council;

(2) Clause

10.1 (2) (

a) of the Act is amended by adding “or is repealed” after “it comes

into force”.

Section 13 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(2) Judicial

notice shall be taken of the issuing and contents of,

(

a) every

order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council that names a day on which

provisions of

an Act are to come into force; and

(

b) every

order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council that amends or revokes an order

described in clause (a).

(1) Section 15 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Publication

of certain orders

(3.1) Every

order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council that names a day on which

provisions of

an Act are to come into force, and every order of the Lieutenant

Governor in Council that amends or revokes such an order, shall be published on

the e-Laws website promptly after it is made.

Corrections

(3.2) If

the Chief Legislative Counsel discovers that an order that is published on the

e-Laws website in accordance with subsection (3.1) differs from the order that

was made, the Chief Legislative Counsel shall ensure that a corrected order is

promptly published on the e-Laws website.

(2) Subsection

15 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “subsection (2) or (3)” and

substituting “subsection (2), (3) or (3.2)”.

Subsection 19 (8) of the Act is repealed.

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

Same

(1.1) A

commencement provision in a regulation is deemed to come into force on the day

the regulation is filed, regardless of when the regulation is specified to come

into force.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Exercise

of delegated power before commencement

23.1

(1) A power

conferred by a regulation may be exercised at any time after the regulation is

filed even if the regulation is not yet in force.

Same

(2) Until

the regulation comes into force, the exercise of a power in accordance with

subsection (1) has no effect except as may be necessary to make the regulation

effective when it comes into force.

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

Existing

and future legislation

Section

46 applies regardless of when the Act or regulation was enacted or made.

Clause 51 (1) (

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

(

c) affect

a contravention of or offence committed against the repealed or revoked Act or

regulation, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in connection

with the contravention or offence; or

Section 54 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsection:

Same

(4) Subsection

(3) applies with necessary modifications if a power of a minister of the Crown

to make regulations is conferred on a different minister of the Crown under the

Executive Council Act .

Subsections 59 (1) and (2) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

References

to Ontario legislation

(1) A

reference in

an Act or regulation to a provision of another Act or regulation

is a reference to the provision,

(

a) as

amended;

(

b) as

changed under

Part V (Change Powers); or,

(

c) if

the provision has been replaced, to the replacement provision.

Same

(2) Subsection

(1) applies whether the provision is amended, changed or replaced before or

after the commencement of the provision containing the reference.

Subsections 60 (1) and (2) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

References

to other Canadian legislation

(1) A

reference in

an Act or regulation to a provision of

an Act or regulation of

Canada or of another province or territory of Canada is a reference to the

provision,

(

a) as

amended;

(

b) as

changed in the exercise of a statutory power to make non-substantive changes; or,

(

c) if

the provision has been replaced, to the replacement provision.

Same

(2) Subsection

(1) applies whether the provision is amended, changed or replaced before or

after the commencement of the provision containing the reference.

Subsection 62 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out “the day the Access to Justice Act, 2006 receives Royal Assent” at the

end and substituting “October 19, 2006”.

Section 75 of the Act is repealed.

The French version of paragraph 1 of subsection 89 (6) of the Act is amended by

adding “à partir du jour déterminé” after “se calcule”.

Subsection 92 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “on the day before the

day the Access to Justice Act, 2006 receives Royal

Assent” at the end and substituting “immediately before October 19, 2006”.

Commencement

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

Schedule

comes into force on the day the Enhancing Access to

Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Sections

1 and 2, subsection 3 (1) and sections 4, 5 and 15 come into force on a day to

be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE 16

PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT

(1) Subsections 5 (1) and (2) of the Provincial

Offences Act are repealed and the following substituted:

Having

a trial

(1) A

defendant who is served with an offence notice may give notice of their intention

to appear in court for the purpose of entering a plea and having a trial of the

matter by,

(

a) completing

the notice of intention to appear part of the offence notice and delivering it

to the court office in the manner specified in the offence notice;

(

b) completing

a notice of intention to appear in the form determined by the regulations and

delivering it to the court office in any manner by which the offence notice may

be delivered under clause (a); or

(

c) giving

notice of their intention to appear in any other manner specified in the

offence notice.

(2) Subsection

5 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “given to” and substituting

“received by”.

(1) Subsection 5.1 (2) of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

Requesting

a meeting

(2) A

defendant may, instead of giving notice of intention to appear under

section 5,

request a meeting with the prosecutor to discuss the resolution of the offence

if, within 15 days after being served with the offence notice, the defendant,

(

a) indicates

the request on the offence notice and delivers it to the court office in the

manner specified in the offence notice; or

(

b) makes

the request in any other manner specified in the offence notice.

(2) Subsection

5.1 (2.1) of the Act is amended by striking out “delivered to” and substituting

“received by”.

Commencement

This

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

Lieutenant Governor.

SCHEDULE

PUBLIC OFFICERS ACT

Sections 7 to 11, 13 and 14 of the Public Officers Act

are repealed.

Niagara

Parks Act

Section 18 of the Niagara Parks Act is repealed.

Pension

Benefits Act

Section 99 of the Pension Benefits Act is repealed.

St.

Lawrence Parks Commission Act

Section 15 of the St. Lawrence Parks Commission Act

is repealed.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

SCHEDULE 18

VICTIMS’ BILL OF RIGHTS, 1995

The French version of the title of the Victims’ Bill of

Rights, 1995 is amended by striking out “d’actes criminels” and

substituting “d’infractions criminelles”.

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

section 1 of

the Act is repealed.

(2) The

French version of

section 1 of the Act is amended by adding the following

definition:

«infraction

criminelle» Infraction prévue au Code criminel

(Canada). («crime»)

(1) Subsection 3 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out the

portion before paragraph 1 and substituting the following:

Presumption

(2) The

following victims of a crime shall be presumed to have suffered emotional

distress, if the crime is prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1):

. . . .

(2) Subsection

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

4. A

victim of a crime if,

i. the

crime is of a sexual nature, or

ii. the

crime is for or involves a sexual purpose.

5. A

victim of the publication or distribution of a voyeuristic recording or an

intimate image without consent, or any other activity that is in contravention

of subsection 162 (4) or 162.1 (1) of the Criminal Code

(Canada).

6. A

victim of a crime respecting trafficking in persons.

(3) Subsection 3 (2) of the Act is

amended by adding the following paragraph:

7. A

victim of an assault if the victim was under the age of 18 or was a person with

a disability at the time of the assault and if one of the following criteria

was met at the time of the assault:

i. The

assailant was in a position of trust or authority over the victim.

ii. The

victim was in a relationship of dependency with the assailant.

Clause 5 (2) (

b) of the Act is amended by striking out “section 727.9” and

substituting “section 737”.

(1) Subsection 5.1 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out

“d’actes criminels” at the end and substituting “d’infractions criminelles”.

(2) Subsection

5.1 (7) of the Act is repealed.

The French version of the Act, except subsection 5.1 (1), is amended by,

(

a) striking

out “actes criminels” wherever it appears and substituting in each case

“infractions criminelles”;

(

b) striking

out “d’un acte criminel prescrit” wherever it appears and substituting in each

case “d’une infraction criminelle prescrite”;

(

c) striking

out “d’un acte criminel” wherever it appears and substituting in each case

“d’une infraction criminelle”; and

(

d) striking

out “l’acte criminel” wherever it appears and substituting in each case

“l’infraction criminelle”.

Consequential Amendments

Coroners

Act

The French version of subsection 41 (3) of the Coroners Act is amended by striking out “ Charte de 1995 des droits des victimes d’actes criminels ”

wherever it appears and substituting in each case “ Charte

de 1995 des droits des victimes d’infractions criminelles ”.

Correctional

Services and Reintegration Act, 2018

(1) The French version of

section 147 of the Correctional Services and Reintegration Act,

2018 is

amended by striking out “ Charte de 1995 des droits des

victimes d’actes criminels ” and substituting “ Charte

de 1995 des droits des victimes d’infractions criminelles ”.

(2) The

French version of paragraph 67 of subsection 156 (1) of the Act is amended by

striking out “ Charte de 1995 des droits des victimes

d’actes criminels ” and substituting “ Charte de 1995

des droits des victimes d’infractions criminelles ”.

Highway

Traffic Act

The French version of clause 21.1 (14) (k.1) of the Highway

Traffic Act is amended by striking out “ Charte de

1995 des droits des victimes d’actes criminels ” and substituting “ Charte de 1995 des droits des victimes d’infractions criminelles ”

at the end.

Ministry

of Correctional Services Act

The French version of the Ministry of Correctional

Services Act is amended by striking out “ Charte de

1995 des droits des victimes d’actes criminels ” wherever it appears and

substituting in each case “ Charte de 1995 des droits des

victimes d’infractions criminelles ”.

Commencement

Commencement

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

Schedule

comes into force on the day Enhancing Access to Justice

Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

(2) Sections

1 and 2, subsection 5 (1) and sections 6, 7, 9 and 10 come into force on the

day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

(3) Subsection

8 (1) comes into force on the later of the day

section 6 comes into force and

the day

section 147 of the Correctional Services and

Reintegration Act, 2018 comes into force.

(4) Subsection

8 (2) comes into force on the later of the day

section 6 comes into force and

the day paragraph 67 of subsection 156 (1) of the Correctional

Services and Reintegration Act, 2018 comes into force.

SCHEDULE 19

REFERENCES TO THE CROWN

Auditor

General Act

(1) The definition of “Crown controlled corporation” in

section 1 of

the Auditor General Act is amended by striking out

“Her Majesty” and substituting “the Crown”.

(2) Clause

21 (1) (

b) of the Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth

the Second ( or the reigning sovereign for the time being ),

her heirs” and substituting “His Majesty King Charles the Third ( or the reigning sovereign for the time being ), his

heirs”.

Barristers

Act

Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty’s courts in Ontario” at the

end and substituting “His Majesty’s courts in Ontario”.

(2) The

Majesty’s counsel learned in the law”” and substituting ““His Majesty’s counsel

learned in the law””.

(3) Subsection

2 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “Queen’s” and substituting

“King’s”.

Courts

of Justice Act

(1) Section 93 of the Courts of Justice Act

is amended by striking out “Her Majesty” and substituting “the Crown in right

of Ontario”.

(2) Subsection

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

Crown

costs

(2) In

a proceeding to which the Crown is a party, costs awarded to the Crown shall

not be disallowed or reduced on assessment merely because they relate to a

lawyer who is a salaried officer of the Crown, and costs recovered on behalf of

the Crown shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

Same

(3) In

subsection (2),

“Crown”

means the Crown in right of Ontario.

Crown

Administration of Estates Act

(1) Section 7 of the Crown Administration of

Estates Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty” and substituting

“the Crown in right of Ontario”.

(2) Section

8 of the Act is amended by striking out “either in his or her own name, on

behalf of Her Majesty, or in the name of Her Majesty” and substituting “either

in the Public Guardian and Trustee’s own name on behalf of the Crown in right

of Ontario or in the name of the Crown in right of Ontario”.

(3) Subsection

14 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty or the Province” and

substituting “the Crown in right of Ontario”.

Education

Act

Subsection 209 (3) of the Education Act is amended

by striking out “Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II” and substituting “His Majesty

King Charles the Third”.

Evidence

Act

(1) Section 25 of the Evidence Act is

amended by striking out “the Queen’s” and substituting “His Majesty’s”.

(2) Clause

26 (

e) of the Act is amended by striking out “by the Queen’s Printer or by the

government printer for the province or territory” and substituting “by the

government printer for the province or territory”.

(3) The

Majesty” wherever they appear and substituting in each case “His Majesty’s” and

“His Majesty” respectively.

Fuel

Tax Act

(1) Subsection 8 (11) of the Fuel Tax Act

is amended by striking out “Her Majesty” and substituting “the Crown in right

of Ontario”.

(2) Subsection

13 (11) of the Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty the Queen” and

substituting “the Crown”.

(3) The

Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty” wherever it appears and

substituting in each case “the Crown”.

Gasoline

Tax Act

(1) Subsection 5 (11) of the Gasoline Tax Act

is amended by striking out “Her Majesty” and substituting “the Crown in right

of Ontario”.

(2) Subsection

19 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty the Queen” and

substituting “the Crown”.

(3) The

Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty” wherever it appears and

substituting in each case “the Crown”.

Legislation

Act, 2006

Act, 2006 is amended by striking out “Her Majesty” and substituting “His

Majesty”.

(2) Subsection

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

9.1 Make

such changes as may be required to reflect a change of reigning sovereign or to

otherwise change the terminology used to refer to the Crown in accordance with

Ontario drafting practices.

(3) Section

71 of the Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty” and “Her Majesty’s” and

substituting “the Crown” and “the Crown’s” respectively.

(4) The

Queen”, “the King” or “the Crown”” in

section 87 of the Act is amended by

striking out “Her other Realms” and substituting “His other Realms”.

(5) The

Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty’s” and substituting “His

Majesty’s”.

(6) The

Act is amended by striking out “Queen’s Printer” wherever it appears and

substituting in each case “King’s Printer for Ontario”.

Legislative

Assembly Act

Subsection 101 (3) of the Legislative Assembly Act is

amended by striking out “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second (or the

reigning sovereign for the time being), her heirs” and substituting “His

Majesty King Charles the Third (or the reigning sovereign for the time being),

his heirs”.

Mining

Act

Subsection 91 (1) of the Mining Act is amended by

striking out “Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors” and substituting “the

Crown”.

Ministry

of Government Services Act

The Ministry of Government Services Act is amended

by striking out “Queen’s Printer” wherever it appears and substituting in each

case “King’s Printer”.

Ontario

Gazette Act

(1) Sections 1 and 2 of the Ontario Gazette Act

are amended by striking out “Queen’s Printer” wherever it appears and

substituting in each case “King’s Printer for Ontario”.

(2) Section

4 of the Act is amended by striking out “Queen’s Printer” wherever it appears

and substituting in each case “King’s Printer”.

Public

Officers Act

Section 4 of the Public Officers Act is amended by

striking out “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second ( or

the reigning Sovereign for the time being ), her heirs and successors”

and substituting “His Majesty King Charles the Third ( or

the reigning Sovereign for the time being ), his heirs and successors”.

Public

Transportation and Highway Improvement Act

(1) Subsection 33 (7) of the Public

Transportation and Highway Improvement Act is amended by,

(

a) striking

out ““Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province of Ontario, represented by

“Sa Majesté du chef de l’Ontario, représentée par le Ministre des Transports de

l’Ontario” in French” and substituting ““His Majesty the King in right of

(

b) striking

subject of His Majesty”.

(2) The

subject of Her Majesty” and substituting “a subject of His Majesty”.

Securities

Act

(1) Clause 142 (1) (

c) of the Securities Act

is repealed and the following substituted:

(

c) the

Crown in right of any other province of Canada or the Government of a territory

of Canada,

(2) Clause

142 (2) (

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

(

c) the

Crown in right of any other province of Canada or the Government of a territory

of Canada; or

(3) Clause

142 (2.1) (

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

(

c) the

Crown in right of any other province of Canada or the Government of a territory

of Canada; or

(4) Clause

142 (3) (

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

(

c) the

Crown in right of any other province of Canada or the Government of a territory

of Canada; or

(5) The

Act is amended by striking out “Her Majesty” wherever it appears and substituting

in each case “the Crown”.

Commencement

This

Schedule comes into force on the day the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 receives Royal Assent.

Bill 157 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

ARCHITECTS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Architects Act to establish a

limited licence to engage in the practice of architecture. Conditions of a

limited licence would be set out by regulations made under the Act.

Consequential amendments are made throughout the Act, and to two other Acts, to

reflect the addition of limited licences. These include the addition of an

offence respecting the use of the title “Licensed Technologist” by a person who

is not the holder of a limited licence or certificate of practice.

number of housekeeping amendments are also made to the Act.

SCHEDULE 2

CANNABIS CONTROL ACT, 2017

The

Schedule amends the Cannabis Control Act, 2017 .

The

Act is amended to prohibit the cultivation, propagation or harvesting of

cannabis in dwellings in which child care, as defined in the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 , is provided. An

exception is provided for in-home services.

Currently,

section 26 of the Act authorizes the Minister to enter into arrangements and

agreements with a council of the band with respect to certain cannabis

regulation issues on a reserve. Subsection 26 (3) is re-enacted to authorize

the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations to implement the

arrangement or agreement. These regulations may modify or clarify the

application of the Act, establish requirements that apply on a reserve and

incorporate rules established by the council of the band. These regulations are

subject to certain limits related to

section 69 of the Cannabis

Act (Canada).

SCHEDULE 3

CANNABIS LICENCE ACT, 2018

The

Schedule amends the Cannabis Licence Act, 2018 .

Currently,

section 44 of the Act authorizes the Minister to enter into arrangements and

agreements with a council of the band with respect to certain cannabis

regulation issues on a reserve. Subsection 44 (1) is re-enacted to state that

it applies to arrangements or agreements with respect to the sale of cannabis

on a reserve. New subsection 44 (3) is added to authorize the Lieutenant

Governor in Council to make regulations to implement the arrangement or

agreement. These regulations may modify or clarify the application of the Act,

establish requirements that apply on a reserve and incorporate rules

established by the council of the band.

SCHEDULE 4

COMMUNITY SAFETY AND POLICING ACT, 2019

The

Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 is amended

to change the French version of the term “special constable” from “agent

spécial” to “constable spécial”. Related amendments are made to several other

Acts.

Section

207 of the Act is amended to provide that certain disciplinary measures shall be expunged from a

police officer’s employment record two years after they were imposed, instead

of five years. The

section is amended to only allow the extension of the

retention period for disciplinary measures described in paragraph 1 or 3 of

subsection 200 (1). applications

Applications to

the Commission Chair under that

section must be made within the prescribed

period. The Commission Chair is required to appoint an adjudicator within 30

days after the application is received, except in exceptional circumstances.

Section

220 of the Act is amended to repeal paragraph 5 of subsection 220 (1), which

would apply the restriction in subsection 220 (2) to persons employed in a

confidential capacity in relation to labour relations. The restriction in

subsection 220 (2) is amended to apply only to positions that would likely give

rise to a conflict of interest in engaging in or assisting with collective

bargaining.

Section

262 of the Act, which sets out a consultation process for certain regulations,

is repealed.

SCHEDULE 5

CORONERS ACT

The

Schedule amends the Coroners Act .

Currently,

subsection 10 (5) of the Act requires that an inquest be performed whenever a

worker dies as a result of an accident occurring in the course of the worker’s

employment at or in a mining plant, mine or construction project. This

subsection is replaced with new requirements requiring notification of a

coroner when a person in charge has reason to believe a worker died in the

course of their employment at those sites. Inquests are mandatory for deaths at

or in mining plants or mines. In the case of deaths at or in construction

projects, the coroner shall investigate the circumstances of the death and

determine whether an inquest ought to be held. A procedure for requesting an

inquest in the case of a death at or in a construction project is set out.

New

section 10.2 requires an annual review of all worker deaths in the previous

calendar year resulting from an accident occurring in the course of the

worker’s employment at or in a construction project. This includes a review of

each of the deaths that occurred, a systemic examination of all such deaths and

the development of recommendations to prevent further deaths. The Chief Coroner

may assign the review of deaths to multiple coroners and may assign them at

different times of the year. The Chief Coroner may also personally conduct a

review. The Chief Coroner shall publish the reports from these reviews on a

website of the Government of Ontario in accordance with the regulations.

SCHEDULE 6

COURTS OF JUSTICE ACT

The

Schedule amends the Courts of Justice Act .

Clause

43 (9) (

a) of the Act is amended so that the Judicial Appointments Advisory

Committee is no longer required to include statistics on the cultural identity

of candidates for appointment as provincial judges in its annual report.

Subsection

65 (2) of the Act is amended to change the composition of the Civil Rules

Committee by removing the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice or

their designate as a member and adding one associate judge appointed by the Chief

Justice of the Superior Court of Justice. Consequential amendments are made to

section 65.

Sections

65 and 67 of the Act are amended to add a new confidentiality obligation in

relation to information or records held by the Ministry of the Attorney General

that relate to the business of the Civil Rules Committee and the Family Rules

Committee.

new

section 83 is added for the purposes of subsection 41 (1) of the Judges Act (Canada) to provide express authority for

judges to attend meetings, conferences or seminars held for a purpose relating

to the administration of justice.

Section

123 of the Act is amended to provide continuing jurisdiction for judges of the Ontario

Court of Justice who are appointed to another court while presiding over

certain hearings under the Child, Youth and Family

Services Act, 2017 , so that the hearings can be completed before the

same judge despite the appointment.

Section

140 of the Act is amended to allow judges of both the Superior Court of Justice

and the Court of Appeal to make orders related to vexatious proceedings. These

orders may be made on the judge’s own initiative or on motion or application by

any person. The rules for appeals and reviews of these orders are set out.

SCHEDULE 7

EVIDENCE ACT

The

Evidence Act is amended by adding a new

section

that provides that the sharing of information between public sector bodies on a

confidential basis does not affect or constitute a waiver of any privilege that

applies with respect to the information.

SCHEDULE 8

EXECUTION ACT

The

Execution Act is amended with respect to the

electronic database maintained by the sheriff as the index of writs of

execution. The amendments include the imposition of additional requirements on

the sheriff with respect to maintenance of the index. For example, the sheriff

is required to update the names of execution debtors as directed by the court.

The

Act is also amended to provide that where a question arises in relation to the

measures to be taken by a sheriff or any person assisting the sheriff in

carrying out a writ of possession, the sheriff or any interested person may

apply to the court a judge of the Superior Court of Justice

for directions.

SCHEDULE 9

FAMILY LAW ACT

The

Schedule amends the Family Law Act to provide

express authority for the regulations establishing child support guidelines

under the Act to do so by incorporating by reference the Federal Child Support

Guidelines made under the Divorce Act (Canada).

SCHEDULE 10

FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION ACT, 1997

The

Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 is amended

to add a new

section respecting administrative penalties. This new

section

authorizes prescribed authorized persons to make orders imposing administrative

penalties on persons who have contravened prescribed provisions of the Act or

the regulations. The new

section also sets out a process for applying for

review of these penalties, and various enforcement provisions.

The

Lieutenant Governor in Council is given related regulation-making authorities.

SCHEDULE 11

JURIES ACT

The

Schedule amends the Juries Act .

Subsection

5 (2) of the Act provides that the local sheriff is required to determine the

number of persons in a jury area who need to be mailed a jury questionnaire or

instructions on how to access one.

Section 5 of the Act is amended to provide

that the determination is to be made by the Jury Sheriff instead, but that the

local sheriff may make recommendations to the Jury Sheriff respecting the

determination.

Section

17 of the Act is amended to provide that the period by which a jury summons

notice must be provided to a person does not apply if the Jury Sheriff

determines that it is impossible or unreasonably difficult to comply with the

timing requirement.

SCHEDULE 12

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ACT

Clause

2.1 (13) (

a) of the Justices of the Peace Act is

amended so that the Justices of the Peace Appointments Advisory Committee is no

longer required to include statistics on the cultural identity of candidates

for appointment as justices of the peace in its annual report.

SCHEDULE 13

LAND TITLES ACT

The

Land Titles Act is amended to remove obligations

currently imposed under the Act on a sheriff to whom a writ of execution, a

renewal of a writ of execution or a certificate of lien under the Bail Act is directed. A consequential amendment to the Bail Act is also made.

SCHEDULE 14

LAW SOCIETY ACT

Subsection

51 (6) of the Law Society Act is re-enacted to

provide that a person who has suffered a loss from

an act of dishonesty on the

part of a licensee and who wishes to receive a grant from the Compensation Fund

must provide notice in writing of their loss to the Law Society within two

years.

SCHEDULE 15

LEGISLATION ACT, 2006

The

Schedule makes various amendments to the Legislation Act,

2006 .

The

commencement provisions of Acts may provide for provisions to come into force

on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor. These

proclamations are issued pursuant to an order made by the Lieutenant Governor

in Council.

Currently,

the Act sets out rules that apply to these proclamations. The

Schedule

recreates and adapts these rules to provide for the Lieutenant Governor in

Council making orders that name a day on which provisions of

an Act come into

force, without any need for an associated proclamation. These orders must be

published on the e-Laws website promptly after they are made.

new transition

section allows these orders to be made for any provisions of an

Act that are to come into force on a day to be named by proclamation. The

section also provides for the continued validity of certain proclamations.

The

Schedule also amends the Act respecting the commencement of regulations made

under Acts. A deemed commencement rule is added to

section 23 for regulations,

corresponding with subsection 8 (2) for Acts. As well, a new

section 23.1 is

added to permit powers conferred by a regulation to be exercised before the

regulation comes into force (but without effect for the most part). The new

section corresponds with

section 10 for Acts.

Clause

51 (1) (

c) of the Act provides for an interpretive presumption that the repeal

of

an Act or revocation of a regulation does not affect an offence committed

against the Act or regulation before its repeal or revocation, or any related

penalty, forfeiture or punishment. The clause is re-enacted so that it applies

with respect to any contraventions of

an Act or regulation in addition to

offences.

Finally,

the

Schedule makes various housekeeping amendments to the Act, including

replacing descriptions of a date with the actual date and repealing a spent

provision.

SCHEDULE 16

PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT

The

Schedule amends sections 5 and 5.1 of the Provincial

Offences Act with respect to how a defendant who is served with an

offence notice may give notice of an intention to appear in court for the

purpose of entering a plea and having a trial (section 5) or request a meeting with

the prosecutor to discuss the resolution of the offence (section 5.1).

SCHEDULE 17

PUBLIC OFFICERS ACT

The

Schedule repeals obsolete provisions of the Public

Officers Act and of Acts that refer to the Public

Officers Act .

SCHEDULE 18

VICTIMS’ BILL OF RIGHTS, 1995

Section

3 of the Victims’ Bill of Rights, 1995 establishes

a cause of action permitting victims of crimes that are prescribed by the

regulations to sue for emotional distress and related bodily harm arising from

those crimes. Subsection 3 (2) of the Act is amended to add to the list of

victims who are presumed to have suffered emotional distress.

Several

amendments are made to the French version of the Act to update terminology.

SCHEDULE 19

REFERENCES TO THE CROWN

The

Schedule amends various Acts respecting references to the Crown. In addition to

making a number of amendments directly, the

Schedule amends the Legislation Act, 2006 to add a new change power

permitting non-substantive changes to be made to Ontario Acts and regulations,

without the need for amendment, in order to reflect a change of reigning

sovereign or to otherwise change the terminology used to refer to the Crown in

accordance with Ontario drafting practices.

The

Schedule makes other related changes, including,

(

a) amending

the Ministry of Government Services Act to change

the name of the government printer from the Queen’s Printer for Ontario to the

King’s Printer for Ontario, and making the necessary consequential amendments

to other Acts; and

(

b) amending

the Barristers Act to change the title of Queen’s

Counsel to King’s Counsel.

Bill 157 2024

Act to amend various Acts in relation to the courts and other justice matters

CONTENTS

Contents

of this Act

Commencement

Short

title

Schedule 1

Architects

Act

Schedule 2

Cannabis

Control Act, 2017

Schedule 3

Cannabis

Licence Act, 2018

Schedule 4

Community

Safety and Policing Act, 2019

Schedule 5

Coroners

Act

Schedule 6

Courts

of Justice Act

Schedule 7

Evidence

Act

Schedule 8

Execution

Act

Schedule 9

Family

Law Act

Schedule 10

Fire

Protection and Prevention Act, 1997

Schedule 11

Juries

Act

Schedule 12

Justices

of the Peace Act

Schedule 13

Land

Titles Act

Schedule 14

Law

Society Act

Schedule 15

Legislation

Act, 2006

Schedule 16

Provincial

Offences Act

Schedule 17

Public

Officers Act

Schedule 18

Victims’

Bill of Rights, 1995

Schedule 19

References

to the Crown

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 provisions are to come into force on a

day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, a proclamation may

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

different times with respect to any of those provisions.

Short

title

3 The

short title of this Act is the Enhancing

Access to Justice Act, 2024 .

SCHEDULE 1

ARCHITECTS ACT

(1) Section 1 of the Architects Act is

amended by adding the following definition:

“limited

licence” means a limited licence to engage in the practice of architecture

issued under this Act; (“permis restreint”)

(2) The

definition of “Minister” in

section 1 of the Act is repealed and the following

substituted:

“Minister”

means the Attorney General or such other member of the Executive Council to

whom responsibility for the administration of this Act may be assigned or

transferred under the Executive Council Act ; (“ministre”)

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

person licensed by the Association” at the beginning and substituting “Every

holder of a licence or limited licence”.

(2) Subsection

5 (2) of the Act is amended by adding “or limited licence” after “licence”.

(1) Paragraph 9 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act is repealed and the

following substituted:

9. respecting

any matter ancillary to the provisions of this Act with regard to the issuing,

suspension and revocation of licences, limited licences, certificates of

practice and temporary licences, and the requirements and qualifications for

any of them, including but not limited to regulations,

i. respecting

the scope, standards and conduct of any examination set or approved by the

Council as a requirement for a licence or limited licence,

ii. respecting

the curricula and standards of professional training programs and courses of

study offered by the Council,

iii. respecting

the academic, experience and other requirements for admission into professional

training programs and courses of study,

iv. respecting

the academic and experience requirements for the issuance of a licence or

limited licence, and

v. establishing

classes of licence and limited licence;

(2) Paragraphs

10 and 11 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act are repealed and the following

substituted:

10. prescribing

and temporary licences;

(3) Paragraph

13 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and prescribing

and requiring the use of forms of such returns” at the end and substituting

“and governing the requirements”.

(4) Paragraph

15 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “and prescribing

and requiring the use of forms of such returns” at the end and substituting

“and governing the requirements”.

(5) Paragraph

30 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

30. governing

the continuing education of members of the Association, including,

i. providing

for the development or approval of continuing education programs,

ii. requiring

members to successfully complete or participate in such programs, and

iii. providing

for sanctions for non-compliance, including suspension or cancellation of a

member’s licence or limited licence until the member is in compliance, or the

imposition of additional requirements in order to be considered to be in

compliance;

(6) Paragraph

33 of subsection 7 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out “licences,

certificates of practice” and substituting “licences, limited licences,

certificates of practice”.

Paragraph 23 of subsection 8 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out

“licensing” and substituting “licences, limited licences”.

Clause 11 (1) (

a) of the Act is amended by striking out “is licensed” and

substituting “is the holder of a licence or limited licence”.

(1) Clause 13 (1) (

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

exempted therefrom by the Council” and substituting “subject to any exemption

by the Council”.

(2) Clause

13 (1) (

e) of the Act is amended by striking out “or is exempted therefrom by

the Council” at the end and substituting “subject to any exemption by the

Council”.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Limited

licence

13.1

(1) The

Registrar shall issue a limited licence to a natural person who applies in

accordance with the regulations and,

(

a) is

of good character;

(

b) is

not less than 18 years of age;

(

c) is

a citizen of Canada or has the status of a permanent resident of Canada or is a

member of an organization of architects that is recognized by the Council and

that has objects, standards of practice and requirements for membership similar

to those of the Association;

(

d) has

complied with the academic and experience requirements specified in the

regulations for the issuance of a limited licence, subject to any exemption by

the Council; and

(

e) has

passed such examinations and completed such courses of study as the Council may

set or approve in accordance with the regulations, subject to any exemption by

the Council.

Grounds

for refusal to issue limited licence

(2) The

Registrar may refuse to issue a limited licence to an applicant if the

Registrar is of the opinion, on reasonable and probable grounds, that the past

conduct of the applicant affords grounds for belief that the applicant will not

engage in the practice of architecture in accordance with the law and with

honesty and integrity.

Referral