Approved Regulations
| Extension of the 2007 Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem (COA) (source: Environmental Registry) |
| COA is a framework through which the governments of Canada and Ontario work cooperatively with the support of other partners, to restore, protect and conserve the environmental quality of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem in order to achieve the vision of a healthy, prosperous and sustainable Basin for present and future generations. COA assists Canada in meeting its obligations under the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). |
| Effective Date: March 31, 2010 |
| Education Act Regulation (118/10) |
| These amendments set the 2010 Education Tax Rates for Ontario Municipalities |
| Effective Date: March 30, 2010 |
| Technical Amendments to the Liquor Control Act, Regulation 717 (General) |
| The introduction of the harmonized sales tax on July 1, 2010 necessitates technical amendments to Regulation 717 (General) made under the Liquor Control Act. |
| Effective Date: March 29, 2010 |
| Ontario Regulation made under the Land Transfer Tax Act: Exemption – Charity Reorganization |
| The regulation made under the Land Transfer Tax Act implements the 2010 Ontario Budget proposal to exempt from land transfer tax certain transfers of land by registered charities after March 25, 2010 resulting solely from an internal reorganization. |
| Effective Date: March 26, 2010 |
| Amendments to R.R.O 1990, Regulation 415 (Grapes For Processing – Plan) under the Farm Products Marketing Act regarding governance of the Grape Growers of Ontario. |
| The Grape Growers of Ontario (GGO) requested amendments to R.R.O 1990, Regulation 415 (Grapes For Processing – Plan) under the Farm Products Marketing Act. GGO members were consulted on this matter, and agreed to the amendments. The amendments include an increase in size of the GGO Board; the inclusion of two regions of the province as separate districts and three year staggered terms for board members. The Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission fully supported these amendments. |
| Effective Date: March 23, 2010 |
| Penalties |
| This is a new regulation that prescribes penalties for contraventions of the Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-in Caregivers and Others), 2009. |
| Effective Date: March 22, 2010 |
| Amendment of O. Reg. 230/08 (Species at Risk in Ontario List) in response to COSSARO report received December 18, 2010 (source: Environmental Registry) |
| To provide general notice to the public that amendments will be made to Ontario Regulation 230/08 (Species at Risk in Ontario List) in response to a report received by the Minister of Natural Resources from the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO) on December 18, 2009. |
| Effective Date: March 18, 2010 |
| Private Security: Clarifying the mandatory clean criminal record requirement for licensees under the Private Security and Investigative Services Act, 2005 |
| Amends the "ELIGIBILITY TO HOLD A LICENCE — CLEAN CRIMINAL RECORD" Regulation to eliminate duplication. |
| Effective Date: March 16, 2010 |
| Regulation amending the General Regulation made under the Taxation Act, 2007 |
| The regulation made under the Taxation Act, 2007 implemented the 2009 Ontario Budget and Fall Economic Statement proposals to enhance two refundable corporate tax credits and make other technical corrections. |
| Effective Date: March 16, 2010 |
| Law Society Act |
| Amendments to O. Reg. 167/07, which expands the summary hearings process |
| Effective Date: March 15, 2010 |
| Amendment to Ontario Regulation 316/07 under the Provincial Parks and Conservation Reserves Act, 2006, to remove the provincial park designation from Ipperwash Provincial Park (source: Environmental Registry) |
| The purpose of the regulation is to deregulate the entire park, a step that is required for the eventual transfer of the park land to Canada under the Addition to Reserve Policy, for the benefit of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation. |
| Effective Date: March 12, 2010 |
| Ontario Regulation 55/10 (source: Environmental Registry) |
| Ontario Regulation 55/10 is a site specific amendment that allows for a minimum lot frontage of 30 metres on lands located in part of Lot 21, Concession 7, in the Town of Markham. |
| Effective Date: March 12, 2010 |
| Regulation 735 |
| Establishment of Local Roads Area - Northwestern Region |
| Effective Date: March 12, 2010 |
| Regulation 734 |
| Establishment of Local Roads Areas - Northern and Eastern Regions |
| Effective Date: March 8, 2010 |
| Regulation to Include First Nations’ Drinking Water Systems in the Drinking Water Source Protection Planning Process Pursuant to the Clean Water Act (source: Environmental Registry) |
| Amendment to Regulation 287/07 – General, to include the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation and the Six Nations of the Grand River drinking water systems in the applicable source protection planning process pursuant to the Clean Water Act, 2006 |
| Effective Date: March 8, 2010 |
| City of Toronto Act Regulation (58/10) |
| These amendments continue to allow the City of Toronto to set transition tax ratios for 2010 based on a prescribed formula, as well as maintain levy increase flexibility |
| Effective Date: March 3, 2010 |
| Municipal Act, 2001 Regulations (56/10, 57/10) |
| These amendments continue to allow the municipalities to set transition tax ratios for 2010 based on a prescribed formula, as well as maintain levy increase flexibility |
| Effective Date: March 3, 2010 |
| Assessment Review Board Act |
| Revoking of O. Reg. 290/07 under the Assessment Review Board Act |
| Effective Date: March 2, 2010 |
| Human Rights Code, Proposed Regulation |
| Revoking O. Reg. 32/08 ("Transitional Matters") under the Human Rights Code |
| Effective Date: March 2, 2010 |
| Time Act, Proposed Regulation |
| Revoking O. Reg. 111/06 (“Variation of Time in Effect”) under the Time Act |
| Effective Date: March 2, 2010 |
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