271.1 (1) The Minister may make regulations, (a)  respecting and governing the content, form, format and filing of articles, applications and other documents and information filed with or issued by the Director and the form, format and payment of fees; (b)  respecting and governing the manner of completion, submission and acceptance of articles, applications and other documents and information filed with the Director, the payment of fees and the determination of the date of receipt; (c)  designating articles, applications and other documents and information to be filed with the Director, (i)  in paper or electronic format, (ii)  in electronic format alone, or (iii)  in paper format alone; (d)  respecting names of corporations, or classes of corporations, including prohibiting the use of any words or expressions in a corporate name, prescribing requirements for the purposes of clause 9 (1) (c), prescribing conditions for the purposes of subsection 9 (2), prescribing the documents relating to a corporation’s name that must be filed with the Director under subsection 9 (3), respecting the name of a corporation under subsection 10 (2), prescribing the punctuation marks and other marks that may form part of a corporation’s name under subsection 10 (3) and respecting the content of a special language provision under subsection 10 (4); (e)  subject to any terms and conditions specified in the regulation, prescribing and governing documents and information that are required to support articles, applications and other forms approved under section 272.2 and specifying, for each of the formats designated under clause (c), (i)  the documents and information that must be filed with the Director, together with articles, applications and other forms approved under section 272.2, and (ii)  the documents and information that must be retained by the corporation and, upon receipt of and in accordance with written notice from the Director, and subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the Director, that must be filed with the Director or given to any other person specified in the notice; (f)  permitting the Director, subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the Director, for each of the formats designated under clause (c), (i)  to require that a document or information prescribed under subclause (e) (i) be retained by the corporation and, upon receipt of and in accordance with written notice from the Director, be filed with the Director or given to any other person specified in the notice, (ii)  to require that a document or information prescribed under subclause (e) (ii) be filed with the Director, together with articles, applications and other forms approved under section 272.2, and (iii)  to require that a document required by this Act to be filed with the Director be retained by the corporation and, upon receipt of and in accordance with written notice from the Director, be filed with the Director or given to any other person specified in the notice; (g)  governing the terms and conditions that the Director may impose pursuant to a regulation made under subclause (e) (ii) or clause (f); (h)  respecting and governing the endorsement of articles and applications with a certificate or authorization and the issuance of certificates and authorizations by the Director, including rules respecting the endorsement and issuance by electronic means; (i)  governing the assignment of corporation numbers and number names under section 8; (j)  governing the retention and destruction of articles, applications and other documents and information filed with the Director, including the form and format in which they must be retained; (k)  prescribing exceptions under section 177; (l)  prescribing circumstances for the purpose of clause 241 (5.1) (c); (m)  prescribing documents for the purposes of subsection 273.4 (2); (n)  governing the publication of notices to corporations for the purposes of subsections 241 (1), (2) and (3); (o)  prescribing duties and powers of the Director in addition to those set out in this Act; (p)  providing that a person or entity that enters into an agreement under subsection 265.1 (2) is an agent of the Crown and specifying the services and purposes for which the person or entity is considered to be an agent of the Crown; (q)  designating public servants employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 or classes of them for the purposes of endorsing and issuing certificates, including certificates as to any fact, and certifying true copies of documents required or authorized under this Act; (r)  defining any word or expression used in this Act that has not already been expressly defined in this Act; (s)  prescribing any matter that the Minister considers necessary or advisable for the purposes of this Act; (t)  governing inspections of consents under section 5, examinations of lists of shareholders under section 100, examinations and inspections of records under sections 144 and 145 and examinations of financial statements under section 157; (u)  governing transitional matters as the Minister considers necessary or advisable to facilitate the implementation of amendments to this Act made by Schedule 4 to the Less Red Tape, Stronger Economy Act, 2023. 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 40;2023, c. 9, Sched. 4, s. 19. Rolling incorporation by reference (2) A regulation made under subsection (1) that incorporates another document by reference may provide that the reference to the document includes amendments made to the document from time to time after the regulation is made. 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 40 (1). Fees (3) The Minister may, by order, require the payment of fees for search reports, copies of documents or information, filing of documents or other services under this Act, approve the amount of those fees and provide for the waiver or refund of all or any part of any of those fees. 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 40 (1). Non-application of Legislation Act, 2006 (4) Part III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 does not apply to an order made by the Minister under subsection (3). 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 40 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 30 - 01/03/1999 2011, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 1 (2) - 30/03/2011 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 40 (1) - 19/10/2021; 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 40 (2) - 14/11/2020 2023, c. 9, Sched. 4, s. 19 - 01/10/2023