35 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing anything that is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is required or permitted to be done in accordance with the regulations or as provided in the regulations. 2010, c. 8, s. 35 (1). Same (2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) exempting any person or class of persons from any provision of this Act, subject to such conditions or restrictions as may be prescribed by the regulations; (b) defining any word or expression used in this Act that is not defined in this Act. 2010, c. 8, s. 35 (2). Same, Part II (3) For the purposes of Part II, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) prescribing the amount of electricity and gas for the purposes of the definition of “consumer” in section 2; (b) prescribing forms, media and formats for the purposes of the definition of “text-based” in section 2 and forms, media and formats that are excluded from the definition; (c) prescribing formats for electronic information for the purposes of subsection 7 (4); (d) prescribing requirements for the purposes of subsection 7 (5); (e) governing disclosure requirements for the purposes of subsection 8 (1); (f) prescribing the manner of determining the price a supplier charges for electricity or gas and the requirements used in determining it for the purposes of section 9; (g) governing unfair practices; (h) governing consumer contracts; (h.1) providing for rules for the purposes of section 9.3; (i) prescribing the persons or classes of persons acting on behalf of the account holder for the purposes of subsection 11 (4); (j) for the purposes of subsection 12 (1), (i) governing information required to be contained in contracts, the form and manner of its presentation and the circumstances under which the information is to be provided, (ii) governing what information is required in the information and documents that must accompany contracts, the languages in which the information and documents may be provided, the form and manner of their presentation and the circumstances under which they are to be provided, and (iii) providing that such a regulation prevails over any code governing the conduct of a retailer issued under section 70.1 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 or any rules that apply to gas marketing made under clause 44 (1) (c) of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998; (k) for the purposes of subsection 12 (2), governing acknowledgments and signatures, prescribing their form or manner and respecting information and matters to which they apply; (l) governing information, requirements or obligations that shall not be contained in or accompany any contract; (m) governing the time in which a supplier must deliver a text-based copy of a contract to a consumer for the purposes of subsection 13 (1); (n) prescribing the class or classes of consumers that may receive a contract in a prescribed form and within a prescribed time for the purposes of subsection 13 (2); (o) governing acknowledgment of delivery of contracts and prescribing the time or the manner of determining the time in which the consumer is deemed to have acknowledged receipt of the contract for the purposes of section 14; (p) governing the verification under section 15, including, (i) the conditions and qualifications of the persons or class of persons who verified the contract, (ii) the persons or class or persons who are  excluded from verifying contracts, and (iii) the notice given by a consumer under subsection 15 (5) not to have the contract verified; (q) prescribing the circumstances in which a contract is deemed void and respecting the number of days or the manner of calculating the number of days after which a contract is deemed void for the purposes of section 16; (r) governing the renewal, extension or amendment of contracts under Part II; (s) prescribing circumstances under which a contract may be cancelled under subsection 19 (4) and the prescribed period of notice a consumer must give to cancel a contract under subsection 19 (5); (t) governing the cancellation of contracts by a consumer, including governing notice of cancellation of a contract and when a cancellation takes effect; (u) prescribing what agreements may be included in the term “contract” for the purposes of subsection 21 (6); (v) respecting the class of obligations, including charges or fees and amount of the obligations for the purposes of section 22 and respecting the amount of obligations that are excluded from liability, as well as the amount of such monetary obligations or any other amount; (w) governing the liability of consumers who cancel a contract under subsections 19 (4) and (5) and distinguishing between cancellations under subsections 19 (4) and (5); (x) governing refunds to the consumer after a cancellation of a contract takes effect, the time or the manner of calculating the time in which a refund must be paid and the amount of the refund or the manner of determining the refund for the purposes of section 23; (y) prescribing the time period or the manner of determining the time period in which a refund is to paid to a consumer for the purposes of section 24; (z) governing the period in which a distributor is to read a consumer’s electricity meter under subsection 25 (1). 2010, c. 8, s. 35 (3); 2015, c. 29, s. 6; 2019, c. 6, Sched. 2, s. 30 (3). Same, Part III (4) For the purposes of Part III, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) prescribing properties or classes of properties for the purposes of the definition of “multi-unit complexes” in section 31 and excluding properties or classes of properties for the purposes of that definition; (b) prescribing properties or classes of properties for the purposes of the definition of “unit” in section 31 and excluding properties or classes of properties for the purposes of that definition; (c) prescribing classes of meters, classes of properties and circumstances for the purposes of the definition of “unit meter” in section 31; (d) prescribing other meters for the purposes of the definition of “unit smart meter” in section 31; (e) prescribing, for the purposes of the definition of “unit smart metering” in section 31, (i) activities in relation to unit smart meters in multi-unit complexes, (ii) circumstances in which activities may be carried out in relation to unit smart meters, (iii) classes of properties or classes of consumers, (iv) conditions that may apply to carrying out the activities referred to in that definition; (f) prescribing meters for the purposes of the definition of “unit sub-meter” in section 31; (g) prescribing, for the purposes of the definition of “unit sub-metering” in section 31, (i) activities in relation to unit sub-meters in multi-unit complexes, (ii) circumstances in which activities may be carried out in relation to unit sub-meters, (iii) classes of properties or classes of consumers, (iv) conditions that may apply to carrying out the activities referred to in that definition; (h) prescribing persons or classes of persons for the purposes of the definition of “unit sub-meter provider” in section 31; (i) governing suite meter specifications for the purposes of section 32, including prescribing, (i) types, classes or kinds of suite meters, (ii) properties or classes of properties, (iii) consumers or classes of consumers, and (iv) criteria or requirements that must be met with respect to subclauses (i), (ii) and (iii); (j) prescribing a date after which the Board has exclusive authority to approve or authorize suite meters; (k) prescribing criteria or requirements that a suite meter provider must satisfy when entering into a procurement process, contract or arrangement for the purposes of subsection 32 (5); (l) prescribing, for the purposes of section 33, the persons or classes of persons who are required to install suite meters, the circumstances in which such persons or classes of persons are required to install suite meters, the circumstances in which a suite meter provider is permitted to install suite meters, the properties or classes of properties where they may or must be installed and the consumers or classes of consumers to which the regulation may or must apply; (m) prescribing, for the purposes of subsection 34 (1), the circumstances in which that subsection applies, the conditions to which that subsection is subject, the circumstances in which a suite meter provider is permitted to bill consumers based on their consumption or use of electricity, the classes of properties in respect of which such billing is permitted and the consumers or classes of consumers who may or must be so billed; (n) prescribing, for the purposes of subsection 34 (2), the conditions to which that subsection is subject, the circumstances in which a suite meter provider is required to bill consumers based on their consumption or use of electricity, the classes of properties in respect of which such billing is permitted and the consumers or classes of consumers who may or must be so billed; (o) prescribing classes of consumers and classes of properties for the purposes of subsection 34 (3); (p) prescribing, for the purposes of subsection 34 (6), (i) classes of properties and classes of consumers, (ii) persons or classes of persons, and (iii) information and the form and manner of the presentation of the information. 2010, c. 8, s. 35 (4). Same, transition (5) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing transitional matters that, in the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, are necessary or desirable to facilitate the implementation of this Act. 2010, c. 8, s. 35 (5). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2015, c. 29, s. 6 (1, 2)
- 01/01/2017 2019, c. 6, Sched. 2, s. 30 (3) - 01/10/2020 36-39 Omitted (amends, repeals or revokes other legislation). 2010, c. 8, ss. 36-39. 40 Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Act). 2010,
c. 8, s. 40. 41 Omitted (enacts short title of this Act). 2010, c. 8, s. 41. ______________  Français