PART XVII MISCELLANEOUS
Regulations, general
175.1 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) exempting any person, licence holder, insurer, industry, contaminant, source of contaminant, motor vehicle, motor, waste, waste disposal site, waste management system, activity, area, location, matter, substance, sewage system, product, material, beverage, packaging, container, discharge, spill, pollutant or thing from any provision of this Act and the regulations and prescribing conditions for the exemptions from this Act and the regulations; (b) prohibiting, regulating or controlling, (including prescribing conditions for the prohibition, regulation or control) the making, use, sale, display, advertising, transfer, transportation, operation, maintenance, storage, recycling, disposal, or discharge, or manner thereof, of any contaminant, source of contaminant, motor vehicle, motor, waste, waste disposal site, waste management system, activity, area, location, matter, substance, sewage system, product, material, beverage, packaging, container, discharge, spill, pollutant or thing; (b.1) regulating the quality of fuels and additives used or intended for use in fuels in Ontario; (c) governing and requiring the payment of fees to the Crown or to any other person or body specified by the regulations, including prescribing the amounts or the method of calculating the amounts of the fees, and governing the procedure for the payment, (i) in respect of a certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, permit, licence or renewal of licence, examination, inspection or certification, (ii) in respect of any registration or record required by this Act or the regulations, (iii) in respect of an activity pursuant to a provision of a regulation that exempts a person from the requirement to obtain a certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval or permit, or (iv) in respect of the supply of information, services, or copies of documents, maps, plans, recordings or drawings; (d) providing for the retention by a person or body specified by the regulations of all or part of the fees paid, under this Act, to the person or body; (e) providing for refunds of fees paid under this Act to the Crown or to a person or body specified by the regulations; (f) providing for the issue, review, suspension and revocation of environmental compliance approvals and prescribing conditions for the issuing, reviewing, suspending and revoking; (f.1) subject to subsection (3), governing applications for the issue, review and revocation of environmental compliance approvals; (f.2) providing for the issue, renewal, suspension and revocation of certificates of property use, renewable energy approvals, permits and licences, and prescribing conditions for the issuing, renewing, suspending and revoking; (f.3) governing applications for the issue, renewal and revocation of certificates of property use, renewable energy approvals, permits and licences; (f.4) requiring persons with qualifications specified in the regulations to provide certifications as part of applications mentioned in clauses (f.1) and (f.3); (f.5) governing certifications mentioned in clause (f.4); (f.6) governing the inclusion of terms and conditions in environmental compliance approvals, certificates of property use, renewable energy approvals, permits and licences; (g) defining the desirable quality criteria of the natural environment; (h) prescribing documents or data required to be created, stored and submitted by any person and the methods of creating, storing and submitting the documents and data; (h.1) prescribing the location at which documents or data must be created or stored; (h.2) providing for the inspection and examination of documents and data; (h.3) providing for the preparation and signing of documents by electronic means, the filing of documents by direct electronic transmission and the printing of documents filed by direct electronic transmission; (i) providing for forms and their use; (j) providing for the method of service of any document given or served under this Act; (j.1) deeming a person to be a person involved in carrying out a program of the Ministry for the purpose of subsection 184 (2); (k) designating any matter required to be designated or authorized by or referred to in this Act as designated; (k.1) providing for transitional matters that, in the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, are necessary or desirable to facilitate the implementation of the amendments made to this Act by Schedule 10 to the Accelerating Access to Justice Act, 2021; (l) subject to subsection (5), prescribing or respecting any matter that this Act refers to as a matter prescribed by the regulations or as otherwise dealt with by the regulations.  1997, c. 7, s. 3; 1998, c. 35, s. 30; 2001, c. 9, Sched. G, s. 5 (10); 2001, c. 17, s. 2 (42); 2009, c. 12, Sched. G, s. 19; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 15, s. 5 (6); 2010, c. 16, Sched. 7, s. 2 (68, 69); 2019, c. 14, Sched. 8, s. 14; 2021, c. 4, Sched. 10, s. 1 (8). Regulation under cl. (1) (f) (2) For the purposes of clause (1) (f), a regulation prescribing conditions for the issuing of an environmental compliance approval may include conditions that specify that a person other than a municipality who submits an application for approval under Part II.1 in respect of an activity mentioned in subsection 27 (1) must deposit a sum of money or furnish a surety bond or personal sureties for the purposes of assuring satisfactory maintenance of the waste management system or the waste disposal site or the removal of waste from the site.  2010, c. 16, Sched. 7, s. 2 (70). Regulation under cl. (1) (f.1) (3) The power to make regulations under clause (1) (f.1) does not include the power to make regulations specifying the date on or before which an application for review of an environmental compliance approval in respect of an activity must be submitted.  2010, c. 16, Sched. 7, s. 2 (70). Same (4) A regulation mentioned in subsection (2) may prescribe terms and conditions upon which a deposit mentioned in subsection (2) may be returned to the depositor.  2010, c. 16, Sched. 7, s. 2 (70). Minister’s regulations (5) The Minister may make regulations specifying anything that this Act describes as being specified in a regulation made by the Minister.  2010, c. 16, Sched. 7, s. 2 (70). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1997, c. 7, s. 3 - 05/06/1997; 1998, c. 35, s. 30 - 01/02/1999 2001, c. 9, Sched. G, s. 5 (9) - see Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 - 31/12/2011; 2001, c. 9, Sched. G, s. 5 (10) - 29/06/2001; 2001, c. 17, s. 2 (42)
- 01/10/2004 2009, c. 12, Sched. G, s. 19 (1, 2) - 24/09/2009; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 15, s. 5 (6) - 15/12/2009 2010, c. 16, Sched. 7, s. 2 (68-70) - 31/10/2011 2019, c. 14, Sched. 8, s. 14 - 01/07/2022 2021, c. 4, Sched. 10, s. 1 (8) - 01/06/2021