167 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, 1.  prescribing drinking water quality standards; 2.  governing measures to be taken where a drinking water quality standard is not complied with; 3.  providing for a person to be deemed to have complied with a drinking water quality standard for the purposes of this Act and the regulations, if the person complies with prescribed measures.  2002, c. 32, s. 167 (1). Provision of drinking water generally (2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing the provision of drinking water for any prescribed purpose, including the provision of drinking water to any fixture attached to a plumbing system.  2002, c. 32, s. 167 (2). Drinking water systems (3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, 1.  prescribing standards and requirements relating to the planning, location, design, construction, installation, operation, management, maintenance, repair, replacement or alteration of drinking water systems or any works, equipment, mechanism or other thing related to a drinking water system; 2.  respecting the qualifications, training and level of expertise of persons engaged in the design, construction, installation, operation, management, maintenance, repair, replacement or alteration of drinking water systems or any works, equipment, mechanism or other thing related to a drinking water system; 3.  prescribing operating requirements for drinking water systems, including requirements relating to insurance, facilities, staffing, monitoring, testing, record-keeping and submission of reports in electronic form or otherwise to the Ministry; 4.  prescribing reporting requirements by owners of drinking water systems, including requirements for reporting to the public and the matters on which owners are to report; 5.  prescribing treatment standards and treatment requirements for drinking water systems or for water for drinking water use; 6.  prescribing treatment standards and treatment, monitoring, testing and reporting requirements for water in plumbing; 7.  prescribing monitoring, testing and reporting requirements for devices installed in plumbing to prevent back-flows of anything into the plumbing or a drinking water system; 8.  prescribing standards and monitoring, testing and reporting requirements for treatment equipment installed in plumbing; 9.  respecting operators of drinking water systems, including regulations, i.  prescribing criteria for the issue of operators’ certificates, including particular qualifications and other requirements for the issue of an operator’s certificate for different types of drinking water systems, ii.  prescribing procedures for applying for, issuing and amending operators’ certificates, iii.  requiring owners or operating authorities of drinking water systems to conduct training needs assessments for operators, iv.  governing training, curriculum, courses or training providers, v.  authorizing the Director to delegate the approval of training courses, instructors or training providers to any person, vi.  requiring operators to undergo training as a condition of retention of the operators’ certificates, vii.  requiring owners or operating authorities of drinking water systems to designate one or more operators as the overall responsible operator or operators, and prescribing the qualifications and training standards for that operator or operators, viii.  prescribing criteria for the suspension or revocation of operators’ certificates; 10.  prescribing standards and procedures for the collection, transport, custody, labelling and testing of drinking water samples from drinking water systems; 11.  in respect of proposals under section 38, 41, 46 or 60 to include conditions in permits, licences or approvals for drinking water systems relieving the permit holder, licensee or approval holder from regulatory requirements, i.  prohibiting the Director, in prescribed circumstances, from including prescribed conditions, ii.  governing assessments to determine the effect of including the proposed conditions, including the circumstances in which an assessment must be made and requirements about public consultation and the obtaining of consent from prescribed individuals; 12.  prescribing the day on or before which the owner of a particular municipal drinking water system shall apply under this Act for a municipal drinking water licence and a drinking water works permit for the system; 13.  governing agreements for the transfer of ownership of municipal drinking water systems; 14.  prescribing different classes of regulated non-municipal drinking water systems for the purposes of different provisions under this Act, including prescribing which classes of regulated non-municipal drinking water systems require an approval under this Act.  2002, c. 32, s. 167 (3). Drinking water testing (4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, 1.  prescribing drinking water tests for the purpose of the definition of “drinking water test” in section 2; 2.  prescribing drinking water tests to which this Act does not apply until a prescribed day or days; 3.  in respect of the provision of drinking water testing services at laboratories outside Ontario, i.  prescribing requirements to be met by persons providing such services, ii.  prescribing requirements for such laboratories to be eligible for the purposes of section 11, iii.  governing the inspection of such laboratories; 4.  prescribing drinking water tests for the purposes of subsection 63 (2), together with the qualifications, training and level of expertise of persons who may conduct them and any protocols for their conduct; 5.  respecting the qualifications, training and level of expertise of persons who may offer or provide drinking water testing services or conduct drinking water tests; 6.  prescribing protocols for the conduct of drinking water tests; 7.  prescribing requirements in relation to drinking water testing for record-keeping; 8.  prescribing what constitutes an adverse result of a drinking water test for the purposes of this Act; 9.  governing record-keeping, the reporting of the results of drinking water tests, and the persons required to be notified of those results.  2002, c. 32, s. 167 (4). (5) Repealed: 2019, c. 14, Sched. 8, s. 78. General (6) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, 1.  prescribing matters that are appropriate for inclusion in the Minister’s annual report under subsection 3 (4); 2.  prescribing dates and periods for the purposes of this Act; 3.  prescribing anything that in this Act may be or is required to be prescribed, anything that may be or is required to be determined or regulated by the regulations, or any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations; 4.  prescribing the requirements for anything that is required by this Act to be in accordance with the regulations; 5.  defining any word or expression used in this Act that is not defined in this Act; 6.  exempting any class of person, activity or thing from any provision of this Act or the regulations, and prescribing conditions for such exemptions. 7.  governing any transitional matters the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable in connection with the implementation of the amendments made to this Act by Schedule 10 to the Accelerating Access to Justice Act, 2021.  2002, c. 32, s. 167 (6); 2021, c. 4, Sched. 10, s. 7 (6). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2019, c. 14, Sched. 8, s. 78 - 10/12/2019 2021, c. 4, Sched. 10, s. 7 (6) - 01/06/2021 Regulations, Minister