60 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a)  prescribing forms and providing for their use; (b), (c)  Repealed: 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 16 (1). (d)  prescribing the system of filing of registrations; (e)  prescribing the particulars of registrations to be entered in the indexes; (e.1)  providing for the appointment of division registrars; (e.2)  Repealed: 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 16 (1). (f)  prescribing the duties of and records to be kept by the division registrars; (g)  prescribing the information and returns to be furnished to the Registrar General and fixing the times when information and returns are to be transmitted; (h)  fixing the times when division registrars shall forward registrations to the Registrar General; (i)  prescribing the duties of and returns to be made by sub-registrars; (i.1)  prescribing the powers of division registrars; (i.2)  prescribing such matters as are referred to in sections 8 and 9, subsection 10 (4), sections 19, 21 and 22 and subsections 26 (1), 31 (1), (1.1), (8), (8.1), (9), (12) and (13) and 31.1 (1), (2), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10) as being prescribed or as being described or set out in the regulations in relation to any notice, certification or other documentation referred to in those sections, including the persons who are to comply with those sections and the time limits for and manner of compliance; (i.3)  requiring that such information as may be set out in the regulations be given by way of statutory declaration; (i.4)  requiring medical examinations for deserted new-born children and abandoned children for the purposes of assisting in the registration of their birth; (i.5)  providing for the correction or amendment of any registration in situations not otherwise provided for in this Act; (i.6)  governing the registration of still-births for the purposes of section 9.1, including providing provisions of this Act that apply, with necessary modification, to the registration of stillbirths; Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, clauses 60 (1) (a) to (i.6) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted: (See: 2019, c. 7, Sched. 61, s. 5 (1)) (a)  providing for different systems of registration, other than the uniform system mentioned in subsection 2 (1), that shall be used in the part or parts of the province for the period of time that is specified in the regulations; (b)  prescribing registrations and records to be transferred under section 5 (transfer to the Archives of Ontario); (c)  providing for the appointment of division registrars; (d)  prescribing the fees to be paid for anything done or permitted to be done under this Act, other than for services provided by the Registrar General, and providing for the waiver of payment of those fees in favour of any person or class of persons; (e)  adopting by reference, in whole or in part, and with changes that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary, any classification of diseases for the purposes of this Act; (f)  prescribing the matters that are described in sections 8 and 9, subsections 21 (5) and (6) and sections 22 and 26 as being prescribed or as being described or set out in the regulations in relation to any notice, certification or other documentation mentioned in those provisions, including the persons who are to comply with those provisions and the time limits for and manner of compliance; (g)  prescribing persons for the purposes of the definition of “birth parent” in section 1; (h)  respecting the rules that apply where an adopted person or birth parent has submitted more than one notice under sections 48.3 and 48.4 or one such notice and a disclosure veto under section 48.5, or any other combination of such documents, including providing whether a notice or disclosure veto prevails and terminating the effect of a notice or of a disclosure veto; (i)  governing the disclosure of information in relation to adoption in situations where an individual has been the subject of more than one registered adoption order, including providing that all or part of sections 48.1, 48.2, 48.3, 48.4 and 48.5 do not apply to an adopted person or a birth parent or classes of adopted persons or birth parents; (j)  designating the persons who may have access to or may be given information from the records in the Registrar General’s office or in a division registrar’s office, and prescribing an oath or affirmation of secrecy to be taken by such persons; (k)  for the registration of births, marriages, deaths, still-births, adoptions or changes of name in cases not otherwise provided for in this Act; (k.1)  Repealed:  1997, c. 9, s. 7 (4). (l)  prescribing the fees to be paid for anything done or permitted to be done under this Act, other than for services provided by the Registrar General, and providing for the waiver of payment of those fees in favour of any person or class of persons; (m)  Repealed: 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 16 (3). (m.0.1)  permitting the Registrar General to issue certificates that include the particulars listed in subsection 43 (1) and the additional particulars listed in the regulations; (m.0.2)  specifying which provisions of this Act and the regulations apply and do not apply to the certificates described in clause (m.0.1) and limiting the number of those certificates that the Registrar General is permitted to issue; (m.1)  prescribing persons for the purposes of section 40 and subsection 53 (1); (m.1.1)  prescribing information and documents for the purposes of paragraph 3 of subsection 45.1 (1); (m.2)  providing for different systems of registration other than the uniform system referred to in subsection 2 (1) that shall be used in such part or parts of the province for such period of time as is specified in the regulations; (m.3)  prescribing registrations to which subsections 51.1 (1) and (2) apply; (m.4)  designating any agency, board, commission, corporation or other body, inside or outside Canada, as an institution for the purposes of section 48.13 or 53.1; (m.5)  prescribing who may be a guarantor; (n)  prescribing the evidence on which the Registrar General may register a birth, still-birth, marriage or death after one year from the date thereof; (o)  requiring the persons in charge of hospitals to make returns of the births of all children born in the hospitals; (p)  prescribing special forms for registrations in respect of Indians; (q)  providing that registrations in respect of Indians shall be kept separate from other registrations; (r)  prescribing persons for the purposes of the definition of “birth parent” in section 1; (r.1)  respecting the rules that apply where an adopted person or birth parent has submitted more than one notice under sections 48.3 and 48.4 or one such notice and a disclosure veto under section 48.5, or any other combination of such documents, including providing whether a notice or disclosure veto prevails and terminating the effect of a notice or of a disclosure veto; (r.2)  governing the disclosure of information in relation to adoption in situations where an individual has been the subject of more than one registered adoption order, including providing that all or part of sections 48.1, 48.2, 48.3, 48.4 and 48.5 do not apply to an adopted person or a birth parent or classes of adopted persons or birth parents; (s)  for the purpose of effectively securing the due observance of this Act and generally for the better carrying out of the provisions thereof and obtaining the information required thereby; (t)  Repealed: 2016, c. 23, s. 33 (4). (u)  Repealed: 2005, c. 25, s. 13 (3). (v)  adopting by reference, in whole or in part, and with changes that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary, any classification of diseases for the purposes of this Act; (w)  prescribing registrations and records to be transferred under section 5 (transfer to the Archives of Ontario); (x)  prescribing requirements for the purposes of clause 48.13 (2) (c); (y)  governing the use that institutions that obtain information under section 48.13 may make of the information so obtained, subject to subsection 48.13 (6); (z)  requiring institutions that obtain information under section 48.13 to retain or destroy the information; (z.1)  specifying terms and conditions that shall be included in an agreement mentioned in clause 48.13 (2) (d) where the terms and conditions govern the use that an institution may make of information obtained under section 48.13 subject to subsection 48.13 (6) or require such an institution to retain or destroy the information.  R.S.O. 1990, c. V.4, s. 60; 1994, c. 27, s. 102 (30); 1997, c. 9, s. 7 (3, 4); 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 303 (1, 2); 2001, c. 21, s. 15; 2002, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 9 (6, 7); 2005, c. 25, s. 13 (1-3); 2006, c. 9, Sched. P, s. 2 (1, 2); 2006, c. 34, Sched. A, s. 28 (5); 2008, c. 5, s. 11 (1); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 17, s. 13 (3); 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 16 (1, 3); 2016, c. 23, s. 33, 34 (1). Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, clauses 60 (1) (k) to (z.1) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted: (See: 2019, c. 7, Sched. 61, s. 5 (2)) (k)  designating any agency, board, commission, corporation or other body, inside or outside Canada, as an institution for the purposes of section 48.13 or 53.1; (l)  prescribing requirements for the purposes of clause 48.13 (2) (c); (m)  governing the use that institutions that obtain information under section 48.13 may make of the information so obtained, subject to subsection 48.13 (6); (n)  requiring institutions that obtain information under section 48.13 to retain or destroy the information; (o)  specifying terms and conditions that shall be included in an agreement mentioned in clause 48.13 (2) (d) where the terms and conditions govern the use that an institution may make of information obtained under section 48.13 subject to subsection 48.13 (6) or require such an institution to retain or destroy the information. Transitional matters (2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations providing for transitional matters which, in the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, are necessary or desirable in connection with the enactment of sections 48.1, 48.2, 48.5, 48.6 and 48.7 by the Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008 and the amendment or repeal of other sections of this Act by that Act.  2008, c. 5, s. 11 (2). Rolling incorporation (3) A regulation made under clause (1) (v) 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.  2009, c. 33, Sched. 17, s. 13 (4). Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, subsection 60 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out “clause (1) (v)” and substituting “clause (1) (e)”. (See: 2019, c. 7, Sched. 61, s. 5 (3)) Classes for use of information (4) A regulation made under clause (1) (y), (z) or (z.1) may be of general application or specific in its application to any institution or class of institutions or to any information or class of information.  2006, c. 9, Sched. P, s. 2 (3). Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, subsection 60 (4) of the Act is repealed. (See: 2019, c. 7, Sched. 61, s. 5 (4)) Same (5) A class described in a regulation made under clause (1) (y), (z) or (z.1) may be described according to any characteristic or combination of characteristics and may be described to include or exclude any specified member, whether or not with the same characteristics.  2006, c. 9, Sched. P, s. 2 (3). Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, subsection 60 (5) of the Act is repealed. (See: 2019, c. 7, Sched. 61, s. 5 (4)) Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1994, c. 27, s. 102 (30) - 02/01/2007; 1997, c. 9, s. 7 (3) - 11/02/1998; 1997, c. 9, s. 7 (4) - 15/04/2009; 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 303 (1, 2) - 18/12/1998; 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 303 (3, 4) - see 2019, c. 7, Sched. 61, s. 7 - 29/05/2019 2001, c. 21, s. 15
- 05/12/2001 2002, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 9 (6) - 02/01/2007; 2002, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 9 (7) - 26/11/2002 2005, c. 25, s. 13 (1, 2, 4) - 31/01/2007; 2005, c. 25, s. 13 (3)
- 17/09/2007 2006, c. 9, Sched. P, s. 2 (1-3) - 02/10/2006; 2006, c. 34, Sched. A, s. 28 (5) - 01/09/2007 2008, c. 5, s. 11 (1, 2)
- 01/09/2008 2009, c. 33, Sched. 17, s. 13 (3, 4) - 15/12/2009 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 16 (1, 3) - 01/09/2016; 2012, c. 8, Sched. 58, s. 16 (2) - see Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 - 31/12/2022 2016, c. 5, Sched. 33, s. 6 (1, 2) - no effect - see 2016, c. 23, s. 74 (3);
2016, c. 23, s. 33 (1-3), 34 (1) - 01/01/2017; 2016, c. 23, s. 33 (4)
- 05/12/2016 2019, c. 7, Sched. 61, s. 5 (1-4) - not in force; 2019, c. 7, Sched. 61, s. 7 - 29/05/2019