8.1 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Minister may, by regulation, order that, as of the day a species is listed on the Species at Risk in Ontario List as an endangered or threatened species for the first time, the application to the species of all or some of the prohibitions in subsections 9 (1) and 10 (1) shall be temporarily suspended. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 7. Timing (2) An order under subsection (1) shall be made by the Minister after he or she receives a report from COSSARO under section 6 classifying a species as endangered or threatened but before the amendment is made to the Species at Risk in Ontario List under section 7 to reflect the new classification of the species by COSSARO. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 7. Criteria (3) The Minister may make an order under subsection (1) only if, (a)  before the report was submitted by COSSARO under section 6, the species was not listed as an endangered or threatened species on the Species at Risk in Ontario List; (b)  the Minister is of the opinion that, (i)  the application of the prohibitions would likely have significant social or economic implications for all or parts of Ontario and, as a result, additional time is required to determine the best approach to protecting the species and its habitat, and (ii)  the temporary suspension will not jeopardize the survival of the species in Ontario; and (c)  the Minister is of the opinion that the species meets at least one of the following criteria: (i)  the species is broadly distributed in the wild in Ontario, (ii)  the amount, quality and availability of the species’ habitat in Ontario is not currently limiting its survival or recovery in Ontario, (iii)  addressing the primary threats to the species is not currently possible or feasible and additional time is needed to assess the best approach to addressing those threats, (iv)  successfully reducing the primary threats to the species requires the cooperation of other jurisdictions and additional time is needed to address the inter-jurisdictional complexities of addressing those threats, or (v)  any other criteria prescribed by the regulations made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 7. Order (4) An order under subsection (1) shall, (a)  identify the species to which it relates; (b)  specify the prohibitions in subsections 9 (1) and 10 (1), the application of which will be suspended under the order; (c)  set out the date on which the suspension of the specified prohibitions will end, subject to subsection (5); and (d)  state the reason for the suspension. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 7. Period of suspension (5) An order under subsection (1) shall provide that the period of suspension, (a)  begins immediately upon the species being listed on the Species at Risk in Ontario List as endangered or threatened, as the case may be; and (b)  ends on the date set out in the order which shall be no later than three years after the day on which the species is listed on the Species at Risk in Ontario List as an endangered or threatened species for the first time. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 7. Geographic areas (6) An order under subsection (1) may be limited to one or more geographic areas described in the order. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 7. Change of species’ name (7) An order may not be made under this section with respect to a species if, before the species classification set out in the most recent COSSARO report submitted under section 6, the species, or some members of the species, were classified under a different common or scientific name that appeared on the Species at Risk in Ontario List as belonging to an endangered or threatened species. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 7. Effect of order (8) For greater certainty, the making of an order under subsection (1) with respect to a species does not relieve the Minister of any obligations in sections 11, 12, 12.1 or 12.2 with respect to that species. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 7. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 7 - 01/07/2019