55 (1) Subject to section 57, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations. (a)  prescribing criteria for the purpose of subclause 8.1 (3) (c) (v); (b)  exempting any person, activity, species or thing from one or more of the prohibitions listed in subsection 9 (1) or 10 (1), subject to any conditions or restrictions prescribed by the regulations; (c)  providing that subsection 11 (1) or (7) has no application to a species, if subsections 9 (1) and 10 (1) have no application to the species; (d)  governing the preparation of recovery strategies under section 11 and management plans under section 12; (e)  governing the Fund, its establishment and all matters relating to its management and administration including prescribing other sources of money that constitute the Fund for the purposes of paragraph 6 of subsection 20.2 (1) and respecting the payment of money out of the Fund; (f)  governing the Agency including, (i)  providing for the governance and management of the Agency, including providing for a chief executive officer, (ii)  respecting the composition of the board of directors, (iii)  respecting the Agency’s role as agent of the Crown, providing for circumstances in which the Agency may act outside of its role as Crown agent and limiting its powers as Crown agent, (iv)  respecting the Agency’s ability to hire or employ persons or providing that employees may be appointed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, (v)  respecting the capacity, rights, powers and privileges of the Agency and any restrictions on them, (vi)  prescribing additional duties and powers of the Agency for the purposes of clause 20.6 (1) (f), (vii)  respecting the Agency’s authority to establish, acquire, wind up, dispose of or otherwise deal with, in whole or in part, a subsidiary and any restrictions on that authority, (viii)  respecting the Agency’s authority to engage in commercial activities, including activities with persons or entities that are related to the Agency, a member of its board of directors or to any of its officers, (ix)  respecting applications for funding made to the Agency, the eligibility of activities for funding from the Agency, the funding agreements entered into between the Agency and funding recipients and the terms and conditions thereof, (x)  prescribing activities for the purposes of subsection 20.7 (4), (xi)  respecting the Agency’s auditors, their appointment and their duties; (g)  requiring persons who have been issued a permit under this Act or who have entered into an agreement with the Minister under this Act or any other specified person to prepare, store and submit prescribed documents, data or reports and respecting the methods of creating, storing and submitting them; (h)  providing for the preparation and signing of documents and reports by electronic means, the filing of documents and reports by direct electronic transmission and the printing of documents and reports filed by direct electronic transmission; (i)  respecting anything that may or must be prescribed, done or provided for by the regulations and for which a specific power is not otherwise provided in this Act; (j)  respecting any matter that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers advisable to effectively carry out the purpose of this Act. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 30. Exemption by regulation (2) Without limiting the generality of clause (1) (b), a regulation under that clause may, (a)  limit the geographic areas to which the exemption applies; (b)  limit the times at which the exemption applies; (c)  require a person to meet any prescribed qualifications or prerequisites for the exemption; (d)  require a person to pay a species conservation charge with respect to a conservation fund species; (e)  prescribing circumstances in which a species conservation charge may be required of a person under clause (d) and the circumstances in which a species conservation charge may not be required; (f)  with respect to an exempted activity, (i)  require that the activity be carried out in a prescribed manner or subject to prescribed conditions and restrictions, (ii)  require a person to enter into an agreement with the Minister with respect to the activity or to give the Minister notice of the activity, (iii)  provide for the terms and conditions of an agreement referred to in subclause (ii) or the content of a notice referred to in that subclause, (iv)  require a person to monitor the effects of the activity on a specified species and take steps to minimize the effects of the activity on the species and take action to benefit the species, or (v)  require a person to provide the Minister with prescribed reports or information at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 30. Transitional regulations (3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations with respect to any transitional matters resulting from the enactment of Schedule 5 to the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019. 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 30. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2019, c. 9, Sched. 5, s. 30 - 01/07/2019