24.1 (1) The Minister may make regulations, (a) prescribing or governing anything described in this Act as prescribed or done by or in accordance with the regulations; (b) prescribing classes of extra-provincial corporations and exempting any class of extra-provincial corporation from all or any part of the provisions of this Act upon the terms and conditions, if any, that are prescribed; (c) respecting and governing the content, form, format and filing of applications and other documents and information filed with or issued by the Director and the form, format and payment of fees; (d) respecting the evidence required upon the application for a licence under this Act, including evidence as to the incorporation of the extra-provincial corporation, its powers, objects and existence as a valid and subsisting corporation; (e) respecting and governing the manner of completion, submission and acceptance of applications and other documents and information filed with the Director, the payment of fees and the determination of the date of receipt; (f) designating applications and other documents and information to be filed with the Director, (i) in paper or electronic format, (ii) in electronic format alone, or (iii) in paper format alone; (g) subject to any terms and conditions specified in the regulation, prescribing and governing documents and information that are required to support applications and other forms approved under section 24.2 and specifying, for each of the formats designated under clause (f), (i) the documents and information that must be filed with the Director, together with applications and other forms approved under section 24.2, and (ii) the documents and information that must be retained by the corporation and, upon receipt of and in accordance with written notice from the Director, and subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the Director, that must be filed with the Director or given to any other person specified in the notice; (h) permitting the Director, subject to any terms and conditions imposed by the Director, for each of the formats designated under clause (f), (i) to require that a document or information prescribed under subclause (g) (i) be retained by the corporation and, upon receipt of and in accordance with written notice from the Director, be filed with the Director or given to any other person specified in the notice, (ii) to require that a document or information prescribed under subclause (g) (ii) be filed with the Director, together with applications and other forms approved under section 24.2, and (iii) to require that a document required by this Act to be filed with the Director be retained by the corporation and, upon receipt of and in accordance with written notice from the Director, be filed with the Director or given to any other person specified in the notice; (i) governing the terms and conditions that the Director may impose pursuant to a regulation made under subclause (g) (ii) or clause (h); (j) respecting and governing the endorsement and issuing of licences and other documents by the Director, including rules respecting the endorsement and issuance by electronic means; (k) governing the assignment of corporation numbers under section 5; (l) respecting names of extra-provincial corporations or classes of them; (m) prohibiting the use of any words or expressions in a corporate name; (n) prescribing the punctuation marks and other marks that may form part of a name of an extra-provincial corporation; (o) prescribing the conditions and limitations that may be specified in licences; (p) respecting the appointment and continuance, by extra-provincial corporations, of an agent for service on whom service or process notices or other proceedings may be made and the powers to be conferred on such an agent; (q) governing the retention and destruction of applications and other documents and information filed with the Director, including the form and format in which they must be retained; (r) prescribing duties and powers of the Director in addition to those set out in this Act; (s) designating public servants employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, or classes of them, for the purposes of endorsing licences and issuing certificates, including certificates as to any fact and certifying true copies of documents required or authorized under this Act; (t) providing that a person or entity that enters into an agreement under subsection 3.3 (2) is an agent of the Crown and specifying the services and purposes for which the person or entity is considered to be an agent of the Crown; (u) defining any word or expression used in this Act that has not already been expressly defined in this Act; (v) prescribing any matter that the Minister considers necessary or advisable for the purposes of this Act; (w)  Repealed: 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 103 (2). 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 103 (1, 2). Rolling incorporation by reference (2) A regulation made under subsection (1) 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. 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 103 (1). Fees (3) The Minister may, by order, require the payment of fees for search reports, copies of documents or information, or other services under this Act, approve the amount of those fees and provide for the waiver or refund of all or any part of any of those fees. 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 103 (1). Non-application of Legislation Act, 2006 (4) Part III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006 does not apply to an order made by the Minister under subsection (3). 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 103 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 18, Sched. E, s. 91 - 01/03/1999 2011, c. 1, Sched. 5, s. 4 (2) - 30/03/2011 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 103 (1) - 19/10/2021; 2017, c. 20, Sched. 6, s. 103 (2) - 14/11/2020