16 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing anything that is required or permitted to be prescribed or that is required or permitted to be done in accordance with the regulations or as provided in the regulations.  2009, c. 12, Sched. A, s. 16 (1). Examples (2) As examples of matters about which the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations: (a) governing renewable energy testing facilities in relation to, (i) planning, design, siting, buffer zones, notification and consultation, establishment, insurance, facilities, staffing, operation, maintenance, monitoring, record-keeping and improvement, and (ii) the discontinuance of the operation of any part of the renewable energy testing facility; (b) governing the location of renewable energy testing facilities, including prohibiting or regulating the construction, installation, use, operation or changing of renewable energy testing facilities in parts of Ontario; (b.1) governing everything required under or provided for in or that may be prescribed under sections 6, 7 and 7.1, including, (i) the periods that may be covered by plans and reports required under those sections and the intervals for which the plans and reports are required, (ii) the submission of the plans, reports and other documents to the Ministry, (iii) circumstances in which two or more buildings or structures may be treated as a single property for the purposes of clause 7 (1) (a), (iv) generally governing how those sections are to be complied with; (b.2) governing circumstances in which two or more buildings or structures may be treated as a single property for the purposes of section 7.3; (c) prescribing appliances and products to which Part III applies; (d) prescribing energy efficiency standards or requirements for the appliances or products prescribed under clause (c); (d.1) prescribing water efficiency standards or requirements for appliances or products that consume energy and are prescribed under clause (c); (e) regulating the installation, testing, maintenance and repair of appliances and products to which Part III applies; (f) designating persons or organizations to test appliances and products to which Part III applies; (g) for the purposes of Part III, providing for the placing of a prescribed label or mark on or with appliances and products that conform to the prescribed standards; (h) prescribing the contents of labels or marks that may be placed on or with appliances and products to which Part III applies; (i) for the purposes of Part III, prescribing fees to be paid to designated persons or organizations for the testing or labelling of appliances and products and prescribing by whom the fees shall be paid; (j) providing for information to be reported by persons who manufacture, offer for sale, sell or lease appliances or products to which Part III applies, including the frequency, time and manner for reporting; (k) governing the keeping of information, records and documents by persons who manufacture, offer for sale, sell or lease appliances or products to which Part III applies; (l) governing everything required under or that may be prescribed under Part III.1 and generally how the Part is to be complied with, including, (i) prescribing types or classes of energy data, including prescribing different types or classes of energy data for different types or classes of energy or for different energy providers or classes of energy providers, (ii) specifying or clarifying the meaning of “account holder” in section 15.1, (iii) governing the manner in which energy data must be made available by energy providers, (iv) prescribing requirements relating to how an account holder may authorize another person or entity to receive energy data, (v) prescribing criteria or requirements that the procurement process, contract or arrangement must meet for the purpose of subsection 15.2 (2), (vi) governing certification requirements relating to the implementation of the requirements under subsection 15.2 (1), including requiring energy providers to obtain a certification, prescribing the manner in which such certification may be obtained, the persons or entities that are authorized to provide the certification and any fees to be paid to those persons or entities for the certification, (vii) governing extensions of time that may be granted to energy providers by the Board under subsection 15.2 (4), including prescribing the maximum period for which an extension may be granted and the circumstances in which an extension may be granted, (viii) requiring and governing reports and information that energy providers or other persons or entities must provide to the Minister of Energy, to the Board or to other persons or entities, including prescribing the manner and form in which reports or information must be provided.  2009, c. 12, Sched. A, s. 16 (2); 2010, c. 19, Sched. 4, s. 3; 2016, c. 10, Sched. 1, s. 3; 2017, c. 34, Sched. 18, s. 2. Incorporation of documents (3) A regulation under this Act that incorporates another document by reference may provide that the reference to the document include amendments made to the document from time to time after the regulation is made.  2009, c. 12, Sched. A,
s. 16 (3). Defining words or expressions (4) A regulation under this Act may define any word or expression used in this Act that is not defined in this Act.  2009, c. 12,
Sched. A, s. 16 (4). Classes of persons, etc. (5) A regulation may create different classes of persons, entities, appliances or products and may establish different entitlements for, or relating to, each class or impose different requirements, conditions or restrictions on, or relating to, each class.  2009, c. 12, Sched. A, s. 16 (5). Exemptions, etc. (6) A regulation may exempt a class or a person, entity, appliance or product from a specified requirement imposed by this Act or a regulation or provide that a specified provision of this Act or a regulation does not apply to the class, person, entity, appliance or product and may prescribe conditions for the exemption.  2009, c. 12, Sched. A, s. 16 (6). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2010, c. 19, Sched. 4, s. 3 - 29/11/2010 2016, c. 10, Sched. 1, s. 3 - 09/06/2016 2017, c. 34, Sched. 18, s. 2 - 14/12/2017