23 (1) If, in the opinion of the Minister, a service manager has contravened a provision of this Act or the regulations, the Minister may exercise the following remedies: 1.  The Minister may discontinue or suspend the payment of federal housing funding to the service manager under section 102. 2.  The Minister may reduce the amount of any payment of federal housing funding to the service manager under section 102. 3.  The Minister may apply to a judge of the Superior Court of Justice for an order, i.  directing the service manager to carry out a specified activity or course of action to rectify the contravention or to ensure future compliance, or ii.  prohibiting the service manager from carrying out a specified activity or course of action that would result in, or would be likely to result in, the continuation or repetition of the contravention. 4.  The Minister may take away any of the service manager’s powers or duties under this Act, other than a power or duty under Part VIII, and may, i.  exercise the powers or perform the duties that were taken away, or ii.  enter into an agreement with another service manager providing for that other service manager to exercise the powers or perform the duties that were taken away.  2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 23 (1). Notice and opportunity to avoid remedy (2) The Minister may exercise a remedy under subsection (1) only if, (a)  the Minister has given the service manager a written notice that complies with subsection (3); and (b)  the service manager has not complied with the notice by the deadline specified in the notice.  2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 23 (2). Content of notice (3) The notice referred to in clause (2) (a) must, (a)  specify the particulars of the service manager’s contravention; (b)  specify what the service manager must do or refrain from doing to avoid the exercise of a remedy under subsection (1); (c)  specify the matters that must be addressed in any plan the service manager is required to submit; and (d)  specify the deadline for compliance with the notice, which may not be earlier than 60 days after the date the notice is given.  2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 23 (3). If required plan is not acceptable (4) If a notice requires the submission of a plan and the Minister is reasonably of the opinion that the plan submitted is not acceptable, the service manager is deemed, for the purposes of clause (2) (b), to have not complied with the notice.  2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 23 (4). Power of Court to make order (5) If the Minister applies to a judge of the Superior Court of Justice under paragraph 3 of subsection (1), the Court may make the order or any other order it considers reasonable.  2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 23 (5). Remedy to take away powers or duties (6) The following apply with respect to the remedy under paragraph 4 of subsection (1): 1.  If the Minister intends to exercise the remedy, the Minister may request the service manager to give the Minister or the other service manager with whom the Minister has entered into an agreement under subparagraph 4 ii of subsection (1), any records or information relevant to the exercise of the remedy and the service manager shall comply with such a request. 2.  Expenses incurred by the Minister in exercising the remedy, including amounts paid by the Minister to another service manager with whom the Minister has entered into an agreement under subparagraph 4 ii of subsection (1), may be included in the provincial housing costs under section 103. 3.  A service manager exercising or performing a power or duty under an agreement under subparagraph 4 ii of subsection (1) has the powers necessary to do so and if the service manager is, i.  a municipal service manager, section 19 of the Municipal Act, 2001 or section 15 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 does not limit the service manager from exercising or performing the power or duty outside its municipal boundaries, or ii.  a district social services administration board, subsection 4 (1) of the District Social Services Administration Boards Act does not limit the board from exercising or performing the power or duty outside its district.  2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 23 (6). Other remedies not limited (7) Nothing in this section limits the exercise of any other remedy the Minister may have.  2011, c. 6, Sched. 1, s. 23 (7). Part IV   Local Housing Corporations Definitions