3 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) for the safe and orderly floating of timber down lakes and rivers, and for preventing the use of the lakes and rivers for navigation by vessels and boats being unnecessarily impeded or interfered with by the timber; (b) respecting generally the use under this Act of lakes and rivers and waters therein; (c) governing applications for approvals under this Act; (d) prescribing circumstances in which approval is required under subsection 14 (1) or section 16; (e) providing for and governing appeals from a refusal to give an approval required by a regulation made under clause (d). (f)  Repealed:  2001, c. 9, Sched. K, s. 3 (1). R.S.O. 1990, c. L.3, s. 3 (1); 1994, c. 23, s. 68; 1996, c. 1, Sched. N, s. 3 (1); 1998, c. 18, Sched. I, s. 24 (1, 2); 2001, c. 9, Sched. K, s. 3 (1). Minister’s regulations (2) The Minister may make regulations, (a) governing the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and safety of dams in any lake or river or any defined portion of a lake or river; (b) governing the assessment and management of any impact on fish, wildlife and other natural resources, including the use thereof, that has resulted from, or may result from, the construction, operation, alteration, improvement or repair of a dam that is associated with the production of electricity, including, (i) requiring the owner of the dam to have a plan for the monitoring and reporting of such impacts on the dam’s lake or river and on fish and other organisms and for the giving of advisories to certain communities, persons or entities in circumstances described in the plan, (ii) governing the preparation, form and contents of the plan and the timing of its preparation, (iii) requiring that the plan be prepared or reviewed by a person with specified qualifications, (iv) requiring the owner of the dam to submit the plan to the Ministry for review and authorizing the Ministry to require the owner to amend the plan, (v) respecting the implementation of the plan, (vi) respecting the periodic review of all or part the plan, including the timing of the review, the preparation, form and content of changes to the plan, the qualifications of the person who carries out the review or who prepares or reviews any changes to the plan, and (vii) requiring the owner of the dam to submit a revised plan to the Ministry for review and authorizing the Ministry to require the owner to amend the revised plan. 2019, c. 14, Sched. 15, s. 45 (1). General or particular (3) A regulation under subsection (1) or (2) may be general or particular in its application.  2001, c. 9, Sched. K, s. 3 (2). Adoption by reference (4) A regulation under subsection (1) or (2) may adopt by reference, in whole or in part, with such changes as the Lieutenant Governor in Council or Minister considers necessary, any document, including a code, formula, standard, protocol, procedure or guideline, as it reads at the time the regulation is made or as amended from time to time, and may require compliance with any document so adopted. 2019, c. 14, Sched. 15, s. 45 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1994, c. 23, s. 68 - 28/03/1995; 1996, c. 1, Sched. N, s. 3 (1) - 04/10/1996; 1998, c. 18, Sched. I, s. 24 (1, 2) - 18/12/1998 2001, c. 9, Sched. K, s. 3 (1, 2) - 29/06/2001 2019, c. 14, Sched. 15, s. 45 (1, 2) - 10/12/2019