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Definitions
 0.1 In this Regulation, “Ministry’s electronic system” means the electronic system that is available on a website maintained by the Ministry on the Internet for a purpose that includes, but is not limited to, the purpose of enabling persons to register an activity in the Registry established under subsection 20.20 (1) of the Act; (“système électronique du ministère”) “Ministry account” means an account created by a person through the Ministry’s electronic system. (“compte du ministère”) O. Reg. 47/15, s. 1.
Giving or serving documents
 1. (1) Any document given or served under the Act or the regulations is sufficiently given or served for the purposes of clause 182 (1) (c) of the Act if, (a) the document is given or served by a method specified in subsection 2 (2), (3) or (4), and the conditions set out in the subsection are met; (b) the document is given to or served on an individual or entity in accordance with section 3; and (c) for a document given to or served on an individual or entity specified in subsection 4 (2), (3) or (4), the document is given or served at the address, email address or fax number described in the subsection.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 1. (2) Subject to subsection (3), any document given or served under the Act or the regulations is sufficiently given to or served on a person who is the holder of a Ministry account for the purposes of clause 182 (1) (c) of the Act if it is given or served by the method specified in subsection 2.1 (1) of this Regulation, and the conditions set out in subsection 2.1 (2) of this Regulation are met. O. Reg. 47/15, s. 2. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of the following documents: 1. A certificate of property use. 2. A notice respecting a decision made under section 20.13 of the Act. 3. A notice respecting a decision made by the Director on his or her own initiative under subsection 47.5 (3) of the Act. 4. A copy of an order made under the Act, unless the order is issued under section 20.18 of the Act on the request of the person to whom the order is issued. O. Reg. 47/15, s. 2.
Methods of giving or serving documents
 2. (1) This section sets out methods of giving or serving documents and conditions applying to those methods, for the purposes of clause 1 (a).  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 2 (1). (2) For the method of commercial courier, the condition is that the document is in an envelope showing the sender’s name, address and telephone number.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 2 (2). (3) For the method of email, the conditions are that, (a) the document is attached to the email in a portable document format; (b) the body of the email includes, (i) the name of the recipient, (ii) the sender’s name, address, telephone number, fax number, if any, and email address, (iii) the date and time that the email is sent, and (iv) the name and phone number of an individual to call in the event of any technical problem with the email or attachments; and (c) the receiver provides an email to the sender indicating acceptance of service.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 2 (3). (4) For the method of fax, the conditions are that, (a) the fax transmission includes a cover sheet indicating, (i) the name of the recipient, (ii) the sender’s name, address, telephone number and fax number, (iii) the date and time of the transmission, (iv) the name and phone number of an individual to call in the event of a transmission problem, and (v) the number of pages transmitted, including the cover sheet; and (b) a fax confirmation sheet is produced by the sender’s fax machine indicating that the fax was successfully transmitted.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 2 (4).
Filing in Ministry account, method of giving or serving documents
 2.1 (1) For the purposes of subsection 1 (2), the method of giving a document to or serving a document on a person who is the holder of a Ministry account is filing the document in the person’s Ministry account. O. Reg. 47/15, s. 3. (2) The conditions mentioned in subsection 1 (2) are the following: 1. The Director must file the document in the person’s Ministry account. 2. The Director must send an electronic notification to the person, notifying the person that a document has been filed in the account. O. Reg. 47/15, s. 3.
Requirements re address, etc.
 4. (1) For the purposes of clause 1 (c), a document is given to or served on an individual or entity specified in subsection (2), (3) or (4) if it is given or served at the address, email address or fax number described in the subsection.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 4 (1). (2) The address, email address or fax number for a Director or provincial officer is the address, email address or fax number, (a) listed on the document in response to which the individual or entity is giving or serving the document; or (b) otherwise provided by the Director or provincial officer to the individual or entity giving or serving the document.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 4 (2). (3) The address, email address or fax number for the Ontario Land Tribunal is the address, email address or fax number, (a) listed on the website for the Tribunal; or (b) otherwise provided by the Tribunal to the individual or entity giving or serving the document.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 4 (3); O. Reg. 361/21, s. 1. (4) The address, email address or fax number for the Minister of the Environment or the Lieutenant Governor in Council is the address, email address or fax number provided by the Minister’s office or by the office of the Clerk of the Executive Council.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 4 (4). (5) The address, email address or fax number for the Ontario Labour Relations Board is the address, email address or fax number provided by the Registrar of the Board.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 4 (5).
Deemed day of service
 5. (1) A document that is given or served by commercial courier is deemed to be effectively given or served two days after the day the commercial courier received the document from the individual or entity giving or serving it.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 5 (1). (2) A document that is given or served by email is deemed to be effectively given or served on the day the sender receives from the receiver an email indicating acceptance of service.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 5 (2). (3) A document that is given or served by fax is deemed to be effectively given or served, (a) on the day the fax is transmitted, if, (i) a fax confirmation sheet is produced by the sender’s fax machine indicating anything other than the information described in subclause (b) (i) or (ii), or (ii) the receiver agrees to accept service on that day; or (b) on the day after the fax is transmitted, if, (i) the fax confirmation sheet indicates that the fax, including the cover sheet, is 30 pages or more and was transmitted between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., or (ii) the fax confirmation sheet indicates that the fax was transmitted after 5 p.m.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 5 (3). (3.1) A document that is given or served under section 2.1 is deemed to be effectively given or served on the later of, (a) the day on which the Director files the document in the person’s Ministry account; and (b) the day on which the Director sends the electronic notification to the person who is the holder of the Ministry account, notifying the person that a document has been filed in the account. O. Reg. 47/15, s. 4 (1). (4) Despite subsections (1), (3) and (3.1), a document is not deemed to be effectively given or served on the day specified in the subsection if the recipient establishes that he or she did not, acting in good faith, through absence, accident, illness, disability or other causes beyond his or her control, receive the document until a later date.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 5 (4); O. Reg. 47/15, s. 4 (2). (5) This section does not apply in respect of a document given to or served on, (a) the Director; (b) a provincial officer; (c)  Revoked: O. Reg. 326/20, s. 2. (d) the Ontario Land Tribunal; (e) the Registrar of Motor Vehicles; (f) the Minister of the Environment or any other Minister; (g) the Ministry of the Environment or any other Ministry; or (h) the Lieutenant Governor in Council.  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 5 (5); O. Reg. 326/20, s. 2; O. Reg. 361/21, s. 1.
Deemed day of service
 6. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).  O. Reg. 227/07, s. 6.