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Definitions
 0.1 In this Regulation, “Ministry’s electronic system” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 227/07 (Service of Documents) made under the Environmental Protection Act; (“système électronique du ministère”) “Ministry account” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 227/07 (Service of Documents) made under the Environmental Protection Act. (“compte du ministère”) O. Reg. 231/18, s. 1.
Giving or serving documents
 1. (1) Any document given, served or delivered under the Act or the regulations is sufficiently given, served or delivered for the purposes of clause 38 (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. 228/07, s. 1. (2) Subject to subsection (3), any document given, served or delivered under the Act or the regulations is, for the purposes of clause 38 (1) (c) of the Act, sufficiently given or delivered to or served on a person who is the holder of a Ministry account if it is given, served or delivered 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. 231/18, s. 2. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of the following documents: 1. A copy of an order made under the Act. 2. A notice of a proposal mentioned in subsection 13 (1) of the Act. 3. A notice mentioned in subsection 13 (8) of the Act of a decision to, i. refuse to issue a permit, ii. cancel a permit, or iii. impose or alter a term or condition in a permit that has been issued. 4. A notice respecting a reconsideration decision mentioned in subsection 13 (9.1) of the Act. O. Reg. 231/18, 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. 228/07, 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. 228/07, 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. 228/07, 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. 228/07, 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 or delivering 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. 231/18, 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. 231/18, 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. 228/07, 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. 228/07, 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. 228/07, s. 4 (3); O. Reg. 365/21, s. 1. (4) The address, email address or fax number for the Minister of the Environment is the address, email address or fax number provided by the Minister’s office.  O. Reg. 228/07, s. 4 (4).
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. 228/07, 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. 228/07, 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. 228/07, 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. 231/18, 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. 228/07, s. 5 (4); O. Reg. 231/18, 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) the Ontario Land Tribunal; (d) the Minister of the Environment; or (e) the Ministry of the Environment.  O. Reg. 228/07, s. 5 (5); O. Reg. 365/21, s. 1.
Deemed day of service
 6. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).  O. Reg. 228/07, s. 6.