Exemption conditional on compliance with transit project assessment process
 2. (1) A transit project that belongs to a class of transit projects described in Schedule 1 is exempt from Part II and subsection 15.1.1 (1) of the Act if the proponent has commenced the transit project assessment process and complies with that process.  O. Reg. 355/11, s. 2; O. Reg. 854/21, s. 1. (2) Subsection (3) applies if, before the day this section came into force, (a) the proponent of a transit project submitted an environmental assessment or proposed terms of reference in respect of the project to the Ministry; or (b) the proponent of a transit project gave a notice to the public in accordance with an approved class environmental assessment.  O. Reg. 231/08, s. 2 (2). (3) In the circumstances described in subsection (2), subsection (1) does not apply to the transit project unless, not later than December 22, 2008, the Director of the Ministry’s Environmental Assessment and Approvals Branch and the appropriate regional director of the Ministry have received written notice from the proponent stating that the proponent will comply with the transit project assessment process.  O. Reg. 231/08, s. 2 (3); O. Reg. 301/08, s. 1. (4) The validity of anything done before the day this section came into force is not affected if, after receipt of the notices referred to in subsection (3), the transit project assessment process is terminated under subsection 6 (3) or clause 13 (4) (b) or 15 (20) (b).  O. Reg. 231/08, s. 2 (4). (5) If, pursuant to subsection (1), Part II of the Act does not apply to a transit project and proceeding with the project conflicts with a condition imposed by an approval under the Act that applies to another undertaking, subsections 5 (4) and 12.2 (6) and section 38 of the Act do not apply to the condition to the extent of the conflict.  O. Reg. 231/08, s. 2 (5). (6) Subsection (1) ceases to apply to a transit project if the proponent gives the Director of the Environmental Assessment Branch and the appropriate regional director of the Ministry written notice indicating that the proponent will proceed with the transit project in accordance with Part II of the Act or an approved class environmental assessment. O. Reg. 231/08, s. 2 (6); O. Reg. 354/12, s. 1; O. Reg. 342/20, s. 2. (7) Subsection (8) applies if, before the day section 1.1 came into force, (a) the proponent of a transit project described in subsection 1.1 (1) submitted an environmental assessment or proposed terms of reference in respect of the project to the Ministry; or (b) the proponent of a transit project described in subsection 1.1 (1) gave a notice to the public in accordance with an approved class environmental assessment. O. Reg. 76/15, s. 3. (8) In the circumstances described in subsection (7), subsection (1) does not apply to the transit project unless, not later than December 31, 2015, the Director of the Environmental Approvals Branch and the appropriate regional director of the Ministry have received written notice from the proponent stating that the proponent will comply with the transit project assessment process. O. Reg. 76/15, s. 3. (9) The validity of anything done before section 1.1 came into force is not affected if, after receipt of the notices referred to in subsection (8), the transit project assessment process is terminated under subsection 6 (3) or clause 13 (4) (b) or 15 (20) (b). O. Reg. 76/15, s. 3. (10) If a proponent of a transit project that belongs to a class of transit projects described in Schedule 1 proposes to carry out a transit project with one or more other proponents of a transit project that belongs to a class of transit projects described in Schedule 1, the proponents may proceed with the transit project assessment process jointly. O. Reg. 76/15, s. 3.