jswizzle3737/ontario_laws_and_regs huggingface dataset:
Interpretation
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “building” means a structure consisting of a roof, wall or floor, but does not include floating structures, docks, boathouses, tents or ice huts; (“bâtiment”) “dredge” means to remove or displace material from any shore lands, but does not include the removal or displacement of material for the purpose of installing service cables, heat loops or water intakes for private residences; (“draguer”) “invasive aquatic vegetation” means plants listed in the document entitled “Ontario’s Invasive Aquatic Plant List” and dated March 11, 2013, that is published by the Ministry and available on a Government of Ontario website; (“végétation aquatique envahissante”) “in-water work related to an activity” means any work related to the activity that is conducted in the water of a lake, river, stream or pond; (“travaux en milieu aquatique liés à une activité”) “In-water Work Timing Window Guidelines” means the document entitled “In-water Work Timing Window Guidelines” and dated March 11, 2013, that is published by the Ministry and available on a Government of Ontario website; (“Directives concernant les périodes de travaux dans les cours d’eau”) “native aquatic vegetation” means plants that grow partly or wholly in water and that may be rooted or floating, but does not include invasive aquatic vegetation; (“végétation aquatique indigène”) “road” has the same meaning as in Part II of the Act; (“chemin”) “shore lands” means lands covered or seasonally inundated by the water of a lake, river, stream or pond; (“terres riveraines”) “trail” means a path over public lands that is not used for mineral exploration or extraction; (“sentier”) “water crossing” means a bridge, culvert or causeway constructed to provide access to two points separated by water; (“ouvrage de franchissement de cours d’eau”) “waterfront property” means a parcel of land that, (a)  has a boundary on a lake, river, stream or pond, or (b)  is separated from a lake, river, stream or pond only by, (i)  a road allowance, or (ii)  a strip of public lands that is not more than 30 metres in perpendicular width from the lake, river, stream or pond; (“bien riverain”) “work permit” means a work permit issued under the Act. (“permis de travail”) O. Reg. 239/13, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 160/17, s. 1; O. Reg. 286/21, s. 1. (2) A reference in this Regulation to a person carrying out an activity is deemed to include a reference to a person causing the activity to be carried out. O. Reg. 239/13, s. 1 (2). Prohibited Activities and Requirement to Obtain a Work Permit
Prohibited Activities and Requirement to Obtain a Work Permit
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Activities prohibited unless carried out in accordance with work permits
 2. (1) No person shall carry out any of the following activities except under the authority of and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a work permit that authorizes the activity:  1.  Construct or place a building on public land. 2.  Construct a trail, water crossing or road on public land. 3.  Dredge shore lands. 4.  Fill shore lands. 5.  Remove invasive aquatic vegetation or native aquatic vegetation by mechanical means or by hand from shore lands. 6.  Construct or place a structure or a combination of structures that is in physical contact with more than 15 square metres of shore lands. O. Reg. 239/13, s. 2 (1); O. Reg. 160/17, s. 2 (1). (2) For the purposes of paragraph 5 of subsection (1), removal by mechanical means includes removal with a rake, cutter-bar device or mechanical harvester, but does not include dredging. O. Reg. 239/13, s. 2 (2). (3) For greater certainty, for the purposes of paragraph 6 of subsection (1), a structure or part of a structure floating on water above shore lands is not in physical contact with the shore lands. O. Reg. 160/17, s. 2 (2).
Non-application of prohibition under s. 2
 3. Nothing in section 2 prohibits a person from acting under the authority of and in accordance with the terms and conditions of an instrument that,  (a)  is granted under the Act; and (b)  authorizes an activity that would otherwise be prohibited, except if carried out under the authority of and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a work permit. O. Reg. 239/13, s. 3.
Non-application of prohibition under par. 2 of s. 2 (1)
 4. (1) The prohibition under paragraph 2 of subsection 2 (1) does not apply with respect to a trail, water crossing or road that has been authorized under a forest management plan under the Crown Forest Sustainability Act, 1994
or constructed as part of a forest operation to which that Act applies. O. Reg. 239/13, s. 4 (1). (2) The prohibition under paragraph 2 of subsection 2 (1) does not apply with respect to minor maintenance activities carried out on a trail, water crossing or road, including the following activities: 1.  Water crossing cleaning for the purpose of maintaining the flow of water. 2.  Grading of existing trails or roads. 3.  Clearing of existing ditches. 4.  Gravelling of existing trails or roads. 5.  Clearing or brushing of existing road or trail surface. 6.  Snow plowing. 7.  Sanding or dust control. 8.  Repair or replacement of posted signage. O. Reg. 239/13, s. 4 (2); O. Reg. 160/17, s. 3. Exemptions from Requirement to Obtain a Work Permit
Exemptions from Requirement to Obtain a Work Permit
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Removal of invasive aquatic vegetation from shore lands
 9. (1) A person is not required under paragraph 5 of subsection 2 (1) to obtain a work permit to remove, by mechanical means or by hand, invasive aquatic vegetation from shore lands located in the area set out in Schedule 1 or 2, if the person complies with the requirements set out in subsection (2). O. Reg. 239/13, s. 9 (1). (2) The requirements referred to in subsection (1) are the following: 1.  The person is the owner of waterfront property that is, i.  adjacent to the shore lands where the removal of invasive aquatic vegetation is to be carried out, or ii.  separated from the shore lands where the removal of invasive aquatic vegetation is to be carried out only by a road allowance or a strip of public lands. 2.  The person carries out the activity in accordance with the following requirements: i.  The activity must be carried out within the straight line production of the sidelines of the waterfront property. ii.  The removal of any native aquatic vegetation must be minimized. iii.  All cut or uprooted invasive aquatic vegetation and native aquatic vegetation must be immediately and permanently removed from the water. iv.  In-water work related to the activity must not be carried out during the timing windows when in-water work related to the activity is restricted, as determined in accordance with the In-water Work Timing Window Guidelines. v.  Wheeled or tracked machinery or equipment used in connection with the activity, A.  must be used on dry land or used from a barge or vessel, B.  must be operated from dry land or operated from a barge or vessel, and C.  must be stored on dry land or stored on a barge or vessel. vi.  Any aquatic vegetation that is removed as a result of the activity and any other material that results from the activity, including sediment and debris, must be disposed of on dry land and in a manner that prevents the aquatic vegetation or other material from entering or re-entering any lake, river, stream or pond. O. Reg. 239/13, s. 9 (2); O. Reg. 160/17, s. 7; O. Reg. 286/21, s. 6.
Transition
 11. A person who, on January 1, 2014, holds a work permit with respect to an activity described in clause 2 (1) (e) or (f) of Ontario Regulation 453/96 (Work Permit — Construction) made under the Act, as it read on December 31, 2013, is deemed to hold a work permit issued with respect to an activity described in paragraph 5 of subsection 2 (1) of this Regulation. O. Reg. 239/13, s. 11. 12. Omitted (revokes other Regulations). O. Reg. 239/13, s. 12. 13. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation). O. Reg. 239/13, s. 13. Schedule 1 All of the Province of Ontario saving and excepting all that part of the Province described in Schedule 2. O. Reg. 239/13, Sched. 1. Schedule 2 All that part of the Province of Ontario as shown on the Regulation Plans of Fisheries Management Zones 16, 19 and 20, filed on May 30, 2006 with the Office of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry and published by the Ministry in the Recreational Fishing Regulations Summary available on a Government of Ontario website; Together with all that part of the Province of Ontario lying within Regulation Plans of Fisheries Management Zones 12, 17 and 18, filed on May 30, 2006 with the Office of the Surveyor General of Ontario in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry and published by the Ministry in the Recreational Fishing Regulations Summary available on a Government of Ontario website, and lying west, south and east of a line described as follows: Commencing at a point along the northerly limit of the said Regulation Plan of Fisheries Management Zone 17 where it intersects the easterly limit of the geographic Township of Dummer in the County of Peterborough; Thence southerly along the easterly limit of the geographic Township of Dummer in the County of Peterborough to the northerly limit of Highway No. 7; Thence easterly and northeasterly along the northerly limit of Highway No. 7 and its prolongation to the northwesterly limit of Highway No. 417 in the geographic Township of Huntley in the City of Ottawa; Thence northeasterly along the northwesterly limit of Highway No. 417 to the westerly limit of the road allowance between Lots 15 and 16, Concession 2 on the Ottawa River in the geographic Township of Nepean in the City of Ottawa (being Holly Acres Road); Thence northwesterly along the westerly limit of the road allowance between Lots 15 and 16, Concession 2 on the Ottawa River in the geographic Township of Nepean in the City of Ottawa and its prolongation to a point on the northeasterly limit of the said Regulation Plan of Fisheries Management Zone 12, said point being on the boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Lac Deschênes on the Ottawa River. O. Reg. 239/13, Sched. 2; O. Reg. 286/21, s. 8.  Français