Interpretation
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “base policing services” means municipal policing services provided by OPP officers assigned to integrated detachments, other than responding to municipal calls for service, other than providing court security and other than transporting prisoners; (“services policiers de base”) “call for service” means an occurrence that requires police response, whether the occurrence is reported by a member of the public or observed by a police officer; (“demande de service”) “class of municipal calls for service” means any one of the classes of municipal calls for service established by the Commissioner under section 3; (“catégorie de demandes de service municipales”) “cost of accommodation”, in relation to an integrated detachment, includes, without limitation, the cost of rent, utilities and maintenance for the premises of the integrated detachment; (“coût d’hébergement”) “employment cost”, in relation to any group of employees, means, (a) the salaries, wages, overtime payments, vacation pay, statutory holiday pay, shift premiums, allowances, termination pay and other compensation that the employer pays to those employees (whether under a collective agreement or otherwise), (b) the employer’s contributions to benefit plans for those employees, (c) the employer’s employment insurance premiums paid in respect of those employees, (d) the employer’s contributions to pension plans for those employees, including, without limitation, the Public Service Pension Plan and statutory federal or provincial pension plans such as the Canada Pension Plan, and (e) the tax paid by the employer under the Employer Health Tax Act in respect of those employees; (“coût d’emploi”) “integrated detachment” means an OPP detachment that provides municipal policing services and the policing services set out in subsection 19 (1) of the Act and, for greater certainty, does not include, (a) OPP regional, divisional or general headquarters, or (b) an office which a municipality provides for the use of the OPP but which is not the location where OPP officers report for duty; (“détachement intégré”) “municipal call for service” means an occurrence in a municipality that requires police response, whether the occurrence is reported by a member of the public or observed by a police officer; (“demande de service municipale”) “municipal policing services” means proactive and reactive general policing services provided by the OPP to a municipality, whether under section 5.1 of the Act or under an agreement made under section 10 of the Act and includes, without limitation, (a) community policing, (b) crime prevention, (c) general patrol, (d) directed patrol, (e) criminal intelligence, (f) investigating offences, laying charges and participating in the prosecution of offences, including provincial offences and offences under the Criminal Code
(Canada) and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
(Canada), (g) traffic policing, including traffic management, collision investigation, and conducting Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) programs and other road safety programs, (h) responding to disturbances, including dealing with matters relating to the Mental Health Act, (i) working on missing persons cases, (j) assisting in search and rescue, (k) assisting victims of crime, (l) providing court security, (m) detachment level supervision of OPP officers and civilians assigned to the detachment, (n) administrative activities of OPP officers in relation to the provision of municipal policing services, and (o) training of OPP officers in relation to the provision of municipal policing services, but does not include the responsibilities of the OPP set out in subsection 19 (1) of the Act and does not include specialized services provided by OPP officers dedicated to or specially trained for the provision of those services including, without limitation, services provided by, (p) major crime investigators, (q) accident reconstruction specialists, (r) tactical response units, or (s) aircraft units; (“services policiers municipaux”) “number of properties”, in relation to a municipality, means the sum of the following, calculated on the basis of data compiled by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation: (a) the number of units in the municipality that are self-contained residential units intended for seasonal or year round use and are not on a Canadian Forces base, and (b) subject to subsection (9), the number of properties in the municipality that are not on a Canadian Forces base and that have at least one portion which, (i) is included in the commercial classes or the industrial classes, as defined in subsection 308 (1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, and (ii) is not included in a subclass prescribed under the Assessment Act; (“nombre de biens”) “OPP” means Ontario Provincial Police; (“Police provinciale”) “other direct operating expenditures”, in relation to integrated detachments, includes, without limitation, (a) the cost associated with integrated detachment vehicles, (b) the cost of uniforms and equipment for OPP officers and civilians assigned to integrated detachments, (c) the cost associated with office automation for integrated detachments, including computer hardware and software, servers, network infrastructure and other information technology equipment and services, (d) the cost associated with telephones for integrated detachments, (e) the cost associated with mobile radios for integrated detachments, but does not include, (f) the cost of accommodation for integrated detachments, or (g) the cost of cleaning services for integrated detachments; (“autres dépenses directes de fonctionnement”) “police services” and “policing services” have the same meaning; (version anglaise seulement) “responding to municipal calls for service” means the municipal policing services provided by OPP officers assigned to integrated detachments in response to municipal calls for service; (“réponses aux demandes de service municipales”, “répondre aux demandes de service municipales”) “section 5.1 municipality” means a municipality to which the OPP provides police services under section 5.1 of the Act; (“municipalité visée à l’article 5.1”) “support costs”, in relation to integrated detachments, means, (a) the employment cost in respect of persons who guard prisoners for integrated detachments, and (b) the employment cost in respect of persons who are not assigned to integrated detachments and who, in various capacities, support the work done by OPP officers and civilians assigned to integrated detachments, including, without limitation, (i) persons who operate communication centres, (ii) persons who recruit OPP officers for integrated detachments, (iii) persons who conduct quality assurance activities for integrated detachments, (iv) persons who carry out forensic identification services for integrated detachments, (v) persons who provide support regarding the information technology used by integrated detachments, and (vi) persons who provide support regarding the telephones used by integrated detachments; (“coûts des activités de soutien”) “target year” means the year for which the amount owing by a municipality under section 5.1 of the Act is being determined; (“année cible”) “year” means a calendar year. (“année”, “an”) O. Reg. 267/14, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 363/17, s. 1 (1). (2) A reference in this Regulation to a preceding number of years is a reference to the years preceding the target year.  For example, if the target year is 2016, the four preceding years are 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the reference is to a period of years that precedes the year preceding the target year.  For example, if the target year is 2016, the four-year period that precedes the year preceding the target year is 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. (4) A reference in this Regulation to the year that is two years before the target year is a reference to the year that precedes the year preceding the target year.  For example, if the target year is 2016, the year that is two years before the target year is 2014. (5) A reference in this Regulation to civilians assigned to an integrated detachment does not include civilians whose job is to guard prisoners. (6) For purposes of the calculations required to be carried out under this Regulation, if the OPP begins to provide municipal policing services to a municipality under an agreement made under section 10 of the Act during a year, the municipality shall be deemed not to be receiving municipal policing services from the OPP until January 1 of the following year. (7) For the purpose of calculating the number of properties in a municipality in respect of a specific year, the data to be used is the data compiled by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation for the year that is two years before the specific year. (8) Despite subsection (7), for the purpose of calculating the number of properties in a municipality in respect of 2015, the data to be used is the data compiled by the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation for 2012. (9) For target year 2018 or later, a property shall not be counted for the purpose of clause (b) of the definition of “number of properties” in subsection (1) if, (a) it is vacant land; or (b) it is included in the commercial classes or industrial classes, as defined in subsection 308 (1) of the Municipal Act, 2001, only because it has one or more of the following characteristics: (i) there is a communications tower on the property, (ii) there is a billboard on the property, (iii) there is a wind turbine on the property, (iv) there is a solar panel on the property, (v) there is an oil or gas well on the property, (vi) the property is an international bridge or international tunnel, (vii) a characteristic that the Commissioner determines would not normally contribute to the need for base policing services. O. Reg. 363/17, s. 1 (2).