jswizzle3737/ontario_laws_and_regs huggingface dataset:
General
1. The purpose of this Regulation is to provide for the conservation, protection and wise use and management of Ontario’s waters, because Ontario’s water resources are essential to the long-term environmental, social and economic well-being of Ontario. O. Reg. 285/99, s. 1. Permits for Taking Water
Water Transfer
3. (1) For the purposes of this section, Ontario is divided into the following three water basins: 1. The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Basin, which consists of Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Superior, the St. Lawrence River and the part of Ontario the water of which drains into any of them, including the Ottawa River and the part of Ontario the water of which drains into the Ottawa River. 2. The Nelson Basin, which consists of the part of Ontario the water of which drains into the Nelson River. 3. The Hudson Bay Basin, which consists of the part of Ontario, not included in the Nelson Basin, the water of which drains into Hudson Bay or James Bay. O. Reg. 285/99, s. 3 (1). (2) No person shall use water by transferring it out of a water basin. O. Reg. 285/99, s. 3 (2). (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to water that is used in the water basin to manufacture or produce a product that is then transferred out of the water basin. O. Reg. 285/99, s. 3 (3). (4) For the purpose of subsection (3), potable or other water is not a manufactured or produced product. O. Reg. 285/99, s. 3 (4). (5) Subsection (2) does not apply to water that is being transported and that is necessary for the operation of the vehicle, vessel or other form of transport that the water is being transported in, including water that is for the use of people or livestock in or on the vehicle, vessel or other form of transport. O. Reg. 285/99, s. 3 (5). (6) Subsection (2) does not apply to water packaged in a container having a volume of 20 litres or less. O. Reg. 285/99, s. 3 (6). (7) Subsection (2) does not apply to an undertaking that commenced before January 1, 1998 if the amount of water transferred out of a water basin by the undertaking in any calendar year after December 31, 1997 does not exceed the highest amount of water transferred out of the water basin by the undertaking in any calendar year after December 31, 1960 and before January 1, 1998. O. Reg. 285/99, s. 3 (7). (8) Subsection (2) does not apply to water taken pursuant to the order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council dated October 2, 1913 respecting the Greater Winnipeg Water District. O. Reg. 285/99, s. 3 (8).