Exemptions, ss. 47.3 (1) and 186 (3) of the Act
 9.1 (1) Subsections 47.3 (1) and 186 (3) of the Act do not apply to a person who meets the following criteria: 1. The person has obtained a renewable energy approval for a renewable energy project. 2. The person proposes to make any of the changes described in subsection (2) to the manner in which the project is engaged and that meet the following criteria: i. The proposed change meets the requirements of the applicable sections in Part V as though that Part applied to the change, without relying on any exemptions set out in those sections. ii. The proposed change would take place on the same parcel or parcels of land on which the project was approved to be engaged in. iii. The proposed change would not take place on a property described in Column 1 of the Table to section 19 unless the person has obtained, with respect to the change, the authorization or confirmation required under subsection 19 (2). iv. The proposed change would take place at a location in respect of which a natural heritage assessment described in subsection 24 (1) was conducted and the confirmations described in subsection 28 (2) were obtained. 3. The person has received one of the following with respect to the proposed change: i. If an archaeological assessment report was required and submitted under subsection 20 (4) or 21 (2), the opinion of a consultant archaeologist that the proposed change would not alter the conclusion set out in the report or would not result in any additional archaeological concerns. ii. If the person referred to in subsection 20 (1) or 21 (1) determined that an archaeological assessment report was not required under subsection 20 (4) or 21 (3), as the case may be, the opinion of that person that the proposed change does not alter that determination. 4. The person has received one of the following with respect to the proposed change: i. If a heritage assessment report was required to be submitted under subsection 23 (2.1), the opinion of the persons who prepared the report that the proposed change would not alter the recommendations set out in the report or would not result in any new or increased impacts to heritage attributes that are subject to evaluation under subsection 23 (1). ii. If the person referred to in subsection 23 (1) determined that a heritage assessment report was not required under subsection 23 (2), the opinion of that person that the proposed change does not alter that determination. O. Reg. 97/16, s. 3. (2) The changes mentioned in paragraph 2 of subsection (1) are the following: 1. A change to the size or location of an area used for temporary storage of equipment or supplies. 2. A reduction in the size of the project location, as long as there are no changes to the infrastructure or equipment that forms part, or is proposed to form part, of the renewable energy generation facility. 3. A change to the location where the renewable energy generation facility connects, or is proposed to connect, to, i. a transmission system with respect to which, pursuant to agreements, the Independent Electricity System Operator has authority to direct operations, or ii. the distribution system of the distributor in whose distribution service area the renewable energy generation facility is located. 4. A change in respect of a communications tower. 5. A change in the location of fencing. 6. A change to the make, model, arrangement, tracking system, number or name plate capacity of solar photovoltaic collector panels used, or proposed to be used, at the renewable energy generation facility, as long as the change would not result in an increase in the emission of sound from any component in or at the facility. 7. A change in respect of a fibre optic communications line. O. Reg. 97/16, s. 3. (3) A person who makes any of the changes described in subsection (2) shall do the following: 1. Give written notice of the change to the Director and to the Ministry’s district manager in each district in which the project location is situated within 30 days after making the change. 2. If the person has a website, promptly post a copy of the written notice given under paragraph 1 on the person’s website and maintain it on the website for at least 60 days. O. Reg. 97/16, s. 3.