Administration of oath or affirmation
 4. (1) Any of the persons described in Column 2 of the Table to this section is authorized to administer an oath or affirmation by a public servant who is appointed to a position described in Column 1 in the same row.  O. Reg. 111/08, s. 1. (2) In the Table to this section, “appointed commissioner for taking affidavits” means a person who is appointed under subsection 4 (1) of the Commissioners for taking Affidavits Act as a commissioner for taking affidavits; (“commissaire aux affidavits nommé”) “lawyer in the public service of Ontario” means a person employed as legal counsel, (a)  under subsection 32 (1) of the Act to work in a ministry, other than in a minister’s office, (b)  under subsection 32 (2) of the Act to work in a Commission public body, or (c)  by a public body that is not a Commission public body. (“avocat de la fonction publique de l’Ontario”) table   Persons authorized to administer oaths and affirmations  Item   Column 1 Public servant making the oath or affirmation   Column 2 Persons authorized to administer the oath or affirmation 

    

  1.   A public servant who works in a ministry, but not in a minister’s office   · the deputy minister of the ministry, 

  · a public servant who is employed under Part III of the Act and who exercises managerial functions in a ministry, 

  · a lawyer in the public service of Ontario, 

  · any other public servant who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits. 

  2.   A public servant who works in a minister’s office   · a minister, 

  · a public servant who is employed under Part III of the Act and who exercises managerial functions in the Office of the Premier, the Cabinet Office or the minister’s office, 

  · a lawyer in the public service of Ontario, 

  · any other public servant who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits. 

  3.   A public servant, other than a government appointee, who works in a Commission public body   · the public servant’s ethics executive as determined under subsection 62 (1) of the Act, 

  · a public servant who is employed under Part III of the Act and who exercises managerial functions in the Commission public body or in the ministry to whom the Commission public body reports, 

  · a lawyer in the public service of Ontario, 

  · any other public servant who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits. 

  4.   A public servant, other than a government appointee, who works in a public body that is not a Commission public body   · the public servant’s ethics executive as determined under subsection 62 (1) of the Act, 

  · a public servant who exercises managerial functions in the public body, 

  · a lawyer in the public service of Ontario, 

  · any other public servant who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits. 

  5.   A government appointee to a public body   · the chair of the public body, 

  · a lawyer in the public service of Ontario, 

  · any other public servant who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits. 

  6.   The chair of a public body   · a public servant employed under Part III of the Act who works in the Cabinet Office and who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits, 

  · a lawyer in the public service of Ontario. O. Reg. 111/08, s. 1.