Application for installation
 24.5 (1) For the purposes of subsection 24.4 (2), the owner must deliver an application for the installation of an electric vehicle charging system to the corporation. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (2) The application shall, (a) be in writing; (b) identify the owner and the owner’s address for service for the purposes of the application; (c) be signed by the owner; and (d) include drawings, specifications or information with respect to the proposed installation, including its location, that on reasonable grounds are relevant to any report or opinion described in subsection (8) that the corporation could obtain. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (3) The application and any other communication between the owner and the corporation in respect of the application is sufficiently delivered to the corporation if it is, (a) sent by prepaid mail to, (i) the address for service of, (A) the corporation, (B) the condominium management provider or the condominium manager, if any, with whom the corporation has an agreement to receive condominium management services, or (C) any other person responsible for the management of the property, or (ii) an address that the board has, by resolution, decided is an address for receiving delivery of the application; (b) sent by courier delivery to an address described in clause (a) that is capable of receiving courier delivery; (c) deposited in the mail box for an address described in clause (a); (d) sent by facsimile transmission, electronic mail or any other method of electronic communication if the board has, by resolution, decided that it is a method for receiving delivery of the application; or (e) sent in any manner that the corporation and the owner agree to in writing. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (4) As soon as reasonably possible, the corporation shall provide any information, permission or authorization that the owner requests in writing and that, on a reasonable basis, is required for the owner to fulfill the requirement described in clause (2) (d). O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (5) Subject to subsection (7), when the corporation receives an application that complies with subsection (2), the board shall, within 60 days or the other time period that the corporation and the owner agree to in writing, respond to the owner in writing stating whether it rejects or does not reject the application in accordance with subsections (8) to (14). O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (6) Subject to subsection (7), when the corporation receives an application that, according to the board, does not comply with subsection (2), the board shall, as soon as reasonably possible or within the other time period that the corporation and the owner agree to in writing, respond to the owner in writing stating why, according to the board, the application does not comply with subsection (2). O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (7) The board is not required to respond to the owner under subsection (5) or (6) if the owner withdraws the application in writing before the time required for the board’s response. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (8) The board may reject the application only if a report or opinion of a person whose profession lends credibility to the report or opinion, obtained by the corporation, complies with subsection (9) and clearly states that the proposed installation, (a) will be contrary to any general or special Act or regulations or by-laws made under that Act, including the Electrical Safety Code adopted under Ontario Regulation 164/99 (Electrical Safety Code) made under the Electricity Act, 1998 but not including anything in the declaration of the corporation or a by-law or rule of the corporation; (b) will adversely affect the structural integrity of the property or assets, if any, of the corporation; or (c) will pose a serious risk, (i) to the health and safety of an individual, or (ii) of damage to the property or the assets, if any, of the corporation. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (9) The report or opinion shall set out the reasons on which the statement required by subsection (8) is based. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (10) If the board rejects the application under subsection (8), the board’s response to the owner shall state that the board rejects the application under that subsection and, subject to subsection (11), include a copy of the report or opinion described in subsection (8) that forms the basis of the board’s rejection. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (11) The board’s response shall not include any part of the report or opinion that subsection 55 (4) of the Act would prevent the corporation from permitting the owner to examine if the owner made a request to examine it under subsection 55 (3) of the Act. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (12) If the board does not reject the application under subsection (8), the board may require that the proposed installation be carried out in an alternative manner or location if the alternative manner or location would not cause the owner to incur unreasonable additional costs and if the alternative manner or location is necessary so that, (a) the owners, on an objective basis, would not regard the proposed installation as causing a material reduction or elimination of their use or enjoyment of the units that they own or the common elements or assets, if any, of the corporation; or (b) the proposed installation will not be contrary to anything in the declaration of the corporation or a by-law or rule of the corporation or any agreement mentioned in section 113 of the Act or other agreement to which the corporation is a party, but not including, (i) anything in a declaration that has the effect of prohibiting the installation of electric vehicle charging systems generally on the property, or (ii) anything in a by-law, rule or agreement that has the effect of prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the installation  of electric vehicle charging systems generally on the property. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (13) If the board requires that the proposed installation be carried out in an alternative manner or location under subsection (12), the board’s response to the owner shall, (a) state that fact; (b) state why, according to the board, (i) the owners, on an objective basis, would regard the proposed installation as causing a material reduction or elimination of their use or enjoyment of the units that they own or the common elements or assets, if any, of the corporation, or (ii) the proposed installation will contravene anything in the declaration of the corporation or a by-law or rule of the corporation or any agreement mentioned in section 113 of the Act or other agreement to which the corporation is a party, but not including, (A) anything in a declaration that has the effect of prohibiting the installation of electric vehicle charging systems generally on the property, or (B) anything in a by-law, rule or agreement that has the effect of prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the installation of electric vehicle charging systems generally on the property; and (c) include drawings, specifications and information that clearly set out how the proposed installation is to be carried out in the alternative manner or location required by the board. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (14) If the board does not reject the application under subsection (8) and does not require that the proposed installation be carried out in an alternative manner or location under subsection (12), the board’s response to the owner shall state that fact. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (15) The board’s response under subsection (5) or (6) and any other communication between the corporation and the owner in respect of the application is sufficiently delivered to the owner if it is delivered to the owner’s address for service given in the application or in any manner that the corporation and the owner agree to in writing. O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (16) If the board does not respond to the owner as required by subsection (5), the board is deemed to have not rejected the application and to have not required that the proposed installation be carried out in an alternative manner or location under subsection (12). O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8. (17) Each of the owner and the corporation shall bear the costs for all steps that the party takes under this section unless the owner and corporation agree otherwise in the agreement described in subsection 24.6 (3). O. Reg. 114/18, s. 8.