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1. In this Regulation, “delivery agent” means a municipality or prescribed board that is designated under section 38 of the Ontario Works Act, 1997 as the delivery agent for a geographic area under that Act; (“agent de prestation des services”) “designation date”, when used in connection with a county and the separated municipalities in it, means the first date on which one delivery agent is designated for all of them; (“date de désignation”) “Greater Toronto Area” means the geographic area which lies within the jurisdiction of The Regional Municipality of Durham, The Regional Municipality of Halton, The Regional Municipality of Peel, the City of Toronto and The Regional Municipality of York; (“grand Toronto”) “separated municipality” means a municipality that is situate within a county but does not form part of the county for municipal purposes; (“municipalité séparée”) “territorial district” means a territorial district under the Territorial Division Act other than the Territorial District of Muskoka. (“district territorial”) O. Reg. 488/97, s. 1; O. Reg. 281/98, s. 1.
2. The following entities are prescribed as boards for the purposes of subsection 4 (4) of the Act: 1. District of Algoma Social Services Administration Board. 2. District of Cochrane Social Services Administration Board. 2.1 District of Kenora Social Services Administration Board. 2.2 District of Manitoulin-Sudbury Social Services Administration Board. 3. District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board. 4. District of Parry Sound Social Services Administration Board. 5. District of Rainy River Social Services Administration Board. 6. District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board. 7. District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board. 8. District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board. O. Reg. 44/99, s. 1; O. Reg. 111/99, s. 1.
3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a billing period is a calendar month. O. Reg. 488/97, s. 3 (1,). (2) The first billing period is January, February and March, 1998. O. Reg. 488/97, s. 3 (2). (3) A notice under subsection 5 (1) of the Act shall be given on or before the date the amount is payable. O. Reg. 456/98, s. 1.
4. (1) Provincial social housing costs that form part of the cost of funding and administering the Ontario Housing Corporation and relate to agreements with landlords of housing not owned by the Ontario Housing Corporation with respect to rent supplements shall be deemed to have been incurred in the billing period preceding the month in which they are paid by the Minister. O. Reg. 488/97, s. 4 (1). (1.1) Despite subsection (1), provincial social housing costs mentioned in subsection (1) that are paid by the Minister in January of a year shall be deemed to be incurred in the January billing period of that year. O. Reg. 111/99, s. 2 (1). (2) Despite subsections (1) and (1.1), provincial social housing costs decribed in subsection (1) that are paid by the Minister in January, February, March or April of 1998 shall be deemed to be incurred in the first billing period. O. Reg. 488/97, s. 4 (2); O. Reg. 111/99, s. 2 (2). (3) Provincial social housing costs that form part of the cost of funding and administering the Ontario Housing Corporation, other than the costs described in subsection (1), shall be deemed, (a) to be incurred in the billing period in which they are paid by the Minister, if they are paid after the 10th day of the billing period; and (b) to have been incurred in the billing period preceding the one in which they are paid by the Minister, if they are paid before the 11th day of the billing period. O. Reg. 488/97, s. 4 (3). (4) Despite subsection (3), provincial social housing costs described in subsection (3) that are paid by the Minister, (a) before January 11, 1998 shall be deemed to have been incurred before January 1, 1998; and (b) after January 10, 1998 and before April 11, 1998 shall be deemed to be incurred in the first billing period. O. Reg. 488/97, s. 4 (4). (5) Provincial social housing costs with respect to funding and administering programs described in clause 2 (1) (b) of the Act shall be deemed to have been incurred in the billing period preceding the month in which a payment is first made by the Minister with respect to those costs. O. Reg. 488/97, s. 4 (5). (5.1) Despite subsection (5), provincial social housing costs mentioned in subsection (5) that are paid by the Minister under the Ontario Community Housing Assistance Program in January of a year shall be deemed to be incurred in the January billing period of that year. O. Reg. 111/99, s. 2 (3). (6) Despite subsections (5) and (5.1), provincial social housing costs described in subsection (5) that are paid by the Minister, (a) in January, 1998 shall be deemed to have been incurred before January 1, 1998; and (b) in February, March or April of 1998 shall be deemed to be incurred in the first billing period. O. Reg. 488/97, s. 4 (6); O. Reg. 111/99, s. 2 (4).
4.1 (1) Costs attributable to a housing project owned by a non-profit corporation set out in the Schedule do not form part of provincial social housing costs, regardless of whether the housing project is located on land owned or leased by the corporation, if, (a) the corporation has entered into an operating agreement or memorandum of understanding respecting the housing project with the Minister, the Ministry, the Ontario Housing Corporation, an agent of the Crown in right of Ontario, an agent of the Crown in right of Canada or any combination of them; and (b) the corporation is receiving funding for support services that are delivered or available to all tenants of the housing project from the Ministry of Community and Social Services, the Ministry of Health or both or support services are delivered or available to all tenants of the housing project by an agency whose funding for those services comes from one or both of those ministries. O. Reg. 267/98, s. 1 (1). (2) In this section, “support services” means homemaking services and personal support services as defined in the Long-Term Care Act, 1994, health care, physical care, counselling and rehabilitation and therapeutic services. O. Reg. 267/98, s. 1 (2). (3) Despite subsection (1), costs attributed to the project called the Addiction and Rehabilitation Centre-Brantford, owned and operated by the Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada, do form part of provincial social housing costs. O. Reg. 267/98, s. 1 (3). (4) Despite subsection (1), costs attributable to a housing project described in that subsection do form part of provincial social housing costs if the non-profit corporation that owns or leases the housing project has entered into an agreement with the Minister, the Ministry, the Ontario Housing Corporation, an agent of the Crown in right of Ontario, an agent of the Crown in right of Canada or any combination of them with respect to that housing project, (a) under the Ontario Community Housing Assistance Program or the Community Sponsored Housing Program; or (b) respecting supplements to the geared-to-income portion of the rents. O. Reg. 636/98, s. 1.
6. (1) Subject to subsections (1.1) and (2) and section 7.6, provincial social housing costs to be recovered from an entity are the costs incurred or to be incurred in a billing period with respect to housing within the geographic area over which the entity has jurisdiction. O. Reg. 111/99, s. 3 (1). (1.1) Despite section 7.6, the provincial social housing costs to be recovered from each of the following entities are the costs incurred or to be incurred in a billing period with respect to housing within the geographic area for which the entity is the delivery agent under Ontario Regulation 136/98: 1. The Regional Municipality of Haldimand-Norfolk. 2. The Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth. 3. The Regional Municipality of Niagara. 4. The Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. 5. The Regional Municipality of Sudbury. 6. The Regional Municipality of Waterloo. 7. The District Municipality of Muskoka. 8. City of Brantford. 9. County of Bruce. 10. Municipality of Chatham-Kent. 11. City of Cornwall. 12. County of Dufferin. 13. County of Grey. 14. County of Hastings. 15. County of Huron. 16. City of Kingston. 17. County of Lambton. 18. County of Lanark. 19. United Counties of Leeds and Grenville. 20. County of Lennox and Addington. 21. City of London. 22. County of Northumberland. 23. County of Oxford. 24. City of Peterborough. 25. United Counties of Prescott and Russell. 26. County of Renfrew. 27. County of Simcoe. 28. City of Stratford. 29. City of St. Thomas. 30. County of Victoria. 31. County of Wellington. 32. City of Windsor. 33. District of Algoma Social Services Administration Board. 34. District of Cochrane Social Services Administration Board. 35. District of Kenora Social Services Administration Board. 36. District of Sudbury-Manitoulin Social Services Administration Board. 37. District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board. 38. District of Parry Sound Social Services Administration Board. 39. District of Rainy River Social Services Administration Board. 40. District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board. 41. District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board. 42. District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board. O. Reg. 111/99, s. 3 (1); O. Reg. 142/00, s. 2. (2) The provincial social housing costs to be recovered under the Act for the Greater Toronto Area shall be allocated among The Regional Municipality of Durham, The Regional Municipality of Halton, The Regional Municipality of Peel, the City of Toronto and The Regional Municipality of York by multiplying for each entity set out in Column 1 of Table 1 the total provincial social housing costs incurred or to be incurred in a billing period with respect to housing within the Greater Toronto Area by the percentage set out opposite to that entity in Column 2. O. Reg. 488/97, s. 6 (2). (3) Revoked: O. Reg. 111/99, s. 3 (2). (4) Revoked: O. Reg. 44/99, s. 2 (3). (5) Revoked: O. Reg. 111/99, s. 3 (2).
7. Sections 7.1 to 7.7 apply with respect to every county with one or more separated municipalities. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4.
7.1 (1) At any time on or after January 1, 1998, a county and the separated municipalities in it may enter into an agreement under which the provincial social housing costs allocated to them are apportioned among the parties, (a) in accordance with the percentages set out in the agreement; or (b) so that each party is responsible for provincial social housing costs incurred with respect to housing in the area over which it has jurisdiction. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4. (2) The agreement becomes effective, (a) if a date is specified in the agreement, (i) on the specified date, if it is the first day of a month, or (ii) on the first day of the month after the specified date, if that date is not the first day of a month; or (b) on the first day of the month after the day it is made, if no date is specified in the agreement. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4. (3) The agreement may be effective with respect to a period before it is made and, in that case, shall provide for a monetary reconciliation among the parties. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4. (4) If there is one delivery agent for the county and the separated municipalities in it, the delivery agent shall provide a copy of the agreement to the Minister forthwith after it is made. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4. (5) If there is more than one delivery agent for the county and the separated municipalities in it, the county shall provide a copy of the agreement to the Minister forthwith after it is made. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4.
7.2 Arbitrations under sections 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5 are governed by the Arbitration Act, 1991, subject to those sections and to the following rules: 1. The parties may jointly appoint a single arbitrator on or after the day the arbitration is commenced. 2. If the parties are entitled to appoint an arbitrator jointly but have not done so, the Ontario Court (General Division) may make the appointment on a party’s application under section 10 of the Arbitration Act, 1991. 3. The arbitrator shall make a final award that disposes of the issue, within three months after being appointed. 4. The date by which the arbitrator is required to make an award shall not be extended by a court, despite section 39 of the Arbitration Act, 1991. However, that date may be extended by agreement of the parties. 5. The final award shall apportion among the parties the provincial social housing costs allocated to them, as described in clause 7.1 (1) (a) or (b). 6. The arbitration shall not deal with provincial social housing costs incurred before the designation date. 7. The final award may be effective with respect to a period before it is made and, in that case, shall provide for a monetary reconciliation among the parties. 8. A party may appeal the final award to the Ontario Court (General Division) only on a question of law, with leave, which the court shall grant only if it is satisfied that the conditions in clauses 45 (1) (a) and (b) of the Arbitration Act, 1991 are met. No appeal lies on a question of fact or of mixed law and fact, despite any agreement by the parties. 9. The arbitrator shall provide a copy of the final award to the Minister forthwith after it is made. 10. At any time during the arbitration, the parties may enter into an agreement under section 7.1 that includes an agreement apportioning the costs of the arbitration among the parties, in which case the arbitration terminates. 11. The parties may, at any time, amend the final award by agreement or replace the award with an agreement under section 7.1. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4.
7.3 (1) If, by September 8, 1998, a county and the separated municipalities in it have not entered into an agreement under section 7.1, they shall be deemed to have commenced an arbitration on September 8, 1998 of the apportionment among them of the provincial social housing costs allocated to them. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4. (2) At any time before September 8, 1998 a party may, by serving a notice on the other parties, commence an arbitration of the apportionment. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4. (3) The rules set out in section 7.2 and the following rule apply to an arbitration under this section: 1. The final award shall come into effect or be deemed to have come into effect on the designation date, if it is the first day of the month, and otherwise on the first day of the first month after the designation date, and the final award remains in effect unless superseded by an agreement under subsection 7.1 (1) or a final award in a subsequent arbitration. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4.
7.4 (1) If a final award has been in effect for at least two years, a party may, by serving a notice on the other parties, commence a new arbitration to deal with the apportionment among the parties of the provincial social housing costs allocated to them. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4. (2) The rules set out in section 7.2 and the following rule apply to an arbitration under subsection (1): 1. The final award shall come into effect and supersede the previous award or be deemed to have come into effect and superseded the previous award on the later of, i. the day that is three years after the effective date of the previous award, and ii. the day the notice is served if it is served on the first day of a month and otherwise the first day of the month after the day the notice is served. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4.
7.5 (1) If an agreement expires or is terminated in accordance with the agreement and the parties have not entered into a new agreement, they shall be deemed to have commenced an arbitration on the date of expiry or termination with respect to the apportionment among them of the provincial social housing costs allocated to them. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4. (2) The date of expiry or termination of the agreement, (a) shall be the date determined in accordance with the agreement or notice of termination, if that date is the last day of a month; and (b) otherwise, shall be deemed to be the last day of the month in which that date falls. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4. (3) A party may commence an arbitration of the apportionment by serving a notice on the other parties, (a) if a notice of termination of the agreement is served, on or after the day it is served; or (b) otherwise, at any time during the 12 months preceding the date of expiry of an agreement. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4. (4) The rules set out in section 7.2 and the following rules apply to an arbitration under this section: 1. Subject to paragraph 2, the final award shall come into effect or be deemed to have come into effect on the day after the date of expiry or termination of the agreement, and supersedes the agreement as of that date. 2. If the agreement expires or is terminated before the final award is made, i. the agreement shall be deemed to be in effect until the final award is made, and ii. the final award shall provide for a monetary reconciliation among the parties. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4.
7.6 If an agreement under section 7.1 or an arbitrator’s award under section 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 or 7.7 is in effect, the provincial social housing costs to be recovered from the county and the separated municipalities in it shall be recovered in accordance with the agreement or award. O. Reg. 281/98, s. 4.