Conditions for exemption
 5. The following are the conditions that a person must satisfy for the purposes of the exemption in subsection 4 (1): 1.  Before commencing an activity listed in subsection 4 (2), the person must give the Minister notice of the activity by submitting a notice of activity form available on the Registry to the Minister through the Registry, and must ensure that the notice includes: i.  A statement identifying any activity listed in subsection 4 (2) that will be carried out on the building or structure that provides barn swallow habitat and a description of the activity. ii.  A description of how the activity will impact barn swallow habitat, including the number of barn swallow nests that will be removed, damaged or destroyed, if any. iii.  An indication as to whether, as a result of the activity identified in subparagraph i, the building or structure that provides barn swallow habitat will be, A.  destroyed, or B.  modified so that, 1.  it no longer provides suitable conditions for barn swallow nesting, or 2.  it provides a smaller area for barn swallow nesting than was provided before the modification. iv.  The proposed start and end dates for the activity. v.  A description of the building or structure that will be the object of the activity, including its location. 2.  Before, during and after carrying out the activity, the person must follow the steps set out in section 6 to minimize the adverse effects of the activity on the barn swallow and its habitat. 3.  Before carrying out the activity, the person must prepare a barn swallow management plan in accordance with section 7 and, once the activity has commenced, the person must update the barn swallow management plan in accordance with section 7. 4.  The person must, i.  retain a copy of the barn swallow management plan for a period of two years after the activity is complete, and ii.  provide a copy of the barn swallow management plan to the Ministry within 14 days after receiving a request for it. 5.  The person must create habitat for barn swallows in accordance with section 8 by the deadline set out in section 10 if, as a result of carrying out the activity or any mitigation measures required under paragraph 1 of section 6, barn swallow nests on or in a building or structure will be removed, damaged or destroyed. 6.  The person must create habitat for barn swallows in accordance with section 9 by the deadline set out in section 10 if, as a result of carrying out the activity, a building or structure that provides barn swallow habitat will be, i.  destroyed, or ii.  modified so that, A.  it no longer provides suitable conditions for barn swallow nesting, or B.  it provides a smaller area for barn swallow nesting than was provided before the modification. 7.  The person must maintain the habitat created under paragraph 6 for a period of three years after the habitat is created. 8.  After the person has created habitat for barn swallows under paragraph 5 or 6, the person must prepare and update a record of habitat creation and monitoring in accordance with section 11. 9.  For a period of three years after a person has created habitat for barn swallows under paragraph 5 or 6, the person must monitor the use of the habitat by barn swallows during the barn swallow active season of each year. 10.  The person must, i.  retain the record of habitat creation and monitoring for a period of two years after the monitoring required under paragraph 9 is complete, and ii.  provide a copy of the record of habitat creation and monitoring to the Ministry within 14 days after receiving a request for it. 11.  Every year that the person is required to monitor the use of the habitat by barn swallows under paragraph 9, the person must, within three months after completing the monitoring for the year, submit to the Government of Ontario the Ontario Species at Risk Observation Reporting Form available on a website maintained by the Government of Ontario.