76 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations relating to this Act, (a)  exempting any person, operator, licence, permit, approval, holder of a licence, permit or approval, activity, area, location, substance, material, water works, water service, sewage works, sewage service, well, discharge or thing from any provision of this Act or the regulations and prescribing conditions for the exemptions from this Act and the regulations; (b)  prohibiting, regulating or controlling (including prescribing conditions for the prohibition, regulation or control of), (i)  mains, service pipes, valves, hydrants and all other works that form part of or are connected with water works, (ii)  the manner in which the service pipes of users of water are to be connected with the mains of the water works supplying the water, (iii)  sewers, drain pipes, maintenance holes, gully traps and all other works that form part of or are connected with sewage works, (iv)  the manner in which building sewers are to be connected with sewage works, (v)  the content of sewage entering sewage works, (vi)  the taking, use or transfer of water from any source of supply, (vi.1)  the transfer of sewage between Great Lakes watersheds listed in subsection 34.5 (2), (vii)  the location, spacing, use, cleaning, testing, disinfecting and decontaminating of wells, and (viii)  the methods and materials used in the construction of wells and the maintenance of wells; (b.1)  requiring the taking of measures to promote the conservation of water, including, (i)  the preparation of water conservation plans, the submission of those plans to the Director, the amendment of those plans if required by the Director, and the implementation of those plans, and (ii)  other measures to promote the efficient use of water or reduce the loss of water through consumptive use; (c)  governing and requiring the payment of fees to the Crown or to any other person or body specified by the regulations, including prescribing the amounts or the method of calculating the amounts of the fees, and governing the procedure for the payment, (i)  in respect of an approval, permit or renewal of permit, licence or renewal of licence, examination, inspection or certification, (ii)  in respect of any registration or record required by this Act or the regulations, (iii)  in respect of an activity pursuant to a provision of a regulation that exempts a person from the requirement to obtain an approval, permit or licence, or (iv)  in respect of the supply of information, services, or copies of documents, maps, plans, recordings or drawings; (d)  providing for the retention by a person or body specified by the regulations of all or part of the fees paid, under this Act, to the person or body; (e)  providing for refunds of fees paid under this Act to the Crown or to a person or body specified by the regulations; (f)  providing for the issue, renewal, suspension and revocation of approvals, permits and licences, and prescribing conditions for the issuing, renewing, suspending and revoking; (f.1)  governing applications for the issue, renewal and revocation of approvals, permits and licences; (f.2)  governing the inclusion of terms and conditions in approvals, permits and licences; (g)  prescribing documents or data required to be created, stored and submitted by any person and the methods of creating, storing and submitting the documents and data; (g.1)  prescribing the location at which documents or data must be created or stored; (g.2)  providing for the inspection and examination of documents and data; (g.3)  providing for the preparation and signing of documents by electronic means, the filing of documents by direct electronic transmission and the printing of documents filed by direct electronic transmission; (h)  providing for forms and their use; (i)  providing for the method of service of any document given or served under this Act; (i.1)  deeming a person to be a person involved in carrying out a program of the Ministry or the Agency for the purpose of subsection 98 (2); (i.2)  governing any transitional matters the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable in connection with the implementation of the amendments made to this Act by Schedule 10 to the Accelerating Access to Justice Act, 2021; (j)  prescribing or respecting any matter that this Act refers to as a matter prescribed by the regulations or as otherwise dealt with by the regulations. 1997, c. 7, s. 8; 1998, c. 35, s. 62; 2001, c. 9, Sched. G, s. 6 (33); 2007, c. 12, s. 1 (20-24); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 15, s. 8 (8); 2021, c. 4, Sched. 10, s. 4 (2). Return of transferred water (2) Without limiting the generality of subclause (1) (b) (vi), a regulation under that subclause may require water transferred between Great Lakes watersheds listed in subsection 34.5 (2) to be returned to the Great Lakes watershed from which it was taken. 2007, c. 12, s. 1 (25). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1997, c. 7, s. 8 - 05/06/1997; 1998, c. 35, s. 62 - 01/02/1999 2001, c. 9, Sched. G, s. 6 (32) - see Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 - 31/12/2011; 2001, c. 9, Sched. G, s. 6 (33) - 29/06/2001 2007, c. 12, s. 1 (20, 21, 24, 25) - 04/06/2007; 2007, c. 12, s. 1 (22, 23) - 01/01/2015 2009, c. 33, Sched. 15, s. 8 (8) - 15/12/2009 2021, c. 4, Sched. 10, s. 4 (2) - 01/06/2021