50 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) prescribing substances as toxic substances or substances of concern for the purposes of this Act; (b) authorizing or requiring two or more facilities that are related in a way described in the regulations to be considered as a single facility for the purposes of this Act and the regulations or of any provision of this Act or the regulations, and, if the facilities that are to be considered as a single facility have different owners or operators, governing how references in this Act and the regulations to the owner or operator of the single facility should be interpreted; (c) governing how amounts of substances are to be determined for the purposes of this Act, including authorizing or requiring certain amounts to be included or excluded from a determination; (d) setting targets relating to toxic substances; (e) governing the timing, preparation, review and contents of toxic substance reduction plans; (f) prescribing the qualifications that a person must have to sign a certification under subsection 4 (3), including requiring the person to hold a licence issued by the Director, governing the issuance, renewal, suspension and revocation of those licences, providing for and governing appeals related to the issuance, renewal, suspension and revocation of those licences, and requiring the payment of fees established by the Minister or a person specified by the regulations in connection with those licences; (g) governing giving copies of toxic substance reduction plans to the Director under section 6; (h) governing the timing, preparation and contents of summaries of toxic substance reduction plans that are prepared under section 8, and governing giving those summaries to the Director and making them available to the public; (i) governing the tracking and quantification required by section 9; (j) governing the timing, preparation and contents of reports that are prepared under section 10; (k) requiring the owners and the operators of facilities who are required to ensure that reports are prepared under section 10 to make all or part of the reports, or some or all of the information contained in the reports, available to the public, and governing the making available to the public of that material; (l) governing giving reports prepared under section 10 to the Director, authorizing the Director to make all or part of the reports, or some or all of the information contained in the reports, available to the public, and governing the making available to the public of that material; (m) governing the timing, preparation and contents of reports that are prepared under section 11 and governing giving those reports to the Director; (n) requiring and governing the creation of records for the purposes of this Act, other than the documents referred to in clauses (e), (h), (j) and (m), requiring that records created under this clause or copies of those records be given or made available to any person or class of persons, and governing the giving or making available of those records or copies to those persons; (o) requiring and governing the maintenance and retention of records for the purposes of this Act, including the documents referred to in clauses (e), (h), (j) and (m); (p) specifying the form and content of orders under subsection 30 (1); (q) specifying types of contraventions or circumstances in respect of which an order may not be issued under subsection 30 (1); (r) requiring and governing public consultation before an agreement is entered into under subsection 30 (9) and, subject to that subsection and to any regulations made under subclause (s) (iii), governing the contents of agreements under that subsection; (s) governing the determination of the amounts of penalties imposed under section 30, including, (i) prescribing criteria to be considered by the Director, (ii) providing for different amounts depending on when a penalty is paid, (iii) with respect to agreements under subsection 30 (9), governing the cancellation of the obligation to pay a penalty or the reduction of the amount of a penalty; (t) prescribing circumstances in which a person is not required to pay a penalty imposed under section 30; (u) prescribing procedures related to penalties imposed under section 30; (v) respecting any other matter necessary for the administration of a system of penalties provided for by section 30; (v.1) 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; (w) providing for methods of giving or serving any document under this Act; (x) exempting any person or thing from any provision of this Act, subject to any conditions or restrictions set out in the regulations; (y) defining any word or expression used in this Act that is not already defined in this Act; (z) prescribing anything referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations or as otherwise dealt with by the regulations.  2009, c. 19, s. 50 (1); 2021, c. 4, Sched. 10, s. 8 (4). Amendments to documents (2) A regulation may adopt by reference and require compliance with a document as it may be amended from time to time.  2009, c. 33, Sched. 15, s. 11. When amendment effective (3) The adoption of an amendment to a document that has been adopted by reference comes into effect upon the Ministry publishing notice of the amendment in The Ontario Gazette
or in the environmental registry established under section 5 of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993.  2009, c. 33, Sched. 15, s. 11. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2009, c. 19, s. 65
- no effect - see Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 - 31/12/2019; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 15, s. 11 - 01/01/2010 2021, c. 4, Sched. 10, s. 8 (4) - 01/06/2021 51-64 Omitted
(provides for amendments to this Act).  2009, c. 19, ss. 51-64. 65 Repealed.  See:
Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 - 31/12/2019 66 Omitted
(provides for amendments to this Act).  2009, c. 19, s. 66. 67-72 Omitted (amends, repeals or revokes other legislation).  2009, c. 19, ss. 67-72. Repeal