Bill 61 2004

An Act to amend the Liquor Control Act to require the Liquor Control Board to establish a deposit and return system

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1.  Section 3 of the Liquor Control Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 9, section 2 and 1996, chapter 26, section 2, is amended by adding the following subsection:

Deposit and return program

(3)  The Board shall establish programs to ensure that all liquor sold to the public on or after July 1, 2005 by government stores and stores owned and operated by wineries or manufacturers of beer or spirits is in containers for which a deposit is charged at the time of sale and refunded on the return of the container.

2.  Subsection 8 (1) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1994, chapter 9, section 4 and amended by 1996, chapter 26, section 2, is amended by adding the following clause:

(c.1) governing the establishment and operation of programs required under subsection 3 (3);

Commencement

3.  This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4.  The short title of this Act is the LCBO Deposit and Return Act, 2004.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Liquor Control Act to require the Liquor Control Board to establish programs to ensure that all liquor sold to the public on or after July 1, 2005 is in containers for which a deposit is charged at the time of sale and refunded on the return of the container. The Lieutenant Governor in Council is authorized to make regulations governing the establishment and operation of the programs.