Bill 167, Toxics Reduction Act, 2009

Bill 167 2009

An Act to promote reductions in the use and creation of toxic substances and to amend other Acts

Note: This Act amends or repeals more than one Act.  For the legislative history of these Acts, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

 

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

General

Purposes

   1.  The purposes of this Act are,

  (a)  to prevent pollution and protect human health and the environment by reducing the use and creation of toxic substances; and

  (b)  to inform Ontarians about toxic substances.

Definitions

   2.  In this Act,

"Director" means a Director appointed under section 13; ("directeur")

"justice" means a provincial judge or a justice of the peace; ("juge")

"Minister" means the Minister of the Environment or such other member of the Executive Council as may be assigned the administration of this Act under the Executive Council Act; ("ministre")

"Ministry" means the ministry of the Minister; ("ministère")

"provincial officer" means a person who is designated by the Minister as a provincial officer for the purposes of this Act and the regulations; ("agent provincial")

"substance of concern" means a substance prescribed by the regulations as a substance of concern for the purposes of this Act; ("substance préoccupante")

"toxic substance" means a substance prescribed by the regulations as a toxic substance for the purposes of this Act; ("substance toxique")

"Tribunal" means the Environmental Review Tribunal. ("Tribunal")

Toxic Substance Reduction Plans

Requirement for toxic substance reduction plans

   3.  (1)  The owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared for a toxic substance in accordance with this Act and the regulations if all of the following criteria are met:

    1.  The facility belongs to a class of facilities prescribed by the regulations.

    2.  The number of persons employed at the facility exceeds the number of persons prescribed by the regulations.

    3.  The toxic substance is used or created at the facility and the amounts of the substance that are used or created meet the criteria prescribed by the regulations.

    4.  Such other criteria as are prescribed by the regulations.

Use of single document

   (2)  A single document may contain more than one toxic substance reduction plan.

Contents of plan

   4.  (1)  A toxic substance reduction plan for a toxic substance shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain the following:

    1.  Subject to paragraph 2, a statement that the owner or the operator of the facility intends,

            i.  to reduce the use of the toxic substance at the facility, if the substance is used at the facility, and

           ii.  to reduce the creation of the toxic substance at the facility, if the substance is created at the facility.

    2.  If the plan does not include a statement that complies with paragraph 1, the reasons for not including the statement.

    3.  The objectives of the plan, including any targets for reducing the use or creation of the toxic substance at the facility.

    4.  A description of each process at the facility that uses or creates the toxic substance, including,

            i.  a description of how, when, where and why the substance is used or created, and

           ii.  quantifications that,

                  A.  were made under section 9 before the plan was prepared,

                  B.  were used to prepare the plan, and

                  C.  show, as of the time the quantifications were made, how the substance entered the process, whether it was created, destroyed or transformed during the process, how it left the process and what happened to it after it left the process.

    5.  A description and analysis of options that were considered for reducing the use and creation of the toxic substance at the facility, including an analysis of the feasibility of each option.

    6.  A statement identifying the options described in paragraph 5 that will be implemented, or a statement that none of the options will be implemented.

    7.  If an option described in paragraph 5 will be implemented,

            i.  a description of the steps that will be taken by the owner or operator of the facility to implement the option,

           ii.  a timetable for taking the steps described in subparagraph i,

          iii.  an estimate of the amount by which the use of the toxic substance at the facility will be reduced as a result of implementing the option, if the substance is used at the facility,

          iv.  an estimate of the amount by which the creation of the toxic substance at the facility will be reduced as a result of implementing the option, if the substance is created at the facility, and

           v.  an estimate of the amount by which discharges of the toxic substance to air, land or water will be reduced as a result of implementing the option, if the substance is discharged to air, land or water.

    8.  Such other information as is prescribed by the regulations.

Certification by highest ranking employee

   (2)  A toxic substance reduction plan for a facility shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain a certification, signed by the highest ranking employee at the facility who has management responsibilities relating to the facility, stating that he or she has read the plan and is familiar with its contents, that the plan is factually accurate, and that the plan complies with this Act and the regulations.

Certification by person with prescribed qualifications

   (3)  A toxic substance reduction plan for a facility shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain a certification, signed by a person who has qualifications prescribed by the regulations, stating that he or she is familiar with the processes at the facility that use or create the toxic substance, that he or she agrees with the estimates referred to in subparagraphs 7 iii, iv and v of subsection (1), and that the plan complies with this Act and the regulations.

Separate certifications

   (4)  The certification required by subsection (3) shall not be signed by the person who signed the certification required by subsection (2).

Amendment of plan

   5.  Subject to section 4, a toxic substance reduction plan may be amended at any time.

Copy for Director

   6.  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared shall, if a copy of the plan is requested by the Director, ensure that the copy is given to the Director in accordance with the regulations.

Review of plan

   7.  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared shall ensure that the plan is reviewed in accordance with the regulations.

Summary of plan

   8.  (1)  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared shall ensure that,

  (a)  a summary of the current version of the plan is prepared in accordance with this Act and the regulations; and

  (b)  the summary is given to the Director and made  available to the public on the Internet and by other means in accordance with the regulations.

Contents

   (2)  A summary required by this section shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain the following:

    1.  A copy of the objectives of the toxic substance reduction plan, as contained in the plan under paragraph 3 of subsection 4 (1), including any targets for reducing the use or creation of the toxic substance at the facility.

    2.  A projection of how effective the toxic substance reduction plan will be in meeting the objectives referred to in paragraph 1, including any targets referred to in that paragraph.

    3.  Copies of the certifications contained in the toxic substance reduction plan under subsections 4 (2) and (3).

    4.  Such other information as is prescribed by the regulations.

Use of single document

   (3)  Summaries of more than one toxic substance reduction plan may be contained in a single document.

Toxic substance accounting

   9.  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared for a toxic substance shall ensure that, for each process at the facility that uses or creates the substance, the substance is tracked and quantified, in accordance with the regulations, to show how the substance enters the process, whether it is created, destroyed or transformed during the process, how it leaves the process and what happens to it after it leaves the process.

Reports on toxic substance reduction plan

   10.  (1)  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared for a toxic substance shall ensure that reports are prepared in accordance with this Act and the regulations and given to the Director in accordance with the regulations.

Contents of report

   (2)  A report under this section shall, in accordance with the regulations,

  (a)  summarize the results of the tracking and quantification required for the substance under section 9 during the reporting period and compare those results to results of previous reporting periods, if any;

  (b)  indicate whether a toxic substance reduction plan was prepared for the toxic substance before or during the reporting period and, if so,

           (i)  describe the steps taken during the reporting period towards achieving the objectives of the toxic substance reduction plan,

          (ii)  assess the effectiveness of the steps described under subclause (i), particularly with respect to any targets set out in the plan for reducing the use or creation of the toxic substance at the facility, and

         (iii)  describe any amendments made to the toxic substance reduction plan during the reporting period; and

   (c)  contain such other information as is prescribed by the regulations.

Use of single document

   (3)  Reports prepared under this section with respect to more than one toxic substance may be contained in a single document.

Information available to public

   (4)  If required by the regulations, the owner and the operator of a facility who are required under this section to ensure that a report is prepared shall ensure that all or part of the report, or some or all of the information contained in the report, is made available to the public on the Internet and by other means in accordance with the regulations.

Same

   (5)  If authorized by the regulations, the Director may make all or part of a report prepared under this section, or some or all of the information contained in the report, available to the public on the Internet and by other means in accordance with the regulations.

Substances of Concern

Substance of concern report

   11.  (1)  The owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that a report on a substance of concern is prepared and given to the Director, in accordance with this Act and the regulations, if all of the following criteria are met:

    1.  The facility belongs to a class of facilities prescribed by the regulations.

    2.  The substance of concern is used or created at the facility and the amounts of the substance that are used or created meet the criteria prescribed by the regulations.

    3.  Such other criteria as are prescribed by the regulations.

Use of single document

   (2)  Reports prepared under this section with respect to more than one substance of concern may be contained in a single document.

Progress Reports

Progress reports

   12.  (1)  The Minister shall annually prepare a report describing progress relating to implementation of this Act.

Available to the public

   (2)  The Minister shall make the reports prepared under subsection (1) available to the public on the Internet and by other means in accordance with the regulations.

Compliance and Enforcement

Directors

   13.  (1)  The Minister may in writing appoint such Directors as the Minister considers necessary, in respect of one or more provisions of this Act or the regulations, as specified in the appointment.

Same

   (2)  In making an appointment under subsection (1), the Minister shall appoint only,

  (a)  a public servant employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 who works in the Ministry or a member of a class of those public servants; or

  (b)  any other person or member of any other class of person, if the appointment is approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Limitation on authority

   (3)  The Minister may, in an appointment of a Director, limit the authority of the Director in such manner as the Minister considers necessary.

Provincial officers

   14.  (1)  The Minister may in writing designate such provincial officers as the Minister considers necessary, in respect of one or more provisions of this Act or the regulations, as specified in the designation.

Limitation on authority

   (2)  The Minister may, in a designation of a provincial officer, limit the authority of the provincial officer in such manner as the Minister considers necessary.

Peace officers

   (3)  A provincial officer is a peace officer for the purpose of enforcing this Act.

Investigation and prosecution

   (4)  A provincial officer may investigate offences under this Act and may prosecute any person whom the provincial officer reasonably believes is guilty of an offence under this Act.

Matters confidential

   (5)  Every provincial officer shall preserve secrecy in respect of all matters that come to his or her knowledge in the course of any survey, examination, test or inquiry under this Act or the regulations and shall not communicate any such matters to any person except,

  (a)  as may be required in connection with the administration of this Act and the regulations or any proceeding under this Act or the regulations;

  (b)  as authorized under the Regulatory Modernization Act, 2007;

   (c)  to the provincial officer's counsel; or

  (d)  with the consent of the person to whom the information relates.

Testimony in civil suit

   (6)  Except in a proceeding under this Act or the regulations, no provincial officer shall be required to give testimony in any civil suit or proceeding with regard to information obtained by him or her in the course of any survey, examination, test or inquiry under this Act or the regulations.

Inspection by provincial officer

   15.  (1)  A provincial officer may, at any reasonable time,

  (a)  enter a facility and conduct an inspection for the purposes of determining compliance of any person with this Act or the regulations, if the provincial officer reasonably believes that a toxic substance or substance of concern is used or created at the facility; or

  (b)  enter any place and conduct an inspection for the purposes of determining compliance of any person with this Act or the regulations, if the provincial officer reasonably believes that the place is, or is required to be, subject to or referred to in a licence, order or agreement under this Act.

Powers during inspection

   (2)  A provincial officer may do any one or more of the following in the course of conducting an inspection:

    1.  Take samples for testing.

    2.  Conduct tests, take measurements and carry away samples from the testing.

    3.  Require that any thing be operated, used or set in motion under conditions specified by the provincial officer.

    4.  Examine, record or copy any form of document or data by any method.

    5.  Make a record of anything by means of a photograph, video recording or other visual recording.

    6.  Require the production of any form of document or data required to be kept under this Act and of any form of other document or data related to the purposes of the inspection.

    7.  Remove from a place documents or data produced under paragraph 8 for the purpose of making copies.

    8.  Make reasonable inquiries of any person, orally or in writing.

Limitation re photographs, recordings

   (3)  A record made under paragraph 5 of subsection (2) must be made in a manner that does not intercept any private communication and that accords with reasonable expectations of privacy.

Limitation re removal of documents

   (4)  A provincial officer shall not remove documents or data under paragraph 7 of subsection (2) without giving a receipt for them and shall promptly return the documents or data to the person who produced them.

Power to exclude persons

   (5)  A provincial officer who exercises the power set out in paragraph 8 of subsection (2) may exclude from the questioning any person except counsel for the individual being questioned.

Entry to dwellings

   (6)  A person shall not exercise a power conferred by this section to enter a room actually used as a dwelling without the consent of the occupier except under the authority of an order under section 18.

Power to administer other Acts

   16.  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 15, 20 or 21 may, if the provincial officer is designated as a provincial officer under the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (d)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act; or

  (e)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

Identification

   17.  On request, a provincial officer who exercises a power under this Act shall identify himself or herself as a provincial officer either by the production of a copy of his or her designation or in some other manner and shall explain the purpose of the exercise of the power.

Entry or inspection order

   18.  (1)  A justice may issue an order authorizing a provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 15 (1) or (2) if the justice is satisfied, on evidence under oath by a provincial officer, that there is reasonable ground to believe that it is appropriate for the administration of this Act or the regulations for the provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 15 (1) or (2) and that the provincial officer may not be able to effectively carry out his or her duties without an order under this section because,

  (a)  no occupier is present to grant access to a place that is locked or otherwise inaccessible;

  (b)  a person has prevented a provincial officer from doing anything set out in subsection 15 (1) or (2);

   (c)  there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person may prevent a provincial officer from doing anything set out in subsection 15 (1) or (2);

  (d)  it is impractical, because of the remoteness of the place to be inspected or because of any other reason, for a provincial officer to obtain an order under this section without delay if access is denied; or

  (e)  there are reasonable grounds to believe that an attempt by a provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 15 (1) or (2) without the order might not achieve its purpose.

Same

   (2)  Subsections 15 (3) to (6) apply to an inspection under an order under this section.

Expiry

   (3)  Unless renewed, an order under this section expires on the earlier of the day specified for the purpose in the order and the day that is 30 days after the date on which the order is made.

Renewal

   (4)  An order under this section may be renewed in the circumstances in which an order may be made under subsection (1), before or after expiry, for one or more periods, each of which is not more than 30 days.

When to be executed

   (5)  An order under this section shall be carried out between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., unless the order otherwise authorizes.

Application without notice

   (6)  An order under this section may be issued or renewed on application without notice.

Application for dwelling

   (7)  An application for an order under this section to enter a dwelling shall specifically indicate that the application relates to a dwelling.

Samples and copies

   19.  A provincial officer may detain samples and copies obtained under section 15 or 18 for any period and for any purpose of this Act or the regulations.

Seizure during inspection

   20.  During an inspection under section 15 or 18, a provincial officer may, without a warrant or court order, seize any thing that is produced to the provincial officer or that is in plain view, if,

  (a)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing will afford evidence of an offence under this Act; or

  (b)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing was used or is being used in connection with the commission of an offence under this Act and that the seizure is necessary to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence.

Detention or removal, things seized

   21.  (1)  A provincial officer who seizes any thing under section 20 may remove the thing or may detain it in the place where it is seized.

Receipt

   (2)  If possible, the provincial officer shall inform the person from whom a thing is seized under section 20 as to the reason for the seizure and shall give the person a receipt for the thing seized.

Report to justice, things seized

   22.  (1)  A provincial officer who seizes any thing during an inspection under section 20 shall bring the thing seized before a justice or, if that is not reasonably possible, shall report the seizure to a justice.

Application of Provincial Offences Act

   (2)  Sections 159 and 160 of the Provincial Offences Act apply with necessary modifications in respect of a thing seized by a provincial officer during an inspection under section 20.

Disposition of things seized

   23.  (1)  If the Director believes that, given the nature of a thing seized under section 20, the thing may pose a risk to human health or safety or to property, the Director may direct the person having custody of the thing to dispose of the thing in a manner satisfactory to the Director.

Disposition of seized perishables

   (2)  If the person having custody of any thing seized under section 20 believes that the thing will rot, spoil or otherwise perish, the person may dispose of the thing.

Non-application of provision

   (3)  Section 22 does not apply to a thing disposed of in accordance with this section.

Forfeiture

   (4)  A thing disposed of in accordance with this section is forfeited to the Crown.

Notice of disposal of things seized

   24.  (1)  If a thing has been disposed of in accordance with section 23, the Director shall ensure that a provincial officer gives written notice of the seizure and disposal, within 15 days of the disposal,

  (a)  to every person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is an owner of the thing seized; and

  (b)  to every person who has a security interest in the thing that is perfected by registration under the Personal Property Security Act against the name of any person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is the owner.

Contents of notice

   (2)  Notice under subsection (1) shall include,

  (a)  a description of the thing seized sufficient to enable it to be identified;

  (b)  the location at which the thing was seized;

   (c)  the date of the seizure and disposal;

  (d)  the name and telephone number of the provincial officer who seized the thing or of his or her delegate;

  (e)  a statement of the reason for the seizure and disposal;

    (f)  a reference to the statutory provision authorizing the seizure and disposal; and

  (g)  a reference to the right to apply to the Superior Court of Justice under subsection 25 (5) for relief against forfeiture.

Forfeiture may be ordered

   25.  (1)  On the application of the Director, the Superior Court of Justice may order that a thing seized under section 20 or under a warrant issued under the Provincial Offences Act in connection with the commission or suspected commission of an offence under this Act be forfeited to the Crown.

When no order to be made

   (2)  No order shall be made under subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied that,

  (a)  the seizure was lawful; and

  (b)  no later than seven days before the hearing of the application, written notice was provided by a provincial officer,

           (i)  to every person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is an owner of the thing seized,

          (ii)  to every person who has a security interest in the thing that is perfected by registration under the Personal Property Security Act against the name of any person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is the owner,

         (iii)  if the thing seized is a vehicle, to every person who has a security interest in the vehicle that is perfected by registration under the Personal Property Security Act against the vehicle identification number of the vehicle, and

         (iv)  if the thing seized is a vehicle and the vehicle is registered under the Highway Traffic Act, to the registered owner.

Contents of notice

   (3)  Notice under subsection (2) shall include,

  (a)  a description of the thing seized sufficient to enable it to be identified;

  (b)  the location at which the thing was seized;

   (c)  the date of the seizure;

  (d)  the name and telephone number of the provincial officer who seized the thing or of his or her delegate;

  (e)  a statement of the reason for the seizure;

    (f)  a reference to the statutory provision authorizing the seizure;

  (g)  a statement that an order for forfeiture of the thing is being sought under this section; and

   (h)  a statement that the person to whom the notice is provided may make submissions to the Superior Court of Justice with respect to the issuance of an order under this section.

Disposition of things forfeited

   (4)  A thing forfeited under this section may be disposed of as the Director directs.

Relief against forfeiture

   (5)  A person who had an interest in a thing forfeited under section 23 or this section may apply to the Superior Court of Justice for relief against the forfeiture and the court may make an order providing for any relief that it considers appropriate, including any of the following orders:

    1.  An order directing that the thing or any part of the thing be returned to the applicant.

    2.  An order directing that any interest in the thing be vested in the applicant.

    3.  An order directing that an amount be paid by the Crown to the applicant by way of compensation for the forfeiture.

When relief not to be ordered

   (6)  The court shall not make an order for relief under subsection (5) in respect of a thing forfeited if the person applying for the relief,

  (a)  has been served with an order requiring the person to pay a penalty under section 30 in connection with a matter that was associated with the seizure of the thing, unless the order has been revoked; or

  (b)  has been charged with an offence that was associated with the seizure of the thing, unless the charge has been withdrawn or dismissed.

Use of force

   26.  A provincial officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary,

  (a)  to carry out a court order issued under this Act;

  (b)  to execute a warrant issued under the Provincial Offences Act; or

   (c)  to prevent the destruction of any thing that the provincial officer reasonably believes may afford evidence of an offence under this Act.

Order by provincial officer: contraventions

   27.  (1)  A provincial officer may issue an order to any person that the provincial officer reasonably believes is contravening or has contravened,

  (a)  a provision of this Act or the regulations;

  (b)  a provision of an order under this section; or

   (c)  a provision of a licence issued under this Act.

Information to be included in order

   (2)  The order shall,

  (a)  specify the provision that the provincial officer believes is being or has been contravened;

  (b)  briefly describe the nature and, if applicable, the location of the contravention; and

   (c)  state that a review of the order may be requested in accordance with section 29.

What order may require

   (3)  The order may require the person to whom it is directed to comply with any directions set out in the order within the time specified relating to,

  (a)  achieving compliance with the provision;

  (b)  preventing the continuation or repetition of the contravention;

   (c)  submitting a plan for achieving compliance with the provision, including the engagement of contractors or consultants satisfactory to a provincial officer;

  (d)  monitoring and recording and reporting on the monitoring and recording;

  (e)  the securing, whether through locks, gates, fences, security guards or other means, of any land, place or thing; and

    (f)  posting notice of the order.

Amendment or revocation of orders under s. 27

   28.  (1)  An order issued under section 27 may, by order, be amended or revoked by the provincial officer who issued it or by the Director.

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   (2)  A provincial officer or Director who amends or revokes an order shall give written notice of the amendment or revocation to the person to whom the order is directed.

Request for review, orders under ss. 27 or 28

   29.  (1)  A person to whom an order under section 27 or 28 is directed may, within seven days after being served with a copy of the order, request that the Director review the order.

Manner of making request

   (2)  The request may be made orally, with written confirmation served on the Director within the time specified in subsection (1), or in writing.

Contents of request for review

   (3)  A written request for review under subsection (1) or a written confirmation of an oral request under subsection (2) shall include,

  (a)  the portions of the order in respect of which the review is requested;

  (b)  any submissions that the applicant for the review wishes the Director to consider; and

   (c)  for the purpose of subsection (7), an address that may be used for service in accordance with section 48.

No automatic stay

   (4)  The request for review does not stay the order, unless the Director orders otherwise in writing.

Decision of Director

   (5)  A Director who receives a request for review may,

  (a)  revoke the order of the provincial officer; or

  (b)  by order directed to the person requesting the review, confirm or amend the order of the provincial officer.

Same

   (6)  For the purposes of subsection (5), the Director may substitute his or her own opinion for that of the provincial officer.

Notice of decision

   (7)  The Director shall serve the person requesting the review with a copy of,

  (a)  a decision to revoke the order of the provincial officer; or

  (b)  an order to confirm or amend the order of the provincial officer, together with reasons.

Automatic confirmation of order

   (8)  If, within seven days of receiving a written request for review or a written confirmation of an oral request for review, the Director does not make a decision under subsection (5) and give oral or written notice of the decision to the person requesting the review, the order in respect of which the review is sought shall be deemed to have been confirmed by order of the Director.

Same

   (9)  For the purpose of section 32 and a hearing required under that section, a confirming order deemed to have been made by the Director under subsection (8),

  (a)  shall be deemed to be directed to each person to whom the order of the provincial officer was directed; and

  (b)  shall be deemed to have been served, on each person to whom the order of the provincial officer was directed, at the expiry of the time period referred to in subsection (8).

Same

   (10)  Subsections (8) and (9) do not apply if, within seven days of receiving the request for review, the Director stays the order under subsection (4) and gives written notice to the person requesting the review that the Director requires additional time to make a decision under subsection (5).

Administrative penalties

   30.  (1)  Subject to the regulations, the Director may issue an order requiring a person to pay a penalty if,

  (a)  the person is required to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared under section 3 or a report on a substance of concern is prepared under section 11; and

  (b)  the person contravenes,

           (i)  a provision of this Act or the regulations,

          (ii)  an order under section 27, or

         (iii)  an agreement under subsection (9).

Exception

   (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to a contravention of section 43.

Contents of order

   (3)  The order shall be served on the person who is required to pay the penalty and shall,

  (a)  contain a description of the contravention to which the order relates, including, if appropriate, the date and location of the contravention;

  (b)  specify the amount of the penalty;

   (c)  give particulars respecting the time for paying the penalty and the manner of payment; and

  (d)  provide information to the person as to the person's rights under section 32.

Amount

   (4)  The amount of the penalty shall be determined in accordance with the regulations.

Maximum penalty

   (5)  The amount of the penalty shall not exceed $60,000 for each contravention.

Absolute liability

   (6)  A requirement that a person pay a penalty imposed under this section applies even if,

  (a)  the person took all reasonable steps to prevent the contravention; or

  (b)  at the time of the contravention, the person had an honest and reasonable belief in a mistaken set of facts that, if true, would have rendered the contravention innocent.

Same

   (7)  For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (6) affects the prosecution of an offence.

Limitation

   (8)  An order requiring payment of a penalty imposed under this section shall be served not later than the first anniversary of the later of the following dates:

    1.  The date the contravention occurred.

    2.  The date on which the evidence of the contravention first came to the attention of the Director or a provincial officer.

Agreements

   (9)  The Director and a person against whom an order may be or has been made under subsection (1) may enter into an agreement that,

  (a)  identifies the contravention in respect of which the order may be or has been made;

  (b)  requires the person against whom the order may be or has been made to take steps specified in the agreement within the time specified in the agreement; and

   (c)  provides that the obligation to pay the penalty may be cancelled in accordance with the regulations or the amount of the penalty may be reduced in accordance with the regulations.

Publication of agreements

   (10)  The Ministry shall publish every agreement entered into under subsection (9) in the environmental registry established under section 5 of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993.

Payment prevents conviction

   (11)  A person who pays a penalty imposed under this section or whose obligation to pay a penalty is cancelled under clause (9) (c) in respect of a contravention shall not be convicted of an offence under this Act in respect of the same contravention.

No admission

   (12)  If a person enters into an agreement under subsection (9) that reduces the amount of a penalty imposed under this section in respect of a contravention, the entering into of the agreement is not, for the purposes of any prosecution in respect of the contravention, an admission that the person committed the contravention.

Failure to pay when required

   (13)  If a person who is required to pay a penalty imposed under this section fails to comply with the requirement,

  (a)  the order or decision that requires the payment may be filed with a local registrar of the Superior Court of Justice and may be enforced as if it were an order of the court;

  (b)  the Director may by order, suspend, until the penalty is paid,

           (i)  any certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, licence or permit that has been issued to the person under the Environmental Protection Act,

          (ii)  any approval that has been issued to the person under the Ontario Water Resources Act, or

         (iii)  any licence or permit that has been issued to the person under the Pesticides Act; and

   (c)  the Director may refuse to issue to the person, until the penalty is paid,

           (i)  any certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, licence or permit under the Environmental Protection Act,

          (ii)  any approval under the Ontario Water Resources Act, or

         (iii)  any licence or permit under the Pesticides Act.

Same

   (14)  Section 129 of the Courts of Justice Act applies in respect of an order or decision filed with the Superior Court of Justice under subsection (13) and, for that purpose, the date on which the order or decision is filed under subsection (13) shall be deemed to be the date of the order that is referred to in section 129 of the Courts of Justice Act.

Orders, consequential authority

   31.  (1)  The authority to make an order under this Act includes the authority to require the person or body to whom the order is directed to take such intermediate action or such procedural steps or both as are related to the action required or prohibited by the order and as are specified in the order.

Same, authority to order access

   (2)  A person who has authority under this Act to order that a thing be done on or in any place also has authority to order any person who owns, occupies or has the charge, management or control of the place to permit access to the place for the purpose of doing the thing.

Appeal of order

   32.  (1)  A person to whom an order of the Director is directed under section 29 or 30 may, by written notice served on the Director and the Tribunal within 15 days after service on the person of a copy of the order, require a hearing by the Tribunal.

Failure or refusal to issue, etc., order

   (2)  No failure or refusal to issue, amend, vary or revoke an order is an order.

Extension of time for requiring hearing

   33.  The Tribunal shall extend the time in which a person may give a notice under section 32 requiring a hearing on an order if, in the Tribunal's opinion, it is just to do so because service of the order on the person did not give the person notice of the order.

Contents of notice requiring hearing

   34.  (1)  An applicant for a hearing by the Tribunal shall state in the notice requiring the hearing,

  (a)  the portions of the order in respect of which the hearing is required; and

  (b)  the grounds on which the applicant for the hearing intends to rely at the hearing.

Effect of contents of notice

   (2)  Except with leave of the Tribunal, at a hearing by the Tribunal an applicant is not entitled to appeal a portion of the order, or to rely on a ground, that is not stated in the applicant's notice requiring the hearing.

Leave by Tribunal

   (3)  The Tribunal may grant the leave referred to in subsection (2) if the Tribunal is of the opinion that to do so is proper in the circumstances, and the Tribunal may give such directions as the Tribunal considers proper consequent on the granting of the leave.

Stay on appeal

   35.  The commencement of a proceeding before the Tribunal stays the operation of the order that is the subject of the proceeding.

Parties to hearing

   36.  The person requiring the hearing, the Director and any other person specified by the Tribunal are parties to the hearing.

Powers of Tribunal

   37.  Subject to section 38, a hearing by the Tribunal under this Act shall be a new hearing and the Tribunal may confirm, alter or revoke the order that is the subject matter of the hearing and may by order direct the Director to take such action as the Tribunal considers the Director should take in accordance with this Act and the regulations, and, for such purposes, the Tribunal may substitute its opinion for that of the Director.

Amount of administrative penalties

   38.  (1)  For greater certainty, if a hearing by the Tribunal is required under section 32 in respect of an order to pay a penalty imposed under section 30, the regulations made under clause 50 (1) (s) governing the determination of the amounts of those penalties apply to the Tribunal.

Same

   (2)  Subject to subsection (1), if a hearing by the Tribunal is required under section 32 in respect of an order to pay a penalty imposed under section 30, the Tribunal shall not substitute its opinion for that of the Director with respect to the amount of the penalty unless the Tribunal considers the amount to be unreasonable.

Appeals from Tribunal

   39.  (1)  Any party to a hearing before the Tribunal under this Act may appeal from its decision or order on a question of law to the Divisional Court in accordance with the rules of court.

Appeal to Minister

   (2)  A party to a hearing before the Tribunal under this Act may, within 30 days after receipt of the decision of the Tribunal or within 30 days after final disposition of an appeal, if any, under subsection (1), appeal in writing to the Minister on any matter other than a question of law and the Minister shall confirm, alter or revoke the decision of the Tribunal as to the matter in appeal as the Minister considers in the public interest.

Decision of Tribunal not automatically stayed on appeal

   (3)  An appeal of a decision of the Tribunal to the Divisional Court or to the Minister under this section does not stay the operation of the decision, unless the Tribunal orders otherwise.

Divisional Court or Minister may grant or set aside stay

   (4)  If a decision of the Tribunal is appealed to the Divisional Court or to the Minister under this section, the Divisional Court or the Minister may,

  (a)  stay the operation of the decision; or

  (b)  set aside a stay ordered by the Tribunal under subsection (3).

Instruments under Act, who is bound

Successors and assigns

   40.  (1)  An order of a court, the Director or a provincial officer under this Act is binding on the executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, guardian of property or attorney for property of the person to whom it was directed, and on any other successor or assignee of the person to whom it was directed.

Limitation

   (2)  If, pursuant to subsection (1), an order is binding on an executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, guardian of property or attorney for property, their obligation to incur costs to comply with the order is limited to the value of the assets they hold or administer, less their reasonable costs of holding or administering the assets.

Receivers and trustees

   (3)  An order of a court, the Director or a provincial officer under this Act that relates to property is binding on a receiver or trustee that holds or administers the property.

Limitation

   (4)  If, pursuant to subsection (3), an order is binding on a trustee, other than a trustee in bankruptcy, the trustee's obligation to incur costs to comply with the order is limited to the value of the assets held or administered by the trustee, less the trustee's reasonable costs of holding or administering the assets.

Exception

   (5)  Subsection (3) does not apply to an order that relates to property held or administered by a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy if,

  (a)  within 10 days after taking or being appointed to take possession or control of the property, or within 10 days after the issuance of the order, the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy notifies the Director that they have abandoned, disposed of or otherwise released their interest in the property; or

  (b)  the order was stayed under Part I of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) and the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy notified the Director, before the stay expired, that they abandoned, disposed of or otherwise released their interest in the property.

Extension of period

   (6)  The Director may extend the 10-day period for giving notice under clause (5) (a), before or after it expires, on such terms and conditions as he or she considers appropriate.

Notice under subs. (5)

   (7)  Notice under clause (5) (a) or (b) must be given in the manner prescribed by the regulations.

Records

   41.  (1)  Every person required by this Act or the regulations to retain a record shall make it available to a provincial officer for inspection on his or her request.

Copies or extracts

   (2)  The provincial officer may, on giving a receipt, remove any record referred to in subsection (1) for the purpose of making copies or extracts and shall promptly return the record.

Records in electronic form

   (3)  If a record is retained in electronic form, the provincial officer may require that a copy of it be provided to him or her on paper or in a machine-readable medium or both.

Calling for assistance of member of police force

   42.  Whenever a provincial officer is required or empowered by this Act or the regulations to do or direct the doing of anything, the provincial officer may take such steps and employ such assistance as is necessary to accomplish what is required, and may, when obstructed in so doing, call for the assistance of any member of the Ontario Provincial Police Force or the police force in the area where the assistance is required and it is the duty of every member of a police force to render the assistance.

Compliance with inspections, etc.

Obstruction

   43.  (1)  No person shall hinder or obstruct any provincial officer or any employee in or agent of the Ministry in the performance of his or her duties under this Act.

False information

   (2)  No person shall orally, in writing or electronically, give or submit false or misleading information in any statement, document or data, to any provincial officer, the Minister, the Ministry, any employee in or agent of the Ministry or any person involved in carrying out a program of the Ministry in respect of any matter related to this Act or the regulations.

Same

   (3)  No person shall include false or misleading information in any document or data required to be created, stored or submitted under this Act.

Refusal to furnish information

   (4)  No person shall refuse to furnish any provincial officer, the Minister, the Ministry or any employee in or agent of the Ministry with information required for the purposes of this Act and the regulations.

Offences

   44.  (1)  Every person who contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence.

Same

   (2)  Every person who fails to comply with an order made under this Act, other than an order under section 30, is guilty of an offence.

Same

   (3)  Every person who fails to comply with a term or condition of a licence under this Act is guilty of an offence.

Penalty, individual

   (4)  An individual who is guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on conviction,

  (a)  in the case of a first conviction, to a fine of not more than $25,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues; and

  (b)  in the case of a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not more than $50,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues.

Same, corporation

   (5)  A corporation that is guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on conviction,

  (a)  in the case of a first conviction, to a fine of not more than $50,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues; and

  (b)  in the case of a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not more than $100,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues.

Directors, officers, employees and agents

   (6)  If a corporation commits an offence under this section, a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or failed to take all reasonable care to prevent the commission of the offence, or who participated in the commission of the offence, is also guilty of the offence, whether the corporation has been prosecuted for the offence or not.

Penalty re monetary benefit

   (7)  The court that convicts a person of an offence under this section, in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, may increase a fine imposed on the person by an amount equal to the amount of the monetary benefit acquired by or that accrued to the person as a result of the commission of the offence, despite the maximum fine provided in subsection (4) or (5).

Additional orders

   (8)  The court that convicts a person under this section may, on its own initiative or on the motion of counsel for the prosecutor, make one or more of the following orders:

    1.  An order requiring the person, within the period or periods specified in the order, to do or refrain from doing anything specified in the order.

    2.  An order imposing requirements that the court considers appropriate to prevent similar unlawful conduct or to contribute to the person's rehabilitation.

    3.  An order prohibiting the continuation or repetition of the offence by the person.

Other remedies and penalties preserved

   (9)  Subsection (8) is in addition to any other remedy or penalty provided by law.

Limitation

   (10)  A proceeding under this section shall not be commenced more than two years after the later of the following days:

    1.  The day on which the offence was committed.

    2.  The day on which evidence of the offence first came to the attention of the Director or a provincial officer.

Other Matters

Document prepared for another purpose

   45.  A document that was prepared for another government or for any other purpose may, if it deals with any of the requirements of this Act and the regulations, be used in the preparation of, or as part of, a document required under this Act, as long as all of the requirements of this Act and the regulations are met.

Disclosure to Government of Canada, etc.

   46.  The Minister may disclose any information obtained by the Director or the Ministry under this Act to the Government of Canada or any of its institutions under an agreement or arrangement between the Minister and the Government of Canada or the institution, if,

  (a)  the purpose of the agreement or arrangement is the administration or enforcement of a law;

  (b)  the Minister discloses the information in confidence; and

   (c)  the Government of Canada or institution undertakes to keep the information confidential.

Protection from personal liability

   47.  (1)  No action or other proceeding may be instituted against the following persons for any act done in good faith in the execution or intended execution of any duty or authority under this Act or for any alleged neglect or default in the execution in good faith of such a duty or authority:

    1.  A member of the Tribunal.

    2.  An employee in the Ministry.

    3.  A provincial officer employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006.

    4.  A public servant employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 who is acting under the direction of a person described in paragraph 1, 2 or 3.

Exception

   (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply in the case of an application for judicial review.

Crown not relieved of liability

   (3)  Subsection (1) does not, by reason of subsections 5 (2) and (4) of the Proceedings Against the Crown Act, relieve the Crown of liability in respect of a tort committed by an agent or servant of the Crown to which it would otherwise be subject and the Crown is liable under that Act for any such tort in a like manner as if subsection (1) had not been enacted.

Service generally

   48.  (1)  Any document given or served under this Act or the regulations is sufficiently given or served if it is,

  (a)  delivered personally;

  (b)  sent by mail addressed to the person to whom delivery or service is required to be made at the latest address for the person appearing on the records of the Ministry; or

   (c)  given or served in accordance with the regulations respecting service.

When service deemed made

   (2)  If service is made by mail, the service shall be deemed to be made on the fifth day after the day of mailing unless the person on whom service is being made establishes that the person did not, acting in good faith, through absence, accident, illness or other cause beyond the person's control receive the notice or order until a later date.

Review

   49.  (1)  The Minister shall, at least once every five years, consult with experts and the public about,

  (a)  possible changes to the lists of substances that are prescribed as toxic substances and as substances of concern; and

  (b)  possible changes to the regulations prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 3 of subsection 3 (1) and paragraph 2 of subsection 11 (1).

Additional substances

   (2)  The Minister shall from time to time publish lists of substances that are not toxic substances or substances of concern but that the Minister proposes to consider during the next consultation under clause (1) (a).

Regulations

   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;

  (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.

Rolling incorporation

   (2)  A regulation under clause (1) (a) that incorporates another document by reference may provide that the reference to the document includes amendments made to the document from time to time after the regulation is made.

Amendments to This Act

Amendment of s. 15

   51.  Subsection 15 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (a) and by adding the following clause:

(a.1) enter any place and conduct an inspection for the purposes of determining compliance of any person with the regulations made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2), if the provincial officer reasonably believes that a substance or other thing governed by the regulations made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) is being manufactured, sold or distributed in the place; or

Enactment of s. 15.1

   52.  This Act is amended by adding the following section:

Inspection of vehicle or vessel, regulations under s. 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2)

   15.1  (1)  In this section,

"vehicle" includes a trailer or other equipment attached to the vehicle.

Requirement to stop

   (2)  A provincial officer who reasonably believes that a vehicle or vessel was used or is being used in a contravention of the regulations made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2) may signal the vehicle or vessel to stop.

Same

   (3)  On the provincial officer's signal to stop, the operator of the vehicle or vessel shall immediately come to a safe stop.

Same

   (4)  For the purposes of this section, a signal to stop includes,

  (a)  intermittent flashes of red light, in the case of a vehicle;

  (b)  intermittent flashes of blue light, in the case of a vessel; and

   (c)  a hand signal to stop by a provincial officer who is readily identifiable as a provincial officer.

Same

   (5)  The provincial officer may make any reasonable inquiries of the operator of a vehicle or vessel who stops under subsection (3), and the operator shall produce for inspection any documents related to the operation or ownership of the vehicle or vessel, including licences, permits and any documents that are required to be kept by the law of any jurisdiction in relation to the carriage of any cargo or container.

Inspection powers

   (6)  Based on questioning or examination of documents conducted under subsection (5), the provincial officer may, without a warrant or court order, inspect any means of containment that the provincial officer reasonably believes was used or is being used for the handling or transportation of any substance or other thing governed by the regulations made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2).

Same

   (7)  As part of an inspection under subsection (5) or (6), the provincial officer may open or require the operator to open any cargo hold, container or other means of containment.

Same

   (8)  During an inspection conducted under subsection (5) or (6), the provincial officer may exercise such powers under subsection 15 (2) as are reasonably required for the administration of the regulations made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2).

Same

   (9)  Subsections 15 (3) to (6) apply to the exercise of a power under subsection (8).

Amendment of s. 16

   53.  Section 16 of this Act is amended by striking out "section 15, 20 or 21" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "section 15, 15.1, 20, 20.1 or 21".

Amendment of s. 18

   54.  (1)  Subsection 18 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "subsection 15 (1) or (2)" in both places where it appears in the portion before clause (a) and substituting in each case "subsection 15 (1) or (2) or section 15.1".

   (2)  Clause 18 (1) (b) of this Act is amended by striking out "subsection 15 (1) or (2)" at the end and substituting "subsection 15 (1) or (2) or section 15.1".

   (3)  Clause 18 (1) (c) of this Act is amended by striking out "subsection 15 (1) or (2)" at the end and substituting "subsection 15 (1) or (2) or section 15.1".

   (4)  Clause 18 (1) (e) of this Act is repealed and the following substituted:

  (e)  there are reasonable grounds to believe that an attempt by a provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 15 (1) or (2) or section 15.1 without the order,

           (i)  might not achieve its purpose, or

          (ii)  might endanger human health or safety, property or the environment.

Amendment of s. 19

   55.  Section 19 of this Act is amended by striking out "section 15 or 18" and substituting "section 15, 15.1 or 18".

Amendment of s. 20

   56.  Section 20 of this Act is amended by striking out "section 15 or 18" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "section 15, 15.1 or 18".

Enactment of s. 20.1

   57.  This Act is amended by adding the following section:

Warrantless search, exigent circumstances, regulations under s. 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2)

   20.1  (1)  A provincial officer may, without a search warrant, search any place other than a room actually used as a dwelling if the provincial officer has reasonable ground to believe,

  (a)  that an offence involving the contravention of a regulation made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2) has been committed;

  (b)  that there is in such place any thing that will afford evidence as to the commission of the offence; and

   (c)  that there are exigent circumstances that make it impractical to obtain a search warrant.

Seizure during search

   (2)  During a search under subsection (1), a provincial officer may, without a warrant or court order, seize any thing if,

  (a)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing will afford evidence of an offence described in clause (1) (a); or

  (b)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing was used or is being used in connection with the commission of an offence described in clause (1) (a) and that the seizure is necessary to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence.

Amendment of s. 21

   58.  (1)  Subsection 21 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 20" and substituting "section 20 or 20.1".

   (2)  Subsection 21 (2) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 20" and substituting "section 20 or 20.1".

Amendment of s. 22

   59.  (1)  Subsection 22 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "an inspection under section 20" and substituting "an inspection or search under section 20 or 20.1".

   (2)  Subsection 22 (2) of this Act is amended by striking out "an inspection under section 20" at the end and substituting "an inspection or search under section 20 or 20.1".

Amendment of s. 23

   60.  (1)  Subsection 23 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 20" and substituting "section 20 or 20.1".

   (2)  Subsection 23 (2) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 20" and substituting "section 20 or 20.1".

Amendment of s. 25

   61.  Subsection 25 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 20" and substituting "section 20 or 20.1".

Enactment of s. 26.1

   62.  This Act is amended by adding the following section:

Order for use of tracking devices, etc., regulations under s. 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2)

   26.1  (1)  In this section,

"tracking device" means a substance or tracking device that, when placed or installed in or on any place, land or thing, may be used to help ascertain, by electronic or other means, the origin, identity or location of any thing.

Order may be issued

   (2)  On application without notice, a justice may issue an order in writing authorizing a provincial officer, subject to this section, to use any tracking device, investigative technique or procedure or to do any thing described in the order if the justice is satisfied by evidence under oath that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an offence involving the contravention of a regulation made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2) has been or will be committed and that information concerning the offence will be obtained through the use of the tracking device, technique or procedure or the doing of the thing.

Limitation

   (3)  An order under this section shall not authorize the interception of any private communication.

Same

   (4)  No tracking device, technique or procedure shall be used to intercept any private communication under an order issued under this section.

Terms and conditions of order

   (5)  An order issued under this section shall contain such terms and conditions as the justice considers advisable in the circumstances.

Activities under order

   (6)  An order issued under this section may authorize a provincial officer,

  (a)  to place, install, maintain or remove a tracking device in or on any land, place or thing; and

  (b)  to monitor, or to have monitored, a tracking device or information from a tracking device placed or installed in or on any land, place or thing.

Expert help

   (7)  An order issued under this section may authorize persons who have special, expert or professional knowledge to accompany and assist the provincial officer in the execution of the order.

Duration of order

   (8)  An order issued under this section is valid for a period of 60 days or for such shorter period as may be specified in the order.

Further orders

   (9)  A justice may issue further orders under subsection (2).

Amendment of s. 30

   63.  Subsection 30 (2) of this Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Exceptions

   (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to,

  (a)  a contravention of section 43;

  (b)  a contravention of the regulations made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2); or

   (c)  a contravention of an order under section 27 that relates to a contravention of the regulations made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2).

Amendment of s. 35

   64.  Section 35 of this Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Exceptions

   (2)  Despite subsection (1), the commencement of a proceeding before the Tribunal does not stay the operation of an order that meets the following criteria:

    1.  The order was made under section 29.

    2.  The order relates to a contravention of,

            i.  the regulations made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2), or

           ii.  a provision of an order that relates to a contravention of the regulations made under clause 50 (1) (o.1) or (o.2).

    3.  Such other criteria as are prescribed by the regulations.

Tribunal may grant stay

   (3)  The Tribunal may, on the application of a party to a proceeding before it, stay the operation of an order described in subsection (2) in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

Right to apply to remove stay: new circumstances

   (4)  A party to a proceeding may apply for the removal of a stay that was granted under subsection (3) if relevant circumstances have changed or have become known to the party since the stay was granted, and the Tribunal may grant the application.

Right to apply to remove stay: new party

   (5)  A person who is made a party to a proceeding after a stay is granted under subsection (3) may, at the time the person is made a party, apply for the removal of the stay, and the Tribunal may grant the application.

Removal of stay by Tribunal

   (6)  The Tribunal, on the application of a party under subsection (4) or (5), shall remove a stay if failure to do so would give rise to the circumstances referred to in subsection (3).

Amendment of s. 50

   65.  Subsection 50 (1) of this Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(o.1) prohibiting or regulating the manufacturing, sale or distribution of,

           (i)  a toxic substance, a substance of concern or any other substance prescribed by the regulations, or

          (ii)  anything that contains a toxic substance, a substance of concern or any other substance prescribed by the regulations;

(o.2) prescribing circumstances in which a person who manufactures, sells or distributes a substance or thing referred to in subclause (o.1) (i) or (ii) is required to give notice to the public or to specified persons and governing the notice, including the contents and manner of giving the notice;

.     .     .     .     .

(v.1)  prescribing circumstances in which the operation of an order may be stayed under subsection 35 (2);

Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)

   66.  (1)  This section applies only if Bill 150 (An Act to enact the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to build a green economy, to repeal the Energy Conservation Leadership Act, 2006 and the Energy Efficiency Act and to amend other statutes), introduced on February 23, 2009, receives Royal Assent.

   (2)  References in this section to provisions of Bill 150 are references to those provisions as they were numbered in the first reading version of the Bill and, if Bill 150 is renumbered, the references in this section shall be deemed to be references to the equivalent renumbered provisions of Bill 150.

   (3)  On the later of the day subsection 30 (13) of this Act comes into force and the day subsection 22 (3) of Schedule G to Bill 150 comes into force, subclause 30 (13) (b) (i) of this Act is amended by striking out "provisional certificate of approval, licence" and substituting "provisional certificate of approval, renewable energy approval, licence".

   (4)  On the later of the day subsection 30 (13) of this Act comes into force and the day subsection 22 (4) of Schedule G to Bill 150 comes into force, subclause 30 (13) (c) (i) of this Act is amended by striking out "provisional certificate of approval, licence" and substituting "provisional certificate of approval, renewable energy approval, licence".

Amendments to Other Acts

Environmental Protection Act

   67.  (1)  The French version of the definition of "inspection" in subsection 1 (1) of the Environmental Protection Act is repealed and the following substituted:

«inspection» S'entend notamment d'une vérification, d'un examen, d'un arpentage, d'un test, d'une analyse et d'une enquête. («inspection»)

   (2)  The definition of "offence" in subsection 48 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

"offence" means offence under this Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009; ("infraction")

   (3)  The French version of subsection 143 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out "peut présenter à ce moment" and substituting "peut, au moment où elle devient une partie, présenter".

   (4)  The French version of subsection 156.1 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (5)  Section 156.2 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clauses:

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 15, 20 or 21 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (6)  Clause 156.2 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), is amended by striking out "section 15, 20 or 21" at the beginning and substituting "section 15, 20, 20.1 or 21".

   (7)  Section 165 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Licence, etc., condition, permission to inspect

   165.  It is a condition of every licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval or certificate of property use under this Act that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval or certificate of property use relates:

    1.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of this Act.

    2.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002.

    3.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    4.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of the Pesticides Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 15 or 18 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (8)  Paragraph 6 of section 165 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (7), is amended by striking out "Section 15 or 18" at the beginning and substituting "Section 15, 15.1 or 18".

   (9)  The French version of section 168 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Questions confidentielles

   168.  (1)  À l'exception des renseignements concernant le dépôt, l'adjonction, l'émission ou le rejet d'un contaminant dans l'environnement naturel, l'agent provincial est tenu au secret à l'égard des questions dont il prend connaissance au cours d'un arpentage, d'un examen, d'un test, d'une analyse ou d'une enquête dans le cadre de la présente loi ou des règlements et ne doit rien en divulguer à qui que ce soit, sauf, selon le cas :

    a)  dans la mesure où l'exige l'application de la présente loi et des règlements ou toute instance introduite sous leur régime;

a.1)  dans la mesure où l'autorise la Loi de 2007 sur la modernisation de la réglementation;

    b)  à son avocat;

    c)  avec le consentement de la personne à qui se rapportent les renseignements.

Témoignage dans une action civile

   (2)  Sauf dans une instance introduite en vertu de la présente loi ou des règlements, l'agent provincial ne doit pas être contraint à témoigner, si ce n'est à l'égard du dépôt, de l'adjonction, de l'émission ou du rejet d'un contaminant dans l'environnement naturel, dans une action ou instance civile relativement aux renseignements qu'il a obtenus au cours d'un arpentage, d'un examen, d'un test, d'une analyse ou d'une enquête dans le cadre de la présente loi ou des règlements.

   (10)  Subsection 174 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (h) and by adding the following clauses:

    (j)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

   (k)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009,

.     .     .     .     .

   (11)  Section 188 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clauses:

  (d)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (12)  Subsection 191 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

   (13)  Subsections (14), (15) and (16) apply only if Bill 150 (An Act to enact the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to build a green economy, to repeal the Energy Conservation Leadership Act, 2006 and the Energy Efficiency Act and to amend other statutes), introduced on February 23, 2009, receives Royal Assent.

   (14)  References in subsections (15) and (16) to provisions of Bill 150 are references to those provisions as they were numbered in the first reading version of the Bill and, if Bill 150 is renumbered, the references in subsections (15) and (16) shall be deemed to be references to the equivalent renumbered provisions of Bill 150.

   (15)  On the later of the day subsection (7) of this section comes into force and the day section 16 of Schedule G to Bill 150 comes into force, section 165 of the Environmental Protection Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Licence, etc., condition, permission to inspect

   165.  It is a condition of every licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, certificate of property use or renewable energy approval under this Act that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, certificate of property use or renewable energy approval relates:

    1.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of this Act.

    2.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002.

    3.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    4.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of the Pesticides Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 15 or 18 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (16)  Paragraph 6 of section 165 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (15), is amended by striking out "Section 15 or 18" at the beginning and substituting "Section 15, 15.1 or 18".

Highway Traffic Act

   68.  (1)  Paragraph 4 of subsection 62 (15.1) of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, or the Pesticides Act" and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

   (2)  Subsections (3) and (4) apply only if Bill 126 (An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act and to make consequential amendments to two amending acts), introduced on November 18, 2008, receives Royal Assent.

   (3)  References in subsection (4) to provisions of Bill 126 are references to those provisions as they were numbered in the first reading version of the Bill and, if Bill 126 is renumbered, the references in subsection (4) shall be deemed to be references to the equivalent renumbered provisions of Bill 126.

   (4)  On the later of the day subsection (1) of this section comes into force and the day section 47 of Bill 126 comes into force, clause (d) of the definition of "emergency vehicle" in subsection 159 (11) of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, or the Pesticides Act" and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Nutrient Management Act, 2002

   69.  (1)  The French version of subsection 10 (6) of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 is amended by striking out "peut présenter à ce moment" and substituting "peut, au moment où elle devient une partie, présenter".

   (2)  The French version of subsection 14 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (3)  Section 15 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other Acts

   15.  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 13, 14 or 23 may, if the provincial officer is designated as such under the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

   (c)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act;

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 15, 20 or 21 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (4)  Clause 15 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), is amended by striking out "section 15, 20 or 21" at the beginning and substituting "section 15, 15.1, 20, 20.1 or 21".

   (5)  Section 17 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Condition to permit inspections

   17.  It is a condition of every licence or approval that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the licence or approval relates:

    1.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of this Act.

    2.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of the Environmental Protection Act.

    3.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    4.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of the Pesticides Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 15 or 18 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (6)  Paragraph 6 of section 17 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), is amended by striking out "Section 15 or 18" at the beginning and substituting "Section 15, 15.1 or 18".

   (7)  The French version of section 28 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Questions confidentielles

   28.  (1)  À l'exception des renseignements concernant le rejet de matières contenant des éléments nutritifs dans l'environnement naturel, l'agent provincial est tenu au secret à l'égard des questions dont il prend connaissance au cours d'une inspection effectuée en vertu de la présente loi ou des règlements et ne doit rien en divulguer à qui que ce soit, sauf, selon le cas :

    a)  dans la mesure où l'exige l'application :

           (i)  de la présente loi ou d'une loi prescrite,

          (ii)  des règlements pris en application de la présente loi ou d'une loi prescrite,

         (iii)  de toute instance introduite en vertu d'une loi visée au sous-alinéa (i) ou de ses règlements d'application;

a.1)  dans la mesure où l'autorise la Loi de 2007 sur la modernisation de la réglementation;

    b)  à son avocat;

    c)  avec le consentement de la personne à qui se rapportent les renseignements.

Témoignage dans une action civile

   (2)  Sauf dans une instance visée au sous-alinéa (1) a) (iii), l'agent provincial ne doit pas être contraint à témoigner, si ce n'est à l'égard du rejet de matières contenant des éléments nutritifs dans l'environnement naturel, dans une action ou instance civile relativement aux renseignements qu'il a obtenus dans le cadre de l'application de la présente loi ou des règlements.

   (8)  Subsection 48 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (c) and by adding the following clauses:

  (e)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

    (f)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (9)  Subsection 49 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Ontario Water Resources Act

   70.  (1)  The French version of the definition of "inspection" in subsection 1 (1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act is repealed and the following substituted:

«inspection» S'entend notamment d'une vérification, d'un examen, d'un arpentage, d'un test, d'une analyse et d'une enquête. («inspection»)

   (2)  The French version of subclause 15 (1) (e) (i) of the Act is amended by striking out "visé" at the end and substituting "mentionné".

   (3)  The French version of subsection 15.1 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (4)  Section 15.2 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other Acts

   15.2  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 may, if the provincial officer is designated as such under the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act;

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 15, 20 or 21 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (5)  Clause 15.2 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (4), is amended by striking out "section 15, 20 or 21" at the beginning and substituting "section 15, 15.1, 20, 20.1 or 21".

   (6)  Section 24 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (d), by adding "or" at the end of clause (e) and by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 15 or 18 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (7)  Clause 24 (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (6), is amended by striking out "section 15 or 18" at the beginning and substituting "section 15, 15.1 or 18".

   (8)  The French version of subsection 102 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out "peut présenter à ce moment" and substituting "peut, au moment où elle devient une partie, présenter".

   (9)  Section 110 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (c), by adding "or" at the end of clause (d) and by adding the following clause:

  (e)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (10)  Subsection 113 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Pesticides Act

   71.  (1)  The French version of the definition of "inspection" in subsection 1 (1) of the Pesticides Act is repealed and the following substituted:

«inspection» S'entend notamment d'une vérification, d'un examen, d'un arpentage, d'un test, d'une analyse et d'une enquête. («inspection»)

   (2)  The French version of subclause 19 (1) (d) (i) of the Act is amended by striking out "visé" at the end and substituting "mentionné".

   (3)  The French version of subsection 19.1 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (4)  Section 19.2 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other Acts

   19.2  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 may, if the provincial officer is designated as such under the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 15, 20 or 21 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (5)  Clause 19.2 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (4), is amended by striking out "section 15, 20 or 21" at the beginning and substituting "section 15, 15.1, 20, 20.1 or 21".

   (6)  Section 26 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Permit or licence condition, permission to inspect

   26.  It is a condition of every permit or licence under this Act that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the permit or licence relates:

    1.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of this Act.

    2.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of the Environmental Protection Act.

    3.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002.

    4.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 15 or 18 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (7)  Paragraph 6 of section 26 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (6), is amended by striking out "Section 15 or 18" at the beginning and substituting "Section 15, 15.1 or 18".

   (8)  Subsection 45 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (b.1) and by adding the following clauses:

  (d)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (9)  Subsection 47 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act" and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002

   72.  (1)  Subsection 37 (5) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 is amended by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 15 or 18 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (2)  Clause 37 (5) (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), is amended by striking out "section 15 or 18" at the beginning and substituting "section 15, 15.1 or 18".

   (3)  Subsection 45 (3) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 15 or 18 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (4)  Clause 45 (3) (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), is amended by striking out "section 15 or 18" at the beginning and substituting "section 15, 15.1 or 18".

   (5)  Subsection 57 (3) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 15 or 18 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (6)  Clause 57 (3) (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), is amended by striking out "section 15 or 18" at the beginning and substituting "section 15, 15.1 or 18".

   (7)  Paragraph 5 of subsection 75 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph iv, by adding "or" at the end of subparagraph v and by adding the following subparagraph:

          vi.  section 15 or 18 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (8)  Subparagraph 5 vi of subsection 75 (3) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (7), is amended by striking out "section 15 or 18" at the beginning and substituting "section 15, 15.1 or 18".

   (9)  The French version of subparagraph 6 i of subsection 81 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out "visé" at the end and substituting "mentionné".

   (10)  The French version of subsection 82 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (11)  Section 83 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other statutes

   83.  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 may, if he or she is designated a provincial officer under the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (d)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act; or

  (e)  section 15, 20 or 21 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (12)  Clause 83 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (11), is amended by striking out "section 15, 20 or 21" at the beginning and substituting "section 15, 15.1, 20, 20.1 or 21".

   (13)  Clauses 144 (b), (c) and (d) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

  (b)  the Environmental Protection Act, other than for an offence related to Part IX of that Act;

   (c)  the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

  (d)  the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (e)  the Pesticides Act; or

    (f)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

Commencement and Short Title

Commencement

   73.  (1)  Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Same

   (2)  Sections 51 to 64 and subsections 67 (6) and (8), 69 (4) and (6), 70 (5) and (7), 71 (5) and (7) and 72 (2), (4), (6), (8) and (12) come into force on the day section 65 comes into force.

Same

   (3)  Subsection 67 (16) comes into force on the later of the following days:

    1.  The day section 65 comes into force.

    2.  The day subsection 67 (15) comes into force.

Short title

   74.  The short title of this Act is the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader's aid to Bill 167 and does not form part of the law.  Bill 167 has been enacted as Chapter 19 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2009.

 

The purposes of the Bill are to prevent pollution and protect human health and the environment by reducing the use and creation of toxic substances, and to inform Ontarians about toxic substances.  (See section 1.)

If a substance is prescribed by regulation as a toxic substance, the Bill requires owners and operators of facilities that use or create the substance to prepare, in specified circumstances, a toxic substance reduction plan for the substance.  The plan must include certain matters specified in the Bill, including the objectives of the plan and a description of any steps that will be taken to reduce the use and creation of the substance at the facility.  (See sections 3 and 4 of the Bill.)

If a toxic substance reduction plan is required to be prepared, a summary of the plan must also be prepared and made available to the public.  The summary must include certain matters specified in the Bill, including a copy of the objectives of the plan and a projection of how effective the plan will be in meeting those objectives.  (See section 8 of the Bill.)

If a toxic substance reduction plan is required to be prepared for a facility, the toxic substance must be tracked and quantified to show, for each process at the facility that uses or creates the substance, how the substance enters the process, whether it is created, destroyed or transformed during the process, how it leaves the process and what happens to it after it leaves the process.  Reports must be prepared that summarize the tracking and quantification.  If the toxic substance reduction plan has been prepared, the reports must describe the steps taken towards achieving the objectives of the plan and must assess the effectiveness of those steps.  (See sections 9 and 10 of the Bill.)

If a substance is prescribed by regulation as a substance of concern, the Bill requires owners and operators of facilities that use or create the substance to prepare, in specified circumstances, a report on the substance.  (See section 11 of the Bill.)

The Minister responsible for the administration of the Bill is required to prepare a report annually describing progress relating to implementation of the Bill.  (See section 12 of the Bill.)

The Bill contains a number of provisions relating to compliance and enforcement.  These include the authority to enter property in specified circumstances, and the authority to order compliance with requirements of the Bill or impose administrative penalties for contraventions of the Bill.  Orders may be appealed to the Environmental Review Tribunal.  Contraventions of the Bill may also be subject to prosecution.  (See sections 13 to 44 of the Bill.)

Other matters provided for in the Bill include the following:

    1.   The Minister responsible for the administration of the Bill must, at least once every five years, consult with experts and the public about possible changes to the lists of substances that are prescribed as toxic substances and as substances of concern and about some of the criteria used to determine whether a facility is subject to the Bill.  The Minister must also from time to time publish lists of substances that are not toxic substances or substances of concern but that the Minister proposes to consider during the next consultation.  (See section 49 of the Bill.)

    2.   The regulation-making powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council include the power to prohibit or regulate the manufacturing, sale or distribution of toxic substances, substances of concern, other substances prescribed by regulation, and anything that contains a toxic substance, substance of concern or other substance prescribed by regulation.  A number of amendments that relate specifically to those regulation-making powers are made to the Bill's compliance and enforcement provisions and come into force when those powers come into force.  (See sections 51 to 65 of the Bill.)

    3.   Various amendments are made to other Acts.  Some of these amendments are complementary to the provisions of the Bill described above.  Other amendments make housekeeping changes to add relevant statutory references and to adjust French terminology.  (See sections 67 to 72 of the Bill.)

Bill 167 2009

An Act to promote reductions in the use and creation of toxic substances and to amend other Acts

Note: This Act amends or repeals more than one Act.  For the legislative history of these Acts, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

 

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

General

Purposes

   1.  The purposes of this Act are,

  (a)  to prevent pollution and protect human health and the environment by reducing the use and creation of toxic substances; and

  (b)  to inform Ontarians about toxic substances.

Definitions

   2.  In this Act,

"Director" means a Director appointed under section 12; ("directeur")

"justice" means a provincial judge or a justice of the peace; ("juge")

"Minister" means the Minister of the Environment or such other member of the Executive Council as may be assigned the administration of this Act under the Executive Council Act; ("ministre")

"Ministry" means the ministry of the Minister; ("ministère")

"provincial officer" means a person who is designated by the Minister as a provincial officer for the purposes of this Act and the regulations; ("agent provincial")

"substance of concern" means a substance prescribed by the regulations as a substance of concern for the purposes of this Act; ("substance préoccupante")

"toxic substance" means a substance prescribed by the regulations as a toxic substance for the purposes of this Act; ("substance toxique")

"Tribunal" means the Environmental Review Tribunal. ("Tribunal")

Toxic Substance Reduction Plans

Requirement for toxic substance reduction plans

   3.  (1)  The owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared for a toxic substance in accordance with this Act and the regulations if all of the following criteria are met:

    1.  The facility belongs to a class of facilities prescribed by the regulations.

    2.  The number of persons employed at the facility exceeds the number of persons prescribed by the regulations.

    3.  The toxic substance is used or created at the facility and the amounts of the substance that are used or created meet the criteria prescribed by the regulations.

    4.  Such other criteria as are prescribed by the regulations.

Use of single document

   (2)  A single document may contain more than one toxic substance reduction plan.

Contents of plan

   4.  (1)  A toxic substance reduction plan for a toxic substance shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain the following:

    1.  Subject to paragraph 2, a statement that the owner or the operator of the facility intends,

            i.  to reduce the use of the toxic substance at the facility, if the substance is used at the facility, and

           ii.  to reduce the creation of the toxic substance at the facility, if the substance is created at the facility.

    2.  If the plan does not include a statement that complies with paragraph 1, the reasons for not including the statement.

    3.  The objectives of the plan, including any targets for reducing the use or creation of the toxic substance at the facility.

    4.  A description of each process at the facility that uses or creates the toxic substance, including,

            i.  a description of how, when, where and why the substance is used or created, and

           ii.  quantifications that,

                  A.  were made under section 9 before the plan was prepared,

                  B.  were used to prepare the plan, and

                  C.  show, as of the time the quantifications were made, how the substance entered the process, whether it was created, destroyed or transformed during the process, how it left the process and what happened to it after it left the process.

    5.  A description and analysis of options that were considered for reducing the use and creation of the toxic substance at the facility, including an analysis of the feasibility of each option.

    6.  A statement identifying the options described in paragraph 5 that will be implemented, or a statement that none of the options will be implemented.

    7.  If an option described in paragraph 5 will be implemented,

            i.  a description of the steps that will be taken by the owner or operator of the facility to implement the option,

           ii.  a timetable for taking the steps described in subparagraph i,

          iii.  an estimate of the amount by which the use of the toxic substance at the facility will be reduced as a result of implementing the option, if the substance is used at the facility,

          iv.  an estimate of the amount by which the creation of the toxic substance at the facility will be reduced as a result of implementing the option, if the substance is created at the facility, and

           v.  an estimate of the amount by which discharges of the toxic substance to air, land or water will be reduced as a result of implementing the option, if the substance is discharged to air, land or water.

    8.  Such other information as is prescribed by the regulations.

Certification by highest ranking employee

   (2)  A toxic substance reduction plan for a facility shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain a certification, signed by the highest ranking employee at the facility who has management responsibilities relating to the facility, stating that he or she has read the plan and is familiar with its contents, that the plan is factually accurate, and that the plan complies with this Act and the regulations.

Certification by person with prescribed qualifications

   (3)  A toxic substance reduction plan for a facility shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain a certification, signed by a person who has qualifications prescribed by the regulations, stating that he or she is familiar with the processes at the facility that use or create the toxic substance, that he or she agrees with the estimates referred to in subparagraphs 7 iii, iv and v of subsection (1), and that the plan complies with this Act and the regulations.

Separate certifications

   (4)  The certification required by subsection (3) shall not be signed by the person who signed the certification required by subsection (2).

Amendment of plan

   5.  Subject to section 4, a toxic substance reduction plan may be amended at any time.

Copy for Director

   6.  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared shall, if a copy of the plan is requested by the Director, ensure that the copy is given to the Director in accordance with the regulations.

Review of plan

   7.  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared shall ensure that the plan is reviewed in accordance with the regulations.

Summary of plan

   8.  (1)  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared shall ensure that,

  (a)  a summary of the current version of the plan is prepared in accordance with this Act and the regulations; and

  (b)  the summary is given to the Director and made available to the public  available to the public on the Internet and by other means in accordance with the regulations.

Contents

   (2)  A summary required by this section shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain the following:

    1.  A copy of the objectives of the toxic substance reduction plan, as contained in the plan under paragraph 3 of subsection 4 (1), including any targets for reducing the use or creation of the toxic substance at the facility.

    2.  A projection of how effective the toxic substance reduction plan will be in meeting the objectives referred to in paragraph 1, including any targets referred to in that paragraph.

    3.  Copies of the certifications contained in the toxic substance reduction plan under subsections 4 (2) and (3).

    4.  Such other information as is prescribed by the regulations.

Use of single document

   (3)  Summaries of more than one toxic substance reduction plan may be contained in a single document.

Toxic substance accounting

   9.  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared for a toxic substance shall ensure that, for each process at the facility that uses or creates the substance, the substance is tracked and quantified, in accordance with the regulations, to show how the substance enters the process, whether it is created, destroyed or transformed during the process, how it leaves the process and what happens to it after it leaves the process.

Reports on toxic substance reduction plan

   10.  (1)  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared for a toxic substance shall ensure that reports are prepared in accordance with this Act and the regulations and given to the Director in accordance with the regulations.

Contents of report

   (2)  A report under this section shall, in accordance with the regulations,

  (a)  summarize the results of the tracking and quantification required for the substance under section 9 during the reporting period and compare those results to results of previous reporting periods, if any;

  (b)  indicate whether a toxic substance reduction plan was prepared for the toxic substance before or during the reporting period and, if so,

           (i)  describe the steps taken during the reporting period towards achieving the objectives of the toxic substance reduction plan,

          (ii)  assess the effectiveness of the steps described under subclause (i), particularly with respect to any targets set out in the plan for reducing the use or creation of the toxic substance at the facility, and

         (iii)  describe any amendments made to the toxic substance reduction plan during the reporting period; and

   (c)  contain such other information as is prescribed by the regulations.

Use of single document

   (2.1)  Reports prepared under this section with respect to more than one toxic substance may be contained in a single document.

Information available to public

   (3)  If required by the regulations, the owner and the operator of a facility who are required under this section to ensure that a report is prepared shall ensure that all or part of the report, or some or all of the information contained in the report, is made available to the public available to the public on the Internet and by other means in accordance with the regulations.

Same

   (4)  If authorized by the regulations, the Director may make all or part of a report prepared under this section, or some or all of the information contained in the report, available to the public available to the public on the Internet and by other means in accordance with the regulations.

Substances of Concern

Substance of concern report

   11.  (1)  The owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that a report on a substance of concern is prepared and given to the Director, in accordance with this Act and the regulations, if all of the following criteria are met:

    1.  The facility belongs to a class of facilities prescribed by the regulations.

    2.  The substance of concern is used or created at the facility and the amounts of the substance that are used or created meet the criteria prescribed by the regulations.

    3.  Such other criteria as are prescribed by the regulations.

Use of single document

   (2)  Reports prepared under this section with respect to more than one substance of concern may be contained in a single document.

Progress Reports

Progress reports

   11.1  (1)  The Minister shall annually prepare a report describing progress relating to implementation of this Act.

Available to the public

   (2)  The Minister shall make the reports prepared under subsection (1) available to the public on the Internet and by other means in accordance with the regulations.

Compliance and Enforcement

Directors

   12.  (1)  The Minister may in writing appoint such Directors as the Minister considers necessary, in respect of one or more provisions of this Act or the regulations, as specified in the appointment.

Same

   (2)  In making an appointment under subsection (1), the Minister shall appoint only,

  (a)  a public servant employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 who works in the Ministry or a member of a class of those public servants; or

  (b)  any other person or member of any other class of person, if the appointment is approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Limitation on authority

   (3)  The Minister may, in an appointment of a Director, limit the authority of the Director in such manner as the Minister considers necessary.

Provincial officers

   13.  (1)  The Minister may in writing designate such provincial officers as the Minister considers necessary, in respect of one or more provisions of this Act or the regulations, as specified in the designation.

Limitation on authority

   (2)  The Minister may, in a designation of a provincial officer, limit the authority of the provincial officer in such manner as the Minister considers necessary.

Peace officers

   (3)  A provincial officer is a peace officer for the purpose of enforcing this Act.

Investigation and prosecution

   (4)  A provincial officer may investigate offences under this Act and may prosecute any person whom the provincial officer reasonably believes is guilty of an offence under this Act.

Matters confidential

   (5)  Every provincial officer shall preserve secrecy in respect of all matters that come to his or her knowledge in the course of any survey, examination, test or inquiry under this Act or the regulations and shall not communicate any such matters to any person except,

  (a)  as may be required in connection with the administration of this Act and the regulations or any proceeding under this Act or the regulations;

  (b)  as authorized under the Regulatory Modernization Act, 2007;

   (c)  to the provincial officer's counsel; or

  (d)  with the consent of the person to whom the information relates.

Testimony in civil suit

   (6)  Except in a proceeding under this Act or the regulations, no provincial officer shall be required to give testimony in any civil suit or proceeding with regard to information obtained by him or her in the course of any survey, examination, test or inquiry under this Act or the regulations.

Inspection by provincial officer

   14.  (1)  A provincial officer may, at any reasonable time,

  (a)  enter a facility and conduct an inspection for the purposes of determining compliance of any person with this Act or the regulations, if the provincial officer reasonably believes that a toxic substance or substance of concern is used or created at the facility; or

  (b)  enter any place and conduct an inspection for the purposes of determining compliance of any person with this Act or the regulations, if the provincial officer reasonably believes that the place is, or is required to be, subject to or referred to in a licence, order or agreement under this Act.

Powers during inspection

   (2)  A provincial officer may do any one or more of the following in the course of conducting an inspection:

    1.  Take samples for testing.

    2.  Conduct tests, take measurements and carry away samples from the testing.

    3.  Require that any thing be operated, used or set in motion under conditions specified by the provincial officer.

    4.  Examine, record or copy any form of document or data by any method.

    5.  Make a record of anything by means of a photograph, video recording or other visual recording.

    6.  Require the production of any form of document or data required to be kept under this Act and of any form of other document or data related to the purposes of the inspection.

    7.  Remove from a place documents or data produced under paragraph 8 for the purpose of making copies.

    8.  Make reasonable inquiries of any person, orally or in writing.

Limitation re photographs, recordings

   (3)  A record made under paragraph 5 of subsection (2) must be made in a manner that does not intercept any private communication and that accords with reasonable expectations of privacy.

Limitation re removal of documents

   (4)  A provincial officer shall not remove documents or data under paragraph 7 of subsection (2) without giving a receipt for them and shall promptly return the documents or data to the person who produced them.

Power to exclude persons

   (5)  A provincial officer who exercises the power set out in paragraph 8 of subsection (2) may exclude from the questioning any person except counsel for the individual being questioned.

Entry to dwellings

   (6)  A person shall not exercise a power conferred by this section to enter a room actually used as a dwelling without the consent of the occupier except under the authority of an order under section 17.

Power to administer other Acts

   15.  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 14, 19 or 20 may, if the provincial officer is designated as a provincial officer under the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (d)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act; or

  (e)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

Identification

   16.  On request, a provincial officer who exercises a power under this Act shall identify himself or herself as a provincial officer either by the production of a copy of his or her designation or in some other manner and shall explain the purpose of the exercise of the power.

Entry or inspection order

   17.  (1)  A justice may issue an order authorizing a provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2) if the justice is satisfied, on evidence under oath by a provincial officer, that there is reasonable ground to believe that it is appropriate for the administration of this Act or the regulations for the provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2) and that the provincial officer may not be able to effectively carry out his or her duties without an order under this section because,

  (a)  no occupier is present to grant access to a place that is locked or otherwise inaccessible;

  (b)  a person has prevented a provincial officer from doing anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2);

   (c)  there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person may prevent a provincial officer from doing anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2);

  (d)  it is impractical, because of the remoteness of the place to be inspected or because of any other reason, for a provincial officer to obtain an order under this section without delay if access is denied; or

  (e)  there are reasonable grounds to believe that an attempt by a provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2) without the order might not achieve its purpose.

Same

   (2)  Subsections 14 (3) to (6) apply to an inspection under an order under this section.

Expiry

   (3)  Unless renewed, an order under this section expires on the earlier of the day specified for the purpose in the order and the day that is 30 days after the date on which the order is made.

Renewal

   (4)  An order under this section may be renewed in the circumstances in which an order may be made under subsection (1), before or after expiry, for one or more periods, each of which is not more than 30 days.

When to be executed

   (5)  An order under this section shall be carried out between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., unless the order otherwise authorizes.

Application without notice

   (6)  An order under this section may be issued or renewed on application without notice.

Application for dwelling

   (7)  An application for an order under this section to enter a dwelling shall specifically indicate that the application relates to a dwelling.

Samples and copies

   18.  A provincial officer may detain samples and copies obtained under section 14 or 17 for any period and for any purpose of this Act or the regulations.

Seizure during inspection

   19.  During an inspection under section 14 or 17, a provincial officer may, without a warrant or court order, seize any thing that is produced to the provincial officer or that is in plain view, if,

  (a)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing will afford evidence of an offence under this Act; or

  (b)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing was used or is being used in connection with the commission of an offence under this Act and that the seizure is necessary to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence.

Detention or removal, things seized

   20.  (1)  A provincial officer who seizes any thing under section 19 may remove the thing or may detain it in the place where it is seized.

Receipt

   (2)  If possible, the provincial officer shall inform the person from whom a thing is seized under section 19 as to the reason for the seizure and shall give the person a receipt for the thing seized.

Report to justice, things seized

   21.  (1)  A provincial officer who seizes any thing during an inspection under section 19 shall bring the thing seized before a justice or, if that is not reasonably possible, shall report the seizure to a justice.

Application of Provincial Offences Act

   (2)  Sections 159 and 160 of the Provincial Offences Act apply with necessary modifications in respect of a thing seized by a provincial officer during an inspection under section 19.

Disposition of things seized

   22.  (1)  If the Director believes that, given the nature of a thing seized under section 19, the thing may pose a risk to human health or safety or to property, the Director may direct the person having custody of the thing to dispose of the thing in a manner satisfactory to the Director.

Disposition of seized perishables

   (2)  If the person having custody of any thing seized under section 19 believes that the thing will rot, spoil or otherwise perish, the person may dispose of the thing.

Non-application of provision

   (3)  Section 21 does not apply to a thing disposed of in accordance with this section.

Forfeiture

   (4)  A thing disposed of in accordance with this section is forfeited to the Crown.

Notice of disposal of things seized

   23.  (1)  If a thing has been disposed of in accordance with section 22, the Director shall ensure that a provincial officer gives written notice of the seizure and disposal, within 15 days of the disposal,

  (a)  to every person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is an owner of the thing seized; and

  (b)  to every person who has a security interest in the thing that is perfected by registration under the Personal Property Security Act against the name of any person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is the owner.

Contents of notice

   (2)  Notice under subsection (1) shall include,

  (a)  a description of the thing seized sufficient to enable it to be identified;

  (b)  the location at which the thing was seized;

   (c)  the date of the seizure and disposal;

  (d)  the name and telephone number of the provincial officer who seized the thing or of his or her delegate;

  (e)  a statement of the reason for the seizure and disposal;

    (f)  a reference to the statutory provision authorizing the seizure and disposal; and

  (g)  a reference to the right to apply to the Superior Court of Justice under subsection 24 (5) for relief against forfeiture.

Forfeiture may be ordered

   24.  (1)  On the application of the Director, the Superior Court of Justice may order that a thing seized under section 19 or under a warrant issued under the Provincial Offences Act in connection with the commission or suspected commission of an offence under this Act be forfeited to the Crown.

When no order to be made

   (2)  No order shall be made under subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied that,

  (a)  the seizure was lawful; and

  (b)  no later than seven days before the hearing of the application, written notice was provided by a provincial officer,

           (i)  to every person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is an owner of the thing seized,

          (ii)  to every person who has a security interest in the thing that is perfected by registration under the Personal Property Security Act against the name of any person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is the owner,

         (iii)  if the thing seized is a vehicle, to every person who has a security interest in the vehicle that is perfected by registration under the Personal Property Security Act against the vehicle identification number of the vehicle, and

         (iv)  if the thing seized is a vehicle and the vehicle is registered under the Highway Traffic Act, to the registered owner.

Contents of notice

   (3)  Notice under subsection (2) shall include,

  (a)  a description of the thing seized sufficient to enable it to be identified;

  (b)  the location at which the thing was seized;

   (c)  the date of the seizure;

  (d)  the name and telephone number of the provincial officer who seized the thing or of his or her delegate;

  (e)  a statement of the reason for the seizure;

    (f)  a reference to the statutory provision authorizing the seizure;

  (g)  a statement that an order for forfeiture of the thing is being sought under this section; and

   (h)  a statement that the person to whom the notice is provided may make submissions to the Superior Court of Justice with respect to the issuance of an order under this section.

Disposition of things forfeited

   (4)  A thing forfeited under this section may be disposed of as the Director directs.

Relief against forfeiture

   (5)  A person who had an interest in a thing forfeited under section 22 or this section may apply to the Superior Court of Justice for relief against the forfeiture and the court may make an order providing for any relief that it considers appropriate, including any of the following orders:

    1.  An order directing that the thing or any part of the thing be returned to the applicant.

    2.  An order directing that any interest in the thing be vested in the applicant.

    3.  An order directing that an amount be paid by the Crown to the applicant by way of compensation for the forfeiture.

When relief not to be ordered

   (6)  The court shall not make an order for relief under subsection (5) in respect of a thing forfeited if the person applying for the relief,

  (a)  has been served with an order requiring the person to pay a penalty under section 29 in connection with a matter that was associated with the seizure of the thing, unless the order has been revoked; or

  (b)  has been charged with an offence that was associated with the seizure of the thing, unless the charge has been withdrawn or dismissed.

Use of force

   25.  A provincial officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary,

  (a)  to carry out a court order issued under this Act;

  (b)  to execute a warrant issued under the Provincial Offences Act; or

   (c)  to prevent the destruction of any thing that the provincial officer reasonably believes may afford evidence of an offence under this Act.

Order by provincial officer: contraventions

   26.  (1)  A provincial officer may issue an order to any person that the provincial officer reasonably believes is contravening or has contravened,

  (a)  a provision of this Act or the regulations;

  (b)  a provision of an order under this section; or

   (c)  a provision of a licence issued under this Act.

Information to be included in order

   (2)  The order shall,

  (a)  specify the provision that the provincial officer believes is being or has been contravened;

  (b)  briefly describe the nature and, if applicable, the location of the contravention; and

   (c)  state that a review of the order may be requested in accordance with section 28.

What order may require

   (3)  The order may require the person to whom it is directed to comply with any directions set out in the order within the time specified relating to,

  (a)  achieving compliance with the provision;

  (b)  preventing the continuation or repetition of the contravention;

   (c)  submitting a plan for achieving compliance with the provision, including the engagement of contractors or consultants satisfactory to a provincial officer;

  (d)  monitoring and recording and reporting on the monitoring and recording;

  (e)  the securing, whether through locks, gates, fences, security guards or other means, of any land, place or thing; and

    (f)  posting notice of the order.

Amendment or revocation of orders under s. 26

   27.  (1)  An order issued under section 26 may, by order, be amended or revoked by the provincial officer who issued it or by the Director.

Same

   (2)  A provincial officer or Director who amends or revokes an order shall give written notice of the amendment or revocation to the person to whom the order is directed.

Request for review, orders under ss. 26 or 27

   28.  (1)  A person to whom an order under section 26 or 27 is directed may, within seven days after being served with a copy of the order, request that the Director review the order.

Manner of making request

   (2)  The request may be made orally, with written confirmation served on the Director within the time specified in subsection (1), or in writing.

Contents of request for review

   (3)  A written request for review under subsection (1) or a written confirmation of an oral request under subsection (2) shall include,

  (a)  the portions of the order in respect of which the review is requested;

  (b)  any submissions that the applicant for the review wishes the Director to consider; and

   (c)  for the purpose of subsection (7), an address that may be used for service in accordance with section 47.

No automatic stay

   (4)  The request for review does not stay the order, unless the Director orders otherwise in writing.

Decision of Director

   (5)  A Director who receives a request for review may,

  (a)  revoke the order of the provincial officer; or

  (b)  by order directed to the person requesting the review, confirm or amend the order of the provincial officer.

Same

   (6)  For the purposes of subsection (5), the Director may substitute his or her own opinion for that of the provincial officer.

Notice of decision

   (7)  The Director shall serve the person requesting the review with a copy of,

  (a)  a decision to revoke the order of the provincial officer; or

  (b)  an order to confirm or amend the order of the provincial officer, together with reasons.

Automatic confirmation of order

   (8)  If, within seven days of receiving a written request for review or a written confirmation of an oral request for review, the Director does not make a decision under subsection (5) and give oral or written notice of the decision to the person requesting the review, the order in respect of which the review is sought shall be deemed to have been confirmed by order of the Director.

Same

   (9)  For the purpose of section 31 and a hearing required under that section, a confirming order deemed to have been made by the Director under subsection (8),

  (a)  shall be deemed to be directed to each person to whom the order of the provincial officer was directed; and

  (b)  shall be deemed to have been served, on each person to whom the order of the provincial officer was directed, at the expiry of the time period referred to in subsection (8).

Same

   (10)  Subsections (8) and (9) do not apply if, within seven days of receiving the request for review, the Director stays the order under subsection (4) and gives written notice to the person requesting the review that the Director requires additional time to make a decision under subsection (5).

Administrative penalties

   29.  (1)  Subject to the regulations, the Director may issue an order requiring a person to pay a penalty if,

  (a)  the person is required to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared under section 3 or a report on a substance of concern is prepared under section 11; and

  (b)  the person contravenes,

           (i)  a provision of this Act or the regulations,

          (ii)  an order under section 26, or

         (iii)  an agreement under subsection (9).

Exception

   (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to a contravention of section 42.

Contents of order

   (3)  The order shall be served on the person who is required to pay the penalty and shall,

  (a)  contain a description of the contravention to which the order relates, including, if appropriate, the date and location of the contravention;

  (b)  specify the amount of the penalty;

   (c)  give particulars respecting the time for paying the penalty and the manner of payment; and

  (d)  provide information to the person as to the person's rights under section 31.

Amount

   (4)  The amount of the penalty shall be determined in accordance with the regulations.

Maximum penalty

   (5)  The amount of the penalty shall not exceed $60,000 for each contravention.

Absolute liability

   (6)  A requirement that a person pay a penalty imposed under this section applies even if,

  (a)  the person took all reasonable steps to prevent the contravention; or

  (b)  at the time of the contravention, the person had an honest and reasonable belief in a mistaken set of facts that, if true, would have rendered the contravention innocent.

Same

   (7)  For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (6) affects the prosecution of an offence.

Limitation

   (8)  An order requiring payment of a penalty imposed under this section shall be served not later than the first anniversary of the later of the following dates:

    1.  The date the contravention occurred.

    2.  The date on which the evidence of the contravention first came to the attention of the Director or a provincial officer.

Agreements

   (9)  The Director and a person against whom an order may be or has been made under subsection (1) may enter into an agreement that,

  (a)  identifies the contravention in respect of which the order may be or has been made;

  (b)  requires the person against whom the order may be or has been made to take steps specified in the agreement within the time specified in the agreement; and

   (c)  provides that the obligation to pay the penalty may be cancelled in accordance with the regulations or the amount of the penalty may be reduced in accordance with the regulations.

Publication of agreements

   (10)  The Ministry shall publish every agreement entered into under subsection (9) in the environmental registry established under section 5 of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993.

Payment prevents conviction

   (11)  A person who pays a penalty imposed under this section or whose obligation to pay a penalty is cancelled under clause (9) (c) in respect of a contravention shall not be convicted of an offence under this Act in respect of the same contravention.

No admission

   (12)  If a person enters into an agreement under subsection (9) that reduces the amount of a penalty imposed under this section in respect of a contravention, the entering into of the agreement is not, for the purposes of any prosecution in respect of the contravention, an admission that the person committed the contravention.

Failure to pay when required

   (13)  If a person who is required to pay a penalty imposed under this section fails to comply with the requirement,

  (a)  the order or decision that requires the payment may be filed with a local registrar of the Superior Court of Justice and may be enforced as if it were an order of the court;

  (b)  the Director may by order, suspend, until the penalty is paid,

           (i)  any certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, licence or permit that has been issued to the person under the Environmental Protection Act,

          (ii)  any approval that has been issued to the person under the Ontario Water Resources Act, or

         (iii)  any licence or permit that has been issued to the person under the Pesticides Act; and

   (c)  the Director may refuse to issue to the person, until the penalty is paid,

           (i)  any certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, licence or permit under the Environmental Protection Act,

          (ii)  any approval under the Ontario Water Resources Act, or

         (iii)  any licence or permit under the Pesticides Act.

Same

   (14)  Section 129 of the Courts of Justice Act applies in respect of an order or decision filed with the Superior Court of Justice under subsection (13) and, for that purpose, the date on which the order or decision is filed under subsection (13) shall be deemed to be the date of the order that is referred to in section 129 of the Courts of Justice Act.

Orders, consequential authority

   30.  (1)  The authority to make an order under this Act includes the authority to require the person or body to whom the order is directed to take such intermediate action or such procedural steps or both as are related to the action required or prohibited by the order and as are specified in the order.

Same, authority to order access

   (2)  A person who has authority under this Act to order that a thing be done on or in any place also has authority to order any person who owns, occupies or has the charge, management or control of the place to permit access to the place for the purpose of doing the thing.

Appeal of order

   31.  (1)  A person to whom an order of the Director is directed under section 28 or 29 may, by written notice served on the Director and the Tribunal within 15 days after service on the person of a copy of the order, require a hearing by the Tribunal.

Failure or refusal to issue, etc., order

   (2)  No failure or refusal to issue, amend, vary or revoke an order is an order.

Extension of time for requiring hearing

   32.  The Tribunal shall extend the time in which a person may give a notice under section 31 requiring a hearing on an order if, in the Tribunal's opinion, it is just to do so because service of the order on the person did not give the person notice of the order.

Contents of notice requiring hearing

   33.  (1)  An applicant for a hearing by the Tribunal shall state in the notice requiring the hearing,

  (a)  the portions of the order in respect of which the hearing is required; and

  (b)  the grounds on which the applicant for the hearing intends to rely at the hearing.

Effect of contents of notice

   (2)  Except with leave of the Tribunal, at a hearing by the Tribunal an applicant is not entitled to appeal a portion of the order, or to rely on a ground, that is not stated in the applicant's notice requiring the hearing.

Leave by Tribunal

   (3)  The Tribunal may grant the leave referred to in subsection (2) if the Tribunal is of the opinion that to do so is proper in the circumstances, and the Tribunal may give such directions as the Tribunal considers proper consequent on the granting of the leave.

Stay on appeal

   34.  The commencement of a proceeding before the Tribunal stays the operation of the order that is the subject of the proceeding.

Parties to hearing

   35.  The person requiring the hearing, the Director and any other person specified by the Tribunal are parties to the hearing.

Powers of Tribunal

   36.  Subject to section 37, a hearing by the Tribunal under this Act shall be a new hearing and the Tribunal may confirm, alter or revoke the order that is the subject matter of the hearing and may by order direct the Director to take such action as the Tribunal considers the Director should take in accordance with this Act and the regulations, and, for such purposes, the Tribunal may substitute its opinion for that of the Director.

Amount of administrative penalties

   37.  (1)  For greater certainty, if a hearing by the Tribunal is required under section 31 in respect of an order to pay a penalty imposed under section 29, the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (r) governing the determination of the amounts of those penalties apply to the Tribunal.

Same

   (2)  Subject to subsection (1), if a hearing by the Tribunal is required under section 31 in respect of an order to pay a penalty imposed under section 29, the Tribunal shall not substitute its opinion for that of the Director with respect to the amount of the penalty unless the Tribunal considers the amount to be unreasonable.

Appeals from Tribunal

   38.  (1)  Any party to a hearing before the Tribunal under this Act may appeal from its decision or order on a question of law to the Divisional Court in accordance with the rules of court.

Appeal to Minister

   (2)  A party to a hearing before the Tribunal under this Act may, within 30 days after receipt of the decision of the Tribunal or within 30 days after final disposition of an appeal, if any, under subsection (1), appeal in writing to the Minister on any matter other than a question of law and the Minister shall confirm, alter or revoke the decision of the Tribunal as to the matter in appeal as the Minister considers in the public interest.

Decision of Tribunal not automatically stayed on appeal

   (3)  An appeal of a decision of the Tribunal to the Divisional Court or to the Minister under this section does not stay the operation of the decision, unless the Tribunal orders otherwise.

Divisional Court or Minister may grant or set aside stay

   (4)  If a decision of the Tribunal is appealed to the Divisional Court or to the Minister under this section, the Divisional Court or the Minister may,

  (a)  stay the operation of the decision; or

  (b)  set aside a stay ordered by the Tribunal under subsection (3).

Instruments under Act, who is bound

Successors and assigns

   39.  (1)  An order of a court, the Director or a provincial officer under this Act is binding on the executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, guardian of property or attorney for property of the person to whom it was directed, and on any other successor or assignee of the person to whom it was directed.

Limitation

   (2)  If, pursuant to subsection (1), an order is binding on an executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, guardian of property or attorney for property, their obligation to incur costs to comply with the order is limited to the value of the assets they hold or administer, less their reasonable costs of holding or administering the assets.

Receivers and trustees

   (3)  An order of a court, the Minister, the Director or a provincial officer the Director or a provincial officer under this Act that relates to property is binding on a receiver or trustee that holds or administers the property.

Limitation

   (4)  If, pursuant to subsection (3), an order is binding on a trustee, other than a trustee in bankruptcy, the trustee's obligation to incur costs to comply with the order is limited to the value of the assets held or administered by the trustee, less the trustee's reasonable costs of holding or administering the assets.

Exception

   (5)  Subsection (3) does not apply to an order that relates to property held or administered by a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy if,

  (a)  within 10 days after taking or being appointed to take possession or control of the property, or within 10 days after the issuance of the order, the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy notifies the Director that they have abandoned, disposed of or otherwise released their interest in the property; or

  (b)  the order was stayed under Part I of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) and the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy notified the Director, before the stay expired, that they abandoned, disposed of or otherwise released their interest in the property.

Extension of period

   (6)  The Director may extend the 10-day period for giving notice under clause (5) (a), before or after it expires, on such terms and conditions as he or she considers appropriate.

Notice under subs. (5)

   (7)  Notice under clause (5) (a) or (b) must be given in the manner prescribed by the regulations.

Records

   40.  (1)  Every person required by this Act or the regulations to retain a record shall make it available to a provincial officer for inspection on his or her request.

Copies or extracts

   (2)  The provincial officer may, on giving a receipt, remove any record referred to in subsection (1) for the purpose of making copies or extracts and shall promptly return the record.

Records in electronic form

   (3)  If a record is retained in electronic form, the provincial officer may require that a copy of it be provided to him or her on paper or in a machine-readable medium or both.

Calling for assistance of member of police force

   41.  Whenever a provincial officer is required or empowered by this Act or the regulations to do or direct the doing of anything, the provincial officer may take such steps and employ such assistance as is necessary to accomplish what is required, and may, when obstructed in so doing, call for the assistance of any member of the Ontario Provincial Police Force or the police force in the area where the assistance is required and it is the duty of every member of a police force to render the assistance.

Compliance with inspections, etc.

Obstruction

   42.  (1)  No person shall hinder or obstruct any provincial officer or any employee in or agent of the Ministry in the performance of his or her duties under this Act.

False information

   (2)  No person shall orally, in writing or electronically, give or submit false or misleading information in any statement, document or data, to any provincial officer, the Minister, the Ministry, any employee in or agent of the Ministry or any person involved in carrying out a program of the Ministry in respect of any matter related to this Act or the regulations.

Same

   (3)  No person shall include false or misleading information in any document or data required to be created, stored or submitted under this Act.

Refusal to furnish information

   (4)  No person shall refuse to furnish any provincial officer, the Minister, the Ministry or any employee in or agent of the Ministry with information required for the purposes of this Act and the regulations.

Offences

   43.  (1)  Every person who contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence.

Same

   (2)  Every person who fails to comply with an order made under this Act, other than an order under section 29, is guilty of an offence.

Same

   (3)  Every person who fails to comply with a term or condition of a licence under this Act is guilty of an offence.

Penalty, individual

   (4)  An individual who is guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on conviction,

  (a)  in the case of a first conviction, to a fine of not more than $25,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues; and

  (b)  in the case of a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not more than $50,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues.

Same, corporation

   (5)  A corporation that is guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on conviction,

  (a)  in the case of a first conviction, to a fine of not more than $50,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues; and

  (b)  in the case of a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not more than $100,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues.

Directors, officers, employees and agents

   (6)  If a corporation commits an offence under this section, a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or failed to take all reasonable care to prevent the commission of the offence, or who participated in the commission of the offence, is also guilty of the offence, whether the corporation has been prosecuted for the offence or not.

Penalty re monetary benefit

   (7)  The court that convicts a person of an offence under this section, in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, may increase a fine imposed on the person by an amount equal to the amount of the monetary benefit acquired by or that accrued to the person as a result of the commission of the offence, despite the maximum fine provided in subsection (4) or (5).

Additional orders

   (8)  The court that convicts a person under this section may, on its own initiative or on the motion of counsel for the prosecutor, make one or more of the following orders:

    1.  An order requiring the person, within the period or periods specified in the order, to do or refrain from doing anything specified in the order.

    2.  An order imposing requirements that the court considers appropriate to prevent similar unlawful conduct or to contribute to the person's rehabilitation.

    3.  An order prohibiting the continuation or repetition of the offence by the person.

Other remedies and penalties preserved

   (9)  Subsection (8) is in addition to any other remedy or penalty provided by law.

Limitation

   (10)  A proceeding under this section shall not be commenced more than two years after the later of the following days:

    1.  The day on which the offence was committed.

    2.  The day on which evidence of the offence first came to the attention of the Director or a provincial officer.

Other Matters

Document prepared for another purpose

   44.  A document that was prepared for another government or for any other purpose may, if it deals with any of the requirements of this Act and the regulations, be used in the preparation of, or as part of, a document required under this Act, as long as the document is revised to meet all of the requirements of this Act and the regulations as long as all of the requirements of this Act and the regulations are met.

Disclosure to Government of Canada, etc.

   45.  The Minister may disclose any information obtained by the Director or the Ministry under this Act to the Government of Canada or any of its institutions under an agreement or arrangement between the Minister and the Government of Canada or the institution, if,

  (a)  the purpose of the agreement or arrangement is the administration or enforcement of a law;

  (b)  the Minister discloses the information in confidence; and

   (c)  the Government of Canada or institution undertakes to keep the information confidential.

Protection from personal liability

   46.  (1)  No action or other proceeding may be instituted against the following persons for any act done in good faith in the execution or intended execution of any duty or authority under this Act or for any alleged neglect or default in the execution in good faith of such a duty or authority:

    1.  A member of the Tribunal.

    2.  An employee in the Ministry.

    3.  A provincial officer employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006.

    4.  A public servant employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 who is acting under the direction of a person described in paragraph 1, 2 or 3.

Exception

   (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply in the case of an application for judicial review.

Crown not relieved of liability

   (3)  Subsection (1) does not, by reason of subsections 5 (2) and (4) of the Proceedings Against the Crown Act, relieve the Crown of liability in respect of a tort committed by an agent or servant of the Crown to which it would otherwise be subject and the Crown is liable under that Act for any such tort in a like manner as if subsection (1) had not been enacted.

Service generally

   47.  (1)  Any document given or served under this Act or the regulations is sufficiently given or served if it is,

  (a)  delivered personally;

  (b)  sent by mail addressed to the person to whom delivery or service is required to be made at the latest address for the person appearing on the records of the Ministry; or

   (c)  given or served in accordance with the regulations respecting service.

When service deemed made

   (2)  If service is made by mail, the service shall be deemed to be made on the fifth day after the day of mailing unless the person on whom service is being made establishes that the person did not, acting in good faith, through absence, accident, illness or other cause beyond the person's control receive the notice or order until a later date.

Review of substances

   48.  (1)  The Minister shall, at least once every five years, consult with experts and the public about possible changes to the lists of substances that are prescribed as toxic substances and as substances of concern.

Additional substances

   (2)  The Minister shall from time to time publish lists of substances that are not toxic substances or substances of concern but that the Minister proposes to consider during the next consultation conducted under subsection (1).

Review

   48.  (1)  The Minister shall, at least once every five years, consult with experts and the public about,

  (a)  possible changes to the lists of substances that are prescribed as toxic substances and as substances of concern; and

  (b)  possible changes to the regulations prescribed for the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 3 and paragraph 2 of section 11.

Additional substances

   (2)  The Minister shall from time to time publish lists of substances that are not toxic substances or substances of concern but that the Minister proposes to consider during the next consultation under clause (1) (a).

Regulations

   49.  (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;

(c.1) setting targets relating to toxic substances;

  (d)  governing the timing, preparation, review and contents of toxic substance reduction plans;

  (e)  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;

    (f)  governing giving copies of toxic substance reduction plans to the Director under section 6;

  (g)  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;

   (h)  governing the tracking and quantification required by section 9;

    (i)  governing the timing, preparation and contents of reports that are prepared under section 10;

    (j)  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;

   (k)  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;

    (l)  governing the timing, preparation and contents of reports that are prepared under section 11 and governing giving those reports to the Director;

(m)  requiring and governing the creation of records for the purposes of this Act, other than the documents referred to in clauses (d), (g), (i) and (l), 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;

   (n)  requiring and governing the maintenance and retention of records for the purposes of this Act, including the documents referred to in clauses (d), (g), (i) and (l);

  (o)  specifying the form and content of orders under subsection 29 (1);

  (p)  specifying types of contraventions or circumstances in respect of which an order may not be issued under subsection 29 (1);

  (q)  requiring and governing public consultation before an agreement is entered into under subsection 29 (9) and, subject to that subsection and to any regulations made under subclause (r) (iii), governing the contents of agreements under that subsection;

   (r)  governing the determination of the amounts of penalties imposed under section 29, 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 29 (9), governing the cancellation of the obligation to pay a penalty or the reduction of the amount of a penalty;

   (s)  prescribing circumstances in which a person is not required to pay a penalty imposed under section 29;

    (t)  prescribing procedures related to penalties imposed under section 29;

   (u)  respecting any other matter necessary for the administration of a system of penalties provided for by section 29;

   (v)  providing for methods of giving or serving any document under this Act;

  (w)  exempting any person or thing from any provision of this Act, subject to any conditions or restrictions set out in the regulations;

   (x)  defining any word or expression used in this Act that is not already defined in this Act;

   (y)  prescribing anything referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations or as otherwise dealt with by the regulations.

Rolling incorporation

   (2)  A regulation under clause (1) (a) that incorporates another document by reference may provide that the reference to the document includes amendments made to the document from time to time after the regulation is made.

Amendments to This Act

Amendment of s. 14

   50.  Subsection 14 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (a) and by adding the following clause:

(a.1) enter any place and conduct an inspection for the purposes of determining compliance of any person with the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2), if the provincial officer reasonably believes that a substance or other thing governed by the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) is being manufactured, sold or distributed in the place; or

Enactment of s. 14.1

   51.  This Act is amended by adding the following section:

Inspection of vehicle or vessel, regulations under s. 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2)

   14.1  (1)  In this section,

"vehicle" includes a trailer or other equipment attached to the vehicle.

Requirement to stop

   (2)  A provincial officer who reasonably believes that a vehicle or vessel was used or is being used in a contravention of the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2) may signal the vehicle or vessel to stop.

Same

   (3)  On the provincial officer's signal to stop, the operator of the vehicle or vessel shall immediately come to a safe stop.

Same

   (4)  For the purposes of this section, a signal to stop includes,

  (a)  intermittent flashes of red light, in the case of a vehicle;

  (b)  intermittent flashes of blue light, in the case of a vessel; and

   (c)  a hand signal to stop by a provincial officer who is readily identifiable as a provincial officer.

Same

   (5)  The provincial officer may make any reasonable inquiries of the operator of a vehicle or vessel who stops under subsection (3), and the operator shall produce for inspection any documents related to the operation or ownership of the vehicle or vessel, including licences, permits and any documents that are required to be kept by the law of any jurisdiction in relation to the carriage of any cargo or container.

Inspection powers

   (6)  Based on questioning or examination of documents conducted under subsection (5), the provincial officer may, without a warrant or court order, inspect any means of containment that the provincial officer reasonably believes was used or is being used for the handling or transportation of any substance or other thing governed by the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2).

Same

   (7)  As part of an inspection under subsection (5) or (6), the provincial officer may open or require the operator to open any cargo hold, container or other means of containment.

Same

   (8)  During an inspection conducted under subsection (5) or (6), the provincial officer may exercise such powers under subsection 14 (2) as are reasonably required for the administration of the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2).

Same

   (9)  Subsections 14 (3) to (6) apply to the exercise of a power under subsection (8).

Amendment of s. 15

   52.  Section 15 of this Act is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "section 14, 14.1, 19, 19.1 or 20".

Amendment of s. 17

   53.  (1)  Subsection 17 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "subsection 14 (1) or (2)" in both places where it appears in the portion before clause (a) and substituting in each case "subsection 14 (1) or (2) or section 14.1".

   (2)  Clause 17 (1) (b) of this Act is amended by striking out "subsection 14 (1) or (2)" at the end and substituting "subsection 14 (1) or (2) or section 14.1".

   (3)  Clause 17 (1) (c) of this Act is amended by striking out "subsection 14 (1) or (2)" at the end and substituting "subsection 14 (1) or (2) or section 14.1".

   (4)  Clause 17 (1) (e) of this Act is repealed and the following substituted:

  (e)  there are reasonable grounds to believe that an attempt by a provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2) or section 14.1 without the order,

           (i)  might not achieve its purpose, or

          (ii)  might endanger human health or safety, property or the environment.

Amendment of s. 18

   54.  Section 18 of this Act is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

Amendment of s. 19

   55.  Section 19 of this Act is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

Enactment of s. 19.1

   56.  This Act is amended by adding the following section:

Warrantless search, exigent circumstances, regulations under s. 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2)

   19.1  (1)  A provincial officer may, without a search warrant, search any place other than a room actually used as a dwelling if the provincial officer has reasonable ground to believe,

  (a)  that an offence involving the contravention of a regulation made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2) has been committed;

  (b)  that there is in such place any thing that will afford evidence as to the commission of the offence; and

   (c)  that there are exigent circumstances that make it impractical to obtain a search warrant.

Seizure during search

   (2)  During a search under subsection (1), a provincial officer may, without a warrant or court order, seize any thing if,

  (a)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing will afford evidence of an offence described in clause (1) (a); or

  (b)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing was used or is being used in connection with the commission of an offence described in clause (1) (a) and that the seizure is necessary to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence.

Amendment of s. 20

   57.  (1)  Subsection 20 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 19" and substituting "section 19 or 19.1".

   (2)  Subsection 20 (2) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 19" and substituting "section 19 or 19.1".

Amendment of s. 21

   58.  (1)  Subsection 21 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "an inspection under section 19" and substituting "an inspection or search under section 19 or 19.1".

   (2)  Subsection 21 (2) of this Act is amended by striking out "an inspection under section 19" at the end and substituting "an inspection or search under section 19 or 19.1".

Amendment of s. 22

   59.  (1)  Subsection 22 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 19" and substituting "section 19 or 19.1".

   (2)  Subsection 22 (2) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 19" and substituting "section 19 or 19.1".

Amendment of s. 24

   60.  Subsection 24 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 19" and substituting "section 19 or 19.1".

Enactment of s. 25.1

   61.  This Act is amended by adding the following section:

Order for use of tracking devices, etc., regulations under s. 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2)

   25.1  (1)  In this section,

"tracking device" means a substance or tracking device that, when placed or installed in or on any place, land or thing, may be used to help ascertain, by electronic or other means, the origin, identity or location of any thing.

Order may be issued

   (2)  On application without notice, a justice may issue an order in writing authorizing a provincial officer, subject to this section, to use any tracking device, investigative technique or procedure or to do any thing described in the order if the justice is satisfied by evidence under oath that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an offence involving the contravention of a regulation made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2) has been or will be committed and that information concerning the offence will be obtained through the use of the tracking device, technique or procedure or the doing of the thing.

Limitation

   (3)  An order under this section shall not authorize the interception of any private communication.

Same

   (4)  No tracking device, technique or procedure shall be used to intercept any private communication under an order issued under this section.

Terms and conditions of order

   (5)  An order issued under this section shall contain such terms and conditions as the justice considers advisable in the circumstances.

Activities under order

   (6)  An order issued under this section may authorize a provincial officer,

  (a)  to place, install, maintain or remove a tracking device in or on any land, place or thing; and

  (b)  to monitor, or to have monitored, a tracking device or information from a tracking device placed or installed in or on any land, place or thing.

Expert help

   (7)  An order issued under this section may authorize persons who have special, expert or professional knowledge to accompany and assist the provincial officer in the execution of the order.

Duration of order

   (8)  An order issued under this section is valid for a period of 60 days or for such shorter period as may be specified in the order.

Further orders

   (9)  A justice may issue further orders under subsection (2).

Amendment of s. 29

   62.  Subsection 29 (2) of this Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Exceptions

   (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to,

  (a)  a contravention of section 42;

  (b)  a contravention of the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2); or

   (c)  a contravention of an order under section 26 that relates to a contravention of the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2).

Amendment of s. 34

   63.  Section 34 of this Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Exceptions

   (2)  Despite subsection (1), the commencement of a proceeding before the Tribunal does not stay the operation of an order that meets the following criteria:

    1.  The order was made under section 28.

    2.  The order relates to a contravention of,

            i.  the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2), or

           ii.  a provision of an order that relates to a contravention of the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2).

    3.  Such other criteria as are prescribed by the regulations.

Tribunal may grant stay

   (3)  The Tribunal may, on the application of a party to a proceeding before it, stay the operation of an order described in subsection (2) in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

Right to apply to remove stay: new circumstances

   (4)  A party to a proceeding may apply for the removal of a stay that was granted under subsection (3) if relevant circumstances have changed or have become known to the party since the stay was granted, and the Tribunal may grant the application.

Right to apply to remove stay: new party

   (5)  A person who is made a party to a proceeding after a stay is granted under subsection (3) may, at the time the person is made a party, apply for the removal of the stay, and the Tribunal may grant the application.

Removal of stay by Tribunal

   (6)  The Tribunal, on the application of a party under subsection (4) or (5), shall remove a stay if failure to do so would give rise to the circumstances referred to in subsection (3).

Amendment of s. 49

   64.  Subsection 49 (1) of this Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(n.1) prohibiting or regulating the manufacturing, sale or distribution of,

           (i)  a toxic substance, a substance of concern or any other substance prescribed by the regulations, or

          (ii)  anything that contains a toxic substance, a substance of concern or any other substance prescribed by the regulations;

(n.2) prescribing circumstances in which a person who manufactures, sells or distributes a substance or thing referred to in subclause (n.1) (i) or (ii) is required to give notice to the public or to specified persons and governing the notice, including the contents and manner of giving the notice;

.     .     .     .     .

(u.1) prescribing circumstances in which the operation of an order may be stayed under subsection 34 (2);

Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)

   65.  (1)  This section applies only if Bill 150 (An Act to enact the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to build a green economy, to repeal the Energy Conservation Leadership Act, 2006 and the Energy Efficiency Act and to amend other statutes), introduced on February 23, 2009, receives Royal Assent.

   (2)  References in this section to provisions of Bill 150 are references to those provisions as they were numbered in the first reading version of the Bill and, if Bill 150 is renumbered, the references in this section shall be deemed to be references to the equivalent renumbered provisions of Bill 150.

   (3)  On the later of the day subsection 29 (13) of this Act comes into force and the day subsection 22 (3) of Schedule G to Bill 150 comes into force, subclause 29 (13) (b) (i) of this Act is amended by striking out "provisional certificate of approval, licence" and substituting "provisional certificate of approval, renewable energy approval, licence".

   (4)  On the later of the day subsection 29 (13) of this Act comes into force and the day subsection 22 (4) of Schedule G to Bill 150 comes into force, subclause 29 (13) (c) (i) of this Act is amended by striking out "provisional certificate of approval, licence" and substituting "provisional certificate of approval, renewable energy approval, licence".

Amendments to Other Acts

Environmental Protection Act

   66.  (1)  The French version of the definition of "inspection" in subsection 1 (1) of the Environmental Protection Act is repealed and the following substituted:

«inspection» S'entend notamment d'une vérification, d'un examen, d'un arpentage, d'un test, d'une analyse et d'une enquête. («inspection»)

   (2)  The definition of "offence" in subsection 48 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

"offence" means offence under this Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009; ("infraction")

   (3)  The French version of subsection 143 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out "peut présenter à ce moment" and substituting "peut, au moment où elle devient une partie, présenter".

   (4)  The French version of subsection 156.1 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (5)  Section 156.2 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clauses:

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 14, 19 or 20 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (6)  Clause 156.2 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 19, 19.1 or 20".

   (7)  Section 165 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Licence, etc., condition, permission to inspect

   165.  It is a condition of every licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval or certificate of property use under this Act that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval or certificate of property use relates:

    1.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of this Act.

    2.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002.

    3.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    4.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of the Pesticides Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (8)  Paragraph 6 of section 165 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (7), is amended by striking out "Section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "Section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (9)  The French version of section 168 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Questions confidentielles

   168.  (1)  À l'exception des renseignements concernant le dépôt, l'adjonction, l'émission ou le rejet d'un contaminant dans l'environnement naturel, l'agent provincial est tenu au secret à l'égard des questions dont il prend connaissance au cours d'un arpentage, d'un examen, d'un test, d'une analyse ou d'une enquête dans le cadre de la présente loi ou des règlements et ne doit rien en divulguer à qui que ce soit, sauf, selon le cas :

    a)  dans la mesure où l'exige l'application de la présente loi et des règlements ou toute instance introduite sous leur régime;

a.1)  dans la mesure où l'autorise la Loi de 2007 sur la modernisation de la réglementation;

    b)  à son avocat;

    c)  avec le consentement de la personne à qui se rapportent les renseignements.

Témoignage dans une action civile

   (2)  Sauf dans une instance introduite en vertu de la présente loi ou des règlements, l'agent provincial ne doit pas être contraint à témoigner, si ce n'est à l'égard du dépôt, de l'adjonction, de l'émission ou du rejet d'un contaminant dans l'environnement naturel, dans une action ou instance civile relativement aux renseignements qu'il a obtenus au cours d'un arpentage, d'un examen, d'un test, d'une analyse ou d'une enquête dans le cadre de la présente loi ou des règlements.

   (10)  Subsection 174 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (h) and by adding the following clauses:

    (j)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

   (k)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009,

.     .     .     .     .

   (11)  Section 188 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clauses:

  (d)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (12)  Subsection 191 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

   (13)  Subsections (14), (15) and (16) apply only if Bill 150 (An Act to enact the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to build a green economy, to repeal the Energy Conservation Leadership Act, 2006 and the Energy Efficiency Act and to amend other statutes), introduced on February 23, 2009, receives Royal Assent.

   (14)  References in subsections (15) and (16) to provisions of Bill 150 are references to those provisions as they were numbered in the first reading version of the Bill and, if Bill 150 is renumbered, the references in subsections (15) and (16) shall be deemed to be references to the equivalent renumbered provisions of Bill 150.

   (15)  On the later of the day subsection (7) of this section comes into force and the day section 16 of Schedule G to Bill 150 comes into force, section 165 of the Environmental Protection Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Licence, etc., condition, permission to inspect

   165.  It is a condition of every licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, certificate of property use or renewable energy approval under this Act that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, certificate of property use or renewable energy approval relates:

    1.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of this Act.

    2.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002.

    3.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    4.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of the Pesticides Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (16)  Paragraph 6 of section 165 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (15), is amended by striking out "Section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "Section 14, 14.1 or 17".

Highway Traffic Act

   67.  (1)  Paragraph 4 of subsection 62 (15.1) of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, or the Pesticides Act" and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

   (2)  Subsections (3) and (4) apply only if Bill 126 (An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act and to make consequential amendments to two amending acts), introduced on November 18, 2008, receives Royal Assent.

   (3)  References in subsection (4) to provisions of Bill 126 are references to those provisions as they were numbered in the first reading version of the Bill and, if Bill 126 is renumbered, the references in subsection (4) shall be deemed to be references to the equivalent renumbered provisions of Bill 126.

   (4)  On the later of the day subsection (1) of this section comes into force and the day section 47 of Bill 126 comes into force, clause (d) of the definition of "emergency vehicle" in subsection 159 (11) of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, or the Pesticides Act" and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Nutrient Management Act, 2002

   68.  (1)  The French version of subsection 10 (6) of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 is amended by striking out "peut présenter à ce moment" and substituting "peut, au moment où elle devient une partie, présenter".

   (2)  The French version of subsection 14 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (3)  Section 15 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other Acts

   15.  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 13, 14 or 23 may, if the provincial officer is designated as such under the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

   (c)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act;

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 14, 19 or 20 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (4)  Clause 15 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1, 19, 19.1 or 20".

   (5)  Section 17 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Condition to permit inspections

   17.  It is a condition of every licence or approval that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the licence or approval relates:

    1.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of this Act.

    2.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of the Environmental Protection Act.

    3.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    4.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of the Pesticides Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (6)  Paragraph 6 of section 17 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), is amended by striking out "Section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "Section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (7)  The French version of section 28 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Questions confidentielles

   28.  (1)  À l'exception des renseignements concernant le rejet de matières contenant des éléments nutritifs dans l'environnement naturel, l'agent provincial est tenu au secret à l'égard des questions dont il prend connaissance au cours d'une inspection effectuée en vertu de la présente loi ou des règlements et ne doit rien en divulguer à qui que ce soit, sauf, selon le cas :

    a)  dans la mesure où l'exige l'application :

           (i)  de la présente loi ou d'une loi prescrite,

          (ii)  des règlements pris en application de la présente loi ou d'une loi prescrite,

         (iii)  de toute instance introduite en vertu d'une loi visée au sous-alinéa (i) ou de ses règlements d'application;

a.1)  dans la mesure où l'autorise la Loi de 2007 sur la modernisation de la réglementation;

    b)  à son avocat;

    c)  avec le consentement de la personne à qui se rapportent les renseignements.

Témoignage dans une action civile

   (2)  Sauf dans une instance visée au sous-alinéa (1) a) (iii), l'agent provincial ne doit pas être contraint à témoigner, si ce n'est à l'égard du rejet de matières contenant des éléments nutritifs dans l'environnement naturel, dans une action ou instance civile relativement aux renseignements qu'il a obtenus dans le cadre de l'application de la présente loi ou des règlements.

   (8)  Subsection 48 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (c) and by adding the following clauses:

  (e)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

    (f)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (9)  Subsection 49 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Ontario Water Resources Act

   69.  (1)  The French version of the definition of "inspection" in subsection 1 (1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act is repealed and the following substituted:

«inspection» S'entend notamment d'une vérification, d'un examen, d'un arpentage, d'un test, d'une analyse et d'une enquête. («inspection»)

   (2)  The French version of subclause 15 (1) (e) (i) of the Act is amended by striking out "visé" at the end and substituting "mentionné".

   (3)  The French version of subsection 15.1 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (4)  Section 15.2 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other Acts

   15.2  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 may, if the provincial officer is designated as such under the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act;

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 14, 19 or 20 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (5)  Clause 15.2 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (4), is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1, 19, 19.1 or 20".

   (6)  Section 24 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (d), by adding "or" at the end of clause (e) and by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (7)  Clause 24 (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (6), is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (8)  The French version of subsection 102 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out "peut présenter à ce moment" and substituting "peut, au moment où elle devient une partie, présenter".

   (9)  Section 110 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (c), by adding "or" at the end of clause (d) and by adding the following clause:

  (e)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (10)  Subsection 113 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Pesticides Act

   70.  (1)  The French version of the definition of "inspection" in subsection 1 (1) of the Pesticides Act is repealed and the following substituted:

«inspection» S'entend notamment d'une vérification, d'un examen, d'un arpentage, d'un test, d'une analyse et d'une enquête. («inspection»)

   (2)  The French version of subclause 19 (1) (d) (i) of the Act is amended by striking out "visé" at the end and substituting "mentionné".

   (3)  The French version of subsection 19.1 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (4)  Section 19.2 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other Acts

   19.2  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 may, if the provincial officer is designated as such under the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 14, 19 or 20 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (5)  Clause 19.2 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (4), is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1, 19, 19.1 or 20".

   (6)  Section 26 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Permit or licence condition, permission to inspect

   26.  It is a condition of every permit or licence under this Act that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the permit or licence relates:

    1.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of this Act.

    2.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of the Environmental Protection Act.

    3.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002.

    4.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (7)  Paragraph 6 of section 26 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (6), is amended by striking out "Section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "Section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (8)  Subsection 45 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (b.1) and by adding the following clauses:

  (d)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (9)  Subsection 47 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act" and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002

   71.  (1)  Subsection 37 (5) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 is amended by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (2)  Clause 37 (5) (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (3)  Subsection 45 (3) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (4)  Clause 45 (3) (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (5)  Subsection 57 (3) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (6)  Clause 57 (3) (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (7)  Paragraph 5 of subsection 75 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph iv, by adding "or" at the end of subparagraph v and by adding the following subparagraph:

          vi.  section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (8)  Subparagraph 5 vi of subsection 75 (3) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (7), is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (9)  The French version of subparagraph 6 i of subsection 81 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out "visé" at the end and substituting "mentionné".

   (10)  The French version of subsection 82 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (11)  Section 83 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other statutes

   83.  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 may, if he or she is designated a provincial officer under the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (d)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act; or

  (e)  section 14, 19 or 20 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (12)  Clause 83 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (11), is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1, 19, 19.1 or 20".

   (13)  Clauses 144 (b), (c) and (d) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

  (b)  the Environmental Protection Act, other than for an offence related to Part IX of that Act;

   (c)  the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

  (d)  the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (e)  the Pesticides Act; or

    (f)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

Commencement and Short Title

Commencement

   72.  (1)  Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Same

   (2)  Sections 50 to 63 and subsections 66 (6) and (8), 68 (4) and (6), 69 (5) and (7), 70 (5) and (7) and 71 (2), (4), (6), (8) and (12) come into force on the day section 64 comes into force.

Same

   (3)  Subsection 66 (16) comes into force on the later of the following days:

    1.  The day section 64 comes into force.

    2.  The day subsection 66 (15) comes into force.

Short title

   73.  The short title of this Act is the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

 

This reprint of the Bill is marked to indicate the changes that were made in Committee.

The changes are indicated by underlines for new text and a strikethrough for deleted text.

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purposes of the Bill are to prevent pollution and protect human health and the environment by reducing the use and creation of toxic substances, and to inform Ontarians about toxic substances.  (See section 1.)

If a substance is prescribed by regulation as a toxic substance, the Bill requires owners and operators of facilities that use or create the substance to prepare, in specified circumstances, a toxic substance reduction plan for the substance.  The plan must include certain matters specified in the Bill, including the objectives of the plan and a description of any steps that will be taken to reduce the use and creation of the substance at the facility.  (See sections 3 and 4 of the Bill.)

If a toxic substance reduction plan is required to be prepared, a summary of the plan must also be prepared and made available to the public.  The summary must include certain matters specified in the Bill, including a copy of the objectives of the plan and a projection of how effective the plan will be in meeting those objectives.  (See section 8 of the Bill.)

If a toxic substance reduction plan is required to be prepared for a facility, the toxic substance must be tracked and quantified to show, for each process at the facility that uses or creates the substance, how the substance enters the process, whether it is created, destroyed or transformed during the process, how it leaves the process and what happens to it after it leaves the process.  Reports must be prepared that summarize the tracking and quantification.  If the toxic substance reduction plan has been prepared, the reports must describe the steps taken towards achieving the objectives of the plan and must assess the effectiveness of those steps.  (See sections 9 and 10 of the Bill.)

If a substance is prescribed by regulation as a substance of concern, the Bill requires owners and operators of facilities that use or create the substance to prepare, in specified circumstances, a report on the substance.  (See section 11 of the Bill.)

The Minister responsible for the administration of the Bill is required to prepare a report annually describing progress relating to implementation of the Bill.  (See section 11.1 of the Bill.)

The Bill contains a number of provisions relating to compliance and enforcement.  These include the authority to enter property in specified circumstances, and the authority to order compliance with requirements of the Bill or impose administrative penalties for contraventions of the Bill.  Orders may be appealed to the Environmental Review Tribunal.  Contraventions of the Bill may also be subject to prosecution.  (See sections 12 to 43 of the Bill.)

Other matters provided for in the Bill include the following:

    1.   The Minister responsible for the administration of the Bill must, at least once every five years, consult with experts and the public about possible changes to the lists of substances that are prescribed as toxic substances and as substances of concern and about some of the criteria used to determine whether a facility is subject to the Bill.  The Minister must also from time to time publish lists of substances that are not toxic substances or substances of concern but that the Minister proposes to consider during the next consultation.  (See section 48 of the Bill.)

    2.   The regulation-making powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council include the power to prohibit or regulate the manufacturing, sale or distribution of toxic substances, substances of concern, other substances prescribed by regulation, and anything that contains a toxic substance, substance of concern or other substance prescribed by regulation.  A number of amendments that relate specifically to those regulation-making powers are made to the Bill's compliance and enforcement provisions and come into force when those powers come into force.  (See sections 50 to 64 of the Bill.)

    3.   Various amendments are made to other Acts.  Some of these amendments are complementary to the provisions of the Bill described above.  Other amendments make housekeeping changes to add relevant statutory references and to adjust French terminology.  (See sections 66 to 71 of the Bill.)

Bill 167 2009

An Act to promote reductions in the use and creation of toxic substances and to amend other Acts

Note: This Act amends or repeals more than one Act.  For the legislative history of these Acts, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

CONTENTS

 

General
1.   2.	Purposes Definitions
Toxic Substance Reduction Plans
3.   4.   5.   6.   7.   8.   9. 10.	Requirement for toxic substance reduction plans Contents of plan Amendment of plan Copy for Director Review of plan Summary of plan Toxic substance accounting Reports on toxic substance reduction plan
Substances of Concern
11.	Substance of concern report
Compliance and Enforcement
12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43.	Directors Provincial officers Inspection by provincial officer Power to administer other Acts Identification Entry or inspection order Samples and copies Seizure during inspection Detention or removal, things seized Report to justice, things seized Disposition of things seized Notice of disposal of things seized Forfeiture may be ordered Use of force Order by provincial officer: contraventions Amendment or revocation of orders under s. 26 Request for review, orders under ss. 26 or 27 Administrative penalties Orders, consequential authority Appeal of order Extension of time for requiring hearing Contents of notice requiring hearing Stay on appeal Parties to hearing Powers of Tribunal Amount of administrative penalties Appeals from Tribunal Instruments under Act, who is bound Records Calling for assistance of member of police force Compliance with inspections, etc. Offences
Other Matters
44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49.	Document prepared for another purpose Disclosure to Government of Canada, etc. Protection from personal liability Service generally Review of substances Regulations
Amendments to This Act
50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65.	Amendment of s. 14 Enactment of s. 14.1 Amendment of s. 15 Amendment of s. 17 Amendment of s. 18 Amendment of s. 19 Enactment of s. 19.1 Amendment of s. 20 Amendment of s. 21 Amendment of s. 22 Amendment of s. 24 Enactment of s. 25.1 Amendment of s. 29 Amendment of s. 34 Amendment of s. 49 Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)
Amendments to Other Acts
66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71.	Environmental Protection Act Highway Traffic Act Nutrient Management Act, 2002 Ontario Water Resources Act Pesticides Act Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002
Commencement and Short Title
72. 73.	Commencement Short title
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Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

General

Purposes

   1.  The purposes of this Act are,

  (a)  to prevent pollution and protect human health and the environment by reducing the use and creation of toxic substances; and

  (b)  to inform Ontarians about toxic substances.

Definitions

   2.  In this Act,

"Director" means a Director appointed under section 12; ("directeur")

"justice" means a provincial judge or a justice of the peace; ("juge")

"Minister" means the Minister of the Environment or such other member of the Executive Council as may be assigned the administration of this Act under the Executive Council Act; ("ministre")

"Ministry" means the ministry of the Minister; ("ministère")

"provincial officer" means a person who is designated by the Minister as a provincial officer for the purposes of this Act and the regulations; ("agent provincial")

"substance of concern" means a substance prescribed by the regulations as a substance of concern for the purposes of this Act; ("substance préoccupante")

"toxic substance" means a substance prescribed by the regulations as a toxic substance for the purposes of this Act; ("substance toxique")

"Tribunal" means the Environmental Review Tribunal. ("Tribunal")

Toxic Substance Reduction Plans

Requirement for toxic substance reduction plans

   3.  The owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared for a toxic substance in accordance with this Act and the regulations if all of the following criteria are met:

    1.  The facility belongs to a class of facilities prescribed by the regulations.

    2.  The number of persons employed at the facility exceeds the number of persons prescribed by the regulations.

    3.  The toxic substance is used or created at the facility and the amounts of the substance that are used or created meet the criteria prescribed by the regulations.

    4.  Such other criteria as are prescribed by the regulations.

Contents of plan

   4.  (1)  A toxic substance reduction plan for a toxic substance shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain the following:

    1.  Subject to paragraph 2, a statement that the owner or the operator of the facility intends,

            i.  to reduce the use of the toxic substance at the facility, if the substance is used at the facility, and

           ii.  to reduce the creation of the toxic substance at the facility, if the substance is created at the facility.

    2.  If the plan does not include a statement that complies with paragraph 1, the reasons for not including the statement.

    3.  The objectives of the plan, including any targets for reducing the use or creation of the toxic substance at the facility.

    4.  A description of each process at the facility that uses or creates the toxic substance, including,

            i.  a description of how, when, where and why the substance is used or created, and

           ii.  quantifications that,

                  A.  were made under section 9 before the plan was prepared,

                  B.  were used to prepare the plan, and

                  C.  show, as of the time the quantifications were made, how the substance entered the process, whether it was created, destroyed or transformed during the process, how it left the process and what happened to it after it left the process.

    5.  A description and analysis of options that were considered for reducing the use and creation of the toxic substance at the facility, including an analysis of the feasibility of each option.

    6.  A statement identifying the options described in paragraph 5 that will be implemented, or a statement that none of the options will be implemented.

    7.  If an option described in paragraph 5 will be implemented,

            i.  a description of the steps that will be taken by the owner or operator of the facility to implement the option,

           ii.  a timetable for taking the steps described in subparagraph i,

          iii.  an estimate of the amount by which the use of the toxic substance at the facility will be reduced as a result of implementing the option, if the substance is used at the facility,

          iv.  an estimate of the amount by which the creation of the toxic substance at the facility will be reduced as a result of implementing the option, if the substance is created at the facility, and

           v.  an estimate of the amount by which discharges of the toxic substance to air, land or water will be reduced as a result of implementing the option, if the substance is discharged to air, land or water.

    8.  Such other information as is prescribed by the regulations.

Certification by highest ranking employee

   (2)  A toxic substance reduction plan for a facility shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain a certification, signed by the highest ranking employee at the facility who has management responsibilities relating to the facility, stating that he or she has read the plan and is familiar with its contents, that the plan is factually accurate, and that the plan complies with this Act and the regulations.

Certification by person with prescribed qualifications

   (3)  A toxic substance reduction plan for a facility shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain a certification, signed by a person who has qualifications prescribed by the regulations, stating that he or she is familiar with the processes at the facility that use or create the toxic substance, that he or she agrees with the estimates referred to in subparagraphs 7 iii, iv and v of subsection (1), and that the plan complies with this Act and the regulations.

Separate certifications

   (4)  The certification required by subsection (3) shall not be signed by the person who signed the certification required by subsection (2).

Amendment of plan

   5.  Subject to section 4, a toxic substance reduction plan may be amended at any time.

Copy for Director

   6.  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared shall, if a copy of the plan is requested by the Director, ensure that the copy is given to the Director in accordance with the regulations.

Review of plan

   7.  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared shall ensure that the plan is reviewed in accordance with the regulations.

Summary of plan

   8.  (1)  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared shall ensure that,

  (a)  a summary of the current version of the plan is prepared in accordance with this Act and the regulations; and

  (b)  the summary is given to the Director and made available to the public in accordance with the regulations.

Contents

   (2)  A summary required by this section shall, in accordance with the regulations, contain the following:

    1.  A copy of the objectives of the toxic substance reduction plan, as contained in the plan under paragraph 3 of subsection 4 (1), including any targets for reducing the use or creation of the toxic substance at the facility.

    2.  A projection of how effective the toxic substance reduction plan will be in meeting the objectives referred to in paragraph 1, including any targets referred to in that paragraph.

    3.  Copies of the certifications contained in the toxic substance reduction plan under subsections 4 (2) and (3).

    4.  Such other information as is prescribed by the regulations.

Toxic substance accounting

   9.  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared for a toxic substance shall ensure that, for each process at the facility that uses or creates the substance, the substance is tracked and quantified, in accordance with the regulations, to show how the substance enters the process, whether it is created, destroyed or transformed during the process, how it leaves the process and what happens to it after it leaves the process.

Reports on toxic substance reduction plan

   10.  (1)  The owner and the operator of a facility who are required under section 3 to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared for a toxic substance shall ensure that reports are prepared in accordance with this Act and the regulations and given to the Director in accordance with the regulations.

Contents of report

   (2)  A report under this section shall, in accordance with the regulations,

  (a)  summarize the results of the tracking and quantification required for the substance under section 9 during the reporting period and compare those results to results of previous reporting periods, if any;

  (b)  indicate whether a toxic substance reduction plan was prepared for the toxic substance before or during the reporting period and, if so,

           (i)  describe the steps taken during the reporting period towards achieving the objectives of the toxic substance reduction plan,

          (ii)  assess the effectiveness of the steps described under subclause (i), particularly with respect to any targets set out in the plan for reducing the use or creation of the toxic substance at the facility, and

         (iii)  describe any amendments made to the toxic substance reduction plan during the reporting period; and

   (c)  contain such other information as is prescribed by the regulations.

Information available to public

   (3)  If required by the regulations, the owner and the operator of a facility who are required under this section to ensure that a report is prepared shall ensure that all or part of the report, or some or all of the information contained in the report, is made available to the public in accordance with the regulations.

Same

   (4)  If authorized by the regulations, the Director may make all or part of a report prepared under this section, or some or all of the information contained in the report, available to the public in accordance with the regulations.

Substances of Concern

Substance of concern report

   11.  The owner and the operator of a facility shall ensure that a report on a substance of concern is prepared and given to the Director, in accordance with this Act and the regulations, if all of the following criteria are met:

    1.  The facility belongs to a class of facilities prescribed by the regulations.

    2.  The substance of concern is used or created at the facility and the amounts of the substance that are used or created meet the criteria prescribed by the regulations.

    3.  Such other criteria as are prescribed by the regulations.

Compliance and Enforcement

Directors

   12.  (1)  The Minister may in writing appoint such Directors as the Minister considers necessary, in respect of one or more provisions of this Act or the regulations, as specified in the appointment.

Same

   (2)  In making an appointment under subsection (1), the Minister shall appoint only,

  (a)  a public servant employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 who works in the Ministry or a member of a class of those public servants; or

  (b)  any other person or member of any other class of person, if the appointment is approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Limitation on authority

   (3)  The Minister may, in an appointment of a Director, limit the authority of the Director in such manner as the Minister considers necessary.

Provincial officers

   13.  (1)  The Minister may in writing designate such provincial officers as the Minister considers necessary, in respect of one or more provisions of this Act or the regulations, as specified in the designation.

Limitation on authority

   (2)  The Minister may, in a designation of a provincial officer, limit the authority of the provincial officer in such manner as the Minister considers necessary.

Peace officers

   (3)  A provincial officer is a peace officer for the purpose of enforcing this Act.

Investigation and prosecution

   (4)  A provincial officer may investigate offences under this Act and may prosecute any person whom the provincial officer reasonably believes is guilty of an offence under this Act.

Matters confidential

   (5)  Every provincial officer shall preserve secrecy in respect of all matters that come to his or her knowledge in the course of any survey, examination, test or inquiry under this Act or the regulations and shall not communicate any such matters to any person except,

  (a)  as may be required in connection with the administration of this Act and the regulations or any proceeding under this Act or the regulations;

  (b)  as authorized under the Regulatory Modernization Act, 2007;

   (c)  to the provincial officer's counsel; or

  (d)  with the consent of the person to whom the information relates.

Testimony in civil suit

   (6)  Except in a proceeding under this Act or the regulations, no provincial officer shall be required to give testimony in any civil suit or proceeding with regard to information obtained by him or her in the course of any survey, examination, test or inquiry under this Act or the regulations.

Inspection by provincial officer

   14.  (1)  A provincial officer may, at any reasonable time,

  (a)  enter a facility and conduct an inspection for the purposes of determining compliance of any person with this Act or the regulations, if the provincial officer reasonably believes that a toxic substance or substance of concern is used or created at the facility; or

  (b)  enter any place and conduct an inspection for the purposes of determining compliance of any person with this Act or the regulations, if the provincial officer reasonably believes that the place is, or is required to be, subject to or referred to in a licence, order or agreement under this Act.

Powers during inspection

   (2)  A provincial officer may do any one or more of the following in the course of conducting an inspection:

    1.  Take samples for testing.

    2.  Conduct tests, take measurements and carry away samples from the testing.

    3.  Require that any thing be operated, used or set in motion under conditions specified by the provincial officer.

    4.  Examine, record or copy any form of document or data by any method.

    5.  Make a record of anything by means of a photograph, video recording or other visual recording.

    6.  Require the production of any form of document or data required to be kept under this Act and of any form of other document or data related to the purposes of the inspection.

    7.  Remove from a place documents or data produced under paragraph 8 for the purpose of making copies.

    8.  Make reasonable inquiries of any person, orally or in writing.

Limitation re photographs, recordings

   (3)  A record made under paragraph 5 of subsection (2) must be made in a manner that does not intercept any private communication and that accords with reasonable expectations of privacy.

Limitation re removal of documents

   (4)  A provincial officer shall not remove documents or data under paragraph 7 of subsection (2) without giving a receipt for them and shall promptly return the documents or data to the person who produced them.

Power to exclude persons

   (5)  A provincial officer who exercises the power set out in paragraph 8 of subsection (2) may exclude from the questioning any person except counsel for the individual being questioned.

Entry to dwellings

   (6)  A person shall not exercise a power conferred by this section to enter a room actually used as a dwelling without the consent of the occupier except under the authority of an order under section 17.

Power to administer other Acts

   15.  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 14, 19 or 20 may, if the provincial officer is designated as a provincial officer under the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (d)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act; or

  (e)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

Identification

   16.  On request, a provincial officer who exercises a power under this Act shall identify himself or herself as a provincial officer either by the production of a copy of his or her designation or in some other manner and shall explain the purpose of the exercise of the power.

Entry or inspection order

   17.  (1)  A justice may issue an order authorizing a provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2) if the justice is satisfied, on evidence under oath by a provincial officer, that there is reasonable ground to believe that it is appropriate for the administration of this Act or the regulations for the provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2) and that the provincial officer may not be able to effectively carry out his or her duties without an order under this section because,

  (a)  no occupier is present to grant access to a place that is locked or otherwise inaccessible;

  (b)  a person has prevented a provincial officer from doing anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2);

   (c)  there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person may prevent a provincial officer from doing anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2);

  (d)  it is impractical, because of the remoteness of the place to be inspected or because of any other reason, for a provincial officer to obtain an order under this section without delay if access is denied; or

  (e)  there are reasonable grounds to believe that an attempt by a provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2) without the order might not achieve its purpose.

Same

   (2)  Subsections 14 (3) to (6) apply to an inspection under an order under this section.

Expiry

   (3)  Unless renewed, an order under this section expires on the earlier of the day specified for the purpose in the order and the day that is 30 days after the date on which the order is made.

Renewal

   (4)  An order under this section may be renewed in the circumstances in which an order may be made under subsection (1), before or after expiry, for one or more periods, each of which is not more than 30 days.

When to be executed

   (5)  An order under this section shall be carried out between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., unless the order otherwise authorizes.

Application without notice

   (6)  An order under this section may be issued or renewed on application without notice.

Application for dwelling

   (7)  An application for an order under this section to enter a dwelling shall specifically indicate that the application relates to a dwelling.

Samples and copies

   18.  A provincial officer may detain samples and copies obtained under section 14 or 17 for any period and for any purpose of this Act or the regulations.

Seizure during inspection

   19.  During an inspection under section 14 or 17, a provincial officer may, without a warrant or court order, seize any thing that is produced to the provincial officer or that is in plain view, if,

  (a)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing will afford evidence of an offence under this Act; or

  (b)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing was used or is being used in connection with the commission of an offence under this Act and that the seizure is necessary to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence.

Detention or removal, things seized

   20.  (1)  A provincial officer who seizes any thing under section 19 may remove the thing or may detain it in the place where it is seized.

Receipt

   (2)  If possible, the provincial officer shall inform the person from whom a thing is seized under section 19 as to the reason for the seizure and shall give the person a receipt for the thing seized.

Report to justice, things seized

   21.  (1)  A provincial officer who seizes any thing during an inspection under section 19 shall bring the thing seized before a justice or, if that is not reasonably possible, shall report the seizure to a justice.

Application of Provincial Offences Act

   (2)  Sections 159 and 160 of the Provincial Offences Act apply with necessary modifications in respect of a thing seized by a provincial officer during an inspection under section 19.

Disposition of things seized

   22.  (1)  If the Director believes that, given the nature of a thing seized under section 19, the thing may pose a risk to human health or safety or to property, the Director may direct the person having custody of the thing to dispose of the thing in a manner satisfactory to the Director.

Disposition of seized perishables

   (2)  If the person having custody of any thing seized under section 19 believes that the thing will rot, spoil or otherwise perish, the person may dispose of the thing.

Non-application of provision

   (3)  Section 21 does not apply to a thing disposed of in accordance with this section.

Forfeiture

   (4)  A thing disposed of in accordance with this section is forfeited to the Crown.

Notice of disposal of things seized

   23.  (1)  If a thing has been disposed of in accordance with section 22, the Director shall ensure that a provincial officer gives written notice of the seizure and disposal, within 15 days of the disposal,

  (a)  to every person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is an owner of the thing seized; and

  (b)  to every person who has a security interest in the thing that is perfected by registration under the Personal Property Security Act against the name of any person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is the owner.

Contents of notice

   (2)  Notice under subsection (1) shall include,

  (a)  a description of the thing seized sufficient to enable it to be identified;

  (b)  the location at which the thing was seized;

   (c)  the date of the seizure and disposal;

  (d)  the name and telephone number of the provincial officer who seized the thing or of his or her delegate;

  (e)  a statement of the reason for the seizure and disposal;

    (f)  a reference to the statutory provision authorizing the seizure and disposal; and

  (g)  a reference to the right to apply to the Superior Court of Justice under subsection 24 (5) for relief against forfeiture.

Forfeiture may be ordered

   24.  (1)  On the application of the Director, the Superior Court of Justice may order that a thing seized under section 19 or under a warrant issued under the Provincial Offences Act in connection with the commission or suspected commission of an offence under this Act be forfeited to the Crown.

When no order to be made

   (2)  No order shall be made under subsection (1) unless the court is satisfied that,

  (a)  the seizure was lawful; and

  (b)  no later than seven days before the hearing of the application, written notice was provided by a provincial officer,

           (i)  to every person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is an owner of the thing seized,

          (ii)  to every person who has a security interest in the thing that is perfected by registration under the Personal Property Security Act against the name of any person whom the provincial officer knows or has reason to believe is the owner,

         (iii)  if the thing seized is a vehicle, to every person who has a security interest in the vehicle that is perfected by registration under the Personal Property Security Act against the vehicle identification number of the vehicle, and

         (iv)  if the thing seized is a vehicle and the vehicle is registered under the Highway Traffic Act, to the registered owner.

Contents of notice

   (3)  Notice under subsection (2) shall include,

  (a)  a description of the thing seized sufficient to enable it to be identified;

  (b)  the location at which the thing was seized;

   (c)  the date of the seizure;

  (d)  the name and telephone number of the provincial officer who seized the thing or of his or her delegate;

  (e)  a statement of the reason for the seizure;

    (f)  a reference to the statutory provision authorizing the seizure;

  (g)  a statement that an order for forfeiture of the thing is being sought under this section; and

   (h)  a statement that the person to whom the notice is provided may make submissions to the Superior Court of Justice with respect to the issuance of an order under this section.

Disposition of things forfeited

   (4)  A thing forfeited under this section may be disposed of as the Director directs.

Relief against forfeiture

   (5)  A person who had an interest in a thing forfeited under section 22 or this section may apply to the Superior Court of Justice for relief against the forfeiture and the court may make an order providing for any relief that it considers appropriate, including any of the following orders:

    1.  An order directing that the thing or any part of the thing be returned to the applicant.

    2.  An order directing that any interest in the thing be vested in the applicant.

    3.  An order directing that an amount be paid by the Crown to the applicant by way of compensation for the forfeiture.

When relief not to be ordered

   (6)  The court shall not make an order for relief under subsection (5) in respect of a thing forfeited if the person applying for the relief,

  (a)  has been served with an order requiring the person to pay a penalty under section 29 in connection with a matter that was associated with the seizure of the thing, unless the order has been revoked; or

  (b)  has been charged with an offence that was associated with the seizure of the thing, unless the charge has been withdrawn or dismissed.

Use of force

   25.  A provincial officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary,

  (a)  to carry out a court order issued under this Act;

  (b)  to execute a warrant issued under the Provincial Offences Act; or

   (c)  to prevent the destruction of any thing that the provincial officer reasonably believes may afford evidence of an offence under this Act.

Order by provincial officer: contraventions

   26.  (1)  A provincial officer may issue an order to any person that the provincial officer reasonably believes is contravening or has contravened,

  (a)  a provision of this Act or the regulations;

  (b)  a provision of an order under this section; or

   (c)  a provision of a licence issued under this Act.

Information to be included in order

   (2)  The order shall,

  (a)  specify the provision that the provincial officer believes is being or has been contravened;

  (b)  briefly describe the nature and, if applicable, the location of the contravention; and

   (c)  state that a review of the order may be requested in accordance with section 28.

What order may require

   (3)  The order may require the person to whom it is directed to comply with any directions set out in the order within the time specified relating to,

  (a)  achieving compliance with the provision;

  (b)  preventing the continuation or repetition of the contravention;

   (c)  submitting a plan for achieving compliance with the provision, including the engagement of contractors or consultants satisfactory to a provincial officer;

  (d)  monitoring and recording and reporting on the monitoring and recording;

  (e)  the securing, whether through locks, gates, fences, security guards or other means, of any land, place or thing; and

    (f)  posting notice of the order.

Amendment or revocation of orders under s. 26

   27.  (1)  An order issued under section 26 may, by order, be amended or revoked by the provincial officer who issued it or by the Director.

Same

   (2)  A provincial officer or Director who amends or revokes an order shall give written notice of the amendment or revocation to the person to whom the order is directed.

Request for review, orders under ss. 26 or 27

   28.  (1)  A person to whom an order under section 26 or 27 is directed may, within seven days after being served with a copy of the order, request that the Director review the order.

Manner of making request

   (2)  The request may be made orally, with written confirmation served on the Director within the time specified in subsection (1), or in writing.

Contents of request for review

   (3)  A written request for review under subsection (1) or a written confirmation of an oral request under subsection (2) shall include,

  (a)  the portions of the order in respect of which the review is requested;

  (b)  any submissions that the applicant for the review wishes the Director to consider; and

   (c)  for the purpose of subsection (7), an address that may be used for service in accordance with section 47.

No automatic stay

   (4)  The request for review does not stay the order, unless the Director orders otherwise in writing.

Decision of Director

   (5)  A Director who receives a request for review may,

  (a)  revoke the order of the provincial officer; or

  (b)  by order directed to the person requesting the review, confirm or amend the order of the provincial officer.

Same

   (6)  For the purposes of subsection (5), the Director may substitute his or her own opinion for that of the provincial officer.

Notice of decision

   (7)  The Director shall serve the person requesting the review with a copy of,

  (a)  a decision to revoke the order of the provincial officer; or

  (b)  an order to confirm or amend the order of the provincial officer, together with reasons.

Automatic confirmation of order

   (8)  If, within seven days of receiving a written request for review or a written confirmation of an oral request for review, the Director does not make a decision under subsection (5) and give oral or written notice of the decision to the person requesting the review, the order in respect of which the review is sought shall be deemed to have been confirmed by order of the Director.

Same

   (9)  For the purpose of section 31 and a hearing required under that section, a confirming order deemed to have been made by the Director under subsection (8),

  (a)  shall be deemed to be directed to each person to whom the order of the provincial officer was directed; and

  (b)  shall be deemed to have been served, on each person to whom the order of the provincial officer was directed, at the expiry of the time period referred to in subsection (8).

Same

   (10)  Subsections (8) and (9) do not apply if, within seven days of receiving the request for review, the Director stays the order under subsection (4) and gives written notice to the person requesting the review that the Director requires additional time to make a decision under subsection (5).

Administrative penalties

   29.  (1)  Subject to the regulations, the Director may issue an order requiring a person to pay a penalty if,

  (a)  the person is required to ensure that a toxic substance reduction plan is prepared under section 3 or a report on a substance of concern is prepared under section 11; and

  (b)  the person contravenes,

           (i)  a provision of this Act or the regulations,

          (ii)  an order under section 26, or

         (iii)  an agreement under subsection (9).

Exception

   (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to a contravention of section 42.

Contents of order

   (3)  The order shall be served on the person who is required to pay the penalty and shall,

  (a)  contain a description of the contravention to which the order relates, including, if appropriate, the date and location of the contravention;

  (b)  specify the amount of the penalty;

   (c)  give particulars respecting the time for paying the penalty and the manner of payment; and

  (d)  provide information to the person as to the person's rights under section 31.

Amount

   (4)  The amount of the penalty shall be determined in accordance with the regulations.

Maximum penalty

   (5)  The amount of the penalty shall not exceed $60,000 for each contravention.

Absolute liability

   (6)  A requirement that a person pay a penalty imposed under this section applies even if,

  (a)  the person took all reasonable steps to prevent the contravention; or

  (b)  at the time of the contravention, the person had an honest and reasonable belief in a mistaken set of facts that, if true, would have rendered the contravention innocent.

Same

   (7)  For greater certainty, nothing in subsection (6) affects the prosecution of an offence.

Limitation

   (8)  An order requiring payment of a penalty imposed under this section shall be served not later than the first anniversary of the later of the following dates:

    1.  The date the contravention occurred.

    2.  The date on which the evidence of the contravention first came to the attention of the Director or a provincial officer.

Agreements

   (9)  The Director and a person against whom an order may be or has been made under subsection (1) may enter into an agreement that,

  (a)  identifies the contravention in respect of which the order may be or has been made;

  (b)  requires the person against whom the order may be or has been made to take steps specified in the agreement within the time specified in the agreement; and

   (c)  provides that the obligation to pay the penalty may be cancelled in accordance with the regulations or the amount of the penalty may be reduced in accordance with the regulations.

Publication of agreements

   (10)  The Ministry shall publish every agreement entered into under subsection (9) in the environmental registry established under section 5 of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993.

Payment prevents conviction

   (11)  A person who pays a penalty imposed under this section or whose obligation to pay a penalty is cancelled under clause (9) (c) in respect of a contravention shall not be convicted of an offence under this Act in respect of the same contravention.

No admission

   (12)  If a person enters into an agreement under subsection (9) that reduces the amount of a penalty imposed under this section in respect of a contravention, the entering into of the agreement is not, for the purposes of any prosecution in respect of the contravention, an admission that the person committed the contravention.

Failure to pay when required

   (13)  If a person who is required to pay a penalty imposed under this section fails to comply with the requirement,

  (a)  the order or decision that requires the payment may be filed with a local registrar of the Superior Court of Justice and may be enforced as if it were an order of the court;

  (b)  the Director may by order, suspend, until the penalty is paid,

           (i)  any certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, licence or permit that has been issued to the person under the Environmental Protection Act,

          (ii)  any approval that has been issued to the person under the Ontario Water Resources Act, or

         (iii)  any licence or permit that has been issued to the person under the Pesticides Act; and

   (c)  the Director may refuse to issue to the person, until the penalty is paid,

           (i)  any certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, licence or permit under the Environmental Protection Act,

          (ii)  any approval under the Ontario Water Resources Act, or

         (iii)  any licence or permit under the Pesticides Act.

Same

   (14)  Section 129 of the Courts of Justice Act applies in respect of an order or decision filed with the Superior Court of Justice under subsection (13) and, for that purpose, the date on which the order or decision is filed under subsection (13) shall be deemed to be the date of the order that is referred to in section 129 of the Courts of Justice Act.

Orders, consequential authority

   30.  (1)  The authority to make an order under this Act includes the authority to require the person or body to whom the order is directed to take such intermediate action or such procedural steps or both as are related to the action required or prohibited by the order and as are specified in the order.

Same, authority to order access

   (2)  A person who has authority under this Act to order that a thing be done on or in any place also has authority to order any person who owns, occupies or has the charge, management or control of the place to permit access to the place for the purpose of doing the thing.

Appeal of order

   31.  (1)  A person to whom an order of the Director is directed under section 28 or 29 may, by written notice served on the Director and the Tribunal within 15 days after service on the person of a copy of the order, require a hearing by the Tribunal.

Failure or refusal to issue, etc., order

   (2)  No failure or refusal to issue, amend, vary or revoke an order is an order.

Extension of time for requiring hearing

   32.  The Tribunal shall extend the time in which a person may give a notice under section 31 requiring a hearing on an order if, in the Tribunal's opinion, it is just to do so because service of the order on the person did not give the person notice of the order.

Contents of notice requiring hearing

   33.  (1)  An applicant for a hearing by the Tribunal shall state in the notice requiring the hearing,

  (a)  the portions of the order in respect of which the hearing is required; and

  (b)  the grounds on which the applicant for the hearing intends to rely at the hearing.

Effect of contents of notice

   (2)  Except with leave of the Tribunal, at a hearing by the Tribunal an applicant is not entitled to appeal a portion of the order, or to rely on a ground, that is not stated in the applicant's notice requiring the hearing.

Leave by Tribunal

   (3)  The Tribunal may grant the leave referred to in subsection (2) if the Tribunal is of the opinion that to do so is proper in the circumstances, and the Tribunal may give such directions as the Tribunal considers proper consequent on the granting of the leave.

Stay on appeal

   34.  The commencement of a proceeding before the Tribunal stays the operation of the order that is the subject of the proceeding.

Parties to hearing

   35.  The person requiring the hearing, the Director and any other person specified by the Tribunal are parties to the hearing.

Powers of Tribunal

   36.  Subject to section 37, a hearing by the Tribunal under this Act shall be a new hearing and the Tribunal may confirm, alter or revoke the order that is the subject matter of the hearing and may by order direct the Director to take such action as the Tribunal considers the Director should take in accordance with this Act and the regulations, and, for such purposes, the Tribunal may substitute its opinion for that of the Director.

Amount of administrative penalties

   37.  (1)  For greater certainty, if a hearing by the Tribunal is required under section 31 in respect of an order to pay a penalty imposed under section 29, the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (r) governing the determination of the amounts of those penalties apply to the Tribunal.

Same

   (2)  Subject to subsection (1), if a hearing by the Tribunal is required under section 31 in respect of an order to pay a penalty imposed under section 29, the Tribunal shall not substitute its opinion for that of the Director with respect to the amount of the penalty unless the Tribunal considers the amount to be unreasonable.

Appeals from Tribunal

   38.  (1)  Any party to a hearing before the Tribunal under this Act may appeal from its decision or order on a question of law to the Divisional Court in accordance with the rules of court.

Appeal to Minister

   (2)  A party to a hearing before the Tribunal under this Act may, within 30 days after receipt of the decision of the Tribunal or within 30 days after final disposition of an appeal, if any, under subsection (1), appeal in writing to the Minister on any matter other than a question of law and the Minister shall confirm, alter or revoke the decision of the Tribunal as to the matter in appeal as the Minister considers in the public interest.

Decision of Tribunal not automatically stayed on appeal

   (3)  An appeal of a decision of the Tribunal to the Divisional Court or to the Minister under this section does not stay the operation of the decision, unless the Tribunal orders otherwise.

Divisional Court or Minister may grant or set aside stay

   (4)  If a decision of the Tribunal is appealed to the Divisional Court or to the Minister under this section, the Divisional Court or the Minister may,

  (a)  stay the operation of the decision; or

  (b)  set aside a stay ordered by the Tribunal under subsection (3).

Instruments under Act, who is bound

Successors and assigns

   39.  (1)  An order of a court, the Director or a provincial officer under this Act is binding on the executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, guardian of property or attorney for property of the person to whom it was directed, and on any other successor or assignee of the person to whom it was directed.

Limitation

   (2)  If, pursuant to subsection (1), an order is binding on an executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, guardian of property or attorney for property, their obligation to incur costs to comply with the order is limited to the value of the assets they hold or administer, less their reasonable costs of holding or administering the assets.

Receivers and trustees

   (3)  An order of a court, the Minister, the Director or a provincial officer under this Act that relates to property is binding on a receiver or trustee that holds or administers the property.

Limitation

   (4)  If, pursuant to subsection (3), an order is binding on a trustee, other than a trustee in bankruptcy, the trustee's obligation to incur costs to comply with the order is limited to the value of the assets held or administered by the trustee, less the trustee's reasonable costs of holding or administering the assets.

Exception

   (5)  Subsection (3) does not apply to an order that relates to property held or administered by a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy if,

  (a)  within 10 days after taking or being appointed to take possession or control of the property, or within 10 days after the issuance of the order, the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy notifies the Director that they have abandoned, disposed of or otherwise released their interest in the property; or

  (b)  the order was stayed under Part I of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) and the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy notified the Director, before the stay expired, that they abandoned, disposed of or otherwise released their interest in the property.

Extension of period

   (6)  The Director may extend the 10-day period for giving notice under clause (5) (a), before or after it expires, on such terms and conditions as he or she considers appropriate.

Notice under subs. (5)

   (7)  Notice under clause (5) (a) or (b) must be given in the manner prescribed by the regulations.

Records

   40.  (1)  Every person required by this Act or the regulations to retain a record shall make it available to a provincial officer for inspection on his or her request.

Copies or extracts

   (2)  The provincial officer may, on giving a receipt, remove any record referred to in subsection (1) for the purpose of making copies or extracts and shall promptly return the record.

Records in electronic form

   (3)  If a record is retained in electronic form, the provincial officer may require that a copy of it be provided to him or her on paper or in a machine-readable medium or both.

Calling for assistance of member of police force

   41.  Whenever a provincial officer is required or empowered by this Act or the regulations to do or direct the doing of anything, the provincial officer may take such steps and employ such assistance as is necessary to accomplish what is required, and may, when obstructed in so doing, call for the assistance of any member of the Ontario Provincial Police Force or the police force in the area where the assistance is required and it is the duty of every member of a police force to render the assistance.

Compliance with inspections, etc.

Obstruction

   42.  (1)  No person shall hinder or obstruct any provincial officer or any employee in or agent of the Ministry in the performance of his or her duties under this Act.

False information

   (2)  No person shall orally, in writing or electronically, give or submit false or misleading information in any statement, document or data, to any provincial officer, the Minister, the Ministry, any employee in or agent of the Ministry or any person involved in carrying out a program of the Ministry in respect of any matter related to this Act or the regulations.

Same

   (3)  No person shall include false or misleading information in any document or data required to be created, stored or submitted under this Act.

Refusal to furnish information

   (4)  No person shall refuse to furnish any provincial officer, the Minister, the Ministry or any employee in or agent of the Ministry with information required for the purposes of this Act and the regulations.

Offences

   43.  (1)  Every person who contravenes any provision of this Act or the regulations is guilty of an offence.

Same

   (2)  Every person who fails to comply with an order made under this Act, other than an order under section 29, is guilty of an offence.

Same

   (3)  Every person who fails to comply with a term or condition of a licence under this Act is guilty of an offence.

Penalty, individual

   (4)  An individual who is guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on conviction,

  (a)  in the case of a first conviction, to a fine of not more than $25,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues; and

  (b)  in the case of a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not more than $50,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues.

Same, corporation

   (5)  A corporation that is guilty of an offence under this section is liable, on conviction,

  (a)  in the case of a first conviction, to a fine of not more than $50,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues; and

  (b)  in the case of a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not more than $100,000 for each day or part of a day on which the offence occurs or continues.

Directors, officers, employees and agents

   (6)  If a corporation commits an offence under this section, a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation who directed, authorized, assented to, acquiesced in or failed to take all reasonable care to prevent the commission of the offence, or who participated in the commission of the offence, is also guilty of the offence, whether the corporation has been prosecuted for the offence or not.

Penalty re monetary benefit

   (7)  The court that convicts a person of an offence under this section, in addition to any other penalty imposed by the court, may increase a fine imposed on the person by an amount equal to the amount of the monetary benefit acquired by or that accrued to the person as a result of the commission of the offence, despite the maximum fine provided in subsection (4) or (5).

Additional orders

   (8)  The court that convicts a person under this section may, on its own initiative or on the motion of counsel for the prosecutor, make one or more of the following orders:

    1.  An order requiring the person, within the period or periods specified in the order, to do or refrain from doing anything specified in the order.

    2.  An order imposing requirements that the court considers appropriate to prevent similar unlawful conduct or to contribute to the person's rehabilitation.

    3.  An order prohibiting the continuation or repetition of the offence by the person.

Other remedies and penalties preserved

   (9)  Subsection (8) is in addition to any other remedy or penalty provided by law.

Limitation

   (10)  A proceeding under this section shall not be commenced more than two years after the later of the following days:

    1.  The day on which the offence was committed.

    2.  The day on which evidence of the offence first came to the attention of the Director or a provincial officer.

Other Matters

Document prepared for another purpose

   44.  A document that was prepared for another government or for any other purpose may, if it deals with any of the requirements of this Act and the regulations, be used in the preparation of, or as part of, a document required under this Act, as long as the document is revised to meet all of the requirements of this Act and the regulations.

Disclosure to Government of Canada, etc.

   45.  The Minister may disclose any information obtained by the Director or the Ministry under this Act to the Government of Canada or any of its institutions under an agreement or arrangement between the Minister and the Government of Canada or the institution, if,

  (a)  the purpose of the agreement or arrangement is the administration or enforcement of a law;

  (b)  the Minister discloses the information in confidence; and

   (c)  the Government of Canada or institution undertakes to keep the information confidential.

Protection from personal liability

   46.  (1)  No action or other proceeding may be instituted against the following persons for any act done in good faith in the execution or intended execution of any duty or authority under this Act or for any alleged neglect or default in the execution in good faith of such a duty or authority:

    1.  A member of the Tribunal.

    2.  An employee in the Ministry.

    3.  A provincial officer employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006.

    4.  A public servant employed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 who is acting under the direction of a person described in paragraph 1, 2 or 3.

Exception

   (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply in the case of an application for judicial review.

Crown not relieved of liability

   (3)  Subsection (1) does not, by reason of subsections 5 (2) and (4) of the Proceedings Against the Crown Act, relieve the Crown of liability in respect of a tort committed by an agent or servant of the Crown to which it would otherwise be subject and the Crown is liable under that Act for any such tort in a like manner as if subsection (1) had not been enacted.

Service generally

   47.  (1)  Any document given or served under this Act or the regulations is sufficiently given or served if it is,

  (a)  delivered personally;

  (b)  sent by mail addressed to the person to whom delivery or service is required to be made at the latest address for the person appearing on the records of the Ministry; or

   (c)  given or served in accordance with the regulations respecting service.

When service deemed made

   (2)  If service is made by mail, the service shall be deemed to be made on the fifth day after the day of mailing unless the person on whom service is being made establishes that the person did not, acting in good faith, through absence, accident, illness or other cause beyond the person's control receive the notice or order until a later date.

Review of substances

   48.  (1)  The Minister shall, at least once every five years, consult with experts and the public about possible changes to the lists of substances that are prescribed as toxic substances and as substances of concern.

Additional substances

   (2)  The Minister shall from time to time publish lists of substances that are not toxic substances or substances of concern but that the Minister proposes to consider during the next consultation conducted under subsection (1).

Regulations

   49.  (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)  governing the timing, preparation, review and contents of toxic substance reduction plans;

  (e)  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;

    (f)  governing giving copies of toxic substance reduction plans to the Director under section 6;

  (g)  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;

   (h)  governing the tracking and quantification required by section 9;

    (i)  governing the timing, preparation and contents of reports that are prepared under section 10;

    (j)  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;

   (k)  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;

    (l)  governing the timing, preparation and contents of reports that are prepared under section 11 and governing giving those reports to the Director;

(m)  requiring and governing the creation of records for the purposes of this Act, other than the documents referred to in clauses (d), (g), (i) and (l), 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;

   (n)  requiring and governing the maintenance and retention of records for the purposes of this Act, including the documents referred to in clauses (d), (g), (i) and (l);

  (o)  specifying the form and content of orders under subsection 29 (1);

  (p)  specifying types of contraventions or circumstances in respect of which an order may not be issued under subsection 29 (1);

  (q)  requiring and governing public consultation before an agreement is entered into under subsection 29 (9) and, subject to that subsection and to any regulations made under subclause (r) (iii), governing the contents of agreements under that subsection;

   (r)  governing the determination of the amounts of penalties imposed under section 29, 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 29 (9), governing the cancellation of the obligation to pay a penalty or the reduction of the amount of a penalty;

   (s)  prescribing circumstances in which a person is not required to pay a penalty imposed under section 29;

    (t)  prescribing procedures related to penalties imposed under section 29;

   (u)  respecting any other matter necessary for the administration of a system of penalties provided for by section 29;

   (v)  providing for methods of giving or serving any document under this Act;

  (w)  exempting any person or thing from any provision of this Act, subject to any conditions or restrictions set out in the regulations;

   (x)  defining any word or expression used in this Act that is not already defined in this Act;

   (y)  prescribing anything referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations or as otherwise dealt with by the regulations.

Rolling incorporation

   (2)  A regulation under clause (1) (a) that incorporates another document by reference may provide that the reference to the document includes amendments made to the document from time to time after the regulation is made.

Amendments to This Act

Amendment of s. 14

   50.  Subsection 14 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (a) and by adding the following clause:

(a.1) enter any place and conduct an inspection for the purposes of determining compliance of any person with the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2), if the provincial officer reasonably believes that a substance or other thing governed by the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) is being manufactured, sold or distributed in the place; or

Enactment of s. 14.1

   51.  This Act is amended by adding the following section:

Inspection of vehicle or vessel, regulations under s. 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2)

   14.1  (1)  In this section,

"vehicle" includes a trailer or other equipment attached to the vehicle.

Requirement to stop

   (2)  A provincial officer who reasonably believes that a vehicle or vessel was used or is being used in a contravention of the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2) may signal the vehicle or vessel to stop.

Same

   (3)  On the provincial officer's signal to stop, the operator of the vehicle or vessel shall immediately come to a safe stop.

Same

   (4)  For the purposes of this section, a signal to stop includes,

  (a)  intermittent flashes of red light, in the case of a vehicle;

  (b)  intermittent flashes of blue light, in the case of a vessel; and

   (c)  a hand signal to stop by a provincial officer who is readily identifiable as a provincial officer.

Same

   (5)  The provincial officer may make any reasonable inquiries of the operator of a vehicle or vessel who stops under subsection (3), and the operator shall produce for inspection any documents related to the operation or ownership of the vehicle or vessel, including licences, permits and any documents that are required to be kept by the law of any jurisdiction in relation to the carriage of any cargo or container.

Inspection powers

   (6)  Based on questioning or examination of documents conducted under subsection (5), the provincial officer may, without a warrant or court order, inspect any means of containment that the provincial officer reasonably believes was used or is being used for the handling or transportation of any substance or other thing governed by the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2).

Same

   (7)  As part of an inspection under subsection (5) or (6), the provincial officer may open or require the operator to open any cargo hold, container or other means of containment.

Same

   (8)  During an inspection conducted under subsection (5) or (6), the provincial officer may exercise such powers under subsection 14 (2) as are reasonably required for the administration of the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2).

Same

   (9)  Subsections 14 (3) to (6) apply to the exercise of a power under subsection (8).

Amendment of s. 15

   52.  Section 15 of this Act is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "section 14, 14.1, 19, 19.1 or 20".

Amendment of s. 17

   53.  (1)  Subsection 17 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "subsection 14 (1) or (2)" in both places where it appears in the portion before clause (a) and substituting in each case "subsection 14 (1) or (2) or section 14.1".

   (2)  Clause 17 (1) (b) of this Act is amended by striking out "subsection 14 (1) or (2)" at the end and substituting "subsection 14 (1) or (2) or section 14.1".

   (3)  Clause 17 (1) (c) of this Act is amended by striking out "subsection 14 (1) or (2)" at the end and substituting "subsection 14 (1) or (2) or section 14.1".

   (4)  Clause 17 (1) (e) of this Act is repealed and the following substituted:

  (e)  there are reasonable grounds to believe that an attempt by a provincial officer to do anything set out in subsection 14 (1) or (2) or section 14.1 without the order,

           (i)  might not achieve its purpose, or

          (ii)  might endanger human health or safety, property or the environment.

Amendment of s. 18

   54.  Section 18 of this Act is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

Amendment of s. 19

   55.  Section 19 of this Act is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

Enactment of s. 19.1

   56.  This Act is amended by adding the following section:

Warrantless search, exigent circumstances, regulations under s. 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2)

   19.1  (1)  A provincial officer may, without a search warrant, search any place other than a room actually used as a dwelling if the provincial officer has reasonable ground to believe,

  (a)  that an offence involving the contravention of a regulation made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2) has been committed;

  (b)  that there is in such place any thing that will afford evidence as to the commission of the offence; and

   (c)  that there are exigent circumstances that make it impractical to obtain a search warrant.

Seizure during search

   (2)  During a search under subsection (1), a provincial officer may, without a warrant or court order, seize any thing if,

  (a)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing will afford evidence of an offence described in clause (1) (a); or

  (b)  the provincial officer reasonably believes that the thing was used or is being used in connection with the commission of an offence described in clause (1) (a) and that the seizure is necessary to prevent the continuation or repetition of the offence.

Amendment of s. 20

   57.  (1)  Subsection 20 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 19" and substituting "section 19 or 19.1".

   (2)  Subsection 20 (2) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 19" and substituting "section 19 or 19.1".

Amendment of s. 21

   58.  (1)  Subsection 21 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "an inspection under section 19" and substituting "an inspection or search under section 19 or 19.1".

   (2)  Subsection 21 (2) of this Act is amended by striking out "an inspection under section 19" at the end and substituting "an inspection or search under section 19 or 19.1".

Amendment of s. 22

   59.  (1)  Subsection 22 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 19" and substituting "section 19 or 19.1".

   (2)  Subsection 22 (2) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 19" and substituting "section 19 or 19.1".

Amendment of s. 24

   60.  Subsection 24 (1) of this Act is amended by striking out "section 19" and substituting "section 19 or 19.1".

Enactment of s. 25.1

   61.  This Act is amended by adding the following section:

Order for use of tracking devices, etc., regulations under s. 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2)

   25.1  (1)  In this section,

"tracking device" means a substance or tracking device that, when placed or installed in or on any place, land or thing, may be used to help ascertain, by electronic or other means, the origin, identity or location of any thing.

Order may be issued

   (2)  On application without notice, a justice may issue an order in writing authorizing a provincial officer, subject to this section, to use any tracking device, investigative technique or procedure or to do any thing described in the order if the justice is satisfied by evidence under oath that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an offence involving the contravention of a regulation made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2) has been or will be committed and that information concerning the offence will be obtained through the use of the tracking device, technique or procedure or the doing of the thing.

Limitation

   (3)  An order under this section shall not authorize the interception of any private communication.

Same

   (4)  No tracking device, technique or procedure shall be used to intercept any private communication under an order issued under this section.

Terms and conditions of order

   (5)  An order issued under this section shall contain such terms and conditions as the justice considers advisable in the circumstances.

Activities under order

   (6)  An order issued under this section may authorize a provincial officer,

  (a)  to place, install, maintain or remove a tracking device in or on any land, place or thing; and

  (b)  to monitor, or to have monitored, a tracking device or information from a tracking device placed or installed in or on any land, place or thing.

Expert help

   (7)  An order issued under this section may authorize persons who have special, expert or professional knowledge to accompany and assist the provincial officer in the execution of the order.

Duration of order

   (8)  An order issued under this section is valid for a period of 60 days or for such shorter period as may be specified in the order.

Further orders

   (9)  A justice may issue further orders under subsection (2).

Amendment of s. 29

   62.  Subsection 29 (2) of this Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Exceptions

   (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to,

  (a)  a contravention of section 42;

  (b)  a contravention of the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2); or

   (c)  a contravention of an order under section 26 that relates to a contravention of the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2).

Amendment of s. 34

   63.  Section 34 of this Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Exceptions

   (2)  Despite subsection (1), the commencement of a proceeding before the Tribunal does not stay the operation of an order that meets the following criteria:

    1.  The order was made under section 28.

    2.  The order relates to a contravention of,

            i.  the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2), or

           ii.  a provision of an order that relates to a contravention of the regulations made under clause 49 (1) (n.1) or (n.2).

    3.  Such other criteria as are prescribed by the regulations.

Tribunal may grant stay

   (3)  The Tribunal may, on the application of a party to a proceeding before it, stay the operation of an order described in subsection (2) in the circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

Right to apply to remove stay: new circumstances

   (4)  A party to a proceeding may apply for the removal of a stay that was granted under subsection (3) if relevant circumstances have changed or have become known to the party since the stay was granted, and the Tribunal may grant the application.

Right to apply to remove stay: new party

   (5)  A person who is made a party to a proceeding after a stay is granted under subsection (3) may, at the time the person is made a party, apply for the removal of the stay, and the Tribunal may grant the application.

Removal of stay by Tribunal

   (6)  The Tribunal, on the application of a party under subsection (4) or (5), shall remove a stay if failure to do so would give rise to the circumstances referred to in subsection (3).

Amendment of s. 49

   64.  Subsection 49 (1) of this Act is amended by adding the following clauses:

(n.1) prohibiting or regulating the manufacturing, sale or distribution of,

           (i)  a toxic substance, a substance of concern or any other substance prescribed by the regulations, or

          (ii)  anything that contains a toxic substance, a substance of concern or any other substance prescribed by the regulations;

(n.2) prescribing circumstances in which a person who manufactures, sells or distributes a substance or thing referred to in subclause (n.1) (i) or (ii) is required to give notice to the public or to specified persons and governing the notice, including the contents and manner of giving the notice;

.     .     .     .     .

(u.1) prescribing circumstances in which the operation of an order may be stayed under subsection 34 (2);

Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (Bill 150)

   65.  (1)  This section applies only if Bill 150 (An Act to enact the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to build a green economy, to repeal the Energy Conservation Leadership Act, 2006 and the Energy Efficiency Act and to amend other statutes), introduced on February 23, 2009, receives Royal Assent.

   (2)  References in this section to provisions of Bill 150 are references to those provisions as they were numbered in the first reading version of the Bill and, if Bill 150 is renumbered, the references in this section shall be deemed to be references to the equivalent renumbered provisions of Bill 150.

   (3)  On the later of the day subsection 29 (13) of this Act comes into force and the day subsection 22 (3) of Schedule G to Bill 150 comes into force, subclause 29 (13) (b) (i) of this Act is amended by striking out "provisional certificate of approval, licence" and substituting "provisional certificate of approval, renewable energy approval, licence".

   (4)  On the later of the day subsection 29 (13) of this Act comes into force and the day subsection 22 (4) of Schedule G to Bill 150 comes into force, subclause 29 (13) (c) (i) of this Act is amended by striking out "provisional certificate of approval, licence" and substituting "provisional certificate of approval, renewable energy approval, licence".

Amendments to Other Acts

Environmental Protection Act

   66.  (1)  The French version of the definition of "inspection" in subsection 1 (1) of the Environmental Protection Act is repealed and the following substituted:

«inspection» S'entend notamment d'une vérification, d'un examen, d'un arpentage, d'un test, d'une analyse et d'une enquête. («inspection»)

   (2)  The definition of "offence" in subsection 48 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

"offence" means offence under this Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009; ("infraction")

   (3)  The French version of subsection 143 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out "peut présenter à ce moment" and substituting "peut, au moment où elle devient une partie, présenter".

   (4)  The French version of subsection 156.1 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (5)  Section 156.2 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clauses:

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 14, 19 or 20 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (6)  Clause 156.2 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 19, 19.1 or 20".

   (7)  Section 165 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Licence, etc., condition, permission to inspect

   165.  It is a condition of every licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval or certificate of property use under this Act that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval or certificate of property use relates:

    1.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of this Act.

    2.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002.

    3.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    4.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of the Pesticides Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (8)  Paragraph 6 of section 165 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (7), is amended by striking out "Section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "Section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (9)  The French version of section 168 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Questions confidentielles

   168.  (1)  À l'exception des renseignements concernant le dépôt, l'adjonction, l'émission ou le rejet d'un contaminant dans l'environnement naturel, l'agent provincial est tenu au secret à l'égard des questions dont il prend connaissance au cours d'un arpentage, d'un examen, d'un test, d'une analyse ou d'une enquête dans le cadre de la présente loi ou des règlements et ne doit rien en divulguer à qui que ce soit, sauf, selon le cas :

    a)  dans la mesure où l'exige l'application de la présente loi et des règlements ou toute instance introduite sous leur régime;

a.1)  dans la mesure où l'autorise la Loi de 2007 sur la modernisation de la réglementation;

    b)  à son avocat;

    c)  avec le consentement de la personne à qui se rapportent les renseignements.

Témoignage dans une action civile

   (2)  Sauf dans une instance introduite en vertu de la présente loi ou des règlements, l'agent provincial ne doit pas être contraint à témoigner, si ce n'est à l'égard du dépôt, de l'adjonction, de l'émission ou du rejet d'un contaminant dans l'environnement naturel, dans une action ou instance civile relativement aux renseignements qu'il a obtenus au cours d'un arpentage, d'un examen, d'un test, d'une analyse ou d'une enquête dans le cadre de la présente loi ou des règlements.

   (10)  Subsection 174 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (h) and by adding the following clauses:

    (j)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

   (k)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009,

.     .     .     .     .

   (11)  Section 188 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (b) and by adding the following clauses:

  (d)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (12)  Subsection 191 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

   (13)  Subsections (14), (15) and (16) apply only if Bill 150 (An Act to enact the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to build a green economy, to repeal the Energy Conservation Leadership Act, 2006 and the Energy Efficiency Act and to amend other statutes), introduced on February 23, 2009, receives Royal Assent.

   (14)  References in subsections (15) and (16) to provisions of Bill 150 are references to those provisions as they were numbered in the first reading version of the Bill and, if Bill 150 is renumbered, the references in subsections (15) and (16) shall be deemed to be references to the equivalent renumbered provisions of Bill 150.

   (15)  On the later of the day subsection (7) of this section comes into force and the day section 16 of Schedule G to Bill 150 comes into force, section 165 of the Environmental Protection Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Licence, etc., condition, permission to inspect

   165.  It is a condition of every licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, certificate of property use or renewable energy approval under this Act that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the licence, permit, certificate of approval, provisional certificate of approval, certificate of property use or renewable energy approval relates:

    1.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of this Act.

    2.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002.

    3.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    4.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of the Pesticides Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (16)  Paragraph 6 of section 165 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (15), is amended by striking out "Section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "Section 14, 14.1 or 17".

Highway Traffic Act

   67.  (1)  Paragraph 4 of subsection 62 (15.1) of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, or the Pesticides Act" and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

   (2)  Subsections (3) and (4) apply only if Bill 126 (An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act and to make consequential amendments to two amending acts), introduced on November 18, 2008, receives Royal Assent.

   (3)  References in subsection (4) to provisions of Bill 126 are references to those provisions as they were numbered in the first reading version of the Bill and, if Bill 126 is renumbered, the references in subsection (4) shall be deemed to be references to the equivalent renumbered provisions of Bill 126.

   (4)  On the later of the day subsection (1) of this section comes into force and the day section 47 of Bill 126 comes into force, clause (d) of the definition of "emergency vehicle" in subsection 159 (11) of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, or the Pesticides Act" and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Nutrient Management Act, 2002

   68.  (1)  The French version of subsection 10 (6) of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 is amended by striking out "peut présenter à ce moment" and substituting "peut, au moment où elle devient une partie, présenter".

   (2)  The French version of subsection 14 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (3)  Section 15 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other Acts

   15.  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 13, 14 or 23 may, if the provincial officer is designated as such under the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

   (c)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act;

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 14, 19 or 20 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (4)  Clause 15 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1, 19, 19.1 or 20".

   (5)  Section 17 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Condition to permit inspections

   17.  It is a condition of every licence or approval that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the licence or approval relates:

    1.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of this Act.

    2.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of the Environmental Protection Act.

    3.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    4.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of the Pesticides Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (6)  Paragraph 6 of section 17 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), is amended by striking out "Section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "Section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (7)  The French version of section 28 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Questions confidentielles

   28.  (1)  À l'exception des renseignements concernant le rejet de matières contenant des éléments nutritifs dans l'environnement naturel, l'agent provincial est tenu au secret à l'égard des questions dont il prend connaissance au cours d'une inspection effectuée en vertu de la présente loi ou des règlements et ne doit rien en divulguer à qui que ce soit, sauf, selon le cas :

    a)  dans la mesure où l'exige l'application :

           (i)  de la présente loi ou d'une loi prescrite,

          (ii)  des règlements pris en application de la présente loi ou d'une loi prescrite,

         (iii)  de toute instance introduite en vertu d'une loi visée au sous-alinéa (i) ou de ses règlements d'application;

a.1)  dans la mesure où l'autorise la Loi de 2007 sur la modernisation de la réglementation;

    b)  à son avocat;

    c)  avec le consentement de la personne à qui se rapportent les renseignements.

Témoignage dans une action civile

   (2)  Sauf dans une instance visée au sous-alinéa (1) a) (iii), l'agent provincial ne doit pas être contraint à témoigner, si ce n'est à l'égard du rejet de matières contenant des éléments nutritifs dans l'environnement naturel, dans une action ou instance civile relativement aux renseignements qu'il a obtenus dans le cadre de l'application de la présente loi ou des règlements.

   (8)  Subsection 48 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (c) and by adding the following clauses:

  (e)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

    (f)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (9)  Subsection 49 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Ontario Water Resources Act

   69.  (1)  The French version of the definition of "inspection" in subsection 1 (1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act is repealed and the following substituted:

«inspection» S'entend notamment d'une vérification, d'un examen, d'un arpentage, d'un test, d'une analyse et d'une enquête. («inspection»)

   (2)  The French version of subclause 15 (1) (e) (i) of the Act is amended by striking out "visé" at the end and substituting "mentionné".

   (3)  The French version of subsection 15.1 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (4)  Section 15.2 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other Acts

   15.2  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 may, if the provincial officer is designated as such under the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act;

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 14, 19 or 20 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (5)  Clause 15.2 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (4), is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1, 19, 19.1 or 20".

   (6)  Section 24 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (d), by adding "or" at the end of clause (e) and by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (7)  Clause 24 (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (6), is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (8)  The French version of subsection 102 (5) of the Act is amended by striking out "peut présenter à ce moment" and substituting "peut, au moment où elle devient une partie, présenter".

   (9)  Section 110 of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (c), by adding "or" at the end of clause (d) and by adding the following clause:

  (e)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (10)  Subsection 113 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002" in the portion before clause (a) and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Pesticides Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Pesticides Act

   70.  (1)  The French version of the definition of "inspection" in subsection 1 (1) of the Pesticides Act is repealed and the following substituted:

«inspection» S'entend notamment d'une vérification, d'un examen, d'un arpentage, d'un test, d'une analyse et d'une enquête. («inspection»)

   (2)  The French version of subclause 19 (1) (d) (i) of the Act is amended by striking out "visé" at the end and substituting "mentionné".

   (3)  The French version of subsection 19.1 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (4)  Section 19.2 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other Acts

   19.2  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 may, if the provincial officer is designated as such under the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (d)  section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  section 14, 19 or 20 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (5)  Clause 19.2 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (4), is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1, 19, 19.1 or 20".

   (6)  Section 26 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Permit or licence condition, permission to inspect

   26.  It is a condition of every permit or licence under this Act that the holder must forthwith on request permit provincial officers to carry out inspections authorized by the following provisions of any place, other than any room actually used as a dwelling, to which the permit or licence relates:

    1.  Section 19, 19.1 or 20 of this Act.

    2.  Section 156, 156.1 or 158 of the Environmental Protection Act.

    3.  Section 13, 14 or 16 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002.

    4.  Section 15, 15.1 or 17 of the Ontario Water Resources Act.

    5.  Section 81, 82 or 89 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002.

    6.  Section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (7)  Paragraph 6 of section 26 of the Act, as enacted by subsection (6), is amended by striking out "Section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "Section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (8)  Subsection 45 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (b.1) and by adding the following clauses:

  (d)  the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002; or

  (e)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (9)  Subsection 47 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act" and substituting "the Environmental Protection Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002, the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009".

Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002

   71.  (1)  Subsection 37 (5) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 is amended by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (2)  Clause 37 (5) (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (1), is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (3)  Subsection 45 (3) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (4)  Clause 45 (3) (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (3), is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (5)  Subsection 57 (3) of the Act is amended by adding the following clause:

    (f)  section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (6)  Clause 57 (3) (f) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (5), is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (7)  Paragraph 5 of subsection 75 (3) of the Act is amended by striking out "or" at the end of subparagraph iv, by adding "or" at the end of subparagraph v and by adding the following subparagraph:

          vi.  section 14 or 17 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (8)  Subparagraph 5 vi of subsection 75 (3) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (7), is amended by striking out "section 14 or 17" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1 or 17".

   (9)  The French version of subparagraph 6 i of subsection 81 (2) of the Act is amended by striking out "visé" at the end and substituting "mentionné".

   (10)  The French version of subsection 82 (7) of the Act is amended by striking out "l'interrogatoire" and substituting "l'interrogation du conducteur".

   (11)  Section 83 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power to administer other statutes

   83.  A provincial officer who exercises any power set out in section 81, 82, 91, 92 or 93 may, if he or she is designated a provincial officer under the Environmental Protection Act, the Ontario Water Resources Act, the Pesticides Act, the Nutrient Management Act, 2002 or the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, as the case may be, do anything authorized by,

  (a)  section 156, 156.1, 160, 161 or 161.1 of the Environmental Protection Act;

  (b)  section 13, 14 or 23 of the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

   (c)  section 15, 15.1, 19, 20 or 20.1 of the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (d)  section 19, 19.1, 22, 23 or 23.1 of the Pesticides Act; or

  (e)  section 14, 19 or 20 of the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

   (12)  Clause 83 (e) of the Act, as enacted by subsection (11), is amended by striking out "section 14, 19 or 20" at the beginning and substituting "section 14, 14.1, 19, 19.1 or 20".

   (13)  Clauses 144 (b), (c) and (d) of the Act are repealed and the following substituted:

  (b)  the Environmental Protection Act, other than for an offence related to Part IX of that Act;

   (c)  the Nutrient Management Act, 2002;

  (d)  the Ontario Water Resources Act;

  (e)  the Pesticides Act; or

    (f)  the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

Commencement and Short Title

Commencement

   72.  (1)  Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Same

   (2)  Sections 50 to 63 and subsections 66 (6) and (8), 68 (4) and (6), 69 (5) and (7), 70 (5) and (7) and 71 (2), (4), (6), (8) and (12) come into force on the day section 64 comes into force.

Same

   (3)  Subsection 66 (16) comes into force on the later of the following days:

    1.  The day section 64 comes into force.

    2.  The day subsection 66 (15) comes into force.

Short title

   73.  The short title of this Act is the Toxics Reduction Act, 2009.

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The purposes of the Bill are to prevent pollution and protect human health and the environment by reducing the use and creation of toxic substances, and to inform Ontarians about toxic substances.  (See section 1.)

If a substance is prescribed by regulation as a toxic substance, the Bill requires owners and operators of facilities that use or create the substance to prepare, in specified circumstances, a toxic substance reduction plan for the substance.  The plan must include certain matters specified in the Bill, including the objectives of the plan and a description of any steps that will be taken to reduce the use and creation of the substance at the facility.  (See sections 3 and 4 of the Bill.)

If a toxic substance reduction plan is required to be prepared, a summary of the plan must also be prepared and made available to the public.  The summary must include certain matters specified in the Bill, including a copy of the objectives of the plan and a projection of how effective the plan will be in meeting those objectives.  (See section 8 of the Bill.)

If a toxic substance reduction plan is required to be prepared for a facility, the toxic substance must be tracked and quantified to show, for each process at the facility that uses or creates the substance, how the substance enters the process, whether it is created, destroyed or transformed during the process, how it leaves the process and what happens to it after it leaves the process.  Reports must be prepared that summarize the tracking and quantification.  If the toxic substance reduction plan has been prepared, the reports must describe the steps taken towards achieving the objectives of the plan and must assess the effectiveness of those steps.  (See sections 9 and 10 of the Bill.)

If a substance is prescribed by regulation as a substance of concern, the Bill requires owners and operators of facilities that use or create the substance to prepare, in specified circumstances, a report on the substance.  (See section 11 of the Bill.)

The Bill contains a number of provisions relating to compliance and enforcement.  These include the authority to enter property in specified circumstances, and the authority to order compliance with requirements of the Bill or impose administrative penalties for contraventions of the Bill.  Orders may be appealed to the Environmental Review Tribunal.  Contraventions of the Bill may also be subject to prosecution.  (See sections 12 to 43 of the Bill.)

Other matters provided for in the Bill include the following:

    1.   The Minister responsible for the administration of the Bill must, at least once every five years, consult with experts and the public about possible changes to the lists of substances that are prescribed as toxic substances and as substances of concern.  The Minister must also from time to time publish lists of substances that are not toxic substances or substances of concern but that the Minister proposes to consider during the next consultation.  (See section 48 of the Bill.)

    2.   The regulation-making powers of the Lieutenant Governor in Council include the power to prohibit or regulate the manufacturing, sale or distribution of toxic substances, substances of concern, other substances prescribed by regulation, and anything that contains a toxic substance, substance of concern or other substance prescribed by regulation.  A number of amendments that relate specifically to those regulation-making powers are made to the Bill's compliance and enforcement provisions and come into force when those powers come into force.  (See sections 50 to 64 of the Bill.)

    3.   Various amendments are made to other Acts.  Some of these amendments are complementary to the provisions of the Bill described above.  Other amendments make housekeeping changes to add relevant statutory references and to adjust French terminology.  (See sections 66 to 71 of the Bill.)