Public Utilities Act

1 In this Act, “public utility” means water, artificial or natural gas, steam or hot water. 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (1) - 01/05/2002 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (1) - 01/01/2003

PART I Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2).

2-10 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

10.1 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1991, c. 15, s. 100 - 27/06/1991 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

11-16 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003 PART II Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2).

17 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2).

Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (2) - 01/05/2002 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

18 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

19 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (3, 4) - 01/04/1999 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

20 Repealed: 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (6). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (5) - 01/04/1999; 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (6) - 28/06/2002 2002, c. 1, Sched. C, s. 5 - 27/06/2002

21-26 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003 PART III Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2).

27 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

28 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (7, 8) - 01/04/1999 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

29 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

30 Repealed: 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (9). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (9) - 01/04/1999

31 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (10, 11) - 01/05/2002 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

32-34 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

35 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (12) - 01/04/1999 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

36 Repealed: 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (13). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (13) - 01/04/1999

37 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1996, c. 32, s. 84 (1-4) - 06/03/1997; 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (14, 15) - 01/04/1999 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

38 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1996, c. 32, s. 84 (5) - 06/03/1997; 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (16, 17) - 01/04/1999 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

39 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

40 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (18) - 01/04/1999 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

41 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1996, c. 32, s. 84 (6) - 06/03/1997 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

42, 43 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

44 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (19) - 01/04/1999 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

45-48 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (2) - 01/01/2003

PART IV COMPANY PUBLIC UTILITIES

49 This Part applies to every company, other than a municipality or a local board of a municipality, incorporated for the purpose of supplying a public utility. 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (3). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (3) - 01/01/2003 Inspection, meters, giving of security

50 (1) Any person authorized by the corporation for that purpose has free access, at all reasonable times, and upon reasonable notice given and request made, to all parts of every building or other premises to which any public utility is supplied for the purpose of inspecting or repairing, or of altering or disconnecting any service pipe, wire or rod, within or without the building, or for placing meters upon any service pipe or connection within or without the building as he or she considers expedient and for that purpose or for the purpose of protecting or regulating the use of the meter, may set it or alter the position of it, or of any pipe, wire, rod, connection or tap, and may alter or disconnect any service pipe. Prices for use of meters (2) The corporation may fix the price to be paid for the use of the meter, and the times when and the manner in which the price shall be payable,…

51 No property of the corporation used for or in connection with the supply of any public utility is liable to be seized for rent due to the landlord of any land or building whereon or wherein the property may be or under execution against the owner or occupant of the land or building. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.52, s. 51.

52-54 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (4). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (4) - 01/01/2003

55 (1) Where there is a sufficient supply of the public utility, the corporation shall supply all buildings within the municipality situate upon land lying along the line of any supply pipe, wire or rod, upon the request in writing of the owner, occupant or other person in charge of any such building. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.52, s. 55. Gas (2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to natural gas. 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (20). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (20) - 07/11/1998

56 (1) Main pipes or conduits for carrying or conveying any public utility underground in any highway, lane or public communication shall not be laid down therein by a municipal corporation or company within the distance of two metres of the main pipes or conduits for carrying or conveying any public utility underground of any person without the consent of such person or the authority of the Ontario Land Tribunal. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.52, s. 56 (1); 2021, c. 4, Sched. 6, s. 84 (1). Ontario Land Tribunal may grant leave to lay pipes within less than two metres (2) The Tribunal, upon the application of the corporation or company, and after notice to such person and hearing any objections that may be made, may authorize the main pipes or conduits to be laid down within such distance less than two metres as may be considered proper, and all main pipes and conduits laid down in accordance with s…

PART V ALL COMPANY PUBLIC UTILITIES

57 This Part applies to every company, other than a municipality or a local board of a municipality, incorporated for the purpose of supplying a public utility. 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (5). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (21) - 01/04/1999 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (5) - 01/01/2003

58 (1) The company shall not exercise any of its powers within a municipality unless a by-law of the council of the municipality has been passed as required by the Municipal Franchises Act authorizing the company to exercise the power and the company when so authorized may exercise any of the powers of expropriation conferred on a municipal corporation with respect to the public utility the company is supplying, if the power to expropriate is conferred on it by its instrument of incorporation or by any amendments to the instrument of incorporation. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.52, s. 58 (1); 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (6); 2025, c. 22, Sched. 2, s. 8. Power to carry pipes through land within 10 miles of municipality (2) Subject to subsection (1), a company may conduct any of its pipes or carry any of its works through the land of any person lying within ten miles of the municipality for supplying which th…

59 If any person supplied with any public utility neglects to pay rent, rate or charge due to the company at any of the times fixed for the payment thereof, the company, or any person acting under its authority, on giving forty-eight hours previous notice, may stop the supply from entering the premises of the person by cutting off the service pipes or by such other means as the company or its officers consider proper, and the company may recover the rent or charge due up to that time, together with the expenses of cutting off the supply, despite any contract to furnish it for a longer time. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.52, s. 59.

60 Repealed: 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (23). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 15, Sched. E, s. 32 (23) - 07/11/1998

61 The provisions of sections 5, 6 and 7, except as to the manner of recovering charges and expenses, sections 9, 10 and 11 as to making agreements for a supply of water to a railway company or manufactory, and sections 13, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24 and 25, as those provisions read before their repeal by the Municipal Act, 2001, apply with necessary modifications to a company. R.S.O. 1990, c. P.52, s. 61; 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (7). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (7) - 01/01/2003

PART VI Repealed: 2001, c 25, s. 482 (8).

62 Repealed: 1999, c. 14, Sched. F, s. 9 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1999, c. 14, Sched. F, s. 9 (1) - 01/01/1999

63 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (8). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (8) - 01/01/2003

PART VII (s. 64) Repealed: 2001, c 25, s. 482 (8).

64 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (8). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (8) - 01/01/2003

PART VIII MISCELLANEOUS

65 Despite the repeal of section 63 by the Municipal Act, 2001, that section continues to apply to any municipality that, (a) had subscribed for shares, taken stock, made a loan or guaranteed payments under that section before its repeal; and (b) had entered into a binding contract to do anything under that section before its repeal. 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (9). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (9) - 01/01/2003

66 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (9). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (9) - 01/01/2003

67 Repealed: 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (10). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1996, c. 1, Sched. M, s. 33 - 30/01/1996 2001, c. 25, s. 482 (10) - 01/01/2003 ______________