Bill 110 explained in plain English
Ombudsman Amendment Act (Children's Aid Societies), 2012
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 110, the Ombudsman Amendment Act (Children's Aid Societies), 2012, grants the Ontario Ombudsman the authority to investigate children's aid societies.
This bill amends the Ombudsman Act to give the Ontario Ombudsman the power to investigate children's aid societies. This means the Ombudsman can look into decisions, recommendations, or actions (or inactions) made by these societies as part of their administration. The bill specifies that when the Ombudsman investigates a children's aid society, references to a 'governmental organization' in the Ombudsman Act will be treated as references to the society. The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Extends the Ombudsman's investigative powers to include children's aid societies.
- Clarifies that the Ombudsman Act's provisions for investigating governmental organizations apply to children's aid societies.
- Specifies that the bill comes into force upon receiving Royal Assent.
- The Ontario Ombudsman
- Children's Aid Societies in Ontario
- Individuals who interact with Children's Aid Societies
- The Ombudsman gains the right to investigate children's aid societies.
- Children's aid societies may be subject to investigation by the Ombudsman.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify the exact criteria or process the Ombudsman will use when deciding to investigate a children's aid society.
- The bill does not detail what happens after an investigation is completed or what powers the Ombudsman has beyond investigation in relation to these societies.
Adds a new section (14.1) that allows the Ombudsman to investigate children's aid societies and treats references to governmental organizations as references to these societies in the context of an investigation.
Source: Section 1
Provides the definition of 'society' that the Ombudsman can investigate, by referring to subsection 3 (1) of this Act.
Source: Section 14.1 (1) and (2)
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