Bill 110 explained in plain English
Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2013
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This Act establishes a committee to review public bills and proposed regulations to reduce red tape and unjustified regulatory burdens in Ontario.
The Red Tape and Regulatory Review Act, 2013, establishes a permanent committee of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, called the Standing Committee on Red Tape and Regulatory Review. This committee is responsible for reviewing public bills and proposed regulations. The Act aims to reduce regulatory burdens and administrative red tape by providing a mechanism for political oversight of legislation and regulations. It requires public bills to be reviewed by the committee before they can be enacted, unless they contain a provision stating they apply despite this Act. It also requires that most new regulations be submitted to the committee for review and comment at least 60 days before they are made, with exceptions for urgent situations. The committee can propose amendments to bills and regulations during its review process.
- Establishes the Standing Committee on Red Tape and Regulatory Review.
- Requires most public bills to be referred to the Committee for review after second reading and before third reading.
- Requires the Committee to report on whether a public bill imposes an unjustified regulatory burden or red tape.
- Allows the Committee to propose amendments to public bills.
- Prohibits regulation-makers from making regulations under an Act without first giving the Committee at least 60 days' notice and considering its comments, unless an emergency regulation is required.
- Allows for emergency regulations to remain in force for no longer than 90 days.
- Allows the Committee to review existing public Acts and regulations and propose amendments.
- States that no court shall review actions or decisions made by a regulation-maker under the provisions concerning regulation review, except for failure to take a required step.
- Allows any Ontario resident to apply for judicial review if a regulation-maker fails to take a step required by the Act.
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Members of the Legislative Assembly
- Government ministries and agencies (regulation-makers)
- The public sector
- Persons and bodies other than the public sector
- Individuals seeking judicial review
- The Legislative Assembly must appoint members to the Standing Committee on Red Tape and Regulatory Review.
- Public bills must be referred to the Committee for review before third reading, unless they contain a provision stating they apply despite this Act.
- Regulation-makers must provide notice to the Committee and consider its comments before making most regulations.
- Regulation-makers may make emergency regulations without prior committee review but must notify the Committee afterwards.
- Individuals have the right to apply for judicial review if a regulation-maker fails to follow the required steps in making a regulation.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Public bills that do not undergo committee review must contain a provision stating they apply despite this Act, or they are repealed 90 days after coming into force.
- Emergency regulations not submitted for review are repealed 90 days after coming into force unless revoked earlier.
- While most actions of regulation-makers under Section 4 are not subject to court review, individuals can seek judicial review if the regulation-maker fails to take a step required by Section 4.
- The bill does not specify the exact composition or staffing of the Standing Committee on Red Tape and Regulatory Review.
- The bill does not define 'unjustified burden' or 'red tape' explicitly, leaving interpretation to the Committee.
- The bill allows for exceptions to committee review of regulations in cases of urgency, but the criteria for urgency are not further defined.
- The bill does not specify the consequence if the Committee proposes amendments to a public bill that are not accepted by the Assembly.
- The bill does not detail the process by which the Committee's reports on existing Acts and regulations are acted upon by the government.
Public bills must be referred to the Standing Committee on Red Tape and Regulatory Review after second reading and before third reading, despite any rules in the Standing Orders.
Source: Section 3 (1)
Regulation-makers must provide at least 60 days' notice to the Standing Committee on Red Tape and Regulatory Review before making a regulation, and must consider the Committee's comments, unless the regulation is an emergency regulation.
Source: Section 4 (1) and (3)
Allows individuals to apply for judicial review if a regulation-maker fails to follow the procedural steps required by this Act when making a regulation.
Source: Section 4 (11)
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