Bill 193 explained in plain English
Made in Ontario Matters Act, 2014
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This Act mandates the disclosure of the country of origin for motor vehicles and their components in advertising, sales contracts, and upon delivery of the vehicle in Ontario, with penalties for non-compliance.
The Made in Ontario Matters Act, 2014, requires that when motor vehicles and their components are sold or advertised in Ontario, the country of origin for both the vehicle and its components must be clearly disclosed. This information must also be provided on the vehicle when it is delivered to the buyer. The Act defines what constitutes a motor vehicle for its purposes and outlines offences and penalties for non-compliance, including fines for individuals and corporations, and potential imprisonment for individuals. The Lieutenant Governor in Council is empowered to make regulations, such as exempting certain entities or defining terms used in the Act. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Requires disclosure of the country of origin for motor vehicles being sold or advertised in Ontario.
- Requires disclosure of the country of origin for individual components of motor vehicles being sold or advertised in Ontario.
- Requires disclosure of the proportion each component makes up the motor vehicle.
- Requires that this information be clearly indicated on the vehicle when it is delivered to the purchaser.
- Establishes that contravening these disclosure requirements is an offence.
- Specifies penalties for offences, including fines and potential imprisonment for individuals, and fines for corporations.
- Empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations related to exemptions, definitions, and the manner of disclosure.
- Advertisers of motor vehicles in Ontario
- Persons or bodies that sell or offer to sell motor vehicles in Ontario
- Directors and officers of corporations that sell motor vehicles
- Purchasers of motor vehicles in Ontario
- Sellers and advertisers must clearly indicate the country of origin of the motor vehicle.
- Sellers and advertisers must clearly indicate the country of origin of each component of the motor vehicle.
- Sellers and advertisers must clearly indicate the proportion each component makes up the motor vehicle.
- Purchasers have the right to receive this information in advertising, sales contracts, and upon delivery of the vehicle.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Fines for individuals convicted of an offence: not more than $50,000.
- Imprisonment for individuals convicted of an offence: not more than one year.
- Fines for corporations convicted of an offence: not more than $500,000.
- It is an offence to contravene section 2 of the Act, unless it was reasonable to rely on information provided in the normal course of business.
- Directors or officers of a corporation can be found guilty of an offence if they cause, authorize, permit, or participate in the corporation's commission of an offence.
- Individuals convicted of an offence are liable to a fine of not more than $50,000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both.
- Corporations convicted of an offence are liable to a fine of not more than $500,000.
- The Act does not apply to vehicles not defined as 'motor vehicles' (e.g., street cars, motorized snow vehicles, farm tractors, construction machinery).
- The Act allows for regulations to exempt certain persons, bodies, or things from its provisions.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations to define terms such as 'advertising', 'contract', and 'country in which a motor vehicle is produced', subject to specific limitations in section 2(4).
- The determination of the 'country in which the motor vehicle was produced' is based on where the components were assembled, not where each component was produced, unless specified otherwise by regulation.
- It is a defence to an offence if it was reasonable in the circumstances to rely on information provided in the normal course of business.
The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Source: Section 5
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