Bill 43 explained in plain English
Mining Amendment Act (Resources Processed in Ontario), 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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Bill 43, the Mining Amendment Act (Resources Processed in Ontario), 2013, amends the Mining Act to require that all mined resources be processed in Ontario.
This bill proposes to amend the Mining Act to require that all ores or minerals extracted from lands, claims, or mining rights in Ontario be treated and refined within Ontario, rather than elsewhere in Canada. It also states that the Act will come into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Amends the Mining Act to require that all ores or minerals raised or removed from lands, claims, or mining rights in Ontario must be treated and refined in Ontario.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Operators of mines or mining claims in Ontario
- Individuals or companies involved in the extraction, treatment, and refining of ores and minerals in Ontario
- A new obligation is placed on those extracting or removing ores and minerals from Ontario to have them treated and refined in Ontario.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes 'treatment' or 'refining' for the purposes of this amendment.
- The bill does not detail any penalties for non-compliance with the requirement to process resources in Ontario.
The bill changes a provision within the Mining Act that currently requires ores and minerals to be treated and refined in Canada, by changing it to require that they be treated and refined specifically in Ontario.
Source: Section 1
This specific subsection is amended to change the requirement for processing of mined resources from 'Canada' to 'Ontario'.
Source: Section 1
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