Bill 165 explained in plain English
Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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The Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016, establishes a regulatory framework for home inspectors in Ontario, including licensing, oversight by an administrative authority, and penalties for non-compliance.
This bill, the Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016, aims to regulate home inspectors in Ontario. It proposes establishing a licensing system for home inspectors, creating an administrative authority to oversee this system, and outlining offences for those who inspect homes or use protected titles without a licence. The bill also makes related changes to other provincial laws.
- Establishes the Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016.
- Allows the Lieutenant Governor in Council to designate a not-for-profit corporation as an administrative authority responsible for administering the Act and its regulations.
- Defines the powers and duties of the administrative authority, including appointing a Registrar, setting fees, and maintaining insurance.
- Outlines the process for issuing, renewing, and revoking home inspection licences.
- Specifies conditions for holding a licence, such as meeting prescribed standards of practice and ethics.
- Prohibits performing a home inspection or using the title 'Licensed Home Inspector' without a licence.
- Establishes offences and penalties for performing unlicensed home inspections or misusing protected titles.
- Grants the Minister the power to issue policy directions to the administrative authority and to amend the administrative agreement.
- Makes consequential amendments to the Licence Appeal Tribunal Act, 1999, and the Ontario Labour Mobility Act, 2009.
- Individuals who perform home inspections
- Individuals seeking to become licensed home inspectors
- The public seeking home inspection services
- A designated not-for-profit corporation acting as the administrative authority
- The Minister of Government and Consumer Services (or equivalent)
- The Licence Appeal Tribunal
- The Auditor General
- Home inspectors must be licensed to perform home inspections or use protected titles.
- Licensed home inspectors must meet prescribed standards of practice, adhere to a code of ethics, and maintain minimum insurance requirements.
- The administrative authority must comply with the administrative agreement, the Act, regulations, and applicable law.
- The administrative authority must maintain insurance against liability and indemnify the Crown.
- The Minister can issue policy directions to the administrative authority.
- Applicants or licensees have the right to a hearing before the Licence Appeal Tribunal if the Registrar proposes to refuse, revoke, or suspend a licence.
- The Auditor General has the right to audit the administrative authority.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent, unless otherwise specified.
- Section 30 comes into force on the later of the day subsection 4 (1) of the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 comes into force and the day this Act receives Royal Assent.
- The administrative authority can set and collect prescribed fees for licences.
- Money collected by the administrative authority is not considered public money and can be used for its activities.
- The administrative authority is required to maintain insurance coverage, including errors, omissions, and commercial general liability.
- Performing a home inspection without a licence or using a protected title without a licence is an offence.
- Conviction for an offence can result in a fine of not more than $10,000 for each day the offence occurs or continues.
- The specific requirements for a licence, including competency criteria, standards of practice, codes of ethics, and insurance, are to be prescribed by regulation.
- The details of the administrative agreement between the Minister and the designated administrative authority are not fully specified in the bill.
- The specific process and criteria for the Minister to issue policy directions or amend the administrative agreement are subject to reasonableness and notice periods.
- The full scope of regulations that can be made under Part V is broad and will be detailed in subsequent regulations.
- The designation of an administrative authority is not guaranteed and depends on the Lieutenant Governor in Council's decision.
This is the main act being created by the bill, establishing the framework for regulating home inspectors.
Source: Explanatory Note
Adds the Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016 to the list of acts over which the Licence Appeal Tribunal has jurisdiction, meaning decisions made by the Registrar under the new Act can be appealed to the Tribunal.
Source: Part VI, Section 31
Adds the Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016 to the list of authorizing statutes under this Act, which may affect how interprovincial mobility is handled for licensed home inspectors.
Source: Part VI, Section 32
Amends references to the 'Corporations Act' to 'Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010' in specific sections of the Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016.
Source: Part VI, Section 30
References to this Act are updated in the Licensed Home Inspectors Act, 2016.
Source: Part VI, Section 30
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