Bill 30 explained in plain English
Fighting Back Against Handguns Act (Handgun Ammunition Sales), 2018
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Fighting Back Against Handguns Act (Handgun Ammunition Sales), 2018, allows Ontario municipalities to ban the sale of handgun ammunition within their limits.
This bill amends the Ammunition Regulation Act, 1994, to allow municipalities in Ontario to pass by-laws that prohibit the sale or provision of handgun ammunition within their boundaries. It also defines 'handgun' and 'handgun ammunition' for the purposes of the Act. The Minister of the relevant ministry is given the power to create regulations for exemptions to these restrictions, but must first prepare and present a report to the Legislative Assembly detailing the reasons for the proposed exemptions. The bill came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Amends the Ammunition Regulation Act, 1994.
- Adds definitions for 'handgun' and 'handgun ammunition'.
- Allows municipal councils to pass by-laws to opt-in to a prohibition on selling or providing handgun ammunition within their territorial boundaries.
- States that the prohibition applies even to online sales if the ammunition is delivered within the municipality's boundaries.
- Establishes penalties for contravening the prohibition on selling handgun ammunition.
- Grants the Minister power to make regulations to exempt persons or classes of persons from the prohibition, subject to reporting requirements.
- Requires the Minister to prepare and present a report to the Legislative Assembly before making regulations for exemptions.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Municipalities in Ontario
- Retailers selling ammunition
- Individuals purchasing handgun ammunition
- The Minister responsible for the Ammunition Regulation Act, 1994
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Municipal councils have the right to pass by-laws opting into a prohibition on selling handgun ammunition.
- Persons are prohibited from selling or providing handgun ammunition within municipalities that have opted into the prohibition.
- The Minister has the power to exempt persons or classes of persons from the prohibition.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Penalties for contravening the prohibition on selling handgun ammunition are set as a fine of not more than $50,000 for a first offence, and not more than $75,000 for a second or subsequent offence.
- A person who sells or provides handgun ammunition in contravention of a municipal by-law opting into this Act is guilty of an offence.
- Penalties include a fine of not more than $50,000 for a first offence, and not more than $75,000 for a second or subsequent offence.
- The specific effective date of Royal Assent is not detailed.
- The specific Minister responsible for implementing the Act's provisions is not explicitly named within the provided text, beyond referencing 'the Minister'.
- The full list of conditions or restrictions for exemptions that the Minister may specify is not detailed.
Adds definitions for 'handgun' and 'handgun ammunition', and introduces a new section allowing municipalities to prohibit the sale of handgun ammunition.
Source: Section 1 and Section 3.1
Provides the definition for 'handgun' as used in the Ammunition Regulation Act, 1994.
Source: Section 1
Adds a provision allowing the Minister to make regulations to exempt individuals or groups from the handgun ammunition sales prohibition, provided a report is submitted to the Legislative Assembly.
Source: Section 3
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