Bill 99 explained in plain English
Garrett's Legacy Act (Requirements for Movable Soccer Goals), 2024
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 99 establishes safety requirements for movable soccer goals available to the public and creates enforcement mechanisms through inspections and penalties.
Bill 99, known as Garrett's Legacy Act (Requirements for Movable Soccer Goals), 2024, creates safety requirements for movable soccer goals made available to the public in Ontario. Organizations and entities that provide movable soccer goals must place them on level surfaces, securely anchor them according to regulations, and meet any other prescribed requirements. The bill empowers the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport to appoint inspectors to check compliance, establish a public complaint mechanism, and create regulations to set out specific safety standards. Organizations or people who fail to follow the requirements can be fined between $100 and $500 for a first offense, or between $500 and $5,000 for subsequent offenses. The act applies to the Crown. The law will come into force on a date set by the Lieutenant Governor through proclamation.
- Defines 'movable soccer goal' as a freestanding structure with at least two upright posts, a cross-bar, and support bars that is designed to be used as a soccer goal and can be moved to different locations
- Requires organizations and entities that make movable soccer goals available to the public to place goals on level surfaces, securely anchor them in accordance with regulations, and meet any other prescribed requirements
- Requires organizations and entities to meet any prescribed educational, training, or other requirements
- Allows the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport to appoint inspectors to perform inspections to determine compliance with the Act
- Requires the Minister to establish a mechanism for members of the public to complain about alleged non-compliance with the Act
- Creates offences for contraventions of the Act or regulations, with penalties of $100-$500 for a first offence and $500-$5,000 for subsequent offences
- Grants the Minister power to make regulations governing inspections, inspector powers and duties, requirements for locating, securing and maintaining goals (including signage and stickers), and other matters necessary to carry out the Act's purpose
- Makes the Act bind the Crown
- Organizations and entities that make movable soccer goals available to members of the public
- Members of the public who use movable soccer goals
- Inspectors appointed by the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
- The Crown
- Organizations and entities must ensure movable soccer goals are located on level surfaces
- Organizations and entities must securely anchor movable soccer goals in accordance with regulations
- Organizations and entities must meet any prescribed educational, training, or other requirements
- Organizations and entities must comply with any requirements established through regulations
- The Minister must appoint inspectors to perform compliance inspections
- The Minister must establish a public complaint mechanism for alleged non-compliance
- The public has the right to complain about alleged contraventions of the Act to the Minister
- The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor. As of the information provided, the specific commencement date has not been publicly announced.
- Organizations and entities may face fines ranging from $100 to $500 for first offences and $500 to $5,000 for subsequent offences if they fail to comply with the Act or regulations
- First offence: fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500
- Each subsequent offence: fine of not less than $500 and not more than $5,000
- The specific requirements for securing, locating, and maintaining movable soccer goals are not detailed in the Act itself but will be set out in regulations to be created by the Minister
- The educational and training requirements are not specified in the Act and will be determined through regulations
- The specific procedures for inspections and the powers of inspectors are not detailed in the Act and will be set out in regulations
- The specific details of the public complaint mechanism are not provided in the Act
- The date the Act comes into force has not been specified; it will be set by proclamation
- The bill text does not clarify whether the Crown's liability for non-compliance would be civil, criminal, or administrative
New Ontario law establishing safety requirements for movable soccer goals available to the public, including placement on level surfaces, secure anchoring, and compliance with regulations. Creates inspector appointment powers and public complaint mechanisms. Establishes fines for non-compliance.
Source: Throughout Bill 99
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