Bill 169 explained in plain English
Legislative Assembly Amendment Act (Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills), 2011
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This bill amends the Legislative Assembly Act to allow the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills to examine the policy and objectives of regulations, and permits any Member of the Assembly to make submissions to the committee on these matters.
This bill, entitled the Legislative Assembly Amendment Act (Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills), 2011, amends the Legislative Assembly Act. It changes the rules for the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills. Currently, this committee examines regulations but is not allowed to look at the policy or objectives behind them. This bill allows the committee to examine these policies and objectives. It also allows any Member of the Legislative Assembly to provide their thoughts to the committee about these examinations. The bill comes into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Amends the Legislative Assembly Act to change how the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills operates.
- Allows the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills to examine the policy and objectives of regulations.
- Permits any Member of the Legislative Assembly to make submissions to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills regarding regulations.
- Specifies the types of questions the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills must consider when examining regulations, including necessity, merits of policy or objectives, costs, burdens on individuals and businesses, cost-benefit analysis, consultation, economic impact, comparison with other jurisdictions, avoidance of overlap, and public explanation of burdens.
- Defines 'public sector' and 'regulation-maker' for the purposes of the new section added to the Legislative Assembly Act.
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills
- Regulation-makers (persons or bodies authorized to make regulations)
- Individuals and bodies who are subject to regulations
- The Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills is obligated to examine every regulation based on a list of specific questions related to its necessity, policy, objectives, costs, burdens, economic impact, and alternatives.
- Any Member of the Legislative Assembly has the right to make submissions to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills concerning any question related to the examination of a regulation.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill requires the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills to consider the cost of implementing regulations, the burdens imposed on persons or bodies, and cost-benefit analyses.
- The bill requires the committee to assess the effect of regulations on the Ontario economy and economic competitiveness.
- The extent to which 'public sector' is defined is limited to a reference to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996, without providing the definition itself within this bill.
- The bill does not specify what actions the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills may take if its examination reveals issues with a regulation, beyond the examination itself and receiving submissions.
- The bill refers to 'Standing Orders of the Assembly' but does not provide their details, only that this Act overrides them in specific instances.
Adds a new section (58.1) that outlines new powers and duties for the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills regarding the examination of regulations and allows any Member of the Assembly to make submissions to the committee.
Source: Section 1
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