Bill 92 explained in plain English
Mandating Sprinklers in All Ontario Retirement Homes Act, 2010
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The Mandating Sprinklers in All Ontario Retirement Homes Act, 2010, requires retirement home operators to install automatic sprinklers that meet prescribed standards, with greater protection for residents prevailing in cases of conflict with other laws.
This bill, if passed, would require operators of retirement homes in Ontario to ensure that their homes are equipped with automatic sprinklers. These sprinklers must meet any requirements that the Minister may set out in regulations. If there's a conflict between these sprinkler requirements and other laws or regulations, the rules that offer the greatest protection to retirement home residents will apply. The bill also defines what constitutes a 'retirement home' for its purposes, and it excludes certain types of facilities like those governed by the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007. The Minister will have the authority to make regulations for anything the Act refers to as 'prescribed.'
- Requires operators of retirement homes to ensure their homes are equipped with automatic sprinklers.
- Stipulates that the automatic sprinklers must comply with any requirements that the Minister may prescribe.
- Establishes that if there is a conflict between the prescribed sprinkler requirements and any other Act or regulation, the requirement offering greater protection to retirement home residents will prevail.
- Empowers the Minister to make regulations prescribing anything that this Act refers to as being prescribed.
- Amends the definition of 'retirement home' in Section 1 of the Act by repealing certain subclauses related to specific types of homes.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Operators of retirement homes in Ontario.
- Residents of retirement homes in Ontario.
- The Minister Responsible for Seniors (or the Minister assigned responsibility for the Act).
- Retirement home operators have an obligation to ensure their homes are equipped with automatic sprinklers that meet prescribed requirements.
- Retirement home residents have the right to greater protection in case of conflict between sprinkler requirements and other laws or regulations.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Certain amendments to the definition of 'retirement home' come into force on the later of the day this Act comes into force and the day section 194 of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 comes into force.
- The specific requirements for the automatic sprinklers are not detailed in the Act itself but will be prescribed by the Minister through regulations.
- The Act does not specify what constitutes 'greater protection' in cases of conflict between laws or regulations, leaving this to interpretation.
- The Act does not detail penalties for non-compliance.
Adds requirements for automatic sprinklers in retirement homes and allows the Minister to make regulations. Also modifies the definition of 'retirement home'.
Source: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Regulations may be made by the Minister to prescribe requirements for automatic sprinklers and other matters referred to as 'prescribed' in the Act.
Source: Section 3
If a conflict arises between sprinkler requirements in this new Act and the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007, the provision that gives greater protection to residents will apply. Additionally, section 194 of this Act is referenced for a commencement trigger.
Source: Sections 1(d)(v) and 4
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