Bill 186 explained in plain English
Accountability for Ontario's Environmental Commissioner Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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The Accountability for Ontario's Environmental Commissioner Act, 2014, amends the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993, to establish conflict of interest rules for the Environmental Commissioner.
Bill 186, the Accountability for Ontario's Environmental Commissioner Act, 2014, amends the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993. It establishes rules to prevent conflicts of interest for the Environmental Commissioner. The Act prohibits the Commissioner from taking outside employment or engaging in business that could conflict with their duties, interfere with their work, allow others to benefit from their position, or use government resources. It also allows for other conflicts of interest to be prescribed by regulation. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Amends the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993.
- Establishes rules to prevent conflicts of interest for the Environmental Commissioner.
- Prohibits the Environmental Commissioner from certain outside employment or business activities that could create a conflict of interest.
- Allows for additional conflicts of interest to be defined by regulation.
- Names the Act as the Accountability for Ontario's Environmental Commissioner Act, 2014.
- The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council (regarding regulations for conflicts of interest).
- The Environmental Commissioner is prohibited from outside employment or business if it conflicts with their duties, interferes with their ability to perform their duties, allows others to gain an advantage from their appointment, or uses government premises, equipment, or supplies.
- The Environmental Commissioner is prohibited from doing anything prescribed by regulation as a conflict of interest.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council may prescribe what constitutes a conflict of interest for the Environmental Commissioner.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The specific circumstances that constitute a conflict of interest beyond those explicitly listed may be defined by regulations which are not detailed in this Bill text.
- The Bill does not specify the exact nature of the 'business or undertaking' that is prohibited, nor does it define 'private interests' or 'advantage' in relation to the conflict of interest rules.
This Act amends the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993, by adding new provisions related to conflicts of interest for the Environmental Commissioner and by repealing an existing subsection.
Source: Section 2 and Section 1
This section of the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993, is repealed.
Source: Section 1
This new section prohibits the Environmental Commissioner from engaging in outside employment or business under specific conflict of interest conditions and from acting in ways prescribed by regulation as a conflict of interest.
Source: Section 2
This subsection is amended to allow for the regulation of conflicts of interest for the Environmental Commissioner.
Source: Section 3
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