Bill 51 explained in plain English
Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 51 of 2013 repeals the Public Works Protection Act, amends the Police Services Act for court security, and enacts the Security for Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2013, to allow for security personnel and their powers at critical infrastructure sites and courts.
This bill, titled the Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2013, aims to repeal the Public Works Protection Act. It also amends the Police Services Act to improve security at courts and enacts a new act, the Security for Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2013. The new act allows for the appointment of individuals to provide security services at electricity generating facilities and nuclear facilities, granting them peace officer powers. These individuals, along with other peace officers, will have specific powers to ensure security at these facilities, including searching individuals and vehicles, and removing individuals if necessary. The bill also outlines offenses related to non-compliance with these security measures and sets penalties. Amendments to the Police Services Act will grant specific powers related to court security to authorized individuals, allowing them to identify, search, and remove individuals from court premises if they pose a security risk or refuse to comply. Offences and penalties for non-compliance with court security measures are also established.
- Repeals the Public Works Protection Act.
- Amends the Police Services Act to enhance court security.
- Enacts the Security for Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2013.
- Establishes powers for individuals authorized to provide security at court facilities.
- Establishes powers for individuals authorized to provide security at electricity generating facilities and nuclear facilities.
- Defines offences and penalties related to non-compliance with security measures at courts and restricted access facilities.
- Grants peace officer status to individuals appointed to provide security services at restricted access facilities.
- Allows for regulations to govern the appointment, qualifications, training, and oversight of security personnel at restricted access facilities.
- Allows for regulations to govern the exercise of court security powers.
- Ensures that existing judicial powers and rights of access are not affected by the amendments to the Police Services Act.
- Preserves solicitor-client privilege, litigation privilege, and settlement privilege from disclosure under the new court security provisions.
- Individuals entering or present at court proceedings.
- Individuals authorized by a municipal police services board or the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police to act in relation to court security.
- Operators of electricity generating facilities and nuclear facilities.
- Individuals appointed to provide security services at electricity generating facilities and nuclear facilities.
- Peace officers.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council (through regulation-making powers).
- Individuals entering or present at court proceedings may be required to identify themselves and provide information to assess security risks.
- Individuals entering or present at court proceedings may be searched.
- Individuals may be refused entry to court premises or ordered to leave if they pose a security risk, refuse to identify themselves, or refuse a search.
- Individuals entering or present at restricted access facilities may be required to produce identification and provide information to assess security risks.
- Individuals entering or present at restricted access facilities may be searched.
- Individuals may be refused entry to restricted access facilities or ordered to leave if they pose a security risk, refuse to provide identification or information, or refuse a search.
- Persons appointed to provide security services at restricted access facilities have the powers of a peace officer while engaged in those duties.
- The right of a judge or judicial officer to control court proceedings and access court premises is preserved.
- Disclosure of information subject to solicitor-client, litigation, or settlement privilege is not required under court security provisions.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent, except for the Schedules which come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor. The Security for Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2013, as enacted by Schedule 3, also comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation.
- The repeal of the Public Works Protection Act (Schedule 1) and amendments to the Police Services Act (Schedule 2) come into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- A person convicted of an offence under the amended Police Services Act or the new Security for Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2013, is liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or both.
- Individuals authorized for court security can arrest without warrant, using reasonable force if necessary, persons who fail to comply with identification, search, entry refusal, or removal demands.
- Individuals authorized for security at restricted access facilities can arrest without warrant, using reasonable force if necessary, persons who fail to comply with identification, search, entry refusal, removal demands, or who obstruct peace officers.
- Conviction for offences related to court security or security at restricted access facilities can result in a fine of up to $2,000, imprisonment for up to 60 days, or both.
- The specific electricity generating facilities and nuclear facilities to be designated as 'restricted access facilities' are not detailed in the bill and will be prescribed by regulation.
- The specific regulations governing the appointment, qualifications, training, duties, and oversight of security personnel at restricted access facilities, as well as the regulations governing court security powers, will be made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
- The bill states that reasonable force may be used if necessary for arrests and removals, but the extent of 'reasonable force' is not defined within the bill text itself.
- The bill does not specify the exact commencement date for the various parts of the legislation, deferring this to proclamation.
This Act will be repealed, meaning its provisions will no longer be in effect.
Source: Schedule 1, Section 1
Part X of this Act is amended by adding new sections related to court security. These amendments grant specific powers to authorized individuals for ensuring security at court proceedings and establish offences and penalties for non-compliance.
Source: Schedule 2, Section 1
This new Act is created, defining 'restricted access facilities' (electricity generating and nuclear facilities designated by regulation) and establishing powers for appointed security personnel at these locations.
Source: Schedule 3
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