Bill 77 explained in plain English
Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Safety), 2013
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Bill 77 proclaims Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week and amends the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, to include safety requirements and regulations for the presence of unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
This bill, known as the Hawkins Gignac Act (Carbon Monoxide Safety), 2013, has two main parts. First, it proclaims the week beginning on November 1st each year as Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week. Second, it amends the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, to include safety measures related to the presence of unsafe levels of carbon monoxide, in addition to fire safety. This means the fire code can now cover standards for carbon monoxide safety, and enforcement measures will extend to this risk. The bill also clarifies that fire safety includes protection from both fire and unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
- It proclaims that the week starting on November 1st each year will be known as Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week.
- It amends the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, to include safety measures related to the risk of unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
- It allows the Minister to make regulations for a fire code that governs standards for fire safety and for the risk created by unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
- It expands the definition of 'fire protection services' to include mitigation and prevention of the risk from unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
- It clarifies that 'fire safety' includes protection from the risk of unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
- It states that regulations made under the Act, including the fire code, will supersede any municipal by-laws concerning standards related to fire safety or the risk of unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
- The Province of Ontario
- The Minister responsible for the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997
- Owners and occupants of premises in Ontario
- Municipalities in Ontario
- The Minister may make regulations to establish a fire code that governs standards for fire safety and the risk from unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
- Regulations made under the Act, including the fire code, will supersede municipal by-laws on these matters.
- The Act received Royal Assent on December 12, 2013.
- Most of the Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent (December 12, 2013).
- Sections 2, 4, and 5 of the Act came into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- Enforcement measures related to fire safety are expanded to cover safety from the risk created by the presence of unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
- The specific date for the commencement of Sections 2, 4, and 5 is not provided in the bill text; it will be proclaimed later.
- The exact standards and regulations for carbon monoxide safety are not detailed in this bill but will be established through regulations made by the Minister.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes 'unsafe levels' of carbon monoxide; this would likely be defined in regulations.
The Act is changed to include safety requirements and regulations for the presence of unsafe levels of carbon monoxide, in addition to fire safety.
Source: Sections 2, 3, 4, and 5
The definition is expanded to include the mitigation and prevention of risks from unsafe levels of carbon monoxide and related safety education.
Source: Section 2
This section, which deals with the Minister's power to make regulations for a fire code, is updated to include standards for protection against the presence of unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
Source: Section 3
The interpretation of 'fire safety' is expanded to include protection from the risk of unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
Source: Section 4
This section, concerning municipal by-laws, is updated to specify that regulations made under the Act, including the fire code, supersede municipal by-laws related to fire safety or the risk of unsafe levels of carbon monoxide.
Source: Section 5
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