Bill 35 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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This Act repeals the Public Works Protection Act, enhances security measures and powers within courthouses, and establishes new security provisions for electricity generating and nuclear facilities in Ontario.
This bill, known as the Security for Courts, Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014, has three main parts. First, it repeals the Public Works Protection Act. Second, it amends the Police Services Act to provide specific powers related to security within courthouses. These powers allow authorized individuals to identify people, search individuals and their vehicles, refuse entry, and demand people leave if they pose a security risk or refuse to cooperate. It also outlines offences and penalties for non-compliance. Third, it enacts the Security for Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014, which allows for the appointment of individuals to provide security services at prescribed electricity generating and nuclear facilities. These appointed individuals are peace officers with powers to identify, search, refuse entry, and remove individuals from these facilities if necessary for security. Offences and penalties are also outlined for these facilities. The Act also specifies that these new powers do not affect a judge's authority or a person's existing legal rights, and that privileged information does not need to be disclosed.
- Repeals the Public Works Protection Act.
- Amends the Police Services Act to grant specific powers for court security.
- Enacts the Security for Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014, to provide for security at these facilities.
- Defines new powers for authorized persons related to court security, including identification, searching, and removal of individuals.
- Defines new powers for peace officers and appointed security personnel at electricity generating and nuclear facilities, including identification, searching, refusal of entry, and removal of individuals.
- Establishes offences and penalties for non-compliance with security measures in courts and at electricity generating and nuclear facilities.
- Clarifies that existing judicial powers and rights are not affected by these new provisions.
- Ensures that privileged information is not required to be disclosed.
- Individuals entering or present at court proceedings.
- Individuals entering or present at prescribed electricity generating facilities.
- Individuals entering or present at prescribed nuclear facilities.
- Persons authorized by a municipal police services board or the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police to act in relation to court security.
- Persons appointed to provide security services at electricity generating and nuclear facilities.
- Judges and judicial officers.
- Operators of restricted access facilities.
- Individuals may be required to identify themselves and provide information related to security risk assessment.
- Individuals may be searched, along with their vehicles and property.
- Individuals may be refused entry or ordered to leave premises.
- Reasonable force may be used to enforce these measures.
- Individuals arrested must be promptly handed over to a police officer.
- Arrested persons are deemed to have been arrested for the purposes of release or detention under the Provincial Offences Act.
- Accommodations must be made for individuals' creed or disability, in accordance with the Charter and Human Rights Code.
- Judges and judicial officers retain their powers to control court proceedings and access court premises.
- Existing legal powers of individuals providing court security are not affected.
- Information subject to solicitor-client, litigation, or settlement privilege does not need to be disclosed.
- The Act received Royal Assent on December 11, 2014.
- Some provisions of the Act come into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Schedule repealing the Public Works Protection Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- The Schedule amending the Police Services Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- The Schedule enacting the Security for Electricity Generating Facilities and Nuclear Facilities Act, 2014, comes 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 is liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or both.
- Offences are created for non-compliance with identification, search, entry refusal, and removal orders in court security settings.
- Offences are created for non-compliance with identification, search, entry refusal, and removal orders at electricity generating and nuclear facilities.
- Penalties for these offences include a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or both.
- Peace officers and authorized persons may arrest without warrant and use reasonable force if necessary to enforce these provisions.
- The specific electricity generating facilities and nuclear facilities that will be subject to the new security measures are to be prescribed by regulation.
- The commencement date for the repeal of the Public Works Protection Act and the coming into force of the new security provisions for courts and facilities is dependent on proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor.
- The exact scope and conditions for the exercise of powers by authorized persons and peace officers are subject to regulations that may be made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
This Act is no longer in force.
Source: Schedule 1, Section 1
Adds new sections related to court security, including powers to identify, search, refuse entry, and remove individuals from court premises, as well as establishes offences and penalties.
Source: Schedule 2, Section 1
Creates a new Act that defines 'restricted access facility' and grants powers to peace officers and appointed individuals to provide security services at these facilities, including identification, searching, refusal of entry, and removal of individuals, as well as establishing offences and penalties.
Source: Schedule 3, Sections 1-9
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