Bill 133 explained in plain English
Retiring the Debt Retirement Charge Act, 2017
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 133 amends the Electricity Act, 1998, to end the debt retirement charge on the date the bill receives Royal Assent, rather than April 1, 2018.
Bill 133, also known as the Retiring the Debt Retirement Charge Act, 2017, changes the deadline for when the debt retirement charge on electricity is no longer payable. Instead of ending on April 1, 2018, the charge will no longer be payable on or after the day this Act receives Royal Assent. The Act came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Changes the date on which the debt retirement charge on electricity ceases to be payable.
- Makes the debt retirement charge no longer payable on electricity consumed on or after the day the Retiring the Debt Retirement Charge Act, 2017 receives Royal Assent.
- Establishes that this Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Consumers of electricity in Ontario
- The Province of Ontario (regarding the debt retirement charge)
- The debt retirement charge is no longer payable on electricity consumed on or after the day this Act receives Royal Assent.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The debt retirement charge will cease to be collected earlier than previously scheduled.
- The exact date the debt retirement charge ceased to be payable depends on when the bill received Royal Assent, which is not specified in the provided text beyond the commencement provision.
Changes the date after which the debt retirement charge is not payable from April 1, 2018, to the date the Retiring the Debt Retirement Charge Act, 2017 receives Royal Assent. (Section 1)
Source: Section 1
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