Bill 40 explained in plain English
Garrett's Legacy Act (Requirements for Movable Soccer Goals), 2018
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 3rd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This Act sets safety standards for the installation of movable soccer goals and establishes a process for inspections and public complaints.
Bill 40, also known as Garrett's Legacy Act (Requirements for Movable Soccer Goals), 2018, aims to ensure the safe installation of movable soccer goals. It requires organizations or entities that make these goals available to the public to ensure they are securely installed, either by anchoring them to the ground, floor, or wall, or by using weights, according to manufacturer instructions or prescribed standards. The Act also allows for inspections and establishes a way for the public to report complaints about non-compliance. Violators may face fines.
- Establishes the "Garrett's Legacy Act (Requirements for Movable Soccer Goals), 2018".
- Requires organizations and entities to ensure movable soccer goals they provide for public use are installed safely.
- Specifies that movable soccer goals must be on a level surface and securely anchored.
- Outlines methods for anchoring goals, including attaching to the ground outdoors, or attaching to the floor/wall or using weights indoors, following manufacturer instructions or regulations.
- Allows the Minister to appoint inspectors to check for compliance with the Act.
- Mandates the Minister to create a system for the public to report alleged violations of the Act.
- Creates an offense for contravening the installation requirements, with potential fines.
- Empowers the Minister to make regulations for further requirements, inspections, and other matters related to the Act.
- States that the Act binds the Crown.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on a date proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor.
- Organizations and entities that make movable soccer goals available for public use.
- Members of the public who use movable soccer goals.
- The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport (or other assigned Minister).
- Inspectors appointed by the Minister.
- The Crown.
- Organizations/entities have an obligation to ensure movable soccer goals are securely installed according to specified methods.
- The Minister has the power to appoint inspectors.
- The Minister has an obligation to establish a mechanism for public complaints.
- Members of the public have the right to complain about alleged non-compliance.
- The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- Individuals or entities convicted of contravening the Act may face a fine of up to $500 for each day the offence continues, with a maximum total fine of $5,000.
- Contravention of section 2 (making a movable soccer goal available that does not meet requirements) is an offense.
- The penalty for an offense is a conviction with a fine of not more than $500 for each day the offense continues, up to a maximum of $5,000.
- The specific date the Act comes into force is not yet determined; it depends on a proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor.
- Further requirements for movable soccer goals may be prescribed by regulations, which are not detailed in this Bill text.
- The specific powers and duties of inspectors are to be governed by regulations.
This Act creates new requirements for the secure installation of movable soccer goals, establishes enforcement mechanisms, and allows for related regulations.
This Act may be used to assign the administration of Garrett's Legacy Act to a Minister other than the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.
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