Bill 117 explained in plain English
Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act (Interim Period), 2019
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This Act allows for the appointment of a Chief Inspector and inspectors by the Solicitor General and Chief Inspector, respectively, for a defined interim period to manage animal protection matters.
The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment Act (Interim Period), 2019, amends the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. It allows the Solicitor General to appoint a Chief Inspector and permits the Chief Inspector to appoint inspectors during a specific interim period. This period is defined as starting when the Act received Royal Assent and ending on January 1, 2020, or another date set by regulation. During this interim period, inspectors appointed under this Act have the same powers as inspectors of the Society. The Act also gives the Solicitor General the authority to make regulations related to this interim period, including defining classes of people who can act as inspectors and how references to the Society in certain sections of the Act should be interpreted. Additionally, the Act allows for regulations to prescribe a specific end date for this interim period.
- Establishes special provisions for an "interim period" related to the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
- Grants the Solicitor General the authority to appoint a Chief Inspector during this interim period.
- Empowers the appointed Chief Inspector to appoint inspectors during the interim period.
- Specifies that inspectors appointed under these provisions have the same powers as inspectors of the Society during the interim period.
- Allows members of prescribed classes of persons to exercise the powers of inspectors during the interim period.
- Provides the Solicitor General with regulation-making authority to implement the provisions of this interim period, including prescribing classes of persons and modifying references to the Society in certain sections of the Act.
- Defines the "interim period" as starting from the date the Act received Royal Assent and ending on January 1, 2020, or another date determined by regulation.
- Amends the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act to allow for the prescription of a date for the end of the interim period.
- The Solicitor General
- The Chief Inspector appointed under this Act
- Inspectors appointed under this Act
- Members of prescribed classes of persons who may exercise inspector powers
- The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- The Solicitor General has the right to appoint a Chief Inspector.
- The Chief Inspector has the right to appoint inspectors.
- Inspectors appointed under this Act have the powers of inspectors of the Society during the interim period.
- Members of prescribed classes of persons may exercise the powers of inspectors during the interim period.
- The Solicitor General has the authority to make regulations related to the interim period.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent (June 6, 2019).
- The "interim period" begins on the day the Act received Royal Assent.
- The "interim period" ends on January 1, 2020, or another date prescribed by regulation.
- The exact end date of the "interim period" beyond January 1, 2020, is not fixed and can be changed by regulation.
- The specific "classes of persons" who may exercise inspector powers during the interim period are not detailed in the Act and will be prescribed by regulation.
- The extent to which references to the "Society" in sections 11.4 to 18.3 of the Act will be deemed references to persons or entities specified in regulations is determined by those future regulations.
Adds a new section (21.1) to establish special provisions for an "interim period", allowing for the appointment of a Chief Inspector and inspectors, and clarifying their powers during this period. It also allows for regulations to be made concerning this period.
Source: Section 1
Amends subsection 22 (1) by adding a clause that allows for the prescription of a date for the definition of "interim period" within section 21.1 (7).
Source: Section 2
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