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Bill 72 explained in plain English

Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Right to Repair Electronic Products), 2019

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 72
Full title
Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Right to Repair Electronic Products), 2019
Current status
Did Not Pass
Latest event
Lost
Last updated
May 2, 2019

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Lost
Latest Activity
May 2, 2019
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

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Short Version

Bill 72, the Consumer Protection Amendment Act (Right to Repair Electronic Products), 2019, would require brand holders of electronic products to provide consumers and repair businesses with repair information, parts, and tools under certain conditions.

What It Means

This bill proposes to amend the Consumer Protection Act, 2002, to establish a "Right to Repair" for electronic products in Ontario. It would require companies that brand electronic products to provide consumers and independent repair businesses with necessary documentation, parts, software, and tools to diagnose, maintain, repair, or reset security features on those products. While some documents would be free, brand holders could charge reasonable costs for printed copies and fair prices for parts, software, and tools, with limits on profit margins. The bill specifies that these provisions would come into effect one year after receiving Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • It introduces a new Part V.1 to the Consumer Protection Act, 2002, titled "Right to Repair Electronic Products".
  • It requires brand holders to provide consumers and consumer electronics repair businesses with documents, replacement parts, software, and tools needed for diagnosing, maintaining, repairing, or resetting security functions of their branded electronic products.
  • It states that brand holders must provide documents for free, unless paper copies are requested, in which case they can charge a fee not exceeding reasonable costs.
  • It allows brand holders to charge a fair price for replacement parts, software, and tools, with no price discrimination and profit margins comparable to those for their own repair services.
  • It specifies that the Act will come into force one year after receiving Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Brand holders (businesses that electronic products are branded as being products of)
  • Consumers
  • Consumer electronics repair businesses
  • The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (by enacting legislation)
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Brand holders have an obligation to provide repair-related documentation, parts, software, and tools.
  • Consumers and repair businesses have a right to request and receive repair-related documentation, parts, software, and tools.
  • Brand holders must provide certain documents for free.
  • Brand holders can charge for printed documents, but fees must not exceed reasonable costs.
  • Brand holders can charge for parts, software, and tools at a fair price, without price discrimination and with limited profit margins.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force one year after the day it receives Royal Assent.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • Brand holders may charge consumers and repair businesses for paper copies of documents, with fees limited to reasonable costs.
  • Brand holders may charge for replacement parts, software, and tools at a fair price, with profit margins limited to a reasonable estimate of those earned on similar services.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify the exact methods or processes for requesting documentation, parts, software, or tools.
  • The bill does not define "reasonable estimate of the costs" for paper copies or "fair price" for parts, software, and tools, beyond the profit margin limitation.
  • The bill does not define the specific "electronic security function" that may need to be reset.
  • The bill does not specify what happens if a brand holder fails to comply with these requirements.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Consumer Protection Act, 2002
amends

Adds a new Part (Part V.1) that establishes rights and obligations related to the repair of electronic products.

Source: Section 1

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Feb 21, 2019
Step 2
Second reading
May 2, 2019
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Michael Coteau
Sponsor party or district not listed
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

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