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.
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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.
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.
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
- The Act comes into force one year after the day it receives Royal Assent.
- 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.
- 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.
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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