Government Notices — Other

Ontario Securities Commission

Amendments to National Instrument 23-101 Trading Rules

On April 10, 2016, amendments (Amendments) to National Instrument 23-101 Trading Rules (NI 23-101) came into effect.

The Ontario Securities Commission also made changes to Companion Policy 23-101CP (23-101CP).

The substance and purpose of the Amendments is to amend NI 23-101 to lower the active trading fee cap applicable to trading in certain securities. In setting out the maximum fee that can be applied to the execution of an order entered to execute against displayed volume, the Amendments distinguish between securities that are listed on both a Canadian and a U.S. exchange (Inter-listed Securities) and securities that are listed on a Canadian exchange, but not listed on a U.S. exchange (Non-Inter-listed Securities).

The Amendments amend section 6.6.1 of NI 23-101 to cap active trading fees for Non-Inter-listed Securities at $0.0017 per security traded for an equity security or per unit traded for an exchange-traded fund, if the execution price of the security or unit traded is greater than or equal to $1.00.

The full text of the amendments is available in the Ontario Securities Commission Bulletin at (2017), 40 OSCB 2849 and on the Commission’s website at http://www.osc.gov.on.ca.

(150-G160)

Building Code Act, 1992 Rulings of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing

notice is hereby given pursuant to subsection 29(4) of the Building Code Act, 1992 that the following Rulings have been made under Clause 29(1)(a) of The Building Code Act, 1992 authorizing the use of innovative materials, systems or building designs evaluated by the Canadian Construction Materials Centre which is a materials evaluation body designated in the Ontario Building Code:

(150-G161)