O. Reg. 489/21: RULES FOR AREAS IN SHUTDOWN ZONE AND AT STEP 1

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ontario regulation 489/21

made under the

Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020

Made: June 23, 2021
Filed: June 23, 2021
Published on e-Laws: June 24, 2021
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 10, 2021

Amending O. Reg. 82/20

(RULES FOR AREAS IN SHUTDOWN ZONE AND AT STEP 1)

1. Schedule 6 to Ontario Regulation 82/20 is amended by adding the following section:

12. (1) In this section,

“Framework” means the document titled “Return-to-Play Framework for Professional and Elite Amateur Sport Leagues and Events” approved by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health under subsection (2), as amended from time to time; (“cadre”)

“International Single Sport Event” means an international single sport event hosted by a national sport organization that is either funded by Sport Canada or recognized by the Canadian Olympic Committee or the Canadian Paralympic Committee; (“Manifestation internationale unisport”)

“participant” means a person who is a member of a specified participant group in a return-to-play plan; (“participant”)

“return-to-play plan” means a return-to-play plan for,

(a) a sport league or association listed in the Tables to subsection (3), or

(b) an International Single Sport Event. (“plan de retour au jeu”)

(2) The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health may approve the Framework.

(3) The person responsible for a sport league or association in the Tables to this subsection shall ensure that a return-to-play plan that is consistent with the Framework has been established before that sport league or association can, in accordance with this section, return to play the sport referred to in Column 3:

Table 1
Professional Sport Leagues or Associations

Column 1	Column 2 Professional Sport Leagues or Associations	Column 3 Sport
1.	American Hockey League	Hockey
2.	Canadian Elite Basketball League	Basketball
3.	Canadian Football League	Football
4.	Canadian Premier League	Soccer
5.	Major League Baseball	Baseball
6.	Major League Soccer	Soccer
7.	NBA G League	Basketball
8.	National Basketball Association	Basketball
9.	National Hockey League	Hockey
10.	National Lacrosse League	Lacrosse
11.	National Women’s Hockey League	Hockey
12.	Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association	Hockey
13.	USL League 1	Soccer

 

Table 2
Elite Amateur Sport Leagues or Associations

Column 1	Column 2 Elite Amateur Sport Leagues or Associations	Column 3 Sport
1.	Canadian Hockey League	Hockey
2.	Elite Baseball League of Ontario U 18 Division	Baseball
3.	League 1 Ontario	Soccer
4.	Ontario Junior “A” Lacrosse League	Lacrosse
5.	Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association	Basketball
6.	Ontario Women’s Field Lacrosse U 19 “A” League	Lacrosse
7.	Provincial Women’s Hockey League	Hockey

 

(4) Before an International Single Sport Event can return to play in accordance with this section, the person responsible for that International Single Sport Event must ensure that a return-to-play plan has been established that is,

(a) consistent with the Framework; and

(b) approved by a national sport organization that is either funded by Sport Canada or recognized by the Canadian Olympic Committee or the Canadian Paralympic Committee.

(5) The person responsible for an International Single Sport Event or a sport league or association listed in the Tables to subsection (3) must provide notice of its intent to return to play to the local Medical Officer of Health for each Public Health Unit region in which the International Single Sport Event or the sport league or association, as the case may be, intends to operate before returning to play.

(6) The return-to-play plan shall,

(a) list the businesses and places that may be used by the participants, which may include,

(i) hotels,

(ii) facilities for indoor or outdoor sports and recreational fitness activities,

(iii) businesses or places that are in hotels or facilities mentioned in subclause (i) or (ii), and

(iv) restaurants or bars;

(b) list specified groups of persons who are participants; and

(c) describe the measures and procedures which have been implemented or will be implemented in the businesses or places referred to in clause (a) to reduce the transmission risk of COVID-19.

(7) A business or place that is listed in the return-to-play plan as being available for the use of participants may open for use by participants if the business or place complies with the following conditions:

1. The business or place must operate in accordance with the return-to-play plan.

2. No spectators may be permitted at the business or place.

3. The business or place must ensure that any other conditions or requirements set out in this section are complied with on the premises of the business or place.

(8) The return-to-play plan shall be in writing and shall be made available by the person responsible for the International Single Sport Event or the sport league or association listed in the Tables to subsection (3), as the case may be, to any provincial offences officer upon request.

(9) The following provisions do not apply to the provision of goods or services to a participant by a business or place listed, in accordance with clause (6) (a), in the return-to-play plan when they are provided in accordance with the return-to-play plan:

1. Subsection 2 (5) of this Schedule, but only in respect of players and coaches in an International Single Sport Event or a sport league or association listed in the Tables to subsection (3).

2. Sections 3, 6 and 8 of this Schedule.

3. Section 45 of Schedule 7.

4. Clauses 1 (1) (a) and (b) of Schedule 9.

(10) Businesses and places listed in the return-to-play plan may provide in-person dining for participants if they meet the following conditions:

1. Participants must be seated at all times in any area of the establishment in which food or drink is permitted except,

i. while entering the area and while moving to their table,

ii. while placing or picking up an order,

iii. while paying for an order,

iv. while exiting the area,

v. while going to or returning from a washroom,

vi. while lining up to do anything described in subparagraphs i to v, or

vii. where necessary for the purposes of health and safety.

2. The person responsible for the establishment must,

i. record the name and contact information of every participant that enters an area of the establishment, unless the participant temporarily enters the area to place, pick up or pay for a takeout order,

ii. maintain the records for a period of at least one month, and

iii. only disclose the records to a medical officer of health or an inspector under the Health Protection and Promotion Act on request for a purpose specified in section 2 of that Act or as otherwise required by law.

3. No participant may be permitted to line up or congregate outside of the establishment unless they are maintaining a physical distance of at least two metres from other groups of persons inside or outside the establishment.

4. No participant may be permitted to line up or congregate inside the establishment unless they are,

i. maintaining a physical distance of at least two metres from other groups of persons inside or outside the establishment, and

ii. wearing a mask or face covering in a manner that covers their mouth, nose and chin, unless they are entitled to any of the exceptions set out in subsection 2 (5) of Schedule 6.

5. No participant shall dance, sing or perform music at the establishment.

(11) Hotels listed in the return-to-play plan may open meeting and event spaces and indoor pools, indoor fitness centres or other indoor recreational facilities that are part of the operation of the hotels, other than communal steam rooms, saunas and whirlpools, if the following conditions are met:

1. The hotels must ensure that the facilities are open only for the use of participants.

2. The hotels must ensure that the facilities are used in accordance with the return-to-play plan.

(12) Therapists referred to in the return-to-play plan may open for the sole purpose of providing services to players in an International Single Sport Event or in a sport league or association listed in the Tables to subsection (3), as the case may be, and shall provide such services in accordance with the return-to-play plan.

(13) Television productions relating to an International Single Sport Event or a game of a sport league or association listed in the Tables to subsection (3), as the case may be, that are in compliance with the return-to-play plan may open, and the conditions set out in paragraphs 1 to 5 of subsection 60 (1) of Schedule 7 do not apply to such television productions.

2. (1) Subparagraph 1 ii of subsection 45 (2) of Schedule 7 to the Regulation is revoked.

(2) Paragraph 2 of subsection 45 (2) of Schedule 7 to the Regulation is revoked.

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

 

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