ontario regulation 200/25

made under the

Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019

Made: August 28, 2025
Filed: August 29, 2025
Published on e-Laws: September 2, 2025
Published in The Ontario Gazette: September 13, 2025

Amending O. Reg. 125/24

(TRANSITIONAL MATTERS)

1. (1) The definition of “Practice Direction” in the English version of subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 125/24 is revoked.

(2) The English version of subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following definition:

“Practice Directions” means the version of the document entitled “Practice Directions, Ontario Civilian Police Commission” that was in use as of March 2024, available on the website of Tribunals Ontario; (“Directive de pratique”)

2. Section 8 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Dissolution

8. The Ontario Civilian Police Commission is dissolved effective the day on which Ontario Regulation 200/25 made under the Act comes into force.

3. Sections 9 to 15 of the Regulation are revoked.

4. Section 16 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Procedure following continued investigation

16. (1) If, before its dissolution, the Ontario Civilian Police Commission had, upon the completion of an investigation continued under section 15 of this Regulation, as that section read before the date of the Commission’s dissolution, reported its opinion to the Complaints Director that a subsection 25 (4) hearing or a subsection 25 (4.2) hearing is warranted, the following rules apply:

1.  If the Complaints Director, upon having received the report, determines that a hearing is warranted, the Complaints Director shall apply to the Chair of the Arbitration and Adjudication Commission to appoint an adjudicator to conduct the hearing.

2.  Section 25 of the Police Services Act applies in respect of the hearing conducted by the adjudicator as if the hearing were conducted by the Ontario Civilian Police Commission under that section.

(2) If, before its dissolution, the Ontario Civilian Police Commission had, upon the completion of an investigation continued under section 15 of this Regulation, as that section read before the date of the Commission’s dissolution, reported its opinion to the Inspector General that a subsection 25 (5) hearing is warranted, the following rules apply:

1.  If the Inspector General, upon having received the report, determines that a hearing is warranted, the Inspector General shall apply to the Chair of the Arbitration and Adjudication Commission to appoint an adjudicator to conduct the hearing.

2.  Section 25 of the Police Services Act applies in respect of the hearing conducted by the adjudicator as if the hearing were conducted by the Ontario Civilian Police Commission under that section.

(3) A hearing conducted by an adjudicator under this section shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules of Practice and Practice Directions, with necessary modifications.

5. Section 19 of the Regulation is revoked.

6. Subsection 21 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “and” before “under subsection 216 (2)”.

Commencement

7. This Regulation comes into force on the later of September 1, 2025 and the day this Regulation is filed.