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Civil Remedies Act, 2001

ONTARIO REGULATION 91/02

GENERAL

Historical version for the period June 6, 2003 to December 10, 2009.

Last amendment: O. Reg. 234/03.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Orders for Payment of Legal Expenses Re Property Subject to Interlocutory Order (Sections 5 and 10 of Act)

Prescribed purpose

1. An order under section 5 or 10 of the Act may apply only to reasonable legal expenses incurred in a proceeding under this Act for the purpose of establishing the person’s claim to an interest in the property. O. Reg. 91/02, s. 1.

Funding

2. When the Superior Court of Justice makes an order for payment of reasonable legal expenses under section 5 or 10 of the Act, it may also vary the interlocutory order made under section 4 or 9 of the Act, as the case may be, to allow the Attorney General to convert property to money in order to comply with the payment order. O. Reg. 91/02, s. 2.

Monetary limits

3. Payments under orders made under section 5 or 10 of the Act in respect of property that is the subject of a proceeding are subject to the following monetary limits:

1. The maximum amount that is available to pay reasonable legal expenses is the amount shown in Column 2 of the Table to this section opposite the amount in Column 1 that applies to the property.

2. The amount referred to in paragraph 1 is the maximum that is available for all claimants in respect of the same property.

3. Legal expenses may only be for lawyers’ fees, disbursements, fees for services of law clerks, articled students and investigators, and costs for travel time.

4. Lawyers’ fees shall be calculated based on a number of hours worked that the court finds to be reasonable and on the hourly rate set out in Part I of Schedule 2 to Ontario Regulation 107/99 made under the Legal Aid Services Act, 1998.

5. Costs for travel time shall be calculated in accordance with item 23 of Part IV of Schedule 2 of the regulation referred to in paragraph 4, with necessary modifications.

6. Fees for services shall be calculated based on a number of hours worked that the court finds to be reasonable and on the hourly rate set out in Schedule 3 to the regulation referred to in paragraph 4.

7. Disbursements shall be calculated in accordance with Schedule 6 of the regulation referred to in paragraph 4, with necessary modifications.

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

Total amount held (property that is money or has been converted to money)

Maximum available for reasonable legal expenses

$99.99 or less

Nil

$100 or more but less than $100,000

25 per cent of total

$100,000 or more but less than $1,000,000

$25,000 plus 15 per cent of (total – 100,000)

$1,000,000 or more

$160,000 plus 10 per cent of (total – 1,000,000)

O. Reg. 91/02, s. 3.

Public Notice re Conspiracy Proceeding (Section 13 of Act)

Notice

4. (1) On commencing a proceeding under section 13 of the Act, the Attorney General shall publish a notice of the proceeding in The Ontario Gazette and in Ontario Reports. O. Reg. 91/02, s. 4 (1).

(2) The Attorney General may also publish the notice in any other way or ways that will bring the proceeding to the attention of the public. O. Reg. 91/02, s. 4 (2).

(3) The Attorney General may, by motion with notice, seek directions from the Superior Court of Justice for the purposes of subsection (2). O. Reg. 91/02, s. 4 (3).

Personal Information (Section 19 of Act)

Reviewing authority

5. For the purposes of subsections 19 (4) and (5) of the Act, the reviewing authority is the civil forfeiture advisor in the Crown Law Office — Criminal of the Ministry of the Attorney General. O. Reg. 91/02, s. 5.

Institutions, classes of persons and circumstances

6. (1) The institutions listed in Column 1 of the Table to this section are prescribed for the purpose of paragraph 1 of subsection 19 (4) of the Act. O. Reg. 91/02, s. 6 (1).

(2) The classes of persons listed in Column 2 of the Table to this section are prescribed for the purpose of paragraph 2 of subsection 19 (4) of the Act. O. Reg. 91/02, s. 6 (2).

(3) The circumstances listed in Column 3 of the Table to this section are prescribed for the purpose of paragraph 3 of subsection 19 (4) of the Act. O. Reg. 91/02, s. 6 (3).

TABLE

Item

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

 

Institution

Class of persons

Circumstances

1.

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Employees of the institution who are directors, deputy directors, chief inspectors and inspectors under the following:

Course of employment

   

Animals for Research Act

 
   

Beef Cattle Marketing Act

 
   

Dead Animal Disposal Act

 
   

Farm Products Grades and Sales Act

 
   

Livestock and Livestock Products Act

 
   

Livestock Community Sales Act

 
   

Livestock Medicines Act

 
   

Meat Inspection Act (Ontario)

 

2.

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Veterinarians who are inspectors under the Livestock Community Sales Act and are not employees of the institution

Performance of duties and exercise of powers

3.

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Inspectors under the Meat Inspection Act (Ontario) who are not employees of the institution

Performance of duties and exercise of powers

4.

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Employees of the institution who are directors and deputy directors under the Milk Act

Course of employment

5.

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Employees of the institution who are field-persons under the Milk Act

Course of employment

6.

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Field-persons under the Milk Act who are appointed by a director who is appointed by the Minister, and who are not employees of the institution

Performance of duties and exercise of powers

7.

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Employees of the institution who are inspectors and chief inspectors under the Edible Oil Products Act

Course of employment

8.

Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Analysts under the Edible Oil Products Act who are not employees of the institution

Performance of duties and exercise of powers

9.

Livestock Financial Protection Board

Persons who act as secretary to the Board

Performance of duties as secretary to the Board

10.

Grain Financial Protection Board

Persons who act as secretary to the Board

Performance of duties as secretary to the Board

11.

Ministry of Citizenship

Assistant deputy ministers

Course of employment

12.

Ministry of Consumer and Business Services

Investigators

Course of employment

13.

Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario

Bureau Commander — Investigation and Enforcement Bureau

Course of employment

14.

Ministry of Education

Assistant deputy ministers

Course of employment

15.

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Inspectors under the Energy Efficiency Act

Course of employment

16.

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Assistant Deputy Minister — Energy Division

Course of employment

17.

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Inspectors, investigators and enforcement personnel

Course of employment

18.

Ministry of Environment and Energy

Directors appointed under the following:

Course of employment

   

Environmental Assessment Act

 
   

Environmental Protection Act

 
   

Ontario Water Resources Act

 
   

Pesticides Act

 

19.

Independent Electricity Market Operator

Officers, directors and members of the Market Surveillance Panel

Course of employment or course of performance of duties as directors and members

20.

Ontario Energy Board

Inspectors and investigators

Course of employment

21.

Ontario Energy Board

Director of Licensing and all other employees involved in licensing

Course of employment

22.

Financial Services Commission of Ontario

All employees and agents

Course of monitoring, examining or investigating compliance with statutes administered by the institution

     

Course of administering matters under the Motor Vehicles Accident Claims Fund

23.

Management Board Secretariat

Assistant Deputy Minister — Internal Ministry Services Division

Course of employment

24.

Ontario Realty Corporation

Chief Financial Officer

Course of employment

25.

Ministry of Natural Resources

Director — Enforcement Branch, Manager — Evaluation and Special Services Unit, and Manager —Field Services Unit

Course of employment

26.

Ministry of Public Safety and Security

Persons who are police officers as defined in the Police Services Act

Course of employment

27.

Ministry of Public Safety and Security

Director — Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario

Course of employment

28.

Ministry of Public Safety and Security

Correctional officers, probation officers, parole officers and special investigators

Course of employment

29.

Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

Assistant deputy ministers

Course of employment

30.

Ministry of Transportation

Transportation enforcement officers

Course of employment

31.

Ministry of Transportation

Highway carrier safety inspectors

Course of employment

32.

Ministry of Transportation

Facility audit administrators

Course of employment

33.

Ministry of Transportation

Enforcement program advisors

Course of employment

34.

Ministry of Transportation

Shift leaders

Course of employment

35.

Ministry of Transportation

District enforcement co-ordinators

Course of employment

36.

Ministry of Transportation

Area managers — Drivers and Vehicles

Course of employment

37.

Ministry of Transportation

Court administration officers

Course of employment

38.

Ministry of Transportation

CSIO Program Standards Manager

Course of employment

39.

Ministry of Transportation

Carrier safety rating administrators

Course of employment

40.

Ministry of Transportation

CVOR analysts

Course of employment

41.

Ministry of Transportation

Driver examination co-ordinators

Course of employment

42.

Ministry of Transportation

Driver examination centre supervisors

Course of employment

43.

Ministry of Transportation

Issuing office administrators

Course of employment

44.

Ministry of Transportation

Deputy registrars of motor vehicles

Course of employment

45.

Any institution under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act

Persons who are police officers as defined in the Police Services Act

Course of employment

O. Reg. 91/02, s. 6, Table; O. Reg. 208/02, s. 1.

Criteria

7. The following criteria are prescribed for the purpose of subsection 19 (5) of the Act:

1. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of subsection 19 (4) of the Act have been complied with.

2. Subsection 19 (8) of the Act has been complied with.

3. It is reasonable to believe that the disclosed information would be useful for a purpose described in subsection 19 (1) of the Act.

4. The public interest outweighs the privacy interests of the person to whom the information relates, based on,

i. the purposes set out in section 1 of the Act,

ii. the importance of respecting relationships that are legally recognized to be privileged,

iii. the person’s reasonable expectation that the information will be kept private, and

iv. any other factor that the reviewing authority considers relevant. O. Reg. 91/02, s. 7.