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Missing Persons Act, 2018

ONTARIO REGULATION 182/19

GENERAL

Historical version for the period March 25, 2024 to March 31, 2024.

Last amendment: 130/24.

Legislative History: 182/19 (as am. by 130/24), 130/24.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Reports and notices after urgent demand

1. (1) For the purposes of subsection 5 (8) of the Act, the prescribed timeframe within which an officer is required to provide a written report to the designated member of the police force is 30 days after making the urgent demand for records.

Note: On April 1, 2024, the day subsection 2 (1) of Schedule 1 (Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019) to the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 comes into force, subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “police force” and substituting “police service”. (See: O. Reg. 130/24, s. 1)

(2) The notice required by subsection 5 (10) of the Act,

(a)  must include a description of the information the officer accessed and contact information for a member of the police force that the officer is a member of; and

Note: On April 1, 2024, the day subsection 2 (1) of Schedule 1 (Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019) to the Comprehensive Ontario Police Services Act, 2019 comes into force, clause 1 (2) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “police force” and substituting “police service”. (See: O. Reg. 130/24, s. 1)

(b)  may be provided verbally or in writing.

(3) The officer shall provide any person who received verbal notice with a written copy of the notice upon that person’s request.

Annual report

2. (1) For the purposes of subsection 8 (1) of the Act, the prescribed date on or before which a chief of police shall prepare and provide a copy of the annual report is April 1.

(2) The annual report required by subsection 8 (1) of the Act must be provided in a format approved by the Minister.

(3) For the purposes of subsection 8 (2) of the Act, the board or entity that receives the annual report shall make it available to the public by posting it on a website on or before June 1 in the year the report is received.

(4) For the purposes of subsection 8 (3) of the Act, the Minister shall make the annual report available to the public by posting it on a website of the Government of Ontario on or before June 1 in the year the report is received.

(5) For the purposes of clause 8 (4) (c) of the Act, the annual report must also contain,

(a)  the total number of times that different types of records listed in subsection 4 (2) of the Act were specified in the urgent demands made in that year; and

(b)  if applicable, a description of any types of records not listed in subsection 4 (2) of the Act that were specified in the urgent demands made in that year.

3. Revoked: O. Reg. 130/24, s. 2.

4. (1) Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).

(2) Revoked: O. Reg. 130/24, s. 3.