O. Reg. 260/25: ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES, Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997
Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997
ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES
Consolidation Period: From November 26, 2025 to the e-Laws currency date.
Note: THIS REGULATION IS NOT YET IN FORCE. It comes into force on the later of January 1, 2026 and the day section 1 of Schedule 10 to the Enhancing Access to Justice Act, 2024 comes into force.
No amendments.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
CONTENTS
| PART I | |
| Definitions | |
| PART II | |
| Persons who may impose administrative penalty in municipalities | |
| Prescribed provisions that may give rise to administrative penalty | |
| Amount of penalty | |
| Service of penalty order | |
| PART III | |
| Application | |
| Prescribed reviewer | |
| Review process | |
| Conduct of a review | |
| Determination of a review | |
| Jurisdiction | |
| Payment recipient | |
| Deadline for payment if review occurs | |
| Extension of payment deadline, plan of periodic payments | |
| Undue hardship | |
| Municipal fees | |
| Provisions of fire code that are subject to administrative penalty | |
Definitions
“municipality” means the municipality in which the contravention that is the subject of a penalty order occurred; (“municipalité”)
“penalty order” means an order imposing an administrative penalty that is made under subsection 30.2 (2) of the Act. (“ordonnance de pénalité”)
Persons who may impose administrative penalty in municipalities
2. (1) Subsection (2) applies to municipalities that have both a screening officer and a hearing officer described in section 7.
(2) The following persons are prescribed as authorized persons for the purpose of section 30.2 of the Act in respect of any contravention that takes place in a municipality described in subsection (1) of this section:
1. The Fire Marshal.
2. An assistant to the Fire Marshal.
Prescribed provisions that may give rise to administrative penalty
3. The provisions listed in Schedule 1 to this Regulation are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 30.2 (2) of the Act.
Amount of penalty
4. (1) The amount of the penalty for a contravention of a provision listed in Schedule 1 to this Regulation is,
(a) the first time an order is issued for a contravention of the provision, $200;
(b) the second time an order is issued for a contravention of the same provision, $400; or
(c) the third or subsequent time an order is issued for a contravention of the same provision, $600.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a penalty order for the contravention of a provision is considered to be a second, third or subsequent order in respect of the same provision if the order is issued within three years after the first order was issued.
Service of penalty order
5. A penalty order shall be served on the person who is subject to the order in accordance with section 77 of the Act.
Part III
Review and Payment of Penalty Orders in Municipalities
Application
6. This Part applies to penalty orders for contraventions that occurred in a municipality and that are issued by an authorized person described in subsection 2 (2).
Prescribed reviewer
7. (1) The following persons are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 30.2 (9) of the Act in respect of the stages of a review described in paragraphs 1 to 3 of subsection 8 (1) of this Regulation:
1. A screening officer appointed by the municipality to review administrative penalties described in section 2 of Ontario Regulation 611/06 (Administrative Penalties) made under the City of Toronto Act, 2006.
2. A screening officer appointed by the municipality to review administrative penalties described in section 2 of Ontario Regulation 333/07 (Administrative Penalties) made under the Municipal Act, 2001.
3. A screening officer appointed by the municipality to review penalty orders.
(2) The following persons are prescribed for the purposes of subsection 30.2 (9) of the Act in respect of the stages of a review described in paragraphs 4 to 7 of subsection 8 (1) of this Regulation:
1. A hearing officer appointed by the municipality to review administrative penalties described in section 2 of Ontario Regulation 611/06 (Administrative Penalties) made under the City of Toronto Act, 2006.
2. A hearing officer appointed by the municipality to review administrative penalties described in section 2 of Ontario Regulation 333/07 (Administrative Penalties) made under the Municipal Act, 2001.
3. A hearing officer appointed by the municipality to review penalty orders.
Review process
8. (1) A review of a penalty order described in section 6 shall be conducted as follows:
1. A person who is subject to the penalty order may commence the first stage of a review by requesting, in the manner set out in the order, a review of the order by a screening officer.
2. The screening officer may affirm or rescind the penalty order, or amend it to reduce the amount of the penalty, and shall do so as soon as practical after the review is complete.
3. The screening officer shall send a copy of the decision to the person who requested the review by mail, courier or electronic means as soon as practical after the decision is made.
4. The person who requested the first stage of the review may commence the second stage of the review by requesting a review of the screening officer’s decision by a hearing officer.
5. A request under paragraph 4 must be made within 30 days after the date of the decision of the screening officer.
6. The hearing officer may affirm or rescind the penalty order, or amend it to reduce the amount of the penalty, and shall do so as soon as practical after the review is complete.
7. The hearing officer shall send a copy of the decision to the person who requested the review by mail, courier or electronic means as soon as practical after the decision is made.
(2) If a screening officer considers it fair and appropriate in the circumstances, the officer may extend the 30-day period to commence a review under subsection 30.2 (10) of the Act, and the extension may be made even after the 30-day period has expired.
(3) If a hearing officer considers it fair and appropriate in the circumstances, the officer may extend the 30-day period mentioned in paragraph 5 of subsection (1) to request a review and the extension may be made even after the 30-day period has expired.
Conduct of a review
9. (1) A screening officer or hearing officer shall determine whether the stage of the review for which they are responsible is to be conducted orally, electronically or in writing and shall ensure that the person who requested the review is informed of the determination.
(2) If a date and time is set for the person who requested the review to make submissions in respect of any stage of a review, the person shall attend at the set date and time.
(3) A screening officer or hearing officer, as the case may be, shall not decide whether to affirm or rescind the penalty order, or amend it to reduce the amount of the penalty, unless the person who requested the review has been given an opportunity to make submissions in the same manner in which the review is to be conducted.
(4) A hearing officer shall not decide whether to affirm or rescind the penalty order, or amend it to reduce the amount of the penalty, unless a representative of the municipality has been given an opportunity to make submissions in the same manner in which the review is to be conducted.
(5) No witnesses shall be called in the review.
Determination of a review
10. (1) In deciding whether to affirm or rescind the penalty order, or amend it to reduce the amount of the penalty, a screening officer shall determine whether it was reasonable for the authorized person to impose the order.
(2) In deciding whether to affirm or rescind the penalty order, or amend it to reduce the amount of the penalty, a hearing officer shall determine whether the decision of the screening officer was reasonable.
(3) In making a determination mentioned in subsection (1) or (2), the screening officer or hearing officer, as the case may be, may consider the following information:
1. Photographs, drawings or other images.
2. Statements, including certified statements, made by the authorized person who imposed the penalty order.
3. Documents, including certified documents.
4. Statements by the person who requested the review made either in writing or in the manner in which the review is conducted.
5. Statements by or on behalf of the municipality made either in writing or in the manner in which the review is conducted.
6. Any other information, materials or submissions that the screening officer or hearing officer considers to be credible or trustworthy in the circumstances.
Jurisdiction
11. A screening officer or hearing officer, as the case may be, does not have jurisdiction to consider questions relating to the validity of a statute or regulation or the constitutional applicability or operability of any statute or regulation.
Payment recipient
12. (1) An administrative penalty for a penalty order described in section 6 is payable to the municipality.
(2) The municipality shall collect payment of the administrative penalty.
Deadline for payment if review occurs
13. If a review of a penalty order does not result in the order being rescinded, the person who is subject to the order shall pay the administrative penalty within 30 days after,
(a) the date of the decision by the screening officer, if no request for a review of the decision was made under paragraph 4 of subsection 8 (1); or
(b) the date of the decision by the hearing officer, if a request for review was made under paragraph 4 of subsection 8 (1).
Extension of payment deadline, plan of periodic payments
14. (1) If a screening officer or hearing officer, as the case may be, considers it fair and appropriate in the circumstances, the officer may approve a plan of periodic payments that extends beyond the deadline set out in section 30.2 of the Act or in section 13 of this Regulation.
(2) An approval mentioned in subsection (1) may be conditional on the payment of a specified amount of the administrative penalty being made on or before a specified date.
(3) A plan of periodic payments may be approved even after the 30-day period has expired.
Undue hardship
15. (1) The municipality may excuse a person from paying all or part of an administrative penalty if it determines that requiring the person to pay the penalty would cause undue hardship.
(2) The municipality shall establish a procedure for assessing applications to have all or part of the payment of an administrative penalty excused due to undue hardship.
(3) A person who wishes to have all or part of their payment excused due to undue hardship shall apply to the municipality in accordance with the procedure established by the municipality.
Municipal fees
16. (1) A municipality shall not charge any fees to,
(a) commence a review in respect of a penalty order;
(b) extend, under subsection 8 (2) or (3), the period of time in which to commence a review; or
(c) approve, under subsection 14 (1), a plan of periodic payments.
(2) A municipality may, by by-law, impose fees or charges, other than those mentioned in subsection (1), under section 259 of the City of Toronto Act, 2006 or under section 391 of the Municipal Act, 2001, as the case may be, in respect of services related to an administrative penalty imposed under section 30.2 of the Act, but any such fee or charge shall not be included in the amount of the administrative penalty and may be collected at the time that the related service is provided.
17. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).
Schedule 1
Provisions of Fire Code That Are Subject to Administrative Penalty
Division B provisions subject to administrative penalty
1. The following provisions of Division B of the fire code are subject to an administrative penalty:
1. Article 1.1.1.1.
2. Sentence 1.1.1.2.(3).
3. Sentence 1.1.2.1.(1).
4. Sentence 1.1.2.1.(2).
5. Sentence 1.1.2.1.(3).
6. Sentence 1.1.2.1.(4).
7. Clause 1.1.2.2.(1)(a).
8. Clause 1.1.2.2.(1)(b).
9. Sentence 1.1.2.2.(2).
10. Sentence 2.1.3.5.(7).
11. Sentence 2.1.3.5.(8).
12. Clause 2.2.3.2.(1)(a).
13. Clause 2.2.3.2.(1)(b).
14. Clause 2.2.3.2.(1)(c).
15. Clause 2.2.3.2.(1)(d).
16. Article 2.2.3.3.
17. Sentence 2.2.3.4.(1).
18. Sentence 2.2.3.4.(5).
19. Clause 2.4.1.4.(1)(a).
20. Clause 2.4.1.4.(1)(b).
21. Article 2.4.1.5.
22. Sentence 2.4.3.1.(2).
23. Article 2.4.3.2.
24. Sentence 2.4.4.1.(2).
25. Sentence 2.4.4.1.(3).
26. Article 2.4.4.3.
27. Sentence 2.4.4.4.(1).
28. Sentence 2.5.1.2.(1).
29. Sentence 2.5.1.2.(2).
30. Article 2.5.1.3.
31. Article 2.5.1.4.
32. Clause 2.6.1.4.(2)(a).
33. Clause 2.6.1.4.(2)(b).
34. Article 2.6.1.5.
35. Sentence 2.6.1.8.(1).
36. Article 2.6.1.9.
37. Clause 2.6.1.10.(1)(a).
38. Clause 2.6.1.10.(1)(b).
39. Clause 2.6.1.10.(1)(c).
40. Sentence 2.6.1.14.(1).
41. Sentence 2.6.1.14.(2).
42. Sentence 2.6.3.3.(2).
43. Article 2.6.4.1.
44. Article 2.6.4.2.
45. Sentence 2.7.1.5.(1).
46. Sentence 2.7.1.5.(2).
47. Sentence 2.7.1.7.(1).
48. Sentence 2.7.1.7.(2).
49. Sentence 2.7.1.8.(1).
50. Sentence 2.7.1.8.(2).
51. Sentence 2.7.1.9.(1).
52. Sentence 2.7.1.9.(5).
53. Sentence 2.7.2.2.(4).
54. Sentence 2.7.2.2.(5).
55. Clause 2.7.2.2.(6)(b).
56. Sentence 2.7.2.3.(2).
57. Sentence 2.7.2.3.(3).
58. Sentence 2.7.2.3.(4).
59. Article 2.7.2.4.
60. Article 2.7.3.1.
61. Sentence 2.7.3.2.(1).
62. Clause 2.7.3.3.(3)(a).
63. Clause 2.7.3.3.(3)(b).
64. Sentence 2.7.3.3.(4).
65. Sentence 2.7.4.1.(2).
66. Sentence 2.8.1.2.(1).
67. Clause 2.8.1.3.(1)(a).
68. Clause 2.8.1.3.(1)(b).
69. Article 2.8.1.4.
70. Sentence 2.8.2.1.(1).
71. Sentence 2.8.2.1.(3).
72. Sentence 2.8.2.1.(4).
73. Sentence 2.8.2.1.(6).
74. Sentence 2.8.2.1.(7).
75. Sentence 2.8.2.1.(8).
76. Article 2.8.2.4.
77. Sentence 2.8.2.8.(1).
78. Clause 2.8.2.8.(2)(a).
79. Clause 2.8.2.8.(2)(b).
80. Sentence 2.8.2.8.(3).
81. Sentence 2.8.3.2.(1).
82. Sentence 2.8.3.2.(2).
83. Clause 2.8.3.2.(3)(a).
84. Clause 2.8.3.2.(3)(b).
85. Clause 2.8.3.2.(3)(c).
86. Clause 2.8.3.2.(4)(a).
87. Clause 2.8.3.2.(4)(b).
88. Clause 2.8.3.2.(4)(c).
89. Sentence 2.8.3.2.(5).
90. Sentence 2.8.3.2.(6).
91. Sentence 2.8.3.2.(7).
92. Article 2.8.3.3.
93. Sentence 2.8.3.4.(1).
94. Sentence 2.8.3.4.(2).
95. Article 2.8.3.5.
96. Sentence 2.9.3.1.(1).
97. Article 2.10.2.1.
98. Article 2.10.2.2.
99. Article 2.12.1.5.
100. Article 2.12.1.7.
101. Clause 2.13.2.1.(1)(a).
102. Clause 2.13.2.1.(1)(b).
103. Clause 2.13.2.1.(1)(c).
104. Clause 2.13.2.1.(1)(d).
105. Sentence 2.13.2.1.(2).
106. Sentence 2.14.1.2.(2).
107. Sentence 2.14.1.5.(2).
108. Clause 2.16.2.1.(1)(a).
109. Clause 2.16.2.1.(1)(b).
110. Clause 2.16.2.1.(2)(a).
111. Clause 2.16.2.1.(2)(b).
112. Clause 2.16.2.1.(2)(c).
113. Clause 2.16.2.1.(2)(d).
114. Clause 2.16.2.1.(3)(a).
115. Clause 2.16.2.1.(3)(b).
116. Clause 2.16.2.1.(3)(c).
117. Clause 2.16.2.1.(4)(a).
118. Clause 2.16.2.1.(4)(b).
119. Clause 2.16.2.1.(4)(c).
120. Clause 2.16.2.1.(4)(d).
121. Sentence 2.16.2.1.(5).
122. Sentence 2.16.2.1.(8).
123. Sentence 2.17.2.1.(1).
124. Sentence 2.17.2.1.(2).
125. Sentence 2.17.2.1.(3).
126. Sentence 2.17.2.1.(4).
127. Sentence 2.17.2.1.(5).
128. Sentence 3.2.1.3.(2).
129. Sentence 3.2.7.4.(1).
130. Sentence 3.3.1.3.(3).
131. Sentence 3.3.1.3.(4).
132. Sentence 3.3.1.5.(2).
133. Sentence 3.3.1.7.(1).
134. Clause 3.3.1.7.(2)(g).
135. Sentence 3.3.1.8.(5).
136. Sentence 3.3.1.8.(6).
137. Article 3.3.1.11.
138. Article 3.3.2.6.
139. Article 3.3.2.7.
140. Sentence 3.3.2.13.(2).
141. Article 3.3.2.23.
142. Sentence 3.3.2.24.(3).
143. Article 3.3.3.3.
144. Sentence 3.3.3.4.(1).
145. Sentence 3.3.3.4.(2).
146. Article 3.3.3.11.
147. Sentence 3.4.2.1.(4).
148. Sentence 3.4.2.2.(2).
149. Article 3.5.1.1.
150. Article 3.5.1.2.
151. Article 3.5.1.3.
152. Article 3.5.1.10.
153. Article 3.5.2.3.
154. Sentence 3.5.2.4.(1).
155. Clause 3.5.2.4.(2)(a).
156. Clause 3.5.2.4.(2)(b).
157. Sentence 3.5.2.4.(3).
158. Clause 5.5.5.7.(1)(a).
159. Sentence 5.12.11.4.(2).
160. Sentence 5.14.5.3.(2).
161. Article 5.14.9.2.
162. Sentence 5.16.2.7.(2).
163. Article 6.2.1.5.
164. Article 6.2.4.4.
165. Sentence 6.2.7.4.(1).
166. Article 6.2.7.5.
167. Sentence 6.2.7.9.(1).
168. Article 6.3.1.1.
169. Clause 6.3.2.2.(4)(a).
170. Clause 6.3.2.2.(4)(b).
171. Sentence 6.3.2.2.(5).
172. Sentence 6.3.2.6.(3).
173. Sentence 6.3.2.6.(4).
174. Sentence 6.3.2.6.(5).
175. Sentence 6.3.2.6.(6).
176. Sentence 6.3.3.3.(1).
177. Sentence 6.3.3.3.(2).
178. Article 6.3.3.4.
179. Article 6.3.3.6.
180. Sentence 6.3.4.3.(1).
181. Sentence 6.3.4.3.(2).
182. Article 6.3.4.4.
183. Article 6.3.4.6.
184. Article 6.4.2.2.
185. Article 6.4.2.3.
186. Sentence 6.4.2.6.(1).
187. Sentence 6.4.2.6.(2).
188. Sentence 6.4.3.7.(1).
189. Clause 6.4.3.7.(3)(a).
190. Clause 6.4.3.7.(3)(b).
191. Clause 6.4.3.7.(3)(c).
192. Clause 6.4.3.7.(3)(d).
193. Clause 6.4.3.7.(3)(e).
194. Clause 6.4.3.7.(3)(f).
195. Clause 6.4.3.7.(3)(g).
196. Clause 6.4.3.7.(3)(h).
197. Sentence 6.4.3.7.(4).
198. Sentence 6.5.1.8.(1).
199. Sentence 6.5.1.8.(2).
200. Article 6.5.2.1.
201. Sentence 6.5.2.2.(1).
202. Sentence 6.5.2.2.(2).
203. Article 6.5.5.1.
204. Article 6.5.6.2.
205. Article 6.6.2.10.
206. Article 6.6.4.2.
207. Article 6.6.4.3.
208. Article 6.6.5.7.
209. Article 6.6.5.8.
210. Clause 6.7.1.6.(2)(a).
211. Clause 6.7.1.6.(2)(b).
212. Article 6.8.2.2.
213. Article 6.8.2.4.
214. Article 6.8.2.5.
215. Sentence 6.10.1.1.(3).
216. Sentence 6.10.1.2.(1).
217. Sentence 7.2.5.1.(4).
218. Sentence 7.2.5.1.(5).
219. Sentence 7.2.5.1.(6).
220. Sentence 7.2.5.1.(7).
221. Sentence 8.1.2.2.(5).
222. Sentence 8.1.2.7.(1).
223. Clause 8.1.2.8.(2)(a).
224. Clause 8.1.2.8.(2)(b).
225. Clause 8.1.2.8.(2)(c).
226. Clause 8.1.2.8.(2)(d).
227. Clause 8.1.2.8.(2)(e).
228. Clause 8.1.2.8.(2)(f).
229. Clause 8.1.2.8.(2)(g).
230. Clause 8.1.2.8.(3)(a).
231. Clause 8.1.2.8.(3)(b).
232. Article 9.1.4.8.
233. Article 9.2.3.14.
234. Clause 9.3.3.10.(2)(a).
235. Clause 9.3.3.10.(2)(b).
236. Clause 9.3.3.10.(2)(c).
237. Sentence 9.3.4.5.(1).
238. Sentence 9.3.4.5.(2).
239. Sentence 9.3.5.1.(1).
240. Sentence 9.3.5.1.(2).
241. Article 9.4.2.9.
242. Sentence 9.5.2.4.(3).
243. Sentence 9.5.3.3.(3).
244. Clause 9.5.3.5.(1)(a).
245. Clause 9.5.3.5.(1)(b).
246. Clause 9.5.3.5.(1)(c).
247. Clause 9.5.3.5.(3)(a).
248. Clause 9.5.3.5.(3)(b).
249. Clause 9.5.3.5.(3)(c).
250. Clause 9.5.3.5.(3)(d).
251. Sentence 9.7.4.3.(1).
252. Sentence 9.8.4.2.(4).
253. Sentence 9.8.6.1.(2).
254. Sentence 9.8.6.1.(3).
255. Sentence 9.9.1.2.(1).
256. Sentence 9.9.3.10.(3).
257. Sentence 9.9.4.13.(1).
Division C provisions subject to administrative penalty
2. The following provisions of Division C of the fire code are subject to an administrative penalty:
1. Clause 1.2.1.2.(1)(a).
2. Clause 1.2.1.2.(1)(b).
3. Sentence 1.2.1.2.(3).
4. Sentence 1.2.1.3.(2).
5. Clause 1.2.2.2.(1)(a).
6. Clause 1.2.2.2.(1)(b).
7. Sentence 1.2.2.2.(3).
8. Sentence 1.2.2.3.(2).
9. Clause 1.2.3.2.(1)(a).
10. Clause 1.2.3.2.(1)(b).
11. Clause 1.2.3.3.(1)(a).
12. Clause 1.2.3.3.(1)(b).
