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O. Reg. 16/99: AUTOMATED SYSTEM

under Land Registration Reform Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.4

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Land Registration Reform Act
Loi portant réforme de l’enregistrement immobilier

ONTARIO REGULATION 16/99

AUTOMATED SYSTEM

Historical version for the period August 20, 2007 to September 6, 2007.

Last amendment: O. Reg. 469/07.

This Regulation is made in English only.

Automated Recording and Property Mapping

1. All of Ontario is designated for the purpose of Part II of the Act. O. Reg. 16/99, s. 1.

Electronic Registration

2. In sections 3, 4 and 5,

“document” does not include,

(a) a plan registered, submitted, made or deposited under the Land Titles Act,

(b) a declaration or description within the meaning of the Condominium Act, 1998 or an amendment to such a declaration or description, or

(c) a notice of termination described in section 122 or 123 of the Condominium Act, 1998, a deed for a sale described in section 124 of that Act, a plan of expropriation for an expropriation described in section 126 of the Act or an order for termination described in section 128 of that Act. O. Reg. 16/99, s. 2; O. Reg. 51/01, s. 1.

3. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the land included within the boundaries of the land titles divisions specified in Column 1 of the Table is designated under clause 19 (a) of the Act as an area in which documents may be registered under the Land Titles Act in either an electronic format or a written form starting on the date specified opposite those divisions in Column 2 of the Table.

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

Land Titles Division

Date

Algoma (No. 1)

April 24, 2006

Bruce (No. 3)

November 27, 2006

Frontenac (No. 13)

April 11, 2005

Grey (No. 16)

January 22, 2007

Haldimand (No. 18)

July 24, 2006

Haliburton (No. 19)

October 16, 2006

Hastings (No. 21)

May 9, 2005

Kent (No. 24)

March 27, 2006

Lambton (No. 25)

July 10, 2006

Leeds (No. 28)

October 23, 2006

Lennox (No. 29)

May 29, 2006

Manitoulin (No. 31)

January 8, 2007

Muskoka (No. 35)

April 18, 2005

Norfolk (No. 37)

December 11, 2006

Oxford (No. 41)

January 9, 2006

Parry Sound (No. 42)

September 18, 2006

Northumberland (No. 39)

May 8, 2006

Prescott (No. 46)

June 19, 2006

Prince Edward (No. 47)

August 21, 2006

Stormont (No. 52)

December 4, 2006

Victoria (No. 57)

October 24, 2005

O. Reg. 16/99, s. 3 (1); O. Reg. 164/00, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 427/00, s. 1; O. Reg. 476/00, s. 1; O. Reg. 574/00, s. 1; O. Reg. 20/01, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 35/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 119/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 177/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 206/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 362/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 398/01, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 426/01, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 463/01, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 44/02, s. 1; O. Reg. 111/02, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 164/02, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 218/02, s. 1; O. Reg. 219/02, s. 1; O. Reg. 272/02, s. 1; O. Reg. 310/02, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 344/02, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 345/02, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 5/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 6/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 7/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 31/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 32/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 125/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 192/03, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 193/03, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 243/03, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 244/03, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 245/03, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 286/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 287/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 376/03, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 395/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 429/03, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 13/04, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 53/04, s. 1; O. Reg. 216/04, s. 1; O. Reg. 236/04, s. 1; O. Reg. 237/04, s. 1; O. Reg. 283/04, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 284/04, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 364/04, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 365/04, s. 1; O. Reg. 52/05, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 87/05, s. 1; O. Reg. 101/05, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 170/05, s. 1; O. Reg. 178/05, s. 1; O. Reg. 205/05, s. 1; O. Reg. 220/05, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 273/05, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 540/05, s. 1; O. Reg. 574/05, s. 1; O. Reg. 592/05, s. 1; O. Reg. 3/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 35/06, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 43/06, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 85/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 108/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 121/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 189/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 236/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 323/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 356/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 361/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 394/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 447/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 484/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 497/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 525/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 530/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 541/06, s. 1; O. Reg. 1/07, s. 1; O. Reg. 11/07, s. 1; O. Reg. 207/07, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 469/07, s. 1 (1).

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the land included within the boundaries of the land titles divisions specified in Column 1 of the Table is designated under clause 19 (c) of the Act as an area in which documents may not be registered under the Land Titles Act unless they are in an electronic format alone starting on the date specified opposite those divisions in Column 2 of the Table.

TABLE

Column 1

Column 2

Land Titles Division

Date

Brant (No. 2)

December 12, 2002

Cochrane (No. 6)

February 22, 2005

Dufferin (No. 7)

November 21, 2001

Durham (No. 40)

March 19, 2002

Elgin (No. 11)

May 22, 2007

Essex (No. 12)

September 9, 2003

Halton (No. 20)

April 25, 2001

Huron (No. 22)

May 14, 2003

Kenora (No. 23)

February 23, 2006

Lanark (No. 27)

June 11, 2003

Middlesex (No. 33)

March 7, 2000

Niagara North (No. 30)

September 16, 2004

Niagara South (No. 59)

September 16, 2004

Nipissing (No. 36)

June 9, 2005

Ottawa-Carleton (No. 4)

May 23, 2002

Peel (No. 43)

October 24, 2001

Perth (No. 44)

May 14, 2003

Peterborough (No. 45)

August 20, 2007

Rainy River (No. 48)

November 22, 2004

Renfrew (No. 49)

June 11, 2003

Russell (No. 50)

June 11, 2003

Simcoe (No. 51)

November 20, 2002

Sudbury (No. 53)

March 15, 2005

Thunder Bay (No. 55)

May 19, 2005

Timiskaming (No. 54)

February 9, 2006

Toronto (No. 66)

December 9, 2003

Waterloo (No. 58)

February 10, 2004

Wellington (No. 61)

December 11, 2002

Wentworth (No. 62)

January 29, 2001

York Region (No. 65)

December 12, 2001

O. Reg. 16/99, s. 3 (2); O. Reg. 164/00, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 20/01, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 119/01, s. 2; O. Reg. 398/01, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 426/01, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 463/01, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 111/02, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 164/02, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 310/02, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 344/02, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 345/02, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 192/03, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 193/03, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 243/03, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 244/03, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 245/03, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 376/03, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 429/03, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 13/04, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 283/04, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 284/04, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 364/04, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 52/05, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 101/05, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 220/05, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 273/05, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 35/06, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 43/06, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 207/07, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 469/07, s. 1 (2).

(3) If the electronic land registration database is not capable of receiving a document or group of documents by direct electronic transmission, the document or group of documents may not be registered in an electronic format but must be registered in written form. O. Reg. 16/99, s. 3 (3).

4. (1) Despite section 24 of the Act, if a person submits a document for registration under the Land Titles Act in an electronic format and the document is required to include an affidavit, a declaration or any other written evidence, the evidence is not required to be in an electronic format. O. Reg. 16/99, s. 4 (1).

(2) If the evidence mentioned in subsection (1) is a judgment or order that is not in an electronic format, it shall comply with subsection 17 (3) of Regulation 690 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990. O. Reg. 16/99, s. 4 (2).

5. (1) If access to the electronic or imaged records or documents of a land registry office is not available for any reason and documents may be registered under the Land Titles Act in the office in an electronic format, the Director may authorize the land registrar to accept for registration copies of electronic documents delivered to the office in a format approved by the Director. O. Reg. 16/99, s. 5 (1).

(2) When access to the electronic or imaged records or documents of the land registry office is restored, the land registrar shall register the copies mentioned in subsection (1) in an electronic format, in the manner specified by the Director, in the order in which they were received and before proceeding with any other registrations. O. Reg. 16/99, s. 5 (2).

6. Omitted (revokes other Regulations). O. Reg. 16/99, s. 6.