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Registry Act
Loi sur l’enregistrement des actes

ONTARIO REGULATION 21/99

REGISTRATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND DEPOSIT OF DOCUMENTS IN FRENCH

Note: This Regulation was revoked on September 1, 2011. See: O. Reg. 436/11, ss. 1, 2.

Last amendment: O. Reg. 436/11.

This Regulation is made in English only.

1. (1) The following registry divisions are designated for the purposes of section 44 of the Act:

Algoma (No. 1)

Cochrane (No. 6)

Dundas (No. 8)

Essex (No. 12)

Glengarry (No. 14)

Kenora (No. 23)

Kent (No. 24)

Middlesex (No. 33)

Niagara (No. 30)

Nipissing (No. 36)

Ottawa-Carleton (No. 5)

Peel (No. 43)

Prescott (No. 46)

Renfrew (No. 49)

Russell (No. 50)

Simcoe (No. 51)

Stormont (No. 52)

Sudbury (No. 53)

Thunder Bay (No. 55)

Timiskaming (No. 54)

Toronto (No. 66)

Wentworth (No. 62)

O. Reg. 21/99, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 123/05, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 216/05, s. 1.

(2) The following Acts are designated for the purpose of subsection 44 (4) of the Act:

Certification of Titles Act

Condominium Act, 1998

Construction Lien Act

Estates Administration Act

Family Law Act

Land Registration Reform Act

Land Transfer Tax Act

Municipal Tax Sales Act

Personal Property Security Act

Powers of Attorney Act

Substitute Decisions Act, 1992

O. Reg. 21/99, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 123/05, s. 1 (2).

(3) Despite section 43 of the Act, if a form is prescribed in the English language for an instrument, deposit or any related attachment but no form is prescribed in the French language and the land registrar is of the opinion that a translation of the form in the French language presented for registration or deposit is an accurate translation of the form prescribed in the English language, the French translation is a prescribed form for the purposes of the Act and the regulations. O. Reg. 21/99, s. 1 (3).

(4) Despite subsection (1), all registry divisions are designated for the purposes of section 44 of the Act if the instrument to be registered or document to be deposited is the bilingual version of Form 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Regulation 688 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990. O. Reg. 21/99, s. 1 (4).

(5) If the instrument to be registered or the document to be deposited is the bilingual version of Form 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 of Regulation 688 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 and words have been added to the instrument or document and the land registrar is of the opinion that all the words that have been added appear in both the English and French languages, the instrument may be registered or the document may be deposited. O. Reg. 21/99, s. 1 (5).