O. Reg. 62/00: SPILLS

 

ONTARIO REGULATION 62/00

made under the

Environmental Protection Act

Made: February 2, 2000
Filed: February 7, 2000

Amending Reg. 360 of R.R.O. 1990

(Spills)

1. (1) Paragraph 2 of subsection 16 (2) of Regulation 360 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by striking out “spouse” and substituting “spouse or same–sex partner”.

(2) Section 16 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(6) In paragraph 2 of subsection (2),

“same–sex partner” means either of two persons of the same sex who live together in a conjugal relationship outside marriage;

“spouse” means,

(a) a spouse as defined in section 1 of the Family Law Act, or

(b) either of two persons of the opposite sex who live together in a conjugal relationship outside marriage.

2. This Regulation comes into force on March 1, 2000.