O. Reg. 29/05: Salaries and Benefits of Justices of the Peace - Regions Designated under Section 22 of the Act

 

ontario regulation 29/05

made under the

Justices of the peace act

Made: February 2, 2005
Filed: February 3, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: February 19, 2005

Amending O. Reg. 247/94

(Salaries and Benefits of Justices of the Peace — Regions Designated under Section 22 of the Act)

1. Subsection 1.1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 247/94 is amended by adding the following definition: 

“spouse” means either of two persons who,

(a) are married to each other within the meaning of clause (a) of the definition of “spouse” in section 1 of the Family Law Act,

(b) have together entered into a marriage that is voidable or void, in good faith on the part of a person relying on this clause to assert any right, or

(c) live together in a conjugal relationship outside marriage.

2. Section 2 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

2. The salary of a person who held office as a full-time justice of the peace on or after April 1, 2002 shall be paid on the basis of the annual salaries for the periods set out in Columns 2, 3 and 4 of the following Table opposite the office set out in Column 1 of that Table.

table

 

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Office	Salary — April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003	Salary — April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004	Salary — annually from  April 1, 2004
Regional senior justice of the peace for a region	$87,738	$91,043	$93,621
Senior advisory justice of the peace	87,738	91,043	93,621
Senior justice of the peace/administrator of the Native justice of the peace program	87,738	91,043	93,621
Presiding justice of the peace	82,628	85,933	88,511
Non-presiding justice of the peace	60,115	62,520	64,396

3. Section 7 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(4) A set of judicial attire for a justice of the peace who holds office on or after April 1, 2002 includes an intake court jacket in addition to the garments listed in subsection (3). 

4. Paragraph 1 of subsection 8 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

1. Mileage expenses for travel in his or her own private automobile to or from a location other than his or her regular location, at the rate of,

i. 30 cents per kilometre travelled in southern Ontario and 30.5 cents per kilometre travelled in northern Ontario for the period before April 1, 2002, and

ii. 37 cents per kilometre travelled in southern Ontario and 40 cents per kilometre travelled in northern Ontario for the period after March 31, 2002.

5. Subsection 17 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “same-sex partner” in the portion following clause (b).

6. (1) Clause 26 (1) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or same-sex partner”.

(2) Clause 26 (1) (b) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or same-sex partner”.

7. (1) Subsection 29 (5) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “$200” and substituting “$300”.

(2) Subsection 29 (6) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(6) The Supplementary Health and Hospital Insurance Plan must provide the cost of the purchase and repair of a hearing aid (other than the replacement of a battery) to a maximum of $1,200 per person every four years to every justice of the peace who elects to participate in the Plan’s additional coverage for vision care and hearing aids.

(6.1) Every person who held office as a justice of the peace after March 31, 2002 and before February 3, 2005 and who elected to participate in the Plan’s additional coverage for vision care and hearing aids is entitled to be reimbursed for vision care and hearing aids as if subsections (5) and (6) and the definition of “vision care” in subsection (9) as they read on February 3, 2005 had been in force during that period of time.

(3) Subsection 29 (8) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(8) For the additional coverage described in subsection (5), the Crown shall pay,

(a) 80 per cent of the premiums for each participating full-time justice of the peace for the period after March 31, 2002; and

(b) 80 per cent of the applicable monthly percentage under clause (2) (b) of the premiums for each participating part-time justice of the peace for the period after March 31, 2002.

(8.1) For the additional coverage described in subsection (6), the Crown shall pay,

(a) 60 per cent of the premiums for each participating full-time justice of the peace; and

(b) 60 per cent of the applicable monthly percentage under clause (2) (b) of the premiums for each participating part-time justice of the peace.

(4) The definition of “vision care” in subsection 29 (9) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

“vision care” means,

(a) eye examinations conducted by a physician who is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or an optometrist who is a member of the College of Optometrists of Ontario, and

(b) eyeglasses, frames and lenses for eyeglasses and contact lenses prescribed by a physician who is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or an optometrist who is a member of the College of Optometrists of Ontario, and includes the fitting of such eyeglasses, frames, lenses and contact lenses, but does not include eyeglasses for cosmetic purposes or sunglasses.

8. (1) Paragraph 2 of subsection 30 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or same-sex partner”.

(2) Paragraph 4 of subsection 30 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or same-sex partner”.