O. Reg. 295/05: GENERAL

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ontario regulation 295/05

made under the

ministry of correctional services act

Made: June 1, 2005
 Filed: June 13, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 2, 2005

Amending Reg. 778 of R.R.O. 1990

(General)

1. (1) Clauses 44.3 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation 778 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 are amended by striking out “any relative, spouse or same-sex partner” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “any relative or spouse”.

(2) Subsection 44.3 (4) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(4) In subsection (1),

“relative” means a person related to the victim by blood, marriage or adoption; (“parent”)

“spouse” has the same meaning as in section 29 of the Family Law Act. (“conjoint”) 

2. Subsection 62 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) In this section,

“victim” means a person who, as a result of the commission of any offence under the Criminal Code (Canada) by another, suffers emotional or physical harm, loss of or damage to property or economic harm and, if the commission of the offence results in the death of the person, includes,

(a) a child or parent of the person, within the meaning of section 1 of the Family Law Act, and

(b) a dependant or spouse of the person, both within the meaning of section 29 of the Family Law Act,

but does not include a child, parent, dependant or spouse who is charged with or has been convicted of committing the offence.

 

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