ontario regulation 414/19

made under the

Law Society Act

Made: November 6, 2019
Approved: December 6, 2019
Filed: December 9, 2019
Published on e-Laws: December 9, 2019
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: December 28, 2019

Amending O. Reg. 167/07

(HEARINGS BEFORE THE HEARING AND APPEAL DIVISIONS)

1. (1) Subsections 3 (2), (3) and (4) of Ontario Regulation 167/07 are revoked and the following substituted:

(2) If the motion relates to any of the following matters, the chair or, in the absence of the chair, the vice-chair shall assign three members of the Hearing Division to the hearing of the motion:

1. The jurisdiction of the Hearing Division to hear and determine the proceeding.

2. The jurisdiction of the Society to initiate the proceeding.

3. A stay of the proceeding.

4. A constitutional issue.

5. An interlocutory order suspending a licensee’s licence or restricting the manner in which a licensee may practise law or provide legal services.

(3) If the motion is not one described in subsection (2), the chair or, in the absence of the chair, the vice-chair shall assign either one member or three members of the Hearing Division to the hearing of the motion.

(2) Subsection 3 (5) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “subsection (3) or (4)” and substituting “subsection (2) or (3)”.

2. (1) Subsection 4 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.

(2) Subsection 4 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “and is not required to assign the member who is to determine the merits of the proceeding” at the end.

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

(4) If the motion is not one described in subsection (3), the chair or, in the absence of the chair, the vice-chair shall assign one member of the Hearing Division to the hearing of the motion.

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the later of January 1, 2020 and the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

Law Society of Ontario:
Le Barreau de l’Ontario :

Malcolm Mercer

Treasurer / Trésorier

James Varra

Corporate Secratary / Secrétaire général

Date made: November 6, 2019
Pris le : 6 novembre 2019