O. Reg. 706/21: STATUTORY CONDITIONS - AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
filed October 14, 2021 under Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. I.8
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Insurance Act
Made: October 7, 2021
Filed: October 14, 2021
Published on e-Laws: October 14, 2021
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: October 30, 2021
Amending O. Reg. 777/93
(STATUTORY CONDITIONS - AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE)
1. (1) Subcondition (1) of statutory condition 11 of the Schedule to Ontario Regulation 777/93 is revoked and the following substituted:
Termination
(1) Subject to section 12 of the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act and sections 237 and 238 of the Insurance Act, the insurer may give to the insured a notice of termination of the contract by,
(a) registered mail;
(b) personal delivery;
(c) prepaid courier if there is a record by the person who has delivered it that the notice has been sent; or
(d) electronic means if the insured consents to delivery by electronic means.
(2) Clause (b) of subcondition (1.1) of statutory condition 11 of the Schedule to the Regulation is amended by adding “prepaid courier or electronic means” at the end.
(3) Clause (b) of subcondition (1.2) of statutory condition 11 of the Schedule to the Regulation is amended by adding “prepaid courier or electronic means” at the end.
(4) Subcondition (1.7) of statutory condition 11 of the Schedule to the Regulation is amended by striking out “or personal delivery” and substituting “personal delivery, prepaid courier if there is a record by the person who has delivered it that the notice has been sent, or electronic means if the insured consents to delivery by electronic means”.
(5) Statutory condition 11 of the Schedule to the Regulation is amended by adding the following subcondition:
(5.1) For the purpose of clause (b) of subconditions (1.1) and (1.2),
(a) the day on which the insurer gives the notice by prepaid courier shall be deemed to be the day after the day there is a record by the person who delivered it that the notice has been sent; and
(b) the day on which the insurer gives the notice by electronic means shall be deemed to be the day after the day the notice is sent.
2. Statutory condition 12 of the Schedule to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
Notice
12. (1) Written notice may be given to the insurer in the following ways:
1. It may be personally delivered at the chief agency or head office of the insurer in the Province.
2. It may be sent by registered mail to the chief agency or head office of the insurer in the Province.
3. It may be delivered by electronic means.
(2) Written notice may be given to the insured named in this contract in the following ways:
1. It may be personally delivered.
2. It may be delivered by prepaid courier to the latest address of the insured on the records of the insurer if there is a record by the person who has delivered it that the notice has been sent.
3. It may be sent by registered mail to the latest address of the insured on the records of the insurer.
4. It may be delivered by electronic means if the insured consents to delivery by electronic means.
(3) In this condition, the expression “registered” means registered in or outside Canada.
Commencement
3. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day section 6 of Schedule 22 to the Protect, Support and Recover from COVID-19 Act (Budget Measures), 2020 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.