ontario regulation 330/03

made under the

ontario energy board act, 1998

Made: July 24, 2003
Filed: August 1, 2003
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 16, 2003

Amending O. Reg. 200/02

(Consumer Protection)

1. Subsection 5 (2) of Ontario Regulation 200/02 is amended by striking out “the 31st day” and substituting “the 61st day”.

2. Paragraph 4 of subsection 6 (2.1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

4. Despite the renewal or extension of the contract under paragraph 3, a consumer may give written notice of cancellation of the contract within 35 days after the day on which the first bill under the renewed or extended contract is sent.

3. Paragraph 8 of subsection 7 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

8. A statement, in not less than 12 point bold type, that the contract ceases to have effect unless it is reaffirmed by the consumer in accordance with section 88.9 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998 before the 61st day following the day on which the written copy of the contract is delivered to the consumer, unless subsections 88.9 (3) to (6) and clauses 88.9 (10) (b) and (c) of the Act do not apply to the contract pursuant to subsection 88.9 (16) of the Act.

4. Subsection 9 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) Despite subsection (1), the Board may authorize the distributor to read the consumer’s electricity meter within a period specified by the Board that ends more than 45 days after the notice of cancellation was given if the Board is satisfied that it is not reasonably possible for the distributor to read the meter within the time period set out in subsection (1). 

5. Section 10 of the Regulation is revoked.

6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Sections 1, 3, 4 and 5 come into force on the later of August 1, 2003 and the day this Regulation is filed.