ontario regulation 296/05

made under the

Police services act

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

Amending O. Reg. 123/98

(General)

1. (1) The definition of “marital status” in section 1 of the Schedule to Ontario Regulation 123/98 is revoked and the following substituted:

“marital status” means the status of being married, single, widowed, divorced or separated and includes the status of living with a person in a conjugal relationship outside marriage;

(2) The definition of “same-sex partnership status” in section 1 of the Schedule to the Regulation is revoked.

(3) Subclauses 2 (1) (a) (i) and (ii) of the Schedule to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(i) fails to treat or protect a person equally without discrimination with respect to police services because of that person’s race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status or handicap,

(ii) uses profane, abusive or insulting language that relates to a person’s race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status or handicap,