ontario regulation 9/10

made under the

Electricity Act, 1998

Made: January 20, 2010
Filed: January 20, 2010
Published on e-Laws: January 22, 2010
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: February 6, 2010

Amending O. Reg. 124/02

(Taxes and Charges on Hydro-Electric Generating Stations)

1. Section 2 of Ontario Regulation 124/02 is amended by striking out “during the period beginning on January 1, 2001 and ending on December 31, 2008”.

2. (1) Subclause 4 (1) (b) (ii) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Minister” and substituting “Minister of Finance”.

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

3. Subsection 5 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

5. The Boulevard Lake Generating Station on the Current River in the City of Thunder Bay for the period commencing January 1, 2001 and ending April 30, 2025, but only if it is operated during that period pursuant to the lease entered into under the authority of By-law number 275-1988 of The Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay.

4. (1) Subsection 8 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “for 2003 or a subsequent year” in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting “for a year”.

(2) Section 8 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(2.1) Despite subsections (1) and (2), no instalments on account of the total of the amounts payable by a person under subsections 92.1 (1), (2) and (5) of the Act for 2010 or a subsequent year are payable if the total of all amounts payable by the person under those subsections for the immediately preceding year is less than $1,000.

(3) Subsection 8 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “and section 10”.

5. Section 9 of the Regulation is revoked.

6. Section 10 of the Regulation is revoked.

7. Subsection 12 (3) of the Regulation is revoked.

8. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (4), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Section 1 is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2009.

(3) Section 3 is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2001.

(4) Subsection 4 (2) is deemed to have come into force on January 1, 2010.

Made by:

Dwight Douglas Duncan

Minister of Finance

Date made: January 20, 2010.