ontario regulation 50/20

made under the

Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act

Made: March 17, 2020 (7:30 am)
Filed: March 18, 2020
Published on e-Laws: March 19, 2020
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: April 4, 2020

Declaration of Emergency

WHEREAS the outbreak of a communicable disease namely COVID-19 coronavirus disease constitutes a danger of major proportions that could result in serious harm to persons;

AND WHEREAS the criteria set out in subsection 7.0.1(3) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E.9 (the “Act”) have been satisfied;

NOW THEREFORE, an emergency is hereby declared pursuant to section 7.0.1 of the Act in the whole of the Province of Ontario.