O. Reg. 118/21: RULES FOR AREAS IN STAGE 2, Filed February 12, 2021 under Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 17

ontario regulation 118/21

made under the

Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020

Made: February 12, 2021
Filed: February 12, 2021
Published on e-Laws: February 12, 2021
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: February 27, 2021

Amending O. Reg. 263/20

(RULES FOR AREAS IN STAGE 2)

1. (1) Subsection 1 (3) of Schedule 1 to Ontario Regulation 263/20 is amended by striking out “8” and substituting “9”.

(2) Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

AHL

9. (1) In this section,

“AHL” means the American Hockey League; (“LAH”)

“AHL participant” means a person who has been specified as a member of a participant group in the professional sports plan for the AHL; (“participant de la LAH”)

“professional sports plan for the AHL” means the document titled “2021 AHL Season COVID-19 Protocol” and any attachments to it approved by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health. (“plan de sports professionnels applicable à la LAH”)

(2) The Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health may approve a professional sports plan for the AHL.

(3) The professional sports plan for the AHL shall list,

(a)  the businesses and places that may be used by AHL participants, which may include,

(i)  hotels,

(ii)  facilities for indoor or outdoor sports and recreational fitness activities,

(iii)  businesses or places that are in hotels or facilities mentioned in subclause (i) or (ii), and

(iv)  restaurants or bars; and

(b)  persons who are AHL participants.

(4) A business or place that is listed in the professional sports plan for the AHL as being available for the use of AHL participants may open for use by AHL participants if the business or place complies with the following conditions:

1.  The business or place must operate in accordance with the professional sports plan for the AHL.

2.  No spectators may be permitted at the business or place except in accordance with the professional sports plan for the AHL.

3.  The business or place must ensure that subsection (6) is complied with on the premises of the business or place.

(5) The following provisions do not apply to the provision of goods or services to an AHL participant by a business or place listed in the professional sports plan for the AHL in accordance with clause (3) (a) when they are provided in accordance with the professional sports plan for the AHL:

1.  Subsection 2 (4) and sections 3, 4, 5 and 7 of this Schedule.

2.  Section 7 of Schedule 2, but only in respect of personal physical fitness or sports trainers.

3.  Sections 13 and 14 of Schedule 2.

4.  Clauses 1 (1) (a) and (b) of Schedule 3.

(6) Section 1 of Schedule 2 does not apply to any part of a restaurant, bar, concession stand or other food or drink establishment that provides food, drink or services to AHL participants when they are permitted to provide food, drink or services under the professional sports plan for the AHL, but the establishment must operate in accordance with the conditions set out in paragraphs 2, 3.1, 3.2, 4, 5 and 7 of subsection 1 (1) and subsections 1 (2) to (4.1) of Schedule 2 to Ontario Regulation 364/20 (Rules for Areas in Stage 3) made under the Act.

(7) Clauses 1 (1) (a) and (b) of Schedule 3 do not apply to AHL participants.

Commencement

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.