ontario regulation 417/23

made under the

Building Broadband Faster Act, 2021

Made: December 19, 2023
Filed: December 20, 2023
Published on e-Laws: December 20, 2023
Published in The Ontario Gazette: January 6, 2024

Amending O. Reg. 436/22

(DEFINITIONS AND PRESCRIBED PROVISIONS)

1. Section 1 of Ontario Regulation 436/22 is amended by adding the following definition:

“distribution system” has the same meaning as in the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998; (“réseau de distribution”)

2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Requirements, s. 9 (3) of the Act

5.0.1. For the purposes of subsection 9 (3) of the Act, the following are the prescribed requirements that apply to a proponent who carries out work authorized under clause 9 (1) (b) of the Act in respect of a distributor described in subsection 9 (1) of the Act:

1.  The work is to be carried out by persons who meet the requirements set out in the definition of “competent person” in Ontario Regulation 22/04 (Electrical Distribution Safety) made under the Electricity Act, 1998.

2.  The proponent must provide to the distributor an indemnity for any damage or deficiency to the distributor’s distribution system resulting from conducting the work that applies during the period in which the work is being conducted by persons referred to in paragraph 1 and for at least 120 days after the work is completed.

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the later of January 1, 2024 and the day this Regulation is filed.

 

Made by:
Pris par :

La ministre de l'Infrastructure,

Kinga Surma

Minister of Infrastructure

 

Date made: December 19, 2023
Pris le : 19 décembre 2023