ELECTRONIC MEETINGS, O. Reg. 42/20

• Jurisdiction: Ontario

ontario regulation 42/20

made under the

Education Act

Made: March 18, 2020
Filed: March 18, 2020
Published on e-Laws: March 19, 2020
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: April 4, 2020

Amending O. Reg. 463/97

(electronic meetings)

1. Section 7 of Ontario Regulation 463/97 is revoked and the following substituted:

7. (1) Despite a policy of a board respecting electronic meetings, the requirements under section 5 and subsection 5.1 (2) for persons to be physically present at meetings, and the requirement under section 6, do not apply for the period described in subsection (2), if all schools of the board are closed pursuant to an order made by,

(a) the Minister under section 5 (1) of the Education Act;

(b) a medical officer of health or the Chief Medical Officer of Health under section 22 or 77.1 of the Health Protection and Promotion Act; or

(c) the Lieutenant Governor in Council under paragraph 5 of subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act.

(2) The period referred to in subsection (1) starts on the later of,

(a) the day the order under clause (1) (a), (b) or (c) is made; and

(b) the day Ontario Regulation 42/20 comes into force,

and ends 60 days after the order expires.

Commencement

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