ORDER UNDER SUBSECTION 7.0.2 (4) OF THE ACT - ORGANIZED PUBLIC EVENTS, CERTAIN GATHERINGS, O. Reg. 52/20

• Jurisdiction: Ontario

Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act

ONTARIO REGULATION 52/20

ORDER UNDER SUBSECTION 7.0.2 (4) OF THE ACT - Organized Public Events, CERTAIN gatherings

Historical version for the period June 12, 2020 to July 16, 2020.

Note: This Order is revoked on July 17, 2020, unless it is extended. (See s. 7.0.8 of the Act and O. Reg. 106/20, Sched. 1)

Last amendment: 276/20.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

WHEREAS an emergency was declared on March 17^th, 2020 pursuant to Order in Council 518/2020 (Ontario Regulation 50/20);

AND WHEREAS the criteria set out in subsection 7.0.2 (2) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act have been satisfied;

NOW THEREFORE, this Order is made pursuant to paragraph 14 of subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act, the terms of which are set out in Schedule 1;

AND FURTHER, this Order applies generally throughout Ontario.

O. Reg. 52/20; O. Reg. 99/20, s. 2.

SCHEDULE 1
Organized Public Events, Certain Gatherings

Prohibitions beginning on June 12, 2020

1. Sections 2 to 8 are deemed to have applied as of 12:01 a.m. on Friday, June 12, 2020.

Prohibition, gatherings

2. (1) Subject to sections 3 to 8, no person shall attend,

(a) an organized public event of more than 10 people, including a parade;

(b) a social gathering of more than 10 people, including a social gathering associated with a gathering described in clause (c); or

(c) a gathering of more than 10 people for the purposes of a wedding, a funeral or a religious service, rite or ceremony.

(2) For greater certainty, subsection (1) applies with respect to an event or gathering even if it is held at a private dwelling.

Exception, members of single household

3. Section 2 does not apply with respect to a gathering of members of a single household.

Exception, attendance at business, Stage 1

4. The prohibition on gatherings in clause 2 (1) (a) does not apply with respect to attendance at a place of business for a purpose related to providing or receiving the goods or services provided by the business if the business is not required to close under Ontario Regulation 82/20 (Order under Subsection 7.0.2 (4) of the Act — Stage 1 Closures).

Exception, attendance at business, Stage 2

5. The prohibition on gatherings in clause 2 (1) (a) does not apply with respect to attendance at an event that is organized by a business or organization if the event is permitted under the following provisions of Schedule 2 to Ontario...