RULES FOR AREAS IN STAGE 3, O. Reg. 4/21

• Jurisdiction: Ontario

ontario regulation 4/21

made under the

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

Made: January 9, 2021
Filed: January 9, 2021
Published on e-Laws: January 11, 2021
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 23, 2021

Amending O. Reg. 364/20

(RULES FOR AREAS IN STAGE 3)

1. Subsection 1 (3) of Schedule 1 to Ontario Regulation 364/20 is amended by striking out “sections 2 to 6” and substituting “sections 2 to 7”.

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

NHL

7. (1) In this section,

“NHL” means the National Hockey League; (“LNH”)

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

“professional sports plan for the NHL” means the document titled “2020-21 NHL 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 LNH”)

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

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

(a) the businesses and places that may be used by NHL 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 NHL participants.

(4) A business or place that is listed in the professional sports plan for the NHL as being available for the use of NHL participants may open for use by NHL 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 NHL.

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

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 NHL participant by a business or place listed in the professional sports plan for the NHL in accordance with clause (3) (a) when they are provided in accordance with the professional sports plan for the NHL:

1. Subsection 2 (4) and sections 3, 4 and 4.1 of this Schedule.

2. Section 8 of Schedule 2.

3. 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 NHL participants when they are permitted to provide food, drink or services under the professional sports plan for the NHL, 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)...