Territorial Division Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 17, Sched. E

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Territorial Division Act, 2002

S.O. 2002, CHAPTER 17
Schedule E

Consolidation Period: From January 1, 2003 to the e-Laws currency date.

No amendments.

Geographic division of province

1. (1) Ontario may be divided into such geographic areas and with such names as may be prescribed by regulation. 2002, c. 17, Sched. E, s. 1 (1).

Status, etc., of municipality unaffected

(2) The status, name or boundary of any municipality, except where otherwise provided, is unaffected by this Act, a regulation made under this Act or the repeal of the Territorial Division Act. 2002, c. 17, Sched. E, s. 1 (2).

Regulations

2. (1) The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing may make regulations dividing all of Ontario into geographic areas and establishing the boundaries of and naming those areas. 2002, c. 17, Sched. E, s. 2 (1).

Scope

(2) A regulation under subsection (1),

(a) may incorporate by reference, in whole or in part, any document, map or description;

(b) may describe a geographic area using the names of municipalities;

(c) may prescribe different geographic areas for different purposes, including prescribing for the purposes of a provision of any Act or regulation, unless otherwise provided, that a single-tier municipality is, for geographic purposes, included within an upper-tier municipality or another single-tier municipality. 2002, c. 17, Sched. E, s. 2 (2).

Changes to municipalities

(3) The inclusion of the name of a municipality in a prescribed geographic area does not prevent the name, status or boundaries of any municipality being changed as provided for under any Act. 2002, c. 17, Sched. E, s. 2 (3).

Lakes and rivers forming boundary

3. (1) The limits of a geographic township lying on a river or lake that forms part of the boundary of Ontario or the boundary of another province extend to that boundary in the lake or river in prolongation of the outlines of the township and that township also includes all the islands, the whole or the greater part of which are comprised within the outlines so prolonged. 2002, c. 17, Sched. E, s. 3 (1).

Limits of townships on bays, lakes and rivers

(2) The limits of geographic townships on rivers, lakes and bays, other than those to which subsection (1) applies, extend to the middle of the lakes and bays, and to the middle of the main channels of the rivers and include every island the whole or the greater part of which is comprised within the outlines of the townships so prolonged. 2002...