Cost of Adjudication Hearings
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O. Reg. 415/23: COST OF ADJUDICATION HEARINGS, Under: Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019, S.O. 2019, c. 1, Sched. 1
Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019
COST OF ADJUDICATION HEARINGS
Consolidation Period: From April 1, 2024 to the e-Laws currency date.
No amendments.
This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.
Fees charged to municipal board
1. (1) The Arbitration and Adjudication Commission shall, in accordance with subsection (3), charge a municipal board that employs a police officer in relation to whom there is an adjudication hearing under section 201, 202, 207 or 210 of the Act for all fees paid to the adjudicator in respect of holding the hearing.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the fees paid to adjudicators in respect of holding adjudication hearings include, without restriction, fees paid to adjudicators in relation to pre-hearing conferences, motions, preparation for a hearing, presiding at a hearing and writing reasons.
(3) The Arbitration and Adjudication Commission shall charge a municipal board for the fees referred to in subsection (1) in accordance with the following rules:
1. If a hearing concludes on or before March 31, 2025, 20 per cent of the fees.
2. If a hearing concludes after March 31, 2025 but on or before March 31, 2026, 50 per cent of the fees.
3. If a hearing concludes after March 31, 2026 but on or before March 31, 2027, 80 per cent of the fees.
4. If a hearing concludes after March 31, 2027, the full amount of the fees.
Costs of holding hearing
2. (1) The Arbitration and Adjudication Commission may charge a municipal board that employs a police officer in relation to whom there is an adjudication hearing under section 201, 202, 207 or 210 of the Act for the cost of holding the hearing, other than the fees referred to in section 1, in accordance with the following rules:
1. If a hearing concludes on or before March 31, 2025, 20 per cent of the cost of holding the hearing.
2. If a hearing concludes after March 31, 2025 but on or before March 31, 2026, 50 per cent of the cost of holding the hearing.
3. If a hearing concludes after March 31, 2026 but on or before March 31, 2027, 80 per cent of the cost of holding the hearing.
4. If a hearing concludes after March 31, 2027, the full cost of holding the hearing.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), the cost of holding the hearing includes all costs, other than the fees referred to in section 1, incurred at all stages of the hearing including costs related to holding pre-hearing conferences and motion hearings.
First Nation boards
3. The Arbitration and Adjudication Commission may not charge a First Nation board that employs a police officer in relation to whom there is an adjudication hearing under section 201, 202, 207 or 210 of the Act for the cost of holding the hearing.
4. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).