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O. Reg. 159/99: REFERENCES TO ONTARIO HYDRO, Under: Electricity Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c. 15, Sched. A
Electricity Act, 1998
Loi de 1998 sur l’électricité
ONTARIO REGULATION 159/99
REFERENCES TO ONTARIO HYDRO
Consolidation Period: From April 1, 1999 to the e-Laws currency date.
No amendments.
This Regulation is made in English only.
1. The references in the following provisions to Ontario Hydro, including the references to The Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario that were deemed to be references to Ontario Hydro by section 19 of The Power Commission Amendment Act, 1973, are deemed to be references to the Generation Corporation and its subsidiaries:
1. Sections 2 and 8 of The Niagara Development Act, 1951.
2. Section 3 of The Ontario Niagara Development Act, being chapter 20 of the Statutes of Ontario, 1916.
3. Sections 3 and 8 of The Ontario Niagara Development Act, 1917.
4. Sections 2 and 5 and subsection 8 (1) of The St. Lawrence Development Act, 1952 (No. 2). O. Reg. 159/99, s. 1.
2. (1) The reference to Ontario Hydro in the first line of subsection 24 (8) of the Power Corporation Act is deemed to be a reference to the IMO, the Generation Corporation, the Services Corporation and the Electrical Safety Authority.
(2) Subsection (1) is subject to the following conditions:
1. Subsection (1) applies only in respect of rules that are made under subsection 24 (8) of the Power Corporation Act with respect to the FCPP.
2. Subsection (1) applies only in respect of rules that are made under subsection 24 (8) of the Power Corporation Act with the unanimous consent of the IMO, the Generation Corporation, the Services Corporation and the Electrical Safety Authority.
(3) In this section,
“FCPP” has the same meaning as in Part VII of the Electricity Act, 1998. O. Reg. 159/99, s. 2.
3. (1) The references to Ontario Hydro in subsection 83.2 (29) of the Power Corporation Act are deemed, with respect to an expanded area referred to in that subsection, to be references to the subsidiary of the Services Corporation that was distributing electricity within the expanded area immediately before the transfer date referred to in that subsection.
(2) The reference to Ontario Hydro in subsection 83.2 (31) of the Power Corporation Act is deemed to be a reference to the Services Corporation and its subsidiaries. O. Reg. 159/99, s. 3.
4. The reference to Ontario Hydro in the seventeenth and eighteenth lines of subsection 126 (2) of the Power Corporation Act and the reference to Ontario Hydro in subsection 126 (3) of that Act are deemed, with respect to each city to which those subsections apply, to be references to the municipal council of that city. O. Reg. 159/99, s. 4.
5. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation). O. Reg. 159/99, s. 5.