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Specified Locate Requests

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O. Reg. 136/24: SPECIFIED LOCATE REQUESTS"

O. Reg. 136/24: SPECIFIED LOCATE REQUESTS, Under: Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012, S.O. 2012, c. 4

Ontario Underground Infrastructure Notification System Act, 2012

ONTARIO REGULATION 136/24

SPECIFIED LOCATE REQUESTS

Consolidation Period: From May 1, 2024 to the e-Laws currency date.

No amendments.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

Definition

1. In this Regulation,

“large excavation or dig site” means an excavation or dig site that is comprised of,

(a)  at least two properties or parts of properties, each having its own municipal address, or

(b)  one or more properties or parts of properties, at least one of which has no municipal address.

Specified requests

2. The following types of locate requests are specified requests:

1.  A locate request that is in regard to a large excavation or dig site.

Time periods for specified request

3. For the purposes of clause 6 (2) (a) of the Act, a time period set out in Column 2 of the Table to this section is prescribed in respect of the specified request set out opposite the time period in Column 1 of the Table.

TABLE

Item

Column 1
Specified request

Column 2
Time period

1.

A specified request described in paragraph 1 of section 2

10 business days

 

4. Omitted (revokes other Regulations).

5. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).