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Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002
Loi de 2002 sur la salubrité de l’eau potable

ONTARIO REGULATION 171/03

Amended to O. Reg. 270/03

DEFINITIONS OF WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS USED IN THE ACT

Historical version for the period June 30, 2003 to February 9, 2004.

This Regulation is made in English only.

“Private residence”

1. For the purposes of the definition of “private residence” in subsection 2 (1) of the Act, a private residence is a dwelling place occupied for an extended period of time by the same persons, if,

(a) the residents have a reasonable expectation of privacy;

(b) food preparation, personal hygiene, and sleeping accommodations are not communal in nature; and

(c) any use of the dwelling place by a resident for a home occupation, trade, business, profession or craft is secondary to the use of the dwelling place as a residence and does not use more than 25 per cent of the indoor floor area. O. Reg. 171/03, s. 1.

“Regulated non-municipal drinking-water system”

2. (1) In this section, the following expressions have the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 170/03 (Drinking-Water Systems):

1. Large non-municipal non-residential system.

2. Non-municipal year-round residential system.

3. Non-municipal seasonal residential system.

4. Small non-municipal non-residential system. O. Reg. 171/03, s. 2 (1).

(2) The following non-municipal drinking-water systems are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of “regulated non-municipal drinking-water system” in subsection 2 (1) of the Act and for the purposes of the provisions of the Act listed in subsection (3):

1. Large non-municipal non-residential systems.

2. Small non-municipal non-residential systems.

3. Non-municipal year-round residential systems.

4. Non-municipal seasonal residential systems. O. Reg. 171/03, s. 2 (2).

(3) The provisions of the Act referred to in subsection (2) are the following:

1. Section 11.

2. Section 18.

3. Subsection 52 (1).

4. Subsection 54 (4).

5. Section 59.

6. Subsection 60 (4).

7. Clause 105 (3) (e).

8. Section 106.

9. Sections 108 to 113. O. Reg. 171/03, s. 2 (3).

(4) The following non-municipal drinking-water systems are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of “regulated non-municipal drinking-water system” in subsection 2 (1) of the Act and for the purposes of subsection 12 (1) of the Act:

1. Non-municipal year-round residential systems.

2. Large non-municipal non-residential systems. O. Reg. 171/03, s. 2 (4).

(5) The following non-municipal drinking-water systems are prescribed for the purposes of the definition of “regulated non-municipal drinking-water system” in subsection 2 (1) of the Act and for the purposes of subsection 52 (2) and section 114 of the Act:

1. Non-municipal year-round residential systems.

2. Non-municipal seasonal residential systems. O. Reg. 171/03, s. 2 (5).

Other definitions

3. In the Act,

“equipment installed in plumbing to treat water” does not include a plumbing appliance within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 403/97 (Building Code);

“treatment equipment installed in plumbing” does not include a plumbing appliance within the meaning of Ontario Regulation 403/97 (Building Code). O. Reg. 270/03, s. 1.