O. Reg. 163/05: Fees for Services Provided by the Registrar General

 

ontario regulation 163/05

made under the

vital statistics act

Made: April 1, 2005
Filed: April 1, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: April 16, 2005

Amending O. Reg. 511/01

(Fees for Services Provided by the Registrar General)

1. Ontario Regulation 511/01 is amended by adding the following section:

Waiver of payment of fee

9. (1) The payment of the fee payable under section 3 for a birth certificate or replacement birth certificate is waived for a homeless or marginally-housed individual in Ontario whose application for a birth certificate or replacement birth certificate is forwarded to the office of the Registrar General by a corporation that meets the requirements set out in subsection (2).

(2) The corporation referred to in subsection (1) must meet the following requirements:

1. The corporation must be a non-profit corporation.

2. The corporation must have a mandate to assist homeless or marginally-housed individuals in Ontario to obtain a birth certificate or replacement birth certificate, in order to assist those individuals to access necessary services such as health care, shelter, housing, food, mental health services and social assistance.

3. There must be no other public funding available to the corporation for the payment of the fee for the birth certificate or replacement birth certificate.

4. The corporation must be a party to an agreement with the Deputy Registrar General for a definite term, under which the corporation agrees that,

i. the corporation will not seek the waiver of the payment of the fee for a birth certificate or replacement birth certificate for an individual, unless it believes that the individual is homeless or marginally-housed and that the individual needs the birth certificate or replacement birth certificate in order to assist the individual to access necessary services such as health care, shelter, housing, food, mental health services and social assistance,

ii. the corporation will not disclose to anyone other than the office of the Registrar General the identity of, or any other personal information about, an individual whose application for a birth certificate or replacement birth certificate the corporation forwards to the office of the Registrar General, unless the corporation first obtains the written consent of the individual or a person authorized to consent on behalf of the individual,

iii. the corporation will permit the Deputy Registrar General or a person designated by the Deputy Registrar General to enter the offices of the corporation for the purpose of making inspections and inquiries in order to determine whether the corporation is complying with the agreement, and

iv. the Deputy Registrar General may terminate the agreement if the Deputy Registrar General believes that the corporation does not meet a requirement in paragraph 1, 2 or 3 or has not complied with subparagraph i, ii or iii.

(3) Subsection (1) does not waive the payment of any surcharge payable under section 8.

(4) This section is revoked on March 31, 2006.

Made by:

Jim Watson

Registrar General and Minister of Consumer and Business Services

Date made: April 1, 2005.