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O. Reg. 111/08: Oaths and Affirmations
filed April 29, 2008 under Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, S.O. 2006, c. 35, Sched. A
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made under the
public service of ontario act, 2006
Made: April 2, 2008
Filed: April 29, 2008
Published on e-Laws: April 30, 2008
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: May 17, 2008
Amending O. Reg. 373/07
(Oaths and Affirmations)
1. Section 4 of Ontario Regulation 373/07 is revoked and the following substituted:
Administration of oath or affirmation
4. (1) Any of the persons described in Column 2 of the Table to this section is authorized to administer an oath or affirmation by a public servant who is appointed to a position described in Column 1 in the same row.
(2) In the Table to this section,
“appointed commissioner for taking affidavits” means a person who is appointed under subsection 4 (1) of the Commissioners for taking Affidavits Act as a commissioner for taking affidavits; (“commissaire aux affidavits nommé”)
“lawyer in the public service of Ontario” means a person employed as legal counsel,
(a) under subsection 32 (1) of the Act to work in a ministry, other than in a minister’s office,
(b) under subsection 32 (2) of the Act to work in a Commission public body, or
(c) by a public body that is not a Commission public body. (“avocat de la fonction publique de l’Ontario”)
table
Persons authorized to administer oaths and affirmations
Item |
Column 1 |
Column 2 |
|
Public servant making the oath or affirmation |
Persons authorized to administer the oath or affirmation |
1. |
A public servant who works in a ministry, but not in a minister’s office |
· the deputy minister of the ministry, |
· a public servant who is employed under Part III of the Act and who exercises managerial functions in a ministry, |
||
· a lawyer in the public service of Ontario, |
||
· any other public servant who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits. |
||
2. |
A public servant who works in a minister’s office |
· a minister, |
· a public servant who is employed under Part III of the Act and who exercises managerial functions in the Office of the Premier, the Cabinet Office or the minister’s office, |
||
· a lawyer in the public service of Ontario, |
||
· any other public servant who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits. |
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3. |
A public servant, other than a government appointee, who works in a Commission public body |
· the public servant’s ethics executive as determined under subsection 62 (1) of the Act, |
· a public servant who is employed under Part III of the Act and who exercises managerial functions in the Commission public body or in the ministry to whom the Commission public body reports, |
||
· a lawyer in the public service of Ontario, |
||
· any other public servant who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits. |
||
4. |
A public servant, other than a government appointee, who works in a public body that is not a Commission public body |
· the public servant’s ethics executive as determined under subsection 62 (1) of the Act, |
· a public servant who exercises managerial functions in the public body, |
||
· a lawyer in the public service of Ontario, |
||
· any other public servant who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits. |
||
5. |
A government appointee to a public body |
· the chair of the public body, |
· a lawyer in the public service of Ontario, |
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· any other public servant who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits. |
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6. |
The chair of a public body |
· a public servant employed under Part III of the Act who works in the Cabinet Office and who is an appointed commissioner for taking affidavits, |
· a lawyer in the public service of Ontario. |
2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.