O. Reg. 318/18: ADMINSTRATIVE PENALTIES - GENERAL

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ontario regulation 318/18

made under the

Ticket Sales Act, 2017

Made: April 19, 2018
Filed: April 23, 2018
Published on e-Laws: April 24, 2018
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: May 12, 2018

Adminstrative Penalties — GEneral

Amount

1. For the purposes of subsection 30 (3) of the Act, the amount of an administrative penalty that the Director may impose in an order in respect of a contravention of a provision set out in Column 1 of Table 1 is the amount set out in,

(a) Column 2 opposite it, if the ticket business that has contravened or is contravening the provision is not a corporation; or

(b) Column 3 opposite it, if the ticket business that has contravened or is contravening the provision is a corporation.

Table 1

Item	Column1 Provision contravened	Column 2 Penalty amount in dollars for a non-corporation	Column 3 Penalty amount in dollars for a corporation
1.	Subsection 2 (2) of the Act	$500, or twice the difference between the face value and the total price at which the ticket was advertised by the seller, whichever is greater to a max of $2,500	$5,000
2.	Paragraph 1 of subsection 5 (1) of the Act	$200	$3,000
3.	Paragraph 2 of subsection 5 (1) of the Act	$200	$3,000
4.	Clause 6 (1) (a) of the Act	$200	$3,000
5.	Clause 6 (1) (b) of the Act	$200	$3,000
6.	Clause 6 (2) (a) of the Act	$200	$3,000
7.	Clause 6 (2) (b) of the Act	$200	$3,000
8.	Clause 6 (3) (a) of the Act	$200	$3,000
9.	Clause 6 (3) (b) of the Act	$200	$3,000
10.	Subsection 7 (2) of the Act	$200	$3,000
11.	Subsection 7 (3) of the Act	$200	$3,000

 

Effect of multiple or subsequent contraventions on order

2. (1) If the Director is satisfied that a ticket business has contravened or is contravening the same one provision listed in any of items 2 to 11 of Column 1 of Table 1 at any one or more times before issuing an order imposing an administrative penalty in respect of the contraventions, the order shall treat the contraventions as a single contravention.

(2) If the Director issues an order imposing an administrative penalty in respect of the contravention by a ticket business of a provision listed in any of items 2 to 11 of Column 1 of Table 1 and if the Director is satisfied that business is subsequently in contravention of the same provision, the Director shall not issue an order imposing an administrative penalty in respect of the subsequent contravention until at least seven days have passed since the day that the first order has been served on the business.

Time for payment

3. An order imposing an administrative penalty against a ticket business shall specify that the business is required to pay the penalty within 30 days of being served with the order imposing the penalty.

Commencement

4. This Regulation comes into force on the latest of,

(a) the day section 30 of Schedule 3 to the Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 comes into force;

(b) the day section 37 of Schedule 3 to the Strengthening Protection for Ontario Consumers Act, 2017 comes into force;

(c) July 1, 2018; and

(d) the day this Regulation is filed.

 

Made by:
Pris par :

La ministre des Services gouvernementaux et des Services aux consommateurs,

Tracy MacCharles

Minister of Government and Consumer Services

 

Date made: April 19, 2018
Pris le : 19 avril 2018

 

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