Order in Council 1067/2021

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

1. Pursuant to section 88 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada), S.C. 2002, c.1, as  amended, the power to make determinations of the level of custody for young persons and to review those determinations be exercised in accordance with the Young Offenders Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.Y-1, as amended.
2. The Minister, Deputy Minister, Assistant Deputy Minister (Youth Justice Division), Director of the Service Delivery Branch (Youth Justice Division) and Regional Directors of the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, including every person who fills any of these positions, in any acting capacity or as a temporary assignment, be delegates of the Lieutenant Governor in Council for the purposes of:
   1. Designating places, facilities, or classes thereof as places of open custody pursuant to subsection 85(2)(a) and section 88 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, S.C. 2002, c.1, as amended, and subsection 24.1(1) of the Young Offenders Act, R.S.C. 1985, c.Y-1, as amended;
   2. Designating places or classes of places as places of temporary detention pursuant to subsection 30(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, S.C. 2002, c.1, as amended;
   3. Designating or appointing a person, a group or class of persons, or a body as provincial directors pursuant to subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, S.C. 2002, c.1, as amended; and
   4. Designating or appointing persons as youth workers, referred to provincially as probation officers, pursuant to subsection 2(1) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, S.C. 2002, c.1, as  amended.
3. Order in Council 498/2004 is hereby revoked.