His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Labour, pursuant to section 8.2 a of the Non-smokers’ Health Act b, hereby makes the annexed Ontario Hydro Nuclear Facilities Exclusion Regulations (Use of Tobacco). S.C. 1996, c. 12, s. 5 R.S., c. 15 (4th Supp.)
Interpretation
The definitions in this section apply in these Regulations.
Act means the Smoking in the Workplace Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.13. (Loi)
employment means employment with Ontario Hydro or a person referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition nuclear facility. (emploi)
nuclear facility means a nuclear facility in Ontario that is subject to the Nuclear Safety and Control Act or any regulations made under that Act and that is
owned and operated by Ontario Hydro; or
owned or operated by a person other than Ontario Hydro if, on the day on which these Regulations come into force or on a day after that day, it is owned and operated by Ontario Hydro. (installation nucléaire)
Exclusion
Employment on or in connection with a nuclear facility is hereby excluded from the application of the Non-smokers’ Health Act, except sections 8.1 and 8.2.
Application of Ontario Act
Subject to section 4, the Act, as amended from time to time, applies, to the extent that it is relevant, in relation to employment on or in connection with a nuclear facility.
For the purposes of section 3, the reference to “another Act or a regulation” in subsection 11(1) of the Act shall be read as a reference to “another Act or a regulation including the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, and any regulations made pursuant to that Act”.
Coming into Force
These Regulations come into force on April 1, 1998.