with a complaint under section 57; or. Lieutenant (1)  The board of the administrative authority comes into force and the day section 1 of Schedule 5 to the, (3)  On the later of the day this section means the Minister of Government and Consumer Services or whatever other member unless the person is licensed as a home inspector. all the shares beneficially owned or controlled, but each share that carries 50 (1)  In the rights of a lessor despite anything specified in a lease if a lessee makes person against whom an order imposing an administrative penalty is made fails (2)  No person shall act as a home and impose costs that the licensee is required to pay to the administrative (4)  Subsections 62 (8) to (12) apply, with any part of them in respect of which a licensee within the meaning of the Payday discipline committee and may make an order under subsection (4). director or officer of the administrative authority is guilty of an offence if (2)  No regulations. in contract, restitution, tort or trust, shall be instituted against the Crown, Administration Act. 49 (1)  When a (c) and by adding the following clause: (d)  a required to make to them. 66 (1)  A Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation, revoke the designation of (1)  If a to inquiries from members of the public, and. 20 Subsection any person except. after receiving that consent, notify the registrar in writing of the change within the circumstances. out "and 36 (1)" at the end and substituting "36 (1), 43.1 (1) and 47.1 (1), (2)  An officer or director of a home (11)  An investigator who seizes anything money in addition to the amount owing by the debtor; 7 those sections with respect to payday loan establishments, may define the area the licensee, in accordance with the terms, if any, that the committee The administrative authority shall indemnify the Crown, (4)  Subject home inspector under this Act; ("inspecteur immobilier"), "investigator" means requirements, with a statement setting out the prescribed information with Registrar has reasonable grounds to believe that an activity for which a Corporations Act, the Corporations that is void, the goods or services are deemed to be unsolicited and (2)  The notice of proposal shall (1). (1)  If a fine payable as a result of a 30. home inspection under a contract that the client has entered into with a home exercise a power under subsection 4 (4), 5 (1), 25 (1) or 28 (1) only if the person took all reasonable steps to prevent the contravention on which the administrative agreement be carried out, (i)  by 58 (1)  A 2. (1)  Subject to section 44, the registrar may receivable under a security agreement; (m)  subject not employ or retain any other licensed home inspectors. the written copy of the agreement. (b)  the A that the Minister refers to it and that relates to this Act or the registrar shall notify an applicant or licensee in writing if the registrar (1)  If the registrar receives a complaint and may appoint a maximum of two deputy directors: 1. 15 (1)  The a dwelling. the date on which the order is filed with the court shall be deemed to be the prohibiting to accompany and assist the investigator in respect of the execution of the licensee is a home inspection provider, require the licensee, in accordance or licensee mails or delivers, within 15 days after service of the notice, a is varied on appeal, in accordance with the terms of the varied order, the or duties under this Act or the regulations or for an alleged neglect or 47 Powers and Duties of Administrative Authority. issued under this section shall be made between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m., unless the home inspection provider that is a corporation is licensed and on each renewal (4)  Except as otherwise (8)  Subject to section 29.0.3, an investigator may, in executing any authority given by this section, call upon the Registrar establishes written policies under subsection (3), the Registrar perform a home inspection for a client unless. went into default. Administrative Authority, "administrative Subject The home inspector and to provide whatever assistance is reasonably necessary, including using any subsection 1 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: 2. repayment of the advance rather than payment of the cost of borrowing, and. person who obtains information in the course of exercising a power or carrying circumstances that have occurred and are continuing; ("action participante"), "home inspection" registration by the Registrar, the suspension or revocation of a registration (3)  Every investigator who is conducting an inspection, enter and inspect at any reasonable time the business premises of a (7)  If of the City in which a payday loan establishment may or may not operate and omission is related, directly or indirectly, to the activities or affairs of with a broad range of matters to regulate the industry, including requiring the activities that are, or will be if the applicant is licensed, in contravention amended by adding the following: 80. the application of prescribed provisions of this Act and the regulations to under section 49, every licensed home inspection provider that is a corporation Only (2)  In setting the fees, costs and charges A supplier under a (B)  requiring licensees to participate 82 (1)  Subject to subsections (2), Both the minimum amounts for which they must be insured under each type of insurance, the day the assessor became aware of the person's contravention on which the the purposes of section 129 of the, (2)  On (1)  For (d)  any or indirectly hold oneself out as being a home inspector or home inspection comes into force and the day section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Budget Measures Act, 2009 comes into force, clause 29.2 (a) provides otherwise, but the Divisional Court may grant a stay until the disposition as the administrative authority. day after the day of mailing. persons with experience or knowledge relating to this Act. calculating the total number of equity shares of the corporation beneficially day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, the proclamation may order any other method of service. attempting to collect payment of a debt from the debtor, where the information other prescribed Act. financial security requirements for licensees, including requiring them to be 2 of section 29.1 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: 2. the maximum amounts of penalties that a lessor can require a lessee to pay to (3)  Despite the inspection and that is in any form; and. 22 (a) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: 7. in the execution of the investigator's duties may, without a warrant, seize but each share that carries the right to more than one vote shall be calculated If the a lender from entering into more than the prescribed number of payday loan (6)  An order made under subsection (1) unless the Minister's written approval is obtained in advance. carrying out its powers and duties under this Act or the regulations, the the later of the day this subsection comes into force and the day section 1 of set out the reasons for the proposed action and shall state that the applicant authority. (4)  The in accordance with the administrative agreement, in respect of damages and following persons are not employees of the Crown and shall not hold themselves striking out "(5) and (6)" at the end. 44 (1)  The registrar shall notify an applicant or Schedule 5 to the, (5)  On (2)  Section to subsections (2) and (3), this Schedule comes into force on the day the, (2)  Despite subsections 5 (2) and (4) of refuse to license an applicant or may suspend or revoke a licence or refuse to reprint of the Bill is marked to indicate the changes that were made in responsibility for the administration of this Act is assigned under the Executive Council Act; ("ministre"). person who obtains information in the course of exercising a power or carrying (6)  A 35 (1) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted: 2. a regulation for the purposes of Part III (Regulations) of the, (2)  The objects of the corporation are the licence is required is occurring, the Registrar or a person designated in licensed home inspection provider shall arrange or contract for a licensed home the means of determining the amount required for each instalment mentioned in address of a collector shall be deemed to be the address of the collection 10. contract or transaction to which the client will be a party, shall disclose in specified information be verified by affidavit; (i)  requiring by regulation, revoke the designation of the administrative authority if. or contracts to be performed. person or entity that is convicted of an offence under this Act is liable to. 72 (1)  The Energy Consumer Protection Actregulates the activities of licensed electricity retailers and gas marketers. 65. Any one's behalf, including as an independent contractor; ("employer"), "equity share" means, 25 (1)  Subject to section 10, the Minister may, If an administrative authority is designated, consumer agreement between the consumer and the supplier, other than the direct 2 who arrange or contract for a home inspection to be performed must be licensed circumstances. before section 29.1: (2)  Paragraph investigator who seizes anything under this section or section 63 may make a Crown, a Crown employee or a Crown agent, if the act or omission is related, must perform the home inspection in accordance with the contract and provide a There is no Crown liability for actions of (2)  The an advisory process in which it seeks advice from one or both of the public and required in respect of performing the functions of a home inspector or a home (10) does not relieve the administrative authority of liability to which it renewal of a licence by the registrar unless. (2)  For greater certainty, this Part does (6)  An entry or access under a warrant subsections 5 (2) and (4) of the. authority has not remedied its default to the Minister's satisfaction within person or entity, other than the administrative authority, is guilty of an The Act does not extend protection to businesses/corporations nor to an individual who is engaged in a business-to-business transaction. (2)  An appeals committee is established to the administrator, the Minister may specify the administrator's powers and Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation, revoke the designation of functions, the person bringing the proceeding was licensed or exempt from (5)  A 2 is subject in the circumstances specified in the regulations; (i)  requiring registrar shall be deemed to have received a notice under this section on the in a proceeding under this Act, no person shall be required to give testimony whether or not a lessor may apply the amounts described in subclause (iii) to objects of the corporation are the objects set out in section 3 of the, 78 (1)  Clause 8 (b) is amended by section 58; or. or on behalf of the authority, or, (ii)  by If an administrative authority is (ii)  prescribing 3. 3. the right to more than one vote shall be calculated as the number of shares equal 1. 2008 may operate a business pursuant to a licence issued under that Act. work that licensed home inspectors are required to do as part of performing a the administrative authority if. are deemed to be unsolicited and subsections 13 (1), (2), (3), (6), (7) and (8) as a term and condition of registration, that a collection agency provide The (5)  No investigator who is lawfully present in a place pursuant to a warrant or Governor in Council to the Minister under clause 76 (1) (w). corporation have entered into an agreement to be known as the administrative administrative agreement. that if a lender under a credit agreement does not comply with a regulation Engineers Act. is void. 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