Rules For Areas At Step 3
Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response To Covid-19) Act, 2020
2021-07-14
Amending O. Reg. 364/20
Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.
Ontario Regulation 524/21 made under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 Made: July 14, 2021 Filed: July 14, 2021 Published on e-Laws: July 15, 2021 Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 31, 2021 Amending O. Reg. 364/20 (RULES FOR AREAS AT STEP 3) 1. (1) Section 1 of Schedule 2 to Ontario Regulation 364/20 is amended by adding the following subsection: (5.1) Despite subsection (5), if the capacity limit provided for in this section conflicts with the capacity limit set out elsewhere in this Order in respect of a business, place, facility or establishment at which food or drink is sold or served, the capacity limit for the business, place, facility or establishment is whichever limit is lower. (2) Section 2 of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections: (6) For greater certainty, any business, place, facility or establishment at which food or drink is sold or served while dance facilities are provided, including any business, place, facility or establishment referred to in section 4 of Schedule 1 and in sections 22, 24, 25, 27 and 28 of this Schedule, is a food or drink establishment to which this section applies, (a)  at any time when food or drink is served or sold at the business, place, facility or establishment while dance facilities are provided; and (b)  in any part of the business, place, facility or establishment where the food or drink is served or sold and dance facilities are provided. (7) For greater certainty, (a)  the indoor capacity limits set out in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) apply to each particular room in a business, place, facility or establishment referred to in subsection (6) where dance facilities are provided during the periods of time when dancing is permitted; and (b)  the outdoor capacity limits set out in paragraph 2 of subsection (1) apply to each outdoor area at a business, place, facility or establishment referred to in subsection (6) where dance facilities are provided during the periods of time when dancing is permitted. (3) Subsection 25 (1) of Schedule 2 to the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph: 4.1  The establishment must be configured so that patrons at gaming tables or slot machines are separated by, i.  a distance of at least two metres, or ii.  plexiglass or some other impermeable barrier. 2. Clause 5 (b) of Schedule 3 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “section 1” and substituting “sections 1 and 2”. Commencement 3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.   Français