This Act concerns the assessment of the impact of human activities on the environment (57 sections). The Act contains provisions on property assessable (sect. 3), on the assessment of electricity generating facilities that use alternative or renewable energy (sect. 3.1), on property classes (sect. 7), on right of access (sect. 10) and on access to information and on offences for not furnishing information (sects. 11-13). The Act includes provisions on land assessment and valuation and on classification of land assessed, it provides for the assessment of mineral rights (sect. 20), for the assessment of lands of water, heat, light, power and transportation companies (sect. 24), for the assessment for the construction of pipelines (sect. 25) and of public utilities (sect. 27). The Act also provides for revisions of assessments and correction of errors (sect. 40), it regulates appeals against assessment decisions to be presented to the Assessment Review Board and to the regular court system (sect. 46). Section 53 concerns access to information.
Implemented by: Assessment Areas and Regions (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 30). (1998-06-11)
Implemented by: General (O. Reg. 282/98). (2012-11-05)
Implemented by: Ontario Regulation (O. Reg. 17/10). (2010-02-09)
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