[40] Bill 169 Original (PDF)
Bill 169 2014
An Act to amend the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
1. The Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 is amended by adding the following section:
Journeyperson candidates class
36.1 (1) If a journeyperson candidates class is prescribed as a class of members for the purposes of subsection 36 (1), a statement of membership or a deemed statement of membership for a trade in that class expires only upon the Registrar issuing a certificate of qualification in the trade to the member.
Same
(2) Subsection (1) applies despite subsection 74 (4), and prevails over any contradictory rule set out in a regulation made under this Act.
2. (1) Subsection 90 (3) of the Act is repealed.
(2) Subsection 90 (4) of the Act is amended by striking out "if the application is filed and the fees paid before the expiry of the period referred to in subsection (3)" at the end.
Commencement
3. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Short title
4. The short title of this Act is the Saving Apprentices' Jobs Act, 2014.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Currently, regulations made under the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 provide that statements of membership for members of the College in the journeypersons candidates class expire after one year. The Act is amended to provide that such statements of membership expire only upon the issuance of a certificate of qualification to the member.
The Act currently provides that a person who held a valid training agreement registered under the Apprenticeship and Certification Act, 1998 or a valid contract of apprenticeship filed under the Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act is deemed to hold a statement of membership as an apprentice under the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 until the expiry date specified in the Act, and provides that the person may obtain a statement of membership as an apprentice if he or she files an application and pays a fee by the expiry date. The Bill eliminates the expiry date.