Bill 139, the Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 23, will come into force on the proclamation dated which the Province has announced will be on 3 April 2018. Bill 139 makes significant changes to the Planning Act, including the replacement of the Ontario Municipal Board with a new appeal body called the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (“LPAT”).
The Environment and Land Tribunals Ontario (ELTO) (a cluster of tribunals that is proposed to also oversee LPAT) has released its proposed rules of practice and procedure for LPAT. These proposed rules of practice and procedure can be found on the ELTO website here.
We are in the process of reviewing the proposed rules and will release in a forthcoming blog an overview of the significant changes when compared to the rules of practice and procedure of the Ontario Municipal Board.
ELTO is accepting comments on the proposed rules until 23 March 2018. Comments can be submitted to ELTO.CLO@ontario.ca.
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