2006-061 To Prohibit Smoking in All Enclosed Workplaces Owned and Operated by the Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte and to Repeal By-law 2001-090
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE
BY-LAW NO. 2006-061
A By-law to Prohibit Smoking in All Enclosed Workplaces Owned and Operated
by The Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte
And to Repeal By-law No. 2001-90
WHEREAS Section 9 of the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, S.o. 1990, c.1O, as amended states
that no person shall smoke tobacco or hold lighted tobacco in any enclosed public place or
enclosed workplace;
AND WHEREAS Section 115 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.o. 2001, c. 25, as amended,
authorizes a municipality to prohibit or regulate the smoking of tobacco in workplaces;
AND WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Oro-Medonte has
enacted a By-law Respecting Smoking in Workplaces in the Township of Oro-Medonte
(Smoking in Workplaces By-law);
AND WHEREAS the Township of Oro-Medonte's Smoking in Workplaces By-law states that
every employer shall adopt a non-smoking policy that prohibits smoking in respect of each
workplace;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Township of Oro-Medonte hereby enacts as follows:
1. That smoking is prohibited in any enclosed workplace and in all buildings, structures or
vehicles, as defined in the Smoke Free Ontario Act and the Township of Oro-Medonte
Smoking in Workplaces By-law, which are owned andlor operated by the Township of
Oro-Medonte.
2. That this By-law shall be deemed to be the Non-smoking Policy for the Township of Oro-
Medonte.
3. That every person who contravenes this By-law is guilty of an offence.
4. That the penalty for contravention of this By-law shall be:
a. Any non-management employee who is deemed to be in contravention of this By-law
shall be subject to the Township's current Discipline Policy;
b. Any management employee who is deemed to be in contravention of this By-law
shall be subject to the Township's current Management Concerns/Resolution
Process Policy;
c. All Township employees may also be subject to maximum fines under the Smoke
Free Ontario Act, andlor the Township of Oro-Medonte Smoking in the Workplace
By-law.
5. That By-law No. 2001-90 is repealed in its entirety.
6. This by-law shall take effect on the final passing thereof.
BY-LAW READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 21ST DAY OF JUNE, 2006.
BY-LAW READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 21ST DAY OF JUNE,
2006.
THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF ORO-MEDONTE
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