Part III.I : Codes of practice

The Minister of Labour may approve all or part of a code of practice as a way to comply with any legal requirement imposed by the Occupational Health and Safety Act ( OHSA ) or a regulation under the Act and all or part of a code of practice may be subject to terms and conditions set out in the approval. The approval of a code of practice or withdrawal of approval of a code of practice shall be published in the Ontario Gazette.

Approval of a code of practice means that the Ministry will consider compliance with the code to be compliance with its corresponding legal requirement.

This does not mean that a failure to comply with an approved code will, in itself, be considered a breach of the legal requirement.

The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development advances safe, fair and harmonious workplace practices that are essential to the social and economic well-being of the people of Ontario.

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