• Member Login
  • About Us
  • Member Resources
  • Member Profile
  • Join Us
  • Subscribe To Quicklaw
  • OPA Documents
  • Support & FAQs
  • Contact Us
  • Log In
Ontario Paralegal AssociationOntario Paralegal Association
  • About Us
  • Member Resources
  • Member Profile
  • Join Us
  • Subscribe To Quicklaw
  • OPA Documents
  • Support & FAQs
  • Contact Us
  • Log In

COVID 19

  • Home
  • COVID 19
  • Notice To Public Regarding Provincial Offences Act Matters

Notice To Public Regarding Provincial Offences Act Matters

  • Posted by Mitchell Kent (Board Director)
  • Categories COVID 19, Latest News, Member News
  • Date April 2, 2020

All Provincial Offences Act matters scheduled from Monday, March 16, 2020 through to and including Friday, April 3, 2020 will be adjourned and rescheduled to a later date. If you have a matter scheduled during this time, you do not need to attend court.

A notice of your new court date will be sent to you by mail to the address on file with the court. For more information, please contact your local Provincial Offences court.

Contact information for all municipal courts is available here: https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/courts/Court_Addresses/poa/

In addition, please be advised that the Chief Justice has made an order pursuant to s. 85 extending certain timelines for the Ontario Court of Justice under the Provincial Offences Act until April 23, 2020.

The following timelines have been extended:
Sections 5(6), 5.1(b), 5.1(12), 9(1)(a), 11(1), 11(4), 17.1(6.1), 18(1), 18.1(5), 18.2(1), 18.3(1), 19, 66(1), 69(1), 116(2)(a), 116(3) and 135(2) of the Provincial Offences Act, and sections 5(2) and 5(3) of the Rules of the Ontario Court (General Division) and the Ontario Court (Provincial Division) in Appeals Under Section 116 of the Provincial Offences Act, O. Reg. 723/94.

A copy of the order is available on the Ontario Court of Justice website. It will also be available at all POA court offices as soon as practicable.

Tag:COVID 19, Information, POA, Provincial Offences, Provincial Offences Act

  • Share:
author avatar
Mitchell Kent (Board Director)

Previous post

FAQ - Continuity of Administrative Functions during POA Court Closures
April 2, 2020

Next post

Scaled back admin functions at POA courts as of March 19, 2020
April 2, 2020

You may also like

Membership Help
Membership Fees
6 January, 2021
opa-logo
Consolidated Notice to the Profession and Public Regarding the Small Claims Court
19 December, 2020
opa-logo
November 4, 2020 – Town Hall
16 December, 2020

NAVIGATE

  • Latest News
  • Upcoming Events

LINKS

  • Contact

JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER

Get the latest OPA news delivered to your inbox.

© 2020 Ontario Paralegal Association