His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
1 The Environmental Protection Act is amended by adding the following section:
Prohibition, washing machine without microfibre filter
88.1 No person shall offer for sale or sell a washing machine that is not equipped with a filter for removing microfibres that has a maximum mesh size of 100 microns or such smaller mesh size as may be prescribed by Minister’s regulation.
2 The Act is amended by adding the following section:
Offence, s. 88.1
90 Despite the penalties set out in section 187, every person who contravenes section 88.1 is liable on conviction to a fine of,
(a) in the case of an individual, a maximum fine of $1,000 for the first unit sold or offered for sale without the required filter and of $2,000 for each subsequent unit sold or offered for sale without the required filter; and
(b) in the case of a corporation, a maximum fine of $2,000 for the first unit sold or offered for sale without the required filter and of $5,000 for each subsequent unit sold or offered for sale without the required filter.
Commencement
3 This Act comes into force on the fifth anniversary of the day this Act receives Royal Assent.
Short title
4 The short title of this Act is the Environmental Protection Amendment Act (Microfibre Filters for Washing Machines), 2023.