BYLAW - Appoint Animal Control Officers - 20111213 - 539311THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA
By-law Number 5393-11
BEING A BY-LAW to appoint an
Animal Control Officer to enforce
the Town of Aurora's Animal
Control By-laws.
WHEREAS subsection 15(1) of the Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.15, as
amended, authorizes a municipal council to appoint persons to enforce the by-laws of
the municipality;
AND WHEREAS persons appointed to enforce the by-laws of a municipality shall be
called municipal law enforcement officers;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to subsection 15(2) of the Police Services Act, R.S.O. 1990,
c. P.15, as amended, municipal law enforcement officers are peace officers for the
purpose of enforcing municipal by-laws;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to subsection 1(3) of the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O.
1990, a P.33, as amended, a minister of the Crown may designate in writing any
person or class of persons as a provincial offences officer for the purposes of all or any
class of offences;
AND WHEREAS the Council of The Corporation of the Town of Aurora (the "Town")
deems it desirable to appoint a municipal law enforcement officer to enforce the animal
control by-laws of the municipality;
NOW THEREFORE THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
AURORA ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
THAT all employees at the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals (hereinafter the "OSPCA") designated from time to time by the OSPCA
as an "Animal Control Officer" or an "Agent" are hereby appointed as Municipal
Law Enforcement Officers to enforce any By-laws of the Town relating to animal
control, including, but not limited to, By-law Number.4749-05.P and By-law
Number 4747-05.P.
2. THAT the persons herein appointed as Municipal Law Enforcement Officers are
designated by the Town to act as Provincial Offences Officers in accordance
with any specific or general directive of the Solicitor General for Ontario in effect
from time to time.
THAT the Town Clerk of the Town is hereby authorized to issue a Certificate of
Appointment, bearing his signature or a facsimile thereof, to the Municipal Law
Enforcement Officers appointed by this By-law.
4. THAT By-law Number 5327-11 be and is hereby repealed.
5. THAT the provisions of this By-law shall come into full force and effect on the
date of final passage hereof.
READ A FIRST AND SECOND TIME THIS 13th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2011.
READ A THIRD TIME AND FINALLY PASSED THIS 13th DAY OF DECEMBER,
2011.
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