Section 226.4 — Transition, complaints received before commencement date

226.4 (1) Sections 224 to 226, 227, 229 and 230, and paragraph 74 of subsection 241 (1), as they read immediately before the commencement date, and the regulations made under paragraph 74, as they read immediately before that date, continue to apply for the following purposes with respect to a complaint that was received by the Minister under section 224 before that date:

1. Investigating the complaint and issuing a work order with respect to it.

2. Ensuring compliance with a work order issued with respect to the complaint before, on or after the commencement date.

3. Making, continuing or finally disposing of an application under section 226 for the review of a work order issued with respect to the complaint before, on or after the commencement date.

4. Charging a municipality for the cost associated with an inspection related to the complaint and, if applicable, issuing a notice of payment due and filing the notice in the Superior Court of Justice.

5. Investigating, and commencing or causing to be commenced proceedings with respect to, an alleged offence under clause 234 (t), (u) or (v) that occurred before, on or after the commencement date, other than an offence described in clause 226.2 (b).

(2) In this section,

“commencement date” means the day section 5 of Schedule 5 to the Promoting Affordable Housing Act, 2016 comes into force.