Hearing Recordings (Representative)

Statutory Powers Procedure Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.22

29 (1) No person shall,

(a) take or attempt to take a photograph, audio or video recording or other record capable of producing or transmitting visual or aural representations by electronic means or otherwise,

(i) at a hearing,

(ii) of any person entering or leaving the room in which a hearing is to be or has been convened, or

(iii) of any person in the building in which a hearing is to be or has been convened if there is reasonable ground for believing that the person is there for the purpose of attending or leaving the hearing, other than in an area of the building designated by the tribunal for the purpose and with the person’s consent;

(b) publish, broadcast, reproduce or otherwise disseminate a photograph, recording or record taken in contravention of clause (a); or

(c) broadcast, reproduce or otherwise disseminate an audio recording described in clause (2) (b). 2021, c. 25, Sched. 27, s. 3.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to,

(a) the unobtrusive making of notes or sketches of events at a hearing by a person;

(b) the making of an audio recording at a hearing, unobtrusively and in a manner authorized by the tribunal, by a representative, a party acting on their own behalf or a journalist, for the sole purpose of supplementing or replacing notes; or

(c) subject to the authorization of the tribunal, any act referred to in subsection (1),

(i) if it is required for the presentation of evidence, the making of a record or any other purpose of the hearing,

(ii) with the consent of the parties and witnesses, or

(iii) in connection with any ceremonial proceeding. 2021, c. 25, Sched. 27, s. 3.