A Manager’s Handbook Ontario Water Resources Act Pesticides Act Dangerous Goods Transportation Act Environmental Assessment Act Energy Act Gasoline Handling Act Municipal Act Occupational Health and Safety Act
Interpretations of the Law: Regulations, Agencies, and Enforcement Members of Parliament pass legislation that consists of general statements. These statements have to be supplemented with more precise regulations that are geared to specific circumstances. In many cases, these regulations are developed by civil servants within particular ministries. They may also be developed by the employees of various government agencies, or by public servants working at the municipal level. Regulations are often modified without any changes having to be made in the basic legislation. The public servants responsible for enforcing the law have considerable leeway ininterpreting what should bedoneinparticularcircumstances. Overtime, judges decide in cases of dispute what the law really means, and these judicial decisions become part of the law, and serve as precedents. For managers, the nature of environmental law (involving regulations, agencies, andinterpretations) means that the corporate structure must be organized so that corporate activities are capable of continual adjustment in response to the new realities of the
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