On December 1, 2015, the Ontario government unanimously enacted
the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 (the Act). Since
being passed in 2015, the Act was pending proclamation into law. On
April 25, 2018, the Lieutenant Governor issued an Order in Council
proclaiming that the Act will come into force on November 1, 2018
— almost three years after being passed.
The Act limits the types of information that police may release
in each of three different types of police record checks: (1)
criminal record checks, (2) criminal record and judicial matters
checks, and (3) vulnerable sector checks (performed when an
individual is in a position of trust or authority over vulnerable
persons like children or the elderly).
