There are several new prescribed forms under Ontario's
recently amended Construction Act that all players
involved in the construction industry should be aware of.
One of those forms is the new "prescribed form" of the
written notice of lien. Prior to the amendment, a written notice of
lien was defined in s. 1(1) of the Act as follows: "written
notice of a lien includes a claim for lien and any written notice
given by a person having a lien that, (a) identifies the payer and
identifies the premises, and (b) states the amount that the person
has not been paid and is owed to the person by the payer."
As of July 1, 2018, a "written notice of lien" means a
written notice of a lien in the prescribed form, given by the
person having a lien. Essentially, the necessary requirements for
the written notice came out of the definitions section of the Act
and found their way into one of the prescribed forms, contained in
a regulation to the Act. All the forms are available for
