What do the numbers at the end of provisions in a consolidated statute or regulation mean?
The numbers at the end of provisions in a consolidated statute or regulation are called “historical footnotes”. A historical footnote contains a citation to the corresponding provision in the source law parent statute or regulation, followed by a citation to each amending statute or regulation that subsequently amended the provision. Example of a footnote for a provision in a statute: 1997, c. 31, s.1 (7); 1999, Sched. F, c. 6, s. 20 (3); 2005, c. 5, s.21 (5). This means that the provision of the statute was originally enacted as subsection 1 (7) of chapter 31 of the Statutes of Ontario, 1997 and was subsequently amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1999, Schedule F, chapter 6, subsection 20 (3) and the Statutes of Ontario, 2005, chapter 5, subsection 21 (5). Example of a footnote for a provision in a regulation: R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 69, s. 19 (1); O. Reg. 368/93, s. 8; O. Reg. 63/03, s. 5 (1, 2). This means that the provision of the regulation was subsection 19 (1) of Regulation 69 of the
