Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Legal Branch
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Legal Branch of the Ontario Water Resources Commission was established in 1958.
It ceased to exist in 1972 when the Ontario Water Resources Commission was replaced with the newly-formed Ontario Ministry of the Environment.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Legal Branch of the Ontario Water Resources Commission was originally created to assess the nature of the problems faced by the Commission. Other tasks included acquiring properties for water and sewerage works, designing policies and procedures for the conduct of Commission business, preparing and revising regulations related to the functions and activities of the Commission, and drawing up Orders-in-Council and contracts.
By the early 1960s, the Branch was not only providing legal advice and solicitors' services to operating branches but was also prosecuting in the courts both companies and individuals accused of violating environmental legislation.
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Relationships area
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Access points area
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Control area
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Script(s)
Sources
Ontario Water Resources Commission, Annual Report, 1958
Ministry of the Environment, Annual Report, 1972-1973
Government of Ontario Telephone Directory, 1970-1996.
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
Sadinsky