Notice of Minister of Finance Approval of Amendments: OSC Policy - 12-602 - Deeming an Issuer from Certain Other Canadian Jurisdictions to be a Reporting Issuer in Ontario

NOTICE OF MINISTER OF FINANCE APPROVAL OF

AND

OSC RULE 13-502 FEES, FORMS 13-502F1, 13-502F2,

13-502F3 AND 13-502F4, AND COMPANION POLICY 13-502CP

AND

NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF

SCHEDULE 1 TO REGULATION 1015

MADE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND NOTICE OF
AMENDMENTS TO REGULATION 1015 MADE UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT, POLICY 12-602, OSC RULES 45-501,

45-502 AND 45-503

On February 17, 2003, the Minister of Finance approved Rule 13-502 Fees, including Forms 13-502F1, 13-502F2, 13-502F3 and 13-502F4, as a rule under the Act (the "Rule") and approved Companion Policy 13-502CP (the "Companion Policy") as a policy under the Act.

Concurrently with making the Rule, the Commission has revoked Schedule 1 (the "Fee Schedule") to Regulation 1015 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (the "Regulation"), has revoked Forms 42, 43 and 44, and has made non-material amendments to certain rules and policies in order to delete references to the Fee Schedule.

The Rule and Companion Policy came into force on March 31, 2003. The Rule and the Companion Policy were previously published in Chapter 5 of the Bulletin on January 31, 2003 at (2003) 26 OSCB 891. FAQs concerning the implementation of the Rule were published in Chapter 1 of the Bulletin on March 14, 2003 at (2003) 26 OSCB 2166. The amendments to the Regulation and the consequential amendments also took effect on March 31, 2003.