22.3. Not later than 10 months prior to the expiry of a contract for the collection and transportation of residual materials to which, on 7 July 2022, a municipal body or Aboriginal community is a party and that expires on a date after 31 December 2024 or, if a contract has been entered into pursuant to paragraph 2 of section 20, not later than 10 months before its expiry date or, if a mediation process has begun, not later than the expiry of that process, if the producer and the municipal body or Aboriginal community have not entered into a new contract despite the steps taken pursuant to section 22.1, the producer must choose to(1) enter into a contract with any other person covering, as a minimum, the elements referred to in section 25, to provide the collection and transportation of those materials from the day following 31 December 2024; or
(2) from the expiry date of the contract for the collection and transportation of residual materials to which, on 7 July 2022, a municipal body or Aboriginal community is a party and that expires on a date after 31 December 2024 or, if a contract has been entered into pursuant to paragraph 2 of section 20, from its expiry date, undertake itself to collect and transport the residual materials covered by the contract.
The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of section 19 apply to the situation referred to in the first paragraph of this section, with the necessary modifications.
1365-2023O.C. 1365-2023, s. 111.