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New Ontario law named for teen killed by a soccer net requires them to be secured

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Garrett’s Legacy Act, which received royal assent last week, establishes requirements for safe usage of movable soccer goals that are used by members of the public

The father of a 15-year-old Ontario boy who was killed by a 200-pound soccer net says he is honoured that a new provincial law is named for his son, though he would trade everything to be oblivious to the dangers of such nets and have his son back.

.“Once we had explained it to him, he paused for a moment and really contemplated that for a moment and then said, ’When I go, I want to leave a legacy,’” his father Dave Mills says.Movable soccer goals have been blamed for more than 40 deaths across North America, mostly of children, said Ric Bresee, the Progressive Conservative member of provincial parliament for Hastings-Lennox and Addington who proposed the legislation as a private member’s bill.

Bresee said he was pleased the bill was supported by all parties and that they all co-operated to get it passed before the legislature rose before an extended summer break. Now, Minister of Sport Neil Lumsden will make regulations so the law can come into force. The ministry is working with sport organizations and manufacturers.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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