What the marks on the in-force band mean, and the status it reports
Every search result carries an in-force band whose body is the
verification rail: it times the provision you are reading against the e-Laws consolidations that can
independently vouch for it. The bar runs from the version’s in-force start (left) to its end —
or current (right); your query date sits on it as a tick. How much of the bar is solid, and what
marks sit on it, say how directly the text is confirmed on that date.
Symbols
Solid line — Attested stretch — the text is directly backed by a consolidation here.
Dashed line — Unattested stretch — inferred between consolidations, or a recent tail no consolidation has reached yet.
Consolidation — A dated e-Laws republication used to confirm the text. A pair of arrowheads ◄ ► marks one that spans a date range.
Enacting regulation — The original O. Reg. itself — the attestation when no consolidation applies.
Reconstructed date — The in-force start was inferred; no consolidation pins exactly when this version began.
Query date — The date you searched, placed on the timeline.
Margin rule — Holds a consolidation that falls entirely outside this version's in-force window.
Each status
Strongest confirmation first. Each badge and sentence is exactly what a real result shows.
In force
from2012-01-01
until2014-01-01
query date2013-03-01
covering consolidation2012-06-01 → 2013-09-01
Verified · coveredVerified — the version in force on the query date was checked against a dated e-Laws consolidation whose published range covers that date.
In force
from2014-01-01
until2020-01-01
query date2016-06-01
prior consolidation2015-01-01
following consolidation2018-01-01
Bracketed · unchangedBracketed — consolidations before and after the query date carry identical text, so the version is unchanged across the gap, even though none lands exactly on the date.
In force
from2015-03-01
until2017-01-01
query date2016-06-01
prior consolidation2015-01-01
following consolidation2018-01-01
Bracketed · date reconstructedBracketed, with a reconstructed start — surrounding consolidations confirm the text, but the exact in-force start was inferred because none pins it (◯).
In force
from2012-01-01
untilcurrent
query date2020-01-01
prior consolidationthrough 2014-07-01
Open tail · unchangedOpen tail — confirmed through the latest consolidation and unchanged since, but no newer consolidation has yet attested the most recent stretch (dashed).
In force
from2024-05-01
untilcurrent
query date2025-01-01
prior consolidation2022-01-01
Open tail · date reconstructedOpen tail, reconstructed — the text changed after the last consolidation; the new in-force start was inferred (◯), and no later consolidation has confirmed it.
In force
introduced2024-05-01
untilcurrent
query date2024-08-01
Introduced · not yet consolidatedNot yet consolidated — this version was introduced after the most recent consolidation, so nothing independent has confirmed it yet.
Before e-Laws, the original O. Reg. is the attestation — a filled ▪ square instead of a ◆ consolidation.
In force
from2006-06-28
untilcurrent
query date2009-06-01
base O. Reg. 350/062006-06-28
Open tail · unchangedVerified at enactment by the enacting regulation (▪), then unchanged — but with no consolidation since, the later stretch isn't independently attested.
The examples above use illustrative dates; in a real result the consolidation and regulation labels
link to the official source on e-Laws.