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Volume 66, No. 21

290/2023

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 31, 2023

B.C. Reg. 290/2023 , deposited December 14, 2023, under the COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT ACT [section 11 (2)] and MOTOR VEHICLE ACT [section 210]. Order in Council 718/2023, approved and ordered December 14, 2023.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

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a) the Commercial Transport Regulations, B.C. Reg. 30/78, are amended as set out in the attached

Schedule A, and

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b) effective June 1, 2024, the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, are amended as set out in the attached

Schedule B.

— R. FLEMING, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ; G. HEYMAN, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule A

Section 7.05 of the Commercial Transport Regulations, B.C. Reg. 30/78, is amended by adding the following subsection:

(0.1) A vehicle’s height is determined for the purposes of this

section by measuring the latitudinal distance from the highest point of the vehicle, including its load, to the road surface directly below that point.

Section 11.01 is amended

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a) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following:

(2) A person must not drive or operate a vehicle on a highway in contravention of a permit issued under this regulation. , and

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b) by adding the following subsections:

(3) A person must not drive or operate a vehicle on a highway in contravention of the height allowed on a permit issued under this regulation.

(4) A person must not drive or operate a vehicle on a highway in contravention of the height allowed by general authority of the minister or an authorized person under

section 7.02 (1).

Schedule B

1 Division 7 of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, is amended by adding the following section:

Dump box warning device for commercial vehicle

7.181

(1) A commercial vehicle’s height is determined for the purposes of this

section by measuring the latitudinal distance from the highest point of the commercial vehicle’s dump box when the dump box is fully raised to the road surface directly below that point.

(2) A person must not drive or operate a commercial vehicle equipped with a dump box that is capable of rising to a height in excess of 4.15 m unless the commercial vehicle is equipped with a visual or audio warning device that meets all the following requirements:

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a) the device provides a signal to the driver if the dump box is not completely lowered;

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b) the device is mounted in a fixed position;

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c) the device is in good working order;

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d) if the vehicle is equipped with a visual warning device, the visual warning signal from the device must display within the driver’s field of vision;

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e) if the vehicle is equipped with an audio warning device, the audio warning signal from the device must make a distinct sound that is audible to the driver above the ambient noise level.

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