Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Senior Driver's Conditional Licence), 2009 Ramal, Khalil — Bill 221 (39th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 221, 39-1

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Bill 221, Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Senior Driver's Conditional Licence), 2009

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Bill 221 2009

An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act to create an

optional conditional driver's licence for seniors

This

Act amends the Highway Traffic Act. For the legislative history of the Act,

see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes – Detailed Legislative History at

www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The Highway Traffic Act is amended by

adding the following section:

Election to hold senior driver's licence

38.1

(1) The

Minister may issue a senior driver's licence to the holder of a prescribed

class of driver's licence who has reached 65 years of age and who has elected

to apply for a licence under this section.

Condition: No highway driving permitted

(2) A senior driver's licence is subject to the condition

that the licence holder is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle on the

following highways:

1. Those

parts of the King's Highway known as Nos. 400, 400A, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405,

406, 407, 409, 410, 416, 417, 420 and 427 with posted speed limits greater than

80 kilometres per hour.

2. All

of the King's Highway known as the Queen Elizabeth Way.

3. Those

parts of the highway known as the Don Valley Parkway, the Gardiner Expressway

and the E. C. Row Expressway.

4. That

part of the King's Highway known as the Conestoga Parkway from its westerly

limit at its intersection with the King's Highway known as Nos. 7 and 8 to its

northerly limit at its intersection with the King's Highway known as No. 86.

5. Other

highways which may be prescribed in the regulations.

Requirements

(3) To obtain a senior driver's licence under this

section, an applicant must,

(

a) submit

to and pass a practical examination described in subsection (4);

(

b) submit

to and successfully complete other examinations as prescribed in the

regulations; and

(

c) meet

the qualifications and requirements prescribed in the regulations.

Same

(4) A practical examination mentioned in clause (3) (

a) shall not include a requirement that the applicant drive on one of the highways

listed in subsection (2).

Human Rights

Code , non-application

(5) The age requirement in subsection (1) applies despite

the Human Rights Code .

Marker

(6) The holder of a senior driver's licence shall, in

accordance with the regulations, affix a removable marker to the rear of any

vehicle being driven by the holder.

Notation on licence

(7) The Minister shall ensure that every senior driver's

licence that is issued includes a visible notation on the licence, in

accordance with the regulations, to indicate that the licence is subject to a

condition.

Regulations

(8) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make

regulations,

(

a) prescribing

a highway for the purposes of paragraph 5 of subsection (2);

(

b) prescribing

qualifications and requirements for applicants and holders of a senior driver's

licence;

(

c) prescribing

classes of licence holders who may apply for a senior driver's licence;

(

d) prescribing

circumstances under which the holder of a senior driver's licence may be

required to attend before an official of the Ministry for an interview and the

examination or examinations that may be required;

(

e) prescribing

circumstances under which the holder of a senior driver's licence may be required

to produce evidence with regard to successful completion of a Ministry approved

driver education or improvement course;

(

f) prescribing

circumstances under which the class of a senior driver's licence may be changed

as a consequence of a conviction for any offence under this Act or for a

contravention of any condition on the licence;

(

g) prescribing

markers to be displayed on or in motor vehicles driven by the holder of a

senior driver's licence and governing the conditions of their use and the manner

of displaying them;

(

h) prescribing

notations that must appear on a senior driver's licence;

(

i) exempting

the holder of a senior driver's licence from any requirement under this Part or

any regulation made under this Part and prescribing conditions for the

exemption.

Offence

(9) A holder of a senior driver's licence who contravenes

a condition of his or her driver's licence imposed under subsection (2) or

under the regulations is guilty of an offence.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force six months after

the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Highway Traffic Amendment Act

(Senior Driver's Conditional Licence), 2009 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill amends the Highway

Traffic Act to add a new

section which creates a senior driver's

licence. The Minister may issue a senior driver's licence to drivers who have

reached 65 years of age, who elect to hold this licence, and who meet the

requirements set out in the section.

senior driver's licence is subject to the condition that the holder is not

permitted to drive a vehicle on specified highways. The Bill also provides that

any practical test necessary to obtain the senior driver's licence will not

require driving on a specified highway.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

December 3, 2009

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly

December 3, 2009

Second Reading

Carried

December 3, 2009

Second Reading

Debate

November 18, 2009

First Reading

Carried on division

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 18, 2009

Carried on division.

Committee

Second Reading

December 3, 2009

Mr. Khalil Ramal, Mr. Frank Klees, Mr. Gilles Bisson, Mr. Tony Ruprecht, Mr. Jean-Marc Lalonde, Mr. Mario Sergio

December 3, 2009

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly.

Committee

Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly.

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :

Acts affected - Bill 221

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Highway Traffic Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Citation	Bill 221, 39-1
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