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Volume 67, No. 6

75/2024

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

April 9, 2024

B.C. Reg. 75/2024 , deposited April 4, 2024, under the MOTOR VEHICLE AMENDMENT ACT, 2023 [section 43], MOTOR VEHICLE ACT [section 210] and OFFENCE ACT [section 132]. Order in Council 163/2024, approved and ordered April 4, 2024.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective June 3, 2024,

(

a) sections 10 (f), 18 and 19 of the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2023 , S.B.C. 2023, c. 17, are brought into force,

(

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

Schedule 1, and

(

c) the Violation Ticket Administration and Fines Regulation, B.C. Reg. 89/97, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule 2.

— N. SHARMA, Attorney General ; R. FLEMING, Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure ; B. BAILEY, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule 1

1 The Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, are amended by adding the following section:

Persons prescribed as vulnerable road users

1.03 For the purposes of paragraph (

c) of the definition of "vulnerable road user" in

section 119 (1) of the Act, the following persons are prescribed:

(

a) a person who is in or on any of the following devices:

(

i) a motorcycle;

(ii) an animal-driven vehicle;

(iii) a designated personal mobility device;

(

b) a person who is in or on a device that is attached to or is being towed by any of the following:

(

i) a cycle;

(ii) a device listed in paragraph (

a) of this section;

(

c) a person who is on an animal.

2 Table 2 of the

Schedule to Division 28 is amended under the heading " Motor Vehicle Act " by adding the following item as indicated:

Motor Vehicle Act

Description of Offence

9.1

Section 144.1

Fail to take proper precautions in respect of vulnerable road user

Schedule 2

Schedule 3 of the Violation Ticket Administration and Fines Regulation, B.C. Reg. 89/97, is amended under the heading " Motor Vehicle Act " by adding the following item as indicated:

Provision

Contravention

Fine

(>30

days)

Reduced

Fine

(<=30

days)

Victim

Surcharge

Levy

Ticketed

Amount

(>30

days)

Reduced

Ticketed

Amount

(<=30

days)

Motor Vehicle Act

section 144.1

Fail to take proper precautions in respect of vulnerable road user

$95

$70

$14

$109

$84

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