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Snow Vehicles Regulations

made under

Section 37 of the

Road Trails Act

S.N.S. 2023, c. 4

O.I.C. 2025-135 (effective May 6, 2025), N.S. Reg. 91/2025

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Snow vehicle prescribed class of vehicle

Trail grooming prohibited

Stopping or parking on roadway or shoulder prohibited

Offences and penalties

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Snow Vehicles Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations, “Act” means the Road Trails Act .

Snow vehicle prescribed class of vehicle

3 A snow vehicle is a prescribed class of vehicle for the purpose of

Section 6 of the Act.

Trail grooming prohibited

4 Equipment used in the grooming of snow vehicle trails must not be used to conduct

grooming maintenance on the roadway or shoulder of a designated trail.

Stopping or parking on roadway or shoulder prohibited

5 A person must not stop or park a snow vehicle on the roadway or shoulder of a

designated trail.

Offences and penalties

(1) A person who violates

Section 4 is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary

conviction to the penalties provided for a category F offence in the

Summary

Proceedings Act .

(2) A person who violates

Section 5 is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary

conviction to the penalties provided for a category F offence in the

Summary

Proceedings Act .

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Snow Vehicles Regulations

N.S. Reg.

91/2025

Road Trails Act

Note: The information

in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the

Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Snow Vehicles Regulations made under the Road Trails Act includes all of the following

regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

91/2025

May 6, 2025

date specified

May 16, 2025

The following regulations are not

yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

..........................................................

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.