First Session, 48th

General Assembly

65 Elizabeth II,

BILL 33

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HIGHWAY

TRAFFIC ACT NO. 2

Received

and Read the First Time ................................................................

Second

Reading ............................................................................................

Committee .....................................................................................................

Third

Reading ...............................................................................................

Royal

Assent .................................................................................................

HONOURABLE EDDIE

JOYCE

Minister of Service

Newfoundland and Labrador

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Highway Traffic Act to increase the

fines for using a hand-held cellular phone while driving a motor vehicle.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT NO. 2

Analysis

Sch. Amdt.

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cH-3

as amended

1. The

Schedule to the Highway Traffic Act is amended

by deleting the row starting with a reference to

section 176.1 and substituting

the following:

176.1

Using a hand-held cellular phone while driving a motor vehicle on a

highway

Second offence

Subsequent offence

14 days

14 days

14 days

2 days

2 days

2 days

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