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Volume 51, No. 12

B.C. Reg. 128/2008

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 17, 2008

B.C. Reg. 128/2008 , deposited June 6, 2008, pursuant to the COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT ACT [Section 11]. Order in Council 413/2008, approved and ordered June 6, 2008.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective July 1, 2008, the Commercial Transport Regulations, B.C. Reg. 30/78, is amended as set out in the

Schedule to this order.

— K. FALCON, Minister of Transportation; G. CAMPBELL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

Section 7.06 of the Commercial Transport Regulations, B.C. Reg. 30/78, is amended

(

a) in paragraph (

b) by striking out "20 cm on each side" and substituting "30 cm on each side", and

(

b) by repealing paragraph (

c) and substituting the following:

(

c) auxiliary equipment or devices that are not designed or used to carry cargo and do not extend more than 10 cm on each side beyond the total width of vehicle and load otherwise permitted by this section, including, but not limited to, anti-splash and spray devices, load securement devices, ladders, glad hands, air connectors, electrical connectors, hydraulic connectors, clearance lamps and dangerous goods placards; .

Section 7.07 (1) is amended

(

a) in paragraph (

a) by striking out "after August 31, 1988, and before January 1 1994," and substituting "after August 31, 1988 and before January 1, 1994 and is not equipped with super single tires,",

(

b) in paragraph (

a) by striking out "and" at the end of subparagraph (ii), and

(

c) by repealing paragraph (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) if the semi-trailer, pony trailer or full trailer was manufactured after December 31, 1993 and is not equipped with super single tires, the distance across the outside of the tires on each single axle, each tandem axle and each tridem axle is not less than 2.5 m and not more than 2.6 m,

(

c) if the semi-trailer, pony trailer or full trailer was manufactured before January 1, 2008 and is equipped with super single tires, the distance across the outside of the tires on each single axle, each tandem axle and each tridem axle is not less than 2.3 m and not more than 2.6 m, and

(

d) if the semi-trailer, pony trailer or full trailer was manufactured after December 31, 2007 and is equipped with super single tires, the distance across the outside of the tires on each single axle, each tandem axle and each tridem axle is not less than 2.5 m and not more than 2.6 m.

Section 7.08 (2) is amended

(

a) by repealing paragraph (

c) and substituting the following:

(

c) auxiliary equipment or devices that are not designed or used to carry cargo and do not extend more than 30 cm beyond the front or 10 cm beyond the rear of the vehicle, including, but not limited to, air connectors, electrical connectors, hydraulic connectors, rollers, pickup plates, bumpers, ladders, glad hands, load securement devices or dangerous goods placards; ,

(

b) by adding the following paragraph:

(

e) an aerodynamic device installed at the rear of the truck, trailer or semi-trailer if

(

i) any portion of the device more than 1.9 m above the ground does not protrude more than 0.61 m beyond the rear of the vehicle,

(ii) any portion of the device within 1.9 m of the ground does not protrude more than 0.305 m beyond the rear of the vehicle, and

(iii) the aerodynamic device is not designed or used to carry cargo. , and

(

c) by repealing subsection (6) (b) (iii) and substituting the following:

(iii) auxiliary equipment or devices that are not designed or used to carry cargo and do not extend more than 30 cm beyond the front or 10 cm beyond the rear of the vehicle, including, but not limited to, air connectors, electrical connectors, hydraulic connectors, rollers, pickup plates, bumpers, ladders, glad hands, load securement devices or dangerous goods placards; .

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