Bill 60 (Legislature 13, Session 3)

L13 S3 6296

Alberta — Bills

No. 60 3rd Session, 13th Legislature Alberta 5 Elizabeth II, 1957' BILL 60 A Bill to amend The Public Service Vehicles Act HON. MR. TAYLOR EDMONTON, ALBERTA Printed by A. SHNI'l'KA, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty 1957

Explanato·ry Note 2. This amendment will require insurers and g~arantors ~o g~ve fifteen days' notice to the Board of any cancellatIon or eXpIratIOn of the insurance or bond. 3~ Subsection (7). clause (

b) now reads: "

(7) Any person who violates any.provision of this Act in respect of maximum weight or any regulation in respect thereof is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction, "(

b) if the maximum weight of the vehicle in respect of which the offence was committed is twenty thousand pounds or greater, to a penalty of three cents a pound for each pound the vehicle and load is in excess of the lawful maximum weight.". This amendment will provide minimum fines based on thousands of pounds overweight rather than pounds as at present which was too fine a measurement and required an exactitude not obtain able on the open highway.

BILL No. 60 of 1957

An Act to amend The Public Service Vehicles Act (Assented to , 1957) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Public Service Vehicles Act, being

chapter 265 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, is hereby amended.

Section 20 is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following subsection: "( 4) At least fifteen days before the date of a cancel lation or expiration of any insurance policy or bond re quired under this Act or any regulations made under this Act, the insurer or the guarantor under a bond shall notify the Board of the impending cancellation or termination, and in the absence of any such notice the policy or bond, as the case may be, remains in full force and effect until the required fifteen days' notice has been given.".

Section 69, subsection (7) is amended by striking out clause (

b) and by substituting the following: " (

b) if the maximum weight of the vehicle in respect of which the offence was committed is twenty thou sand pounds or greater, to a fine "(

i) of not less than thirty dollars when the vehicle and load are in excess of the lawful maximum weight by not more than one thousand pounds, "(ii) of not less than sixty dollars when the vehicle and load are in excess of the lawful maximum weight by more than one thousand but not more than two thousand pounds, "(iii) of not less than ninety dollars when the vehicle and load are in excess of the lawful maximum weight by more than two thousand pounds, but not more than three thousand pounds, or "(iv) of not less than five hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars when the vehicle and load are in excess of the lawful maximum weight by more than three thousand pounds." 4.

This Act comes into force on the day upon which the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1955, come into force.

THIRD SESSION THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE 5 ELIZABETH II 1957 BILL

An Act to amend The Public Service Vehicles Act Received and read the First time ............... . Second time .......................... . Third time ......................................... . HON. MR. TAYLOR Title: 1957 (13th, 3rd) Bill 60,

An Act to amend The Public Service Vehicles Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L13 S3 6296
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L13 S3 6296
Language	en
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Identifier	857462bd1a49819d2c228a81b0cb3126aca86be2

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