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Exemption from Registration of Vehicles for Autoport Limited Regulations

made under subsection 25(1) of the

Motor Vehicle Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 293

O.I.C. 2021-112 (effective April 27, 2021), N.S. Reg. 70/2021

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Exemption from registration for purpose of vehicle storage

Exemption from registration for the purpose of conducting a PDI

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Exemption from Registration of Vehicles for

Autoport Limited Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Motor Vehicle Act ;

“Autoport Limited” means a company incorporated under the laws of Nova Scotia

with the Nova Scotia Joint Stock Companies Registry Identification number

1045646;

“Autoport Limited vehicle” means a vehicle under the direction or control of

Autoport Limited;

“Autoport marine terminal” means the marine terminal site located at 1180 Main

Street, Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, which is owned, leased, licensed or used by

Autoport Limited;

“dealer number plate” means a plate issued to Autoport Limited under

Section 29

of the Act;

“PDI” means a pre-delivery inspection prescribed by the manufacturer of a new

vehicle and completed by a tester;

“storage areas” means those pieces of land owned, leased, licensed or used by

Autoport Limited that are no more than 15 km away from the main entrance of the

Autoport marine terminal and that are used for the storage of vehicles;

“tester” means a person in the employment or direction and control of Autoport

Limited who is licensed under

Section 9 of the Vehicle Inspection Regulations

made under subsection 201(7) of the Act.

Exemption from registration for purpose of vehicle storage

(1) An Autoport Limited vehicle is exempt from the requirements for registration

under the Act while being driven by an employee, agent or contractor of Autoport

Limited to or from the storage areas, if all of the following conditions are met:

(

a) the vehicle is being driven on a highway for the purpose of its loading,

unloading or storage;

(

b) the vehicle travels a distance of no more than 15 km one way from the main

entrance of the Autoport marine terminal;

(

c) the vehicle is only operated on a highway with a posted speed limit of 80

km/h or less;

(

d) the driver of the vehicle is licensed for the class of vehicle being driven;

(

e) the vehicle is covered by an insurance policy as required by the Act;

(

f) except as provided in subsection (2), the vehicle is operated with a dealer

number plate affixed.

(2) A dealer number plate is not required to be affixed to the Autoport Limited vehicle

if it is being driven 3 km or less from the main entrance of the Autoport marine

terminal.

Exemption from registration for the purpose of conducting a PDI

(1) An Autoport Limited vehicle is exempt from the requirements for registration

under the Act while being driven by a tester from the Autoport marine terminal for

the purpose of conducting a PDI, if all of the following conditions are met:

(

a) Autoport Limited is licensed as an official testing station under the Vehicle

Inspection Regulations ;

(

b) the vehicle travels a distance of no more than 15 km round trip from the

main entrance of the Autoport marine terminal;

(

c) the vehicle is only operated on a highway with a posted speed limit of 80

km/h or less;

(

d) the driver of the vehicle is licensed for the class of vehicle being driven;

(

e) the vehicle is covered by an insurance policy as required by the Act;

(

f) the vehicle is operated with a dealer number plate affixed.

(2) Immediately after the PDI is complete, the tester must place the PDI work order in

the Autoport Limited vehicle.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Exemption from Registration of Vehicles for Autoport

Limited Regulations

N.S. Reg.

70/2021

Motor Vehicle 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 Exemption from Registration of Vehicles for Autoport

Limited Regulations made under the Motor Vehicle Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

70/2021

Apr 27, 2021

date specified

May 7, 2021

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

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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

43/1976

Regulations respecting the exemption from

registration of certain new vehicles driven by Autoport Limited

May 18, 1976

Apr 27, 2021

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.