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1997 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 36th Parliament

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MR. PLANT

BILL M 207 – 1997

MOTOR VEHICLE AMENDMENT

(SUBSTANCE ABUSER REHABILITATION) ACT

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Section 25 of the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 318 is repealed and the following

substituted:

25 The superintendent may require a person to whom a driver's licence has been issued

to attend at a time and place for one or more of the following purposes:

(

a) to submit to one or more of the following tests, to be conducted by the

Insurance Corporation of British Columbia: a knowledge test; a road test; a

road signs and signals test;

(

b) to submit to assessment and, if the superintendent so directs, rehabilitation

for substance abuse;

(

c) to be otherwise examined as to the person's fitness and ability to drive and

operate motor vehicles of the category for which he or she is licensed.

Section 85 of the Motor Vehicle Act R.S.B.C. 1996, c 318 is amended by renumbering the

existing

section as

section 85 (1) and adding the following subsection:

(2) Notwithstanding that a person is or may be subject

to another prohibition from driving, where a person has been convicted of one

or more offences under sections 220.1 and 220.3 of this act, or, in relation

to the operation, care or control of a motor vehicle, sections 253 or 254 of

the Criminal Code of Canada , the person shall be deemed to be prohibited

from driving upon such conviction and shall continue to be prohibited until

such time as:

(

a) the person submits to assessment and, if the superintendent so directs,

rehabilitation for substance abuse pursuant to

section 25 (b); and

(

b) the superintendent considers that the person is able and fit to drive a motor

vehicle.

Explanatory Notes

SECTION 1: [Motor Vehicle Act, amends

section 25] confers upon the Superintendent of

Motor Vehicles the power to require a person to whom a driver's licence has

been issued to submit to assessment and rehabilitation for substance abuse.

SECTION 2: [Motor Vehicle Act, amends

section 85] prohibits persons convicted of

impaired driving and related offences from driving until such time as they have

submitted to assessment and, if necessary, rehabilitation for substance abuse

and the Superintendent considers that they are able and fit to drive a motor

vehicle.

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