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Volume 56, No. 23

239/2013

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 3, 2013

B.C. Reg. 239/2013 , deposited November 28, 2013, pursuant to the MOTOR VEHICLE ACT [section 25]. Order in Council 549/2013, approved and ordered November 27, 2013.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective January 30, 2014, the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, are amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— S. ANTON, Attorney General and Minister of Justice ; T. LAKE, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

1 The Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, are amended by adding the following Division:

Division 30E – Drivers’ Licences – Medical Condition Statement for Compliance with International Agreement

Definition

30E.01 In this Division, “North American Free Trade Agreement” has the same meaning as “Agreement” in the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Canada).

Prescribed international agreement

30E.02 The North American Free Trade Agreement is prescribed for the purposes of this Division.

Statement indicating certain medical conditions

30E.03

(1) The superintendent may, for the purposes of complying with the agreement prescribed in

section 30E.02, instruct the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia to inscribe the statement “ W ” on the face of a driver’s licence if the superintendent is satisfied that

(

a) the licence is a class 1, 2, 3 or 4 licence, and

(

b) the applicant for or holder of the licence

(

i) has epilepsy,

(ii) has diabetes mellitus that requires insulin, or

(iii) has a hearing impairment such that the average of the quietest sound at 500, 1 000 and 2 000 hertz that he or she can hear in his or her best ear, with or without a hearing aid, is greater than 40 decibels.

(2) The superintendent may instruct the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia to remove the statement “ W ” from a driver’s licence if the superintendent is satisfied that the holder of the licence does not have any of the conditions referred to in subsection (1) (b).

(3) The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia must comply with an instruction of the superintendent given under subsection (1) or (2).

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