Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Off-Road Vehicles), 2015 Vanthof, John — Bill 46 (41st Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 46, 41-1

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Bill 46, Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Off-Road Vehicles), 2015

Vanthof, John

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Bill 46 2014

And

Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act in respect of off-road vehicles

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) Subsection

191.8 (2) of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by

striking out "The Lieutenant Governor in Council" in the portion before clause

(

a) and substituting "Subject to subsection (2.1), the Lieutenant Governor in

Council".

(2) Section 191.8 of the Act is amended by

adding the following subsection:

Same

- limit on regulations

(2.1) A regulation made under subsection

(2) shall not do either of the following:

1. Restrict

permission to drive an off-road vehicle on a highway to vehicles that are designed

to carry only a driver and no passengers.

2. Restrict

permission to drive an off-road vehicle on a highway to circumstances where

there is only a driver and no passengers on the vehicle.

Commencement

2. This

Act comes into force on the day that is three months after the day it receives

Royal Assent.

Short

title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Highway Traffic Amendment

Act (Off-Road Vehicles), 2014.

EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Highway Traffic Act . Currently, the

regulations under the Act restrict the operation of off-road vehicles on

highways to vehicles that are designed to carry only a driver and no

passengers. The Bill amends the Act to prevent regulations made under the Act

from restricting permission to operate off-road vehicles on highways to

vehicles that are designed to carry only a driver and no passengers or to

circumstances where there is only one driver and no passenger on the vehicle.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

February 19, 2015

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

February 19, 2015

Second Reading

Carried

February 19, 2015

Second Reading

Debate

November 24, 2014

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

November 24, 2014

Committee

Second Reading

February 19, 2015

Mr. John Vanthof, Mrs. Kathryn McGarry, Mr. Norm Miller, Ms. Andrea Horwath, Hon. Glen R. Murray, Mr. Bill Walker, M me France Gélinas, Ms. Laurie Scott, Mr. Michael Mantha, M. Gilles Bisson

February 19, 2015

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

Third Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 46

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Highway Traffic Act

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 46, 41-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s1 bill 46 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	b73de63256aa44161f417b76bd75657588ed99c0

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