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Bill 62, Fairness for Road Users Act (Contraventions Causing Death or Serious Bodily Harm), 2021

French, Jennifer K.

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Highway Traffic Act . If a person

causes or contributes to causing an accident which causes death or serious

bodily harm, and at the time the person was contravening the Highway Traffic Act or its regulations, then the person

is guilty of an offence. The court may sentence the person to a fine of up to

$50,000, or to imprisonment for up to two years, or to both. The court may also

suspend the person’s driver’s licence or permit.

Bill 62 2021

Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act to create an offence of contravention

causing death or serious bodily harm

Her

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

The Highway Traffic Act is amended by adding the

following Part:

PART X.0.1

CONTRAVENTIONS CAUSING DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY HARM

Contravention

causing death or serious bodily harm

191.0.2 Every person who, while

contravening this Act or the regulations, causes, or contributes to causing, an

accident that causes the death of a person or serious bodily harm to a person

is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than

$2,000 and not more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than

two years, or to both, and in addition his or her driver’s licence or permit

may be suspended for a period of not more than five years.

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Fairness for Road Users

Act (Contraventions Causing Death or Serious Bodily Harm), 2021 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

December 1, 2021

First Reading

Vote

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December 1, 2021

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 62

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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