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Volume 68, No. 21

235/2025

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 16, 2025

B.C. Reg. 235/2025 , deposited December 15, 2025, under the MOTOR VEHICLE ACT [section 209]. Order in Council 595/2025, approved and ordered December 15, 2025.

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

— M. FARNWORTH, Minister of Transportation and Transit ; R. KAHLON, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 7.1631 of the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, B.C. Reg. 26/58, is amended

(

a) by adding the following subsection:

(0.1) In this section:

"carrier" has the same meaning as in

section 37.01;

"minister" has the same meaning as in

section 7.163 (1);

"sign requiring the use of chains" has the same meaning as in

section 7.163 (1). , and

(

b) by adding the following subsections:

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a person who drives or operates a motor vehicle referred to in subsection (1) may comply with a sign requiring the use of chains by equipping the motor vehicle with a traction device, instead of chains, if all of the following requirements are met:

(

a) the minister has authorized the traction device to be used on the motor vehicle;

(

b) the person’s use of the traction device complies with the authorization;

(

c) the authorization is

(

i) in the person’s possession, and

(ii) if required by the authorization, displayed on the motor vehicle;

(

d) the traction device is used on the motor vehicle in the manner intended by the manufacturer of the traction device.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the minister specifies otherwise in a public notice or sign placed under

section 208 of the Act.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (3), the minister may, by written authorization granted to a carrier, do the following:

(

a) authorize the use of a traction device on a commercial motor vehicle to which this

section or

section 7.1632, 7.1633 or 7.1634 applies;

(

i) specify training requirements that must be met by drivers or operators;

(ii) limit the authorization to particular motor vehicles, places or highways;

(iii) specify the type of traction device that may be used;

(iv) require the carrier to provide records or reports;

(

v) specify an expiry date that is not more than one year after the date on which the authorization takes effect;

(vi) impose other requirements the minister considers appropriate.

2 Sections 7.1632, 7.1633 and 7.1634 are amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) Section 7.1631 (3) to (6) applies for the purposes of this section.

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