Second Session, 45th General Assembly

54 Elizabeth II, 2005

BILL 33

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT AND THE PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT

Received and Read the First Time

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

HONOURABLE THOMAS W. MARSHALL, QC

Minister of Justice and Attorney General

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

Clause 1 of the Bill would amend the Highway Traffic Act to provide that the provision requiring the Registrar of Motor Vehicles not to issue to or renew a driver's licence or a vehicle registration for a person who has failed to pay a fine does not apply where the fine relates to a conviction for a violation of a regulations made under the City of St. John's Act, the City of Corner Brook Act , the City of Mount Pearl Act, the Municipalities Act, 1999 or the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 that does not involve the operation of a motor vehicle.

Clause 2 of the Bill would amend the Provincial Offences Act to provide that the provision requiring a judge who convicts a person of an offence initiated by a ticket to notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of the conviction does not apply to a conviction for a violation of a regulation made under the City of St. John's Act, the City of Corner Brook Act , the City of Mount Pearl Act, the Municipalities Act, 1999 or the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 that does not involve the operation of a motor vehicle.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT AND THE PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT

Analysis

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC

ACT

1. S.16.1 Amdt.

Non-payment of fines

PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT

2. S.27 Amdt.

Judge to notify Registrar of Motor Vehicles

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT

RSNL1990 cH-3

as amended

Section 16.1 of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by renumbering it as subsection 16.1(1) and by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following:

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who has failed to pay a fine relating to a conviction for a violation of a regulation made under the City of St. John's Act, the City of Corner Brook Act , the City of Mount Pearl Act, the Municipalities Act, 1999 or the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 that does not involve the operation of a motor vehicle.

PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT

SNL1995 cP-31.1

as amended

Section 27 of the Provincial Offences Act is amended by renumbering it as subsection 27(1) and by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following:

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a conviction for a violation of a regulation made under the City of St. John's Act, the City of Corner Brook Act , the City of Mount Pearl Act, the Municipalities Act, 1999 or the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 that does not involve the operation of a motor vehicle.

(3) In subsection (2), "motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in paragraph 2(oo) of the Highway Traffic Act .

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