Jay Lawrence and Bart Mackey Memorial Act (Highway Traffic Amendment), 2002 McDonald, AL — Bill 226 (37th Parliament, 3rd Session)

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Bill 226, Jay Lawrence and Bart Mackey Memorial Act (Highway Traffic Amendment), 2002

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Bill 226 2002

An Act in memory of

Jay Lawrence and Bart Mackey

to amend the Highway Traffic Act

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

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. The Highway Traffic Act is amended by

adding the following section:

Prohibited forms of riding

188.1

(1) No person shall drive a

commercial motor vehicle on a highway while any person occupies the truck or

delivery body of the vehicle.

Trucks

(2) No person shall occupy the truck or delivery body of a

commercial motor vehicle while the vehicle is being driven on a highway.

Trailers

(3) No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway while

any person occupies a vehicle being towed or drawn by the motor vehicle.

Same

(4) No person shall occupy a vehicle being towed or drawn by a

motor vehicle on a highway.

Identification of passengers

(5) A police officer or an officer appointed for carrying out

this Act who believes that a person is contravening subsection (2) or (4) may

require that the person provide identification of himself or herself.

Same, compliance

(6) Every person who is required to provide identification

under subsection (5) shall identify himself or herself to the officer by

surrendering his or her driver's licence or, if unable to surrender a

driver's licence, by giving his or her correct name, address and date of

birth.

Power of arrest

(7) A police officer may arrest without warrant any person who

does not comply with subsection (6).

Regulations

(8) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make

regulations,

(

a) exempting any person or class of persons and any vehicle or class of

vehicles from subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4);

(

b) prescribing conditions for the exemptions;

(

c) prescribing the circumstances in which the exemptions are

applicable.

Same

(9) A regulation may prescribe different conditions and

different circumstances for different classes of persons or vehicles.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on a day to be named by

proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Jay Lawrence

and Bart Mackey Memorial Act (Highway Traffic Amendment),

2002 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to prohibit persons from

occupying the truck or delivery body of a commercial motor vehicle while the

vehicle is being driven on a highway and to prohibit persons from occupying a

vehicle that is being towed or drawn on a highway. The Bill also prohibits

drivers from driving on a highway while a person is occupying the vehicle in

contravention of these prohibitions. Regulations made under the Act can

exempt persons or classes of persons and vehicles or classes of vehicles from

the prohibitions.

The police may require a person occupying a commercial motor vehicle or a

towed or drawn vehicle in contravention of the prohibitions to provide

personal identification.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

December 10, 2002

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

December

10, 2002

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Proclamation

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 226, 37-3
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s3 bill 226 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	cf5c13c981381fced36c6b55685a4cf8a0a46864

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