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Commercial Carrier Safety Fitness Rating and Compliance Regulations

made under

Section 303G of the

Motor Vehicle Act

O.I.C. 2005-145 (March 31, 2005, effective March 22, 2005), N.S. Reg. 84/2005

amended to O.I.C. 2022-327 (effective January 1, 2023), N.S. Reg. 332/2022

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Application of regulations

How safety fitness rating is given

Prohibition against operating without safety fitness rating and safety fitness certificate

Categories of safety fitness ratings

Application for safety fitness rating and safety fitness certificate and renewals

False statement made in application

Issuance of safety fitness certificate

Refusal to issue safety fitness certificate

Revocation of safety fitness certificate

Replacement safety fitness certificate

Extending safety fitness certificate

Carrier record maintained by Registrar

Removal of demerit points

Calculation of adjusted demerit point totals

Calculation of demerit index

Calculation of intervention levels

Registrar may revise formulas

Intervention by Registrar

When notice deemed served

Interview of carrier at intervention level 2

Registrar may permit action plan for carrier at intervention level 3

Show cause hearing for intervention level 3 or failure to attend interview

Procedure for reassessing an unsatisfactory rating of a carrier given after a hearing

Appendix A: Demerit Point System Table

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Commercial Carrier Safety Fitness Rating and

Compliance Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

(a) “acceptable safety fitness rating” means a rating of satisfactory, satisfactory

unaudited, or conditional given by the Registrar to a carrier under

Section 6;

(b) “Act” means the Motor Vehicle Act ;

(c) “adequately insured”, with respect to a carrier, means having the insurance

required by the regulations respecting carriage of freight by vehicle made

under the Act;

(d) “at-fault collision” means a reportable accident in which the Registrar

deems the driver to be fully or partially responsible for the accident;

(e) “carrier” means a carrier as defined in clause 303A(

a) of the Act;

(f) “commercial vehicle” means a commercial vehicle as defined in clause

303A(

b) of the Act;

(g) “Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance” means the non-profit corporation

with head office in Washington, D.C., United States, consisting of

representatives of federal, state and provincial government agencies and

private industry in the United States, Canada and the Republic of Mexico

that is dedicated to improving commercial vehicle safety;

(h) “conditional rating” means the safety fitness rating given to a carrier in

accordance with subsection 6(3);

(i) “cumulative fleet size” means the total of the single-day fleet sizes for a

carrier over a period of time prescribed by the Registrar;

(j) “demerit point” means a point value set out in Appendix “A” - Demerit

Point System Table opposite a conviction, out-of-service inspection or

at-fault collision and assigned to a carrier as a demerit for the conviction,

out-of-service inspection or at-fault collision;

(k) “demerit index” means a single index calculated in accordance with

Section

17 that combines a carrier’s overall demerit points;

(l) “driver” means a driver of a commercial vehicle licensed under the Act;

[(la)] “ELD” means electronic logging device;

(m) “emergency vehicle” means a vehicle operated by or on behalf of a police

force or fire department or an ambulance;

(n) “facility audit” means an audit performed by the Department, or an agent

authorized by the Department, of a carrier’s compliance with the record

keeping requirements of

Section 303D of the Act;

[(na)] “Federal Regulations” means the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of

Service Regulations made under the Motor Vehicle Transport Act (Canada);

(o) “inspection” means an inspection of a driver or commercial vehicle using

the criteria established by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance;

(p) “intervention level 1” means the demerit index value calculated in

accordance with subsection 18(2) that requires the Registrar to intervene

with a carrier in accordance with subsection 20(1);

(q) “intervention level 2” means the demerit index value calculated in

accordance with subsection 18(3) that requires the Registrar to intervene

with a carrier in accordance with subsection 20(2);

(r) “intervention level 3” means the demerit index value calculated in

accordance with subsection 18(4) that requires the Registrar to intervene

with a carrier in accordance with subsection 20(3);

(s) “National Safety Code number” means an identification number assigned to

a carrier by the Registrar;

(t) “out-of-service inspection” means an inspection by a motor vehicle

inspector in the course of which a driver or commercial vehicle is found to

be unsafe to operate on a highway;

(u) “reciprocating jurisdiction” means a reciprocating jurisdiction as defined in

clause 303A(

c) of the Act;

(v) “reportable accident” means an accident involving a commercial vehicle

that results in

(

i) injury or death to a person, or

(ii) property damage that appears to be of $2000 or more;

(w) “safety fitness certificate” means the certificate issued by the Department in

accordance with

Section 9;

(x) “safety fitness rating” means the rating that must be given to a carrier by the

Registrar based upon the factors set out in subsection 4(1);

(y) “satisfactory rating” means the safety fitness rating given to a carrier in

accordance with subsection 6(1);

(z) “satisfactory unaudited rating” means the safety fitness rating given to a

carrier in accordance with subsection 6(2);

(aa) “single-day fleet size” means the total number of commercial vehicles that a

carrier owns, leases or is otherwise responsible for on any particular day;

(ab) “unsatisfactory rating” means the safety fitness rating given to a carrier in

accordance with subsection 6(4); and

(ac) “vehicle” means a vehicle as defined in clause 2(ca) of the Act.

Application of regulations

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), these regulations apply to

(

a) the following commercial vehicles registered in the Province or a

reciprocating jurisdiction:

(

i) a truck, truck-tractor, trailer, or a combination thereof that has a

registered gross vehicle weight of more than 4500 kg,

(ii) a bus designed, constructed and used for transporting passengers,

with a designated seating capacity of more than 10 persons, including

the driver;

(

b) the following drivers licensed under the Act or by a reciprocating

jurisdiction:

(

i) an employee of a carrier who drives a commercial vehicle to which

these regulations apply that a carrier owns, leases or is otherwise

responsible for,

(ii) a carrier, while driving a commercial vehicle to which these

regulations apply that the carrier owns, leases or is otherwise

responsible for;

(

c) carriers that operate commercial vehicles to which these regulations apply in

the Province.

(2) These regulations do not apply to the following vehicles:

(

a) a recreational vehicle or a vehicle towing a recreational vehicle, when not

being operated for the purpose of commercial venture for profit or gain;

(

b) an emergency vehicle;

(

c) a bus, when being operated for personal use.

How safety fitness rating is given

(1) The Registrar must give each carrier a safety fitness rating based on the categories

of safety fitness rating in

Section 6 and, except as exempted under subsection 7(3),

the carrier’s application for a safety fitness rating.

(2) The Registrar may review the safety fitness rating of a carrier at any time and may

change the carrier’s rating in accordance with these regulations.

(3) Despite subsection (1), a carrier that is given a safety fitness rating by a

reciprocating jurisdiction that is, in the opinion of the Registrar, equivalent to the

safety fitness rating that the Registrar would have given to the carrier, does not

require a safety fitness rating from the Registrar but is deemed, for the purposes of

these regulations, to have the safety fitness rating the Registrar would have given to

the carrier.

Prohibition against operating without safety fitness rating and safety fitness certificate

(1) A driver must not drive, and a carrier must not permit a commercial vehicle to be

driven, upon a highway unless the carrier has a satisfactory, satisfactory unaudited

or conditional rating and a valid safety fitness certificate issued by the Registrar, or

is deemed to have a satisfactory, satisfactory unaudited or conditional rating under

subsection 4(3).

(2) The Registrar must not register a commercial vehicle of a carrier or issue a carrier

a vehicle permit, replacement number plate or replacement validation sticker

unless the carrier has a satisfactory, satisfactory unaudited or conditional rating and

a valid safety fitness certificate issued by the Registrar.

Categories of safety fitness ratings

(1) The Registrar must give a satisfactory rating to a carrier if all of the following

apply to the carrier:

(

a) the carrier’s demerit index is equal to or less than intervention level 1;

(

b) the carrier has passed a facility audit;

(

c) the Registrar is otherwise satisfied as to the carrier’s ability to operate

safely.

(2) The Registrar must give a satisfactory unaudited rating to a carrier if all of the

following apply to the carrier:

(

a) the carrier’s demerit index is equal to or less than intervention level 1;

(

b) the carrier has not had a facility audit;

(

c) the Registrar is otherwise satisfied as to the carrier’s ability to operate

safely.

(3) The Registrar must give a conditional rating to a carrier if any of the following

apply to the carrier and the Registrar is otherwise satisfied as to the carrier’s ability

to operate safely:

(

a) the carrier’s demerit index is

(

i) intervention level 2, or

(ii) intervention level 3 and the Registrar has not held a hearing under

Section 24;

(

b) at a hearing under

Section 24, the Registrar permits the carrier to undertake

another action plan under clause 24(2)(a);

(

c) the carrier has failed a facility audit, except a facility audit under

Section 25;

(

d) the carrier passes a facility audit under

Section 25.

(4) The Registrar must give an unsatisfactory rating to a carrier if any one of the

following applies to the carrier:

(

a) the carrier’s demerit index is intervention level 3 and at a hearing under

Section 24 the Registrar does not permit the carrier to undertake another

action plan under clause 24(2)(a);

(

b) the carrier is not adequately insured;

(

c) the carrier fails to comply with any special operating condition imposed

under clause 24(3)(a);

(

d) the carrier fails to renew a safety fitness certificate under

Section 10 [7]

before the expiry date;

(

e) the Registrar revokes the carrier’s safety fitness certificate under

Section 11;

(

f) the Registrar is otherwise not satisfied as to the carrier’s ability to operate

safely.

Application for safety fitness rating and safety fitness certificate and renewals

(1) An application for a safety fitness rating and safety fitness certificate, or for

renewal of a safety fitness certificate, must be made on the form prescribed by the

Registrar and, except as exempted under subsection (3), must be submitted to the

Registrar together with all of the following:

(

a) proof of the carrier’s insurance, as prescribed by the regulations respecting

carriage of freight by vehicle made under the Act;

(

b) proof of the carrier’s incorporation or partnership registration, if applicable;

(

c) proof that the carrier, if incorporated, has made all required filings and

registrations with the Registry of Joint Stock Companies, and is in good

standing with the Registry of Joint Stock Companies;

(

d) a declaration, made by a person familiar with the business operations of the

carrier and who has the authority to bind the carrier, that contains

(

i) certification that the information in the application is true,

(ii) acceptance of responsibility by the carrier for the operation of

commercial vehicles imposed by law on the carrier,

(iii) a statement of whether any principal, director, officer or partner of

the carrier is or has been a member of a carrier that has or has had an

unsatisfactory rating in Nova Scotia or an equivalent rating in any

reciprocating jurisdiction, and

(iv) details surrounding the revocation of, or refusal to issue, any safety

fitness certificate or equivalent issued to the carrier;

(

e) if the carrier has been issued a safety fitness certificate or equivalent in a

reciprocating jurisdiction and the carrier is moving their operation to Nova

Scotia, a copy of their government operating record from the reciprocating

jurisdiction;

(

f) an application fee of $66.00, unless exempted under subsection (2);

(

g) any additional information and documentation that the Registrar requires.

(2) There is no application fee for a carrier that makes an application for only a vehicle

or vehicles owned by a non-profit, charitable or religious organization used

exclusively for transporting passengers and not for the purpose of gain.

(3) A carrier is not required to apply for a safety fitness rating and safety fitness

certificate or apply for a renewal of a safety fitness certificate if each commercial

vehicle that the carrier owns, leases or otherwise is responsible for is a vehicle with

farm plates registered to a farmer.

False statement made in application

8 A person must not make a false statement in an application by a carrier for a safety

fitness rating and safety fitness certificate, or for renewal of a safety fitness certificate.

Issuance of safety fitness certificate

(1) The Registrar may issue or renew a safety fitness certificate in accordance with

these regulations.

(2) A safety fitness certificate is valid for 1 year.

(3) A safety fitness certificate must state

(

a) the name of the carrier;

(

b) the address of the carrier’s principal place of business in Nova Scotia;

(

c) the National Safety Code number assigned to the carrier;

(

d) the carrier’s safety fitness rating at the time the certificate is issued;

(

e) the expiry date of the certificate.

Refusal to issue safety fitness certificate

(1) The Registrar may refuse to issue or renew a safety fitness certificate, if

(

a) the application is not complete, in accordance with subsection 7(1);

(

b) the application contains a false statement;

(

c) the carrier has had an unsatisfactory rating in Nova Scotia or an equivalent

rating in a reciprocating jurisdiction;

(

d) the carrier, if incorporated, has not made all required filings and

registrations with the Registry of Joint Stock Companies, or is not in good

standing with the Registry of Joint Stock Companies;

(

e) a principal, director, officer or partner of the carrier is or has been a member

of a carrier that has or has had an unsatisfactory rating in Nova Scotia or an

equivalent rating in a reciprocating jurisdiction;

(

f) the carrier is not adequately insured; or

(

g) the Registrar is otherwise not satisfied as to the carrier’s ability to operate

safely.

(2) The Registrar must refuse to issue a carrier a safety fitness certificate or refuse to

renew a carrier’s safety fitness certificate if the carrier has an unsatisfactory rating.

Revocation of safety fitness certificate

(1) The Registrar may revoke a carrier’s safety fitness certificate if

(

a) the carrier’s application contains a false statement, in accordance with

Section 8;

(

b) the carrier has had an unsatisfactory rating in Nova Scotia or an equivalent

rating in a reciprocating jurisdiction;

(

c) the carrier, if incorporated, has not made all required filings and

registrations with the Registry of Joint Stock Companies, or is not in good

standing with the Registry of Joint Stock Companies;

(

d) a principal, director, officer or partner of the carrier is or has been a member

of a carrier that has or has had an unsatisfactory rating in Nova Scotia or an

equivalent rating in a reciprocating jurisdiction;

(

e) the applicant is not adequately insured; or

(

f) the Registrar is otherwise not satisfied as to the carrier’s ability to operate

safely.

(2) The Registrar must revoke a carrier’s safety fitness certificate if the carrier has an

unsatisfactory rating.

(3) If the Registrar revokes a carrier’s safety fitness certificate, the Registrar must

suspend or cancel the number plates and vehicle permits that have been issued for

any commercial vehicle that the carrier owns, leases or is otherwise responsible

for, for a period of time considered appropriate by the Registrar.

(4) If the Registrar suspends or cancels a carrier’s number plates and vehicle permits

under subsection (2), the carrier must immediately return to the Registrar all those

number plates and vehicle permits.

(5) If the Registrar revokes a carrier’s safety fitness certificate, the carrier is deemed to

have an unsatisfactory rating from and including the date of revocation.

Replacement safety fitness certificate

(1) If the Registrar changes the safety fitness rating of a carrier in accordance with

subsection 4(2) before the expiry date of the carrier’s safety fitness certificate, the

Registrar must issue the carrier a replacement certificate, at no fee, that is valid

until the expiry date of the fitness certificate that is being replaced.

(2) If a carrier changes their name or their principal place of business in Nova Scotia,

the carrier must notify the Registrar with details of the change within 10 days of

the change.

(3) If a carrier changes any of its principals, directors, officers or partners, the carrier

must notify the Registrar with details of the change, including whether any new

principal, director, officer or partner is or has been a member of a carrier that has

or has had an unsatisfactory rating in Nova Scotia or an equivalent rating in a

reciprocating jurisdiction, within 10 days of the change.

(4) Except as provided in subsection (5), when the Registrar receives notification in

accordance with subsection (2) or (3), the Registrar must issue a replacement

certificate, at no fee, that is valid until the expiry date of the safety fitness

certificate that is being replaced.

(5) The Registrar may refuse to issue a replacement safety fitness certificate if a new

principal, director, officer or partner of the carrier is or has been a member of a

carrier that has or has had an unsatisfactory rating in Nova Scotia or an equivalent

rating in a reciprocating jurisdiction, and may revoke the carrier’s safety fitness

certificate in accordance with

Section 11.

(6) When a replacement certificate is issued to a carrier under this Section, the carrier

must destroy the certificate that is replaced along with all copies of it.

(7) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to a carrier if each commercial vehicle that the

carrier owns, leases or is otherwise responsible for is a vehicle with farm plates

registered to a farmer.

Extending safety fitness certificate

(1) Despite any other provision of these regulations, the Registrar may permit a carrier

to operate for up to 30 days after the expiry date of their safety fitness certificate.

(2) Despite any other provision of these regulations, the Minister may authorize the

Registrar to extend the term of a carrier’s safety fitness certificate for as long as the

Minister requires.

Carrier record maintained by Registrar

(1) The Registrar must maintain a record for each carrier that includes all of the

following:

(

a) the National Safety Code number assigned to the carrier;

(

b) the carrier’s current safety fitness rating;

(

c) warnings, refusals to issue or revocations of safety fitness certificates,

suspensions of number plates, cancellations of vehicle permits and

contraventions of enactments of the Province, a reciprocating jurisdiction or

the Parliament of Canada relating to motor vehicles that are incurred by the

carrier;

(

d) results of safety inspections, trip inspections and facility audits;

(

e) results of interviews under

Section 22 and hearings under

Section 24,

including an action plan s to be carried out and special operating conditions

imposed;

(

f) convictions, reportable accidents and inspections of a driver, and including a

conviction for an offence committed by a driver while the driver was

employed by the carrier whether or not the driver is employed by the carrier

at the time of the conviction;

(

g) the demerit points assigned to the carrier.

(2) The Registrar must maintain 3 separate totals of the demerit points assigned to a

carrier as follows:

(a) 1 total for convictions;

(b) 1 total for at-fault collisions; and

(c) 1 total for out-of-service inspections.

(3) Demerit points must be assigned by the Registrar as set out in Appendix “A” -

Demerit Point System Table for all of the following:

(

a) a conviction;

(

b) an out-of-service inspection;

(

c) an at-fault collision resulting in property damage;

(

d) an at-fault collision resulting in physical injury;

(

e) an at-fault collision resulting in fatality.

Removal of demerit points

(1) The Registrar must remove the demerit points assigned to a carrier for a conviction

from the carrier’s record 2 years after the date of the conviction.

(2) The Registrar must remove the demerit points assigned to a carrier for an out-of-service inspection or an at-fault collision from the carrier’s record 2 years after the

date of the inspection or the collision.

(3) The Registrar may remove demerit points in accordance with the results of a show

cause hearing under

Section 24.

Calculation of adjusted demerit point totals

16 The Registrar must prescribe formulas to adjust the 3 separate totals of demerit points

required by subsection 14(2) to eliminate, as far as possible, differences between carriers

that,

(

a) for the demerit point totals for convictions and at-fault collisions, are the

result of differences in cumulative fleet size;

(

b) for the demerit point total for out-of-service inspections, are the result of

differences in the number of inspections a carrier receives.

Calculation of demerit index

17 The Registrar must prescribe a formula to combine the 3 adjusted totals for a carrier,

calculated in accordance with

Section 16, into a single index of the carrier’s overall

demerit points, which is the demerit index for the carrier.

Calculation of intervention levels

(1) The Registrar must prescribe a formula to identify a demerit index number value

for each of intervention levels 1, 2 and 3 in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).

(2) Intervention level 1 is the demerit index number value that 5% of all carriers is

expected to exceed.

(3) Intervention level 2 is the demerit index number value that 2% of all carriers is

expected to exceed.

(4) Intervention level 3 is the demerit index number value that 0.2% of all carriers is

expected to exceed.

Registrar may revise formulas

19 The Registrar may revise the formulas prescribed under Sections 16, 17 and 18 in

accordance with a statistical analysis of carriers’ records.

Intervention by Registrar

(1) If a carrier’s demerit index is intervention level 1, the Registrar must

(

a) notify the carrier of this in writing; and

(

b) advise the carrier in the notice that

(

i) a facility audit may be carried out on the carrier, and

(ii) if the carrier is assigned further demerit points that increase the

carrier’s demerit index to intervention level 2, the Registrar may

require the carrier to attend an interview with a person designated by

the Registrar to formulate a plan for the carrier in accordance with

subsection (2).

(2) If a carrier’s demerit index is intervention level 2, the Registrar must

(

a) notify the carrier of this in writing; and

(

b) advise the carrier in the notice that

(

i) a facility audit may be carried out on the carrier, and

(ii) the Registrar may require the carrier to attend an interview with a

person designated by the Registrar to formulate a plan in accordance

with

Section 22.

( 3) If a carrier’s demerit index is intervention level 3, or if the carrier fails to attend an

interview required by the Registrar under subsection (2), the Registrar must

(

a) notify the carrier of this in writing;

(

b) advise the carrier in the notice that

(

i) a facility audit may be carried out on the carrier, and

(ii) the Registrar may require the carrier to attend a hearing to show

cause why the carrier should not be given an unsatisfactory rating in

accordance with

Section 24.

When notice deemed served

(1) A notice referred to in

Section 20 that is made by Priority Post or courier service is

deemed to have been served on the 3rd day after the notice is sent.

(2) A notice referred to in

Section 20 that is made by ordinary mail is deemed to have

been served on the 5th day after the notice is sent.

Interview of carrier at intervention level 2

22 At an interview required by the Registrar under subsection 20(2), the person designated

by the Registrar and the carrier must

(

a) attempt to identify the reasons why the carrier’s demerit index is higher than

average;

(

b) evaluate possible action plans to prevent further demerit points; and

(

c) attempt to jointly decide on an appropriate action plan that the carrier is

willing to carry out and commits to.

Registrar may permit action plan for carrier at intervention level 3

(1) Before requiring a carrier to attend a show cause hearing under subsection 20(3),

the Registrar may permit a carrier to undertake an appropriate action plan

satisfactory to the Registrar that the carrier is willing to carry out and commits to if

(

a) the carrier has not had an opportunity to undertake an action plan before

attaining a demerit index of intervention level 3; and

(

b) the Registrar is satisfied that the continued operation of the carrier will not

adversely affect the safety of the public.

(2) If the Registrar permits a carrier to undertake an action plan under subsection (1),

the Registrar may impose any special operating conditions that the Registrar

considers appropriate.

Show cause hearing for intervention level 3 or failure to attend interview

(1) At a show cause hearing required by the Registrar under subsection 20(3), the

Registrar and the carrier must

(

a) review the carrier’s record; and

(

b) if applicable, identify the reasons why the action plan agreed to under

Section 22 or undertaken under

Section 23 failed.

(2) Following the hearing, the Registrar may decide to

(

a) permit the carrier to undertake a more effective action plan than the

previous action plan that was agreed to under

Section 22 or undertaken

under

Section 23, if the Registrar is satisfied that

(

i) the carrier made a sincere effort and took reasonable steps to comply

with the previous action plan,

(ii) the carrier is willing to carry out and commits to carry out the more

effective action plan, and

(iii) the continued operation of the carrier will not adversely affect the

safety of the public; or

(

b) give the carrier an unsatisfactory rating and revoke the carrier’s safety

fitness certificate in accordance with

Section 11.

(3) If the Registrar permits the carrier to undertake a more effective action plan under

clause (2)(a), the Registrar may do any or all of the following:

(

a) impose any special operating conditions that [the] Registrar considers

appropriate;

(

b) leave the carrier’s conditional rating unchanged for a period of time

considered appropriate by the Registrar;

(

c) remove any number of demerit points from the carrier’s record that the

Registrar considers appropriate.

(4) If a carrier is assigned further demerit points after receiving permission from the

Registrar to undertake a more effective action plan under clause (2)(a), or if the

carrier fails to comply with any special operating condition imposed under clause

(3)(a), the Registrar may immediately give the carrier an unsatisfactory rating and

revoke the carrier’s safety fitness certificate in accordance with

Section 11.

(5) If the carrier fails to attend the hearing, the Registrar may take any action that the

Registrar could have taken if the carrier had attended the hearing.

Procedure for reassessing an unsatisfactory rating of a carrier given after a hearing

(1) A carrier whose safety fitness certificate is revoked as a result of a hearing may,

after the period of time imposed under clause [subsection] 11(3), request that the

Registrar conduct a facility audit of the carrier.

(2) If a carrier passes a facility audit requested under subsection (1), the Registrar must

(

a) restore the carrier’s safety fitness certificate;

(

b) give the carrier a conditional rating for a period of time considered

appropriate by the Registrar; and

(

c) remove all demerit points previously assigned to the carrier.

(3) If the carrier does not pass the facility audit, the carrier keeps an unsatisfactory

rating and the carrier’s safety fitness certificate remains revoked.

Appendix A: Demerit Point System Table

Convictions

Offence

Section

Points

Driver-related offences

Motor Vehicle Act offences:

Failing to obey peace officer (specify directions

disobeyed)

83(1)

Failing to obey traffic signs or signals (specify)

83(2)

Failing to yield right of way to pedestrians on green or

flashing green light

93(2)(

a) Failing to proceed in direction of arrow on green arrow

light

93(2)(

b) Failing to yield right of way to pedestrians on green

arrow light

93(2)(

b) Failing to stop at amber light when able to stop in safety

93(2)(

c) or (

d) Failing to stop at red light

93(2)(

e) Failing to yield to pedestrian on right turn at red light

93(2)(

e) Failing to stop at flashing red light before entering

intersection

93(2)(

f) Failing to yield to pedestrians or other vehicles (specify)

at flashing red light

93(2)(

f) Failing to proceed with caution at flashing amber light

93(2)(

g) Failing to yield to traffic in proximity of intersection at

flashing amber light

93(2)(

g) Failing to yield to pedestrians at walk light

93(2)(

h) Travelling in lane marked with red “X” traffic lane

signal

93(4)(

b) Failing to immediately stop at scene of an accident

97(1)

Failing to provide name, address and registration after

having an accident

97(3)

Failing to provide reasonable assistance to person

injured after having an accident

97(3)

Failing to take reasonable steps to locate and notify other

party after collision with unattended vehicle or property

(specify)

97(4)

Failing to report accident to police where injury or death

or property damage of over $1000 occurs (specify)

98(10)

Careless and imprudent driving

100(2)

Operating vehicle at excessive speed for existing

conditions

Exceeding prima facie speed limit

102(1)

Failing to stop for stopped school bus exhibiting

flashing red lights

103(3)

Driving in excess of posted limit by between 1 and

15 km/hr

106A(

a) Driving in excess of posted limited by between 16 and

30 km/hr

106A(

b) Driving in excess of posted limited by 31 km/hr or more

106A(

c) Failing to obey stop or speed sign on bridge or causeway

(specify sign)

108(3)

Failing to drive on right side of highway

110(1)

Failing to drive to right when approaching intersection,

railroad right-of-way or narrow bridge or tunnel (specify

one)

110(2)

Failing to drive to right on one-way street

110(4)

Failing to drive in right hand lane

111(

a) Changing lanes unsafely

111(

b) Driving in centre lane on three-lane highway

111(

c) Failing to follow posted lane speeds

111(

d) Driving or parking (specify) vehicle on left hand

roadway where highway is divided

112(1)(

a) Passing improperly

Driving left of centre line

115(1) or

(2) Following too closely

117(1)

Commercial vehicle following within 60 m

117(2)

Failing to signal

119(1)

Improper signal

119(2)

Backing vehicle when such movement unsafe

120(1)

Turning vehicle to proceed in opposite direction where

visibility less than 150 m

120(2)

Failing to obey signs prohibiting turns (specify sign

violated)

120(4)

Making prohibited turn at exit ramp

Failing to yield right of way

Failing to yield to emergency vehicles giving audible

and visible signals

123(2)

Failing to yield to pedestrians within crosswalk

125(1)

Passing stopped vehicle at crosswalk

125(2)

Permitting a person to ride on portion of vehicle not

designed for passenger

129(3)

Driving when control or view obstructed by load or

passenger

129(7)

Operating bus with open door

Driving through safety zone

Failing to stop at railway crossing

132(1)

Failing to stop at stop sign

133(1)

Failing to obey yield sign

134(3)

Stopping or parking in prohibited area

Operating motor vehicle on highway in race or on wager

163(1)

Driving while license cancelled, revoked or suspended

287(2)

Criminal Code (Canada) offences:

Criminal negligence

Criminal negligence causing death

Criminal negligence causing bodily harm

Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle

249(1)(

a) Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily

harm

249(3)

Dangerous operating of a motor vehicle causing death

249(4)

Failing to stop at scene of accident

252(1)

Impaired driving

253(

a) Operating or having care and control of motor vehicle

when blood alcohol level exceeds 80 mgs/100 ml

253(

b) Refusing to comply with demand made by peace officer

under

Section 254

254(5)

Impaired driving causing bodily harm

255(2)

Impaired driving causing death

255(3)

Operating a motor vehicle while disqualified

259(4)(

a) or (

b) Driver-related and carrier-related violations

Motor Vehicle Act offences:

Operating or permitting operation of motor vehicle

without valid number plate issued for that vehicle

37(

a) Displaying number plate not issued for vehicle

37(

c) Failing to exhibit slow movement emblem or device on

a motor vehicle

117(4)

Driver failing to place and maintain flares at front and

rear of disabled commercial vehicle

140(1)

Vehicle failing to have proper lighted head lamps and

rear lamps

174(1)

Vehicle failing to have two head lamps

174(2)

Vehicle failing to have properly functioning rear lamps

174(4)

Vehicle failing to have properly functioning clearance

lamps

174(5)

Vehicle failing to display proper marker lights or

reflectors

174(11)

Vehicle failing to have proper electric turn signals

177(3)

Vehicle failing to have properly functioning brake lights

at rear of vehicle

177(9)

Vehicle failing to have adequate brakes

181(1)

Vehicle failing to have properly functioning

speedometer and odometer

Vehicle failing to have properly functioning horn

183(1)

Vehicle failing to have securely attached mirror

184(1)

Vehicle failing to have outside rear-vision mirror where

view obstructed by trailer

184(2)

Vehicle failing to have windshield

184(3)

Driving vehicle with windows or windshield (specify)

obstructed

184(4)

Driving vehicle with ornament obstructing vision of

driver

184(5)

Vehicle failing to have adequate windshield wipers

184(6)

Vehicle failing to have proper flag or light (specify)

displayed at end of load

Driving vehicle with tailgate of vehicle open

Vehicle failing to have muffler in good working order

187(1)

Vehicle failing to have proper equipment to prevent

escape of excessive fumes or smoke (specify)

187(2)

Towbar between vehicles exceeding 5 m

190(2)

Towbar between vehicles transporting poles exceeding

8 m

190(2)

Failing to have vehicle weighed when ordered

192(4)

Vehicle on highway with leaking load

199(1)

Vehicle failing to have mudguards, fenders or flaps

(specify)

199(2)

Driving motor vehicle without insurance

230(1)

Directing driver to operate vehicle equipped otherwise

than permitted by law (specify)

260(1)

Directing driver to operate vehicle exceeding weight

permitted by law (specify)

260(1)

Directing driver to operate vehicle in manner contrary to

law (specify)

260(1)

Operating vehicle on highway equipped in manner

prohibited by Motor Vehicle Act or regulations (specify)

260(2)

Commercial Vehicle Drivers’ Hours of Service Regulations offences:

Driving when driving would jeopardize public health or

safety (specify)

5(

a) Driving when out-of-service

5(

b) Driving when not in compliance with regulations

5(

c) Failing to comply with daily driving hours (13 hours)

6(

a) Failing to comply with daily on-duty hours (14 hours)

6(

b) Failing to take 8 consecutive off-duty hours after 13

hours of driving time

7(1)(

a) Failing to take 8 consecutive off-duty hours after 14

hours of on-duty time

7(1)(

b) Driving after 16 hours have elapsed between off-duty

periods

7(2)

Failing to take 10 off-duty hours in day, including 8

consecutive off-duty hours and 2 off-duty hours

9(1)

Failing to take 8 consecutive off-duty hours after

splitting daily off-duty time (single driver)

12(3)

Failing to take 8 consecutive off-duty hours after

splitting daily off-duty time (team of drivers)

13(3)

Failing to follow cycle 1 or cycle 2 (specify)

Failing to take 24 consecutive off-duty hours in 14 days

Driving after accumulating excessive on-duty hours

while following cycle 1

Driving after accumulating excessive on-duty hours

while following cycle 2

17(

a) Failing to take 24 consecutive off-duty hours after 70

hours on-duty time while following cycle 2

17(

b) Switching from cycle 1 to cycle 2 without taking 36

consecutive off-duty hours

19(1)(

a) Switching from cycle 2 to cycle 1 without taking 72

consecutive off-duty hours

19(1)(

b) Failing to take 3 off-duty periods of 24 consecutive

hours during 24 consecutive days (oil well service

vehicle special permit)

22(2)(

a) Failing to take 72 consecutive off-duty hours (oil well

service vehicle special permit)

22(2)(

b) Failing to place copy of special permit in vehicle

25(1)(

a) Failing to provide updated list of vehicles operating

under special permit to director

25(1)(

b) Failing to make record of duty status of driver operating

vehicle under special permit immediately available to

director

25(1)(c)(

i) Failing to make supporting documents of driver

operating vehicle under special permit immediately

available to director

25(1)(c)(ii)

Failing to immediately notify director of accident

involving vehicle operating under special permit

25(1)(

d) permit

25(2)

Failing to record reason for exceeding driving time, on-duty time or elapsed time (specify) in record of duty

status

Failing to fill out record of duty status each day

31(1)

Failing to legibly enter all required information in record

of duty status

Driving without records of duty status for previous 14

days in possession

34(

a) Driving without logs for 3 periods of 24-hour off-duty

time during 24 consecutive days in possession (oil well

service vehicle special permit)

34(

b) Driving without record of duty status for current day

completed up to last duty status change in possession

34(

c) Driving without supporting documents of current trip in

possession

34(

d) Failing to forward record of duty status to home terminal

no later than 20 days after completed

35(1)

Failing to forward supporting documents to home

terminal no later than 20 days after record of duty status

completed

35(1)

Failing to forward original record of duty status to last

carrier worked for no later than 20 days after completed

35(2)

Failing to forward copy of record of duty status to all

carriers worked for other than last carrier worked for no

later than 20 days after completed

35(2)

Failing to forward supporting documents to applicable

carrier no later than 20 days after record of duty status

completed

35(2)

Failing to deposit records of duty status at carrier’s

principal place of business no later than 30 days after

received

35(3)(

a) Failing to deposit supporting documents at carrier’s

principal place of business no later than 30 days after

received

35(3)(

a) Failing to keep records of duty status in chronological

order for 6 months

35(3)(

b) Failing to keep supporting documents in chronological

order for 6 months

35(3)(

b) Keeping more than 1 record of duty status for day

36(1)

Entering inaccurate information in record of duty status

36(2)(

a) Falsifying, mutilating or defacing (specify) record of

duty status

36(2)(

b) Falsifying, mutilating or defacing (specify) supporting

documents

36(2)(

b) Requesting, requiring, or allowing (specify) person to

tamper with ELD

36(3)

Failing to record or require driver to record (specify)

information associated with record of duty status as duty

status changes

37(2)

Failing to ensure ELD configured to record yard moves

37(4)

Failing to input or verify (specify) date and start time on

ELD

37(5)(

a) Failing to input or verify (specify) driver identification

number on ELD

37(5)(

a) Failing to input or verify (specify) cycle on ELD

37(5)(

b) Failing to input or verify (specify) vehicle license plates,

unit number or trailer number (specify) on ELD

37(5)(

c) Failing to input or verify (specify) name and address of

home terminal of carrier on ELD

37(5)(

d) Failing to input or verify (specify) name and address of

principal place of business of carrier on ELD

37(5)(

d) Failing to input or verify (specify) vehicle’s location

description on ELD

37(5)(

e) Failing to input or verify (specify) hours of off-duty and

on-duty time for previous 14 days on ELD

37(5)(

f) Failing to input or verify (specify) any deferred off-duty

time under

Section 10 of regulations on ELD

37(5)(

g) Failing to input or verify (specify) total number of

accumulated hours for each duty status for previous 14

days on ELD

37(5)(h)(

i) Failing to input or verify (specify) beginning and end

time of each 16-hour period referred to in subsection

7(2) of regulations for previous 14 days on ELD

37(5)(h)(

i) Failing to input or verify (specify) start and end times of

each duty status on ELD before use of ELD

37(5)(h)(ii)

Failing to input or verify (specify) any annotation

necessary to complete record of duty status on ELD

37(5)(

i) Requesting, requiring or allowing (specify) driver to use

more than 1 ELD at same time for same period

37(6)

Using more than 1 ELD at same time for same period

37(6)

Failing to ensure vehicle carrying user’s manual

37(7)(

a) Failing to ensure vehicle carrying instruction sheet

describing ELD data transfer mechanisms

37(7)(

b) Failing to ensure vehicle carrying instruction sheet

describing steps required to generate and transfer hours

of service data

37(7)(

b) Failing to ensure vehicle carrying instruction sheet

describing measures to take if ELD malfunctions

37(7)(

c) Failing to ensure vehicle carrying sufficient number of

records of duty status

37(7)(

d) Failing to ensure driver records information related to

record of duty status

37(8)

Failing to ensure driver records record of duty status

information in complete and accurate manner

37(8)

Failing to ensure ELD in vehicle in good working order

38(1)

Failing to ensure ELD in vehicle calibrated according to

specifications

38(1)

Failing to ensure ELD in vehicle maintained according

to specifications

38(1)

Failing to notify carrier of vehicle’s ELD malfunction as

soon as vehicle parked

38(2)

Failing to record ELD malfunction in record of duty

status

38(3)(

a) Failing to record date and time of ELD malfunction in

record of duty status

38(3)(

b) Failing to record time when notification of ELD

malfunction transmitted to carrier in record of duty status

38(3)(

c) Failing to record malfunction code in record of duty

status from day after noticed until ELD repaired or

replaced (specify)

38(4)

Failing to repair or replace (specify) ELD within 14 days

38(5)

Failing to repair or replace (specify) ELD after 14 days

upon return of driver

38(5)

Failing to ensure name of driver who noticed

malfunction code entered in ELD malfunction register

38(6)(

a) Failing to ensure name of each driver using vehicle

following discovery of malfunction entered in ELD

malfunction register until ELD repaired or replaced

(specify)

38(6)(

b) Failing to ensure make, model and serial number of ELD

entered in ELD malfunction register

38(6)(

c) Failing to ensure licence plate or Vehicle Identification

Number (specify) of vehicle entered in ELD malfunction

register

38(6)(

d) Failing to ensure date when malfunction noticed entered

in ELD malfunction register

38(6)(

e) Failing to ensure location of vehicle on date malfunction

noticed entered in ELD malfunction register

38(6)(

e) Failing to ensure date carrier became aware of

malfunction entered in ELD malfunction register

38(6)(

e) Failing to ensure date ELD replaced or repaired (specify)

entered in ELD malfunction register

38(6)(

f) Failing to ensure description of actions taken to repair or

replace (specify) ELD entered in ELD malfunction

register

38(6)(

g) Failing to retain information in malfunction register for 6

months after ELD repaired or replaced (specify)

38(7)

Failing to create system of accounts for ELDs in

compliance with Technical Standard

Failing to maintain system of accounts for ELDs in

compliance with Technical Standard

Failing to create system of accounts for ELDs that

allows each driver to record record of duty status in

distinct and personal account

39(

a) Failing to maintain system of accounts for ELDs that

allows each driver to record record of duty status in

distinct and personal account

39(

a) Failing to create system of accounts for ELDs that

provides distinct account for driving time of unidentified

driver

39(

b) Failing to maintain system of accounts for ELDs that

provides distinct account for driving time of unidentified

driver

39(

b) Failing to certify accuracy of record of duty status

Failing to verify accuracy of certified records of duty

status forwarded by driver

41(1)

Failing to require driver to make changes to ensure

accuracy of certified records of duty status

41(1)

Failing to accept or reject (specify) changes to certified

record of duty status required by carrier

41(2)

Failing to make necessary changes to certified record of

duty status

41(2)

Failing to re-certify accuracy of record of duty status

41(2)

Failing to forward amended records of duty status to

carrier

41(2)

Failing to monitor driver compliance with regulations

42(1)

Failing to take immediate action to remedy driver non-compliance with regulations

42(2)

Failing to issue notice of non-compliance with

regulations to driver

42(2)

Failing to record required details of driver

non-compliance with regulations

42(2)

Making false statement to inspector

Failing to immediately produce records of duty status for

current trip and previous 14 days for inspection

46(1)(a)

Failing to immediately produce supporting documents

for current trip and previous 14 days for inspection

46(1)(b)

Failing to immediately produce special permits for

current trip and previous 14 days for inspection

46(1)(c)

Failing to retrieve information on electronic recording

device in vehicle at request of inspector

46(2)

Failing to immediately give inspector records of duty

status for previous 14 days

46(4)(a)

Failing to immediately give inspector supporting

documents for previous 14 days

46(4)(b)

Failing to immediately give inspector special permits for

previous 14 days

46(4)(c)

Failing to immediately give inspector records of driving

time of unidentified driver for previous 14 days

46(4)(d)

Failing to immediately give inspector documents

referred to in subsection 77(7) of Federal Regulations for

previous 14 days

46(4)(e)

Failing to immediately give inspector ELD malfunction

register set out in subsection 78(6) of Federal

Regulations for previous 14 days

46(4)(f)

Failing to immediately give inspector information

recorded under subsection 37(2) or 87(2) of Federal

Regulations for previous 14 days

46(4)(g)

Failing to make records of duty status immediately

available to inspector

47(1)(a)

Failing to make supporting documents immediately

available to inspector

47(1)(b)

Failing to make records of driving time of unidentified

driver immediately available to inspector

47(1)(c)

Failing to make documents referred to in subsection

37(2) immediately available to inspector

47(1)(d)

Failing to make register of ELD malfunction

immediately available to inspector

47(1)(e)

Failing to make special permits immediately available to

inspector

47(1)(

f) Commercial Vehicle Trip Inspection and Records Regulations offences:

Failing to perform pre-trip inspection

Failing to record defects noted in inspection

Failing to record defects observed while in charge of

vehicle

Failing to repair items on inspection report

Carrier failing to maintain required records

Carrier failing to maintain records at principal place of

business in Nova Scotia for time period required

Commercial Vehicle Maintenance Standards offences:

Carrier failing to inspect, repair and maintain vehicles or

failing to cause vehicles to be inspected, repaired and

maintained

4(1)

Carrier failing to comply with commercial vehicle

component performance standards

4(1)(

a) Carrier failing to ensure that replacement parts comply

with requirements

4(1)(

b) Carrier failing to maintain records for vehicles

4(2)

Carrier failing to retain records at principal place of

business in Nova Scotia for required period

4(3)

Carrier failing to comply with lubrication standards

Obstructing or hindering an inspector in the

performance of duties

6(3)

Carrier or representative failing to assist an inspector in

performance of duties

7(2)

Weights and Dimensions of Vehicles Regulations offences:

(Points are assigned only if the amount of weight greater than that permitted is more than

2000 kg.)

Operating or causing to be operated vehicle not

represented in

Schedule A

3(1)

Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with lift axle

without a special permit

3(4)

Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with overall

width greater than 2.6 m

4(1)(

a) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with mirrors

extending more than 300 mm on each side

4(1)(

b) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with

auxiliary equipment extending more than 100 mm on

each side

4(1)(

c) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with overall

height greater than 4.15 m

4(1)(

d) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with overall

length greater than 12.5 m

4(1)(

e) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with front

overhang greater than 1.0 m

4(1)(

f) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with rear

overhang greater than 1.0 m without flag

4(1)(

g) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with rear

overhang greater than 2.0 m

4(1)(

h) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with

spreads, spacings or dimensions not in accordance with

Schedule A

4(2)

Passenger vehicle with load extending beyond line of

fenders on left side or extending more than 150 mm

beyond line of fenders on right side

4(4)

Propelling or moving implement of husbandry with

width exceeding 2.6 m without slow-moving vehicle

sign, fluorescent flags or flashing lights at extremities

and warning light

4(6)

Moving implement of husbandry with width exceeding

2.6 m with motor vehicle not equipped with warning

light

4(6A)

Propelling or moving implement of husbandry with

width exceeding 4.27 m without being preceded by pilot

vehicle equipped with D-sign and warning light mounted

on top

4(6B)

Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with weight

in excess of weight on permit

5(1)(

a) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with axle

weight in excess of manufacturer’s gross axle weight

rating

5(1)(

b) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with axle

weight in excess of tire load ratings

5(1)(c)(

i) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with axle

weight in excess of 10 kg/mm of tire width

5(1)(c)(ii)

Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with axle

weight in excess of 9100 kg for 4 tires

5(1)(c)(iii)(

A) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with steering

axle weight in excess of 9100 kg for 2 tires

5(1)(c)(iii)(

B) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with non-steering axle weight in excess of 6000 kg for 2 tires

5(1)(c)(iii)(

C) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with tires

greater than 445 mm in width with non-steering axle

weight in excess of 7700 kg

5(1)(c)(iii)(

D) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with weight

in excess of maximum axle weight limit in

Schedule A

5(1)(

d) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with

adjacent axles in group that vary by more than 1000 kg

5(1)(

e) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with weight

in excess of 4500 kg on axle of assembly that is not an

axle group

5(1)(

f) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with gross

vehicle weight in excess of manufacturer’s gross vehicle

weight rating

5(1)(

g) Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with gross

vehicle weight in excess of maximum gross vehicle

weight limits in

Schedule A for class of highway

5(1)(

h) Moving or causing to be moved object other than motor

vehicle with weight in excess of 9100 kg

5(2)

Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with solid

tires with weight in excess of allowable weight

5(3)

Operating or causing to be operated vehicle with wheel

weight in excess of 55% of weight prescribed for axle

5(4)

Operating out-of-Province vehicle with weight in excess

of weight limits in

Schedule A

6(6)

Driving or causing to be driven vehicle with weight in

excess of maximum weight posted on sign

9(3)

Operating or causing to be operated combination of

vehicles with combined weight in excess of weight on

permit for 1 vehicle in combination

10(1)

Operating or causing to be operated vehicle or

combination of vehicles with weight in excess of

1500 kg without permit

10(2)

Operating or causing to be operated vehicle not

conforming with special permit

11(9)

Operating or causing to be operated truck or truck

tractor with weight in excess of 3000 kg on Trunk 4

between Exits 7 and 11 of Highway 104

13(1)

Operating or causing to be operated A-train double on

highway other than maximum weight road

14(1)(

a) Operating or causing to be operated B-train double on

highway other than B-train route or maximum weight

road

14(1)(

b) Operating or causing to be operated C-train double on

highway other than maximum weight road

14(1)(

c) Violating provision of regulations for which no other

penalty is provided (specify)

14(2)

Public Highways Act offences:

(Points are assigned only if the amount of weight greater than that permitted is more than

2000 kg.)

Failing to comply with Minister’s order by operating

vehicle contrary to prescribed weight limits

20(3)

Motor Carrier Act (Public Passenger) offences:

Obstructing inspector

35(2)

Failing to submit public passenger vehicle for inspection

36(1)

Failing to repair public passenger vehicle within time

specified

36(2)

Operating public passenger vehicle contrary to

inspector’s order

36(3)

Dangerous Goods Transportation Act and regulations offences:

Dangerous Goods Transportation Act

Failing to comply with reasonable request of inspector

9(5)(

a) Obstructing or hindering inspector

9(5)(

d) Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (Canada) - (adopted)

Transporting forbidden dangerous goods listed in

column 3 of

Schedule 1 or column 4 of

Schedule 3

(specify column,

schedule and goods)

1.5(1)

Transporting forbidden dangerous goods listed in

column 8 or 9 of

Schedule 1 (specify column and goods)

1.5(2)

Transporting dangerous goods in excess of quantity limit

set out in column 8 or 9 of

Schedule 1

1.6

Transporting dangerous goods where means of

containment or transport do not display all applicable

prescribed safety marks (specify)

1.7(

c) Transporting explosives in prohibited manner (specify)

1.8(

a) Failing to keep shipping document in specified location

(specify)

3.2(4)

Transporting dangerous goods without required

information (specify) on shipping document

3.5

Transporting dangerous goods without proper dangerous

goods safety mark (specify) displayed

4.1

Displaying misleading safety mark (specify)

4.2

Transporting dangerous goods in means of containment

not permitted by

Part 5 of regulations

5.1(1)

Transporting dangerous goods in standardized means of

containment not in standard

5.1(2)

Transporting dangerous goods in means of containment

not filled, closed, secured or maintained (specify) so that

there will be no accidental release of dangerous goods

under normal conditions

5.1(3)

Loading dangerous goods in means of containment in

way that could lead to accidental release of dangerous

goods under normal conditions

5.4

Securing dangerous goods in means of containment in

way that could lead to accidental release of dangerous

goods under normal conditions

5.4

Filling means of containment with dangerous goods in

excess of specified limit (specify)

5.5

Transporting explosives together in the same means of

transport other than as permitted by regulations

5.7

Transporting explosives in net explosive quantity

exceeding that permitted by regulation (specify)

5.9

Transporting Class 2 dangerous goods in improper

means of containment (specify)

5.10

Transporting dangerous goods without holding valid

training certificate or being under supervision of

adequately trained person (specify)

6.1(1)

Failing to produce training certificate or copy to

inspector immediately upon request

6.8

Failing to report accidental release to person listed in

subsection 8.1(5) (specify) if release consists of quantity

or emission in excess of level set out in table (specify)

8.1(1)

Out-of-Service Inspections

(under Commercial Carrier Safety Fitness Rating and Compliance Regulations )

Offence

Section

Points

Commercial vehicle or driver found to be unsafe to

operate on a highway

14(3)(

b) At-Fault Collisions

(under Commercial Carrier Safety Fitness Rating and Compliance Regulations )

Offence

Section

Points

At-fault collision resulting in property damage

14(3)(

c) At-fault collision resulting in physical injury

14(3)(

d) At-fault collision resulting in fatality

14(3)(

e) Legislative History

Reference Tables

Commercial Carrier Safety Fitness Rating and Compliance Regulations

N.S. Reg. 84/2005

Motor Vehicle Act

Note: The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Commercial Carrier Safety Fitness Rating and Compliance Regulations made under the Motor Vehicle Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

84/2005

May 22, 2005

date specified

Apr 15, 2005

127/2007

Jun 1, 2007

date specified

Mar 30, 2007

186/2008

Jul 1, 2008

date specified

Apr 18, 2008

126/2009

Jul 1, 2009

date specified

Apr 14, 2009

333/2009

Dec 15, 2009

date specified

Jan 1, 2010

101/2011

Jul 1, 2011

date specified

Apr 15, 2011

127/2013

Jun 1, 2013

date specified

Apr 12, 2013

125/2015

Jun 1, 2015

date specified

Apr 8, 2015

332/2022

Jan 1, 2023

date specified

Dec 30, 2022

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

2, defn . of “ELD”........................

ad. 332/2022

2, defn . of “Federal regulations”.

ad. 332/2022

7(1)(f)..........................................

fc. 127/2007, 186/2008, 126/2009, 101/2011, 127/2013, 125/2015

Appendix A

Commercial Vehicle Drivers’ Hours of Service Regulations offences.....................................

rs . 333/2009, 332/2022

Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this table. It may not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.