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Highway Traffic Act
Code de la route

ONTARIO REGULATION 273/07

Administrative Monetary Penalties

Note: On July 1, 2015, the title to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 244/14, ss. 1, 5)

 

Administrative Penalties

Historical version for the period December 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.

Last amendment:  O. Reg. 244/14.

This Regulation is made in English only.

Administrative monetary penalty

1. (1) A person whose driver’s licence is suspended under section 48.3 of the Act shall pay to the Ministry an administrative monetary penalty of $150.  O. Reg. 273/07, s. 1.

(2) A person whose driver’s licence is suspended under section 48 of the Act shall pay to the Ministry an administrative monetary penalty of $150.  O. Reg. 403/08, s. 1.

Note: On July 1, 2015, section 1 is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 244/14, ss. 2, 5)

Administrative penalty

1. A person whose driver’s licence is suspended under section 48 or 48.3 of the Act shall pay to the Ministry the following administrative penalty:

1. $150 if the suspension commenced on or before June 30, 2015.

2. $180 if the suspension commenced on or before June 30, 2015 and the suspension is extended after that date by a subsequent suspension under section 48 or 48.3.

3. $180 if the suspension commenced on or after July 1, 2015. O. Reg. 244/14, s. 2.

Licence not reinstated until penalty is paid

2. (1) The driver’s licence of a person who owes a penalty under subsection 1 (1) shall not be reinstated until the penalty is paid.  O. Reg. 273/07, s. 2 (1); O. Reg. 403/08. s. 2 (1).

Note: On July 1, 2015, subsection (1) is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 244/14, ss. 3 (1), 5)

(1) If the suspension of a person’s driver’s licence is extended as described in paragraph 2 of section 1 after a penalty was imposed under paragraph 1 of section 1, the person shall be required to pay only one penalty equal to the amount prescribed by paragraph 2 of section 1 and not a penalty equal to the sum of the penalties prescribed by paragraphs 1 and 2 of section 1. O. Reg. 244/14, s. 3 (1).

(2) If a person’s driver’s licence is suspended under either section 48 or 48.3 of the Act after a penalty is imposed under section 1 of this Regulation but before his or her driver’s licence is reinstated after the first such suspension, only one penalty under section 1 is payable by that person prior to his or her licence being reinstated.  O. Reg. 273/07, s. 2 (2); O. Reg. 403/08, s. 2 (2).

Note: On July 1, 2015, subsection (2) is revoked. (See: O. Reg. 244/14, ss. 3 (1), 5)

(3) A person who pays the penalty imposed under section 1 of this Regulation before his or her licence is reinstated is not required to pay a reinstatement fee, in respect of the same reinstatement, under subsection 26 (1.1) of Ontario Regulation 340/94 (Drivers’ Licences) made under the Act.  O. Reg. 273/07, s. 2 (3).

(4) A person who pays the reinstatement fee under subsection 26 (1.1) of Ontario Regulation 340/94 (Drivers’ Licences) made under the Act before his or her licence is reinstated is not required to pay the penalty, in respect of the same reinstatement, imposed under section 1 of this Regulation.  O. Reg. 273/07, s. 2 (4).

Note: On July 1, 2015, section 2 is amended by adding the following subsection: (See: O. Reg. 244/14, ss. 3 (2), 5)

(5) Despite subsections (3) and (4), where the amount of the penalty imposed under section 1 is different from the amount of the reinstatement fee under subsection 26 (1.1) of Ontario Regulation 340/94 (Drivers’ Licences) made under the Act, the amount that is payable in respect of the same reinstatement is the greater of the two amounts. O. Reg. 244/14, s. 3 (2).

Licence cancelled for failure to pay penalty

3. If a person does not pay a penalty imposed under section 1 before the end of the suspension under section 48 or 48.3 of the Act, as the case may be, his or her driver’s licence may be cancelled at the end of the suspension.  O. Reg. 403/08, s. 3.

Note: On July 1, 2015, section 3 is revoked and the following substituted: (See: O. Reg. 244/14, ss. 4, 5)

Licence cancelled for failure to pay penalty

3. If a person owes a penalty imposed under section 1 and does not pay it before his or her driver’s licence is reinstated at the end of the suspension, his or her driver’s licence may be cancelled upon or after reinstatement. O. Reg. 244/14, s. 4.

Additional penalty

4. Where payment for a penalty imposed under section 1 is dishonoured, a further penalty of $15 is imposed, and is added to the penalty that is payable under section 1.  O. Reg. 273/07, s. 4; O. Reg. 403/08, s. 4.

Other suspensions unaffected

5. Nothing in this Regulation affects the operation of another suspension of the person’s driver’s licence under the Act or any other Act or a regulation made under the Act or under any other Act.  O. Reg. 273/07, s. 5.

6. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).  O. Reg. 273/07, s. 6.