O. Reg. 377/02: MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION STATIONS

 

ONTARIO regulation 377/02

made under the

highway traffic act

Made: December 11, 2002
Filed: December 17, 2002
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 4, 2003

Amending Reg. 601 of R.R.O. 1990

(Motor Vehicle Inspection Stations)

1. (1) Subsections 10.1 (1), (2) and (3) of Regulation 601 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 are revoked and the following substituted:

10.1 (1) A licensee shall, within seven days after issuing a structural inspection certificate in respect of a motor vehicle, send to the Director the following information and documents:

1. The structural inspection certificate issued.

2. The completed Rebuilt Vehicle Parts Audit Form.

3. The name and address of the person who carried out the rebuilding of the salvage motor vehicle.

4. The name and address of the vehicle owner, if different from that of the person who carried out the rebuilding.

5. The name and address of the insurer of the vehicle who paid out the claim for the salvage motor vehicle, or the name and address of the person, other than an insurer, who declared the vehicle a total loss.

6. The make, model year and vehicle identification number of the vehicle.

7. A list of the major components used in rebuilding the vehicle, including the name of the supplier, the date of their purchase from the supplier by the person who carried out the rebuilding and the vehicle identification numbers of the vehicles that the major components came from.

8. The invoice for the purchase of each major component used in rebuilding the vehicle, clearly showing the information set out in paragraph 7.

9. The estimate of repairs required, as prepared by the insurer or other person who declared the vehicle a total loss, or documentation, provided by the insurer or other person who declared the vehicle a total loss, that fully describes the damaged components and the extent of their damage.

10. The invoice for the purchase of a vehicle chassis, clearly showing the vehicle identification number of the vehicle from which the chassis came.

11. Two colour photographs clearly showing the damage to the front, rear and sides of the salvage motor vehicle, taken before rebuilding it, or, if the vehicle was rebuilt at a premises other than the motor vehicle inspection station and photographs were not taken, a written statement by the insurer or other person who declared the vehicle a total loss that such photographs are not available.

12. One colour photograph of the salvage motor vehicle taken in a frame alignment bench.

13. If the wheel alignment is inspected at a premises other than the motor vehicle inspection station, a statement that the wheel alignment meets the manufacturer’s specifications, and including in the statement the vehicle identification number of the vehicle, the applicable manufacturer’s specifications, the actual measurements taken for the vehicle, the name, address and signature of the person at the other premises who is making the statement and his or her trade certification number under the Apprenticeship and Certification Act, 1998.

14. The relevant excerpts from the manuals used as a source of the manufacturer’s specifications for vehicle dimensions for the make, model and year of the vehicle.

15. The actual measurements taken for the vehicle.

(1.1) The documents required by subsection (1) shall be originals or, if originals do not exist or cannot reasonably be obtained, copies.

(1.2) Despite subsection (1), if the motor vehicle for which the structural inspection certificate is issued is a reassembled motor vehicle, the licensee is not required to send to the Director the following:

1. The information required by paragraphs 5 and 9 of subsection (1).

2. The information and documents required by paragraphs 7, 8 and 10 of subsection (1), if the components and chassis for the reassembled vehicle are acquired from a donor vehicle registered to the owner of the reassembled vehicle.

3. The photographs required by paragraph 11 of subsection (1), if the licensee sends to the Director photographs in sufficient number to display all of the major components that were used in reassembling the vehicle.

(2) No structural inspection certificate shall be issued unless the licensee or the person authorized by the licensee to countersign structural inspection certificates, and the mechanic who inspects the vehicle are satisfied that there is a complete record of all the information, documents and photographs required under this section. 

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a vehicle imported into Ontario, the permit for which was issued by a jurisdiction listed in Column 1 of the Table to this section and that is classified by that jurisdiction with a classification that is set out in Column 2 of the Table as equivalent to rebuilt for that jurisdiction.

(3.1) For a vehicle described in subsection (3), the licensee shall send to the Director the structural inspection certificate issued and a copy of the vehicle permit issued by the other jurisdiction showing the classification of the vehicle.

(2) Subsection 10.1 (5) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “The major components referred to in paragraph 6 of subsection (1)” at the beginning and substituting “The major components referred to in paragraph 7 of subsection (1)”.

(3) Subsection 10.1 (6) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(6) For the purpose of subsection (1.2), 

“reassembled motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle that has been assembled using the body of a motor vehicle with a model year of 1981 or later and the chassis frame assembly of another motor vehicle, both of which were manufactured utilizing a full frame assembly as part of the vehicle’s structure.

(4) Section 10.1 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following Table:

TABLE

 

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day section 199.1 of the Act is proclaimed in force.