O. Reg. 355/07: Classification of Vehicles as Irreparable, Salvage and Rebuilt

 

ontario regulation 355/07

made under the

highway traffic act

Made: June 27, 2007
Filed: July 16, 2007
Published on e-Laws: July 17, 2007
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 4, 2007

Amending O. Reg. 376/02

(Classification of Vehicles as Irreparable, Salvage and Rebuilt)

1. Section 7 of Ontario Regulation 376/02 is revoked and the following substituted:

Equivalent classifications from other jurisdictions

7. (1) In this section,

“another jurisdiction” means,

(a) another province of Canada,

(b) a territory of Canada,

(c) any state of the United States of America,

(d) Mexico,

(e) any member state of the European Union,

(f) Norway,

(g) Switzerland, or

(h) Japan.

(2) For the purposes of subsections 199.1 (11) and (19) of the Act,

(a) another jurisdiction’s classification of a vehicle that is or was registered in that jurisdiction that is used by that jurisdiction to indicate that the vehicle has been or may be repaired for continued use as a vehicle is equivalent to the salvage classification in Ontario;

(b) another jurisdiction’s classification of a vehicle that is or was registered in that jurisdiction that is used by that jurisdiction to indicate that the vehicle is not fit to be repaired for continued use as a vehicle, including a classification that describes the vehicle as irreparable, scrap, junk, wrecked, dismantled, damaged, totalled, intended for destruction or to be used for parts only is equivalent to the irreparable classification in Ontario;

(c) another jurisdiction’s classification of a motorcycle that is or was registered in that jurisdiction that is used by that jurisdiction to indicate that the motorcycle has been or may be rebuilt, including a classification described in clause (a) or (b) or in subsection (3), is equivalent to the irreparable classification in Ontario.

(3) Despite clauses (2) (a) and (b), another jurisdiction’s classification of a vehicle that is or was registered in that jurisdiction that describes the vehicle as having been immersed in water to any degree or having been damaged in a fire is equivalent to the irreparable classification in Ontario.

2. Section 8 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Exemptions

8. Section 199.1 of the Act does not apply to,

(a) a trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, road-building machine, bicycle, motor assisted bicycle, motorized snow vehicle or street car;

(b) a motorcycle for which a permit was issued under the Act before it was damaged or stolen and dismantled, other than a motorcycle that is irreparable as a result of such damage or theft and dismantling; or

(c) a motor vehicle with a model year of 1980 or earlier.

3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.