O. Reg. 337/18: ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES
filed April 25, 2018 under Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8
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made under the
Highway Traffic Act
Made: April 18, 2018
Filed: April 25, 2018
Published on e-Laws: April 25, 2018
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: May 12, 2018
Amending O. Reg. 273/07
(ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES)
1. Section 1 of Ontario Regulation 273/07 is amended by adding the following subsection:
(3) A person whose driver’s licence is suspended under section 48.0.2, 48.0.3, 48.0.4, 48.1, 48.2.1 or 48.2.2 of the Act shall pay to the Ministry an administrative penalty in the amount of $198 if the suspension commenced on or after July 1, 2018.
2. Sections 1 and 2 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
Administrative penalty
1. (1) A person whose driver’s licence is suspended under section 48 of the Act shall pay to the Ministry an administrative penalty in the following amount:
1. If the suspension commenced on or before December 31, 2018, the amount set out in subsection 1 (1) of this Regulation, as it read on that date.
2. If the suspension commenced on or after January 1, 2019,
i. $250, in the case of a first suspension,
ii. $350, in the case of a second suspension, and
iii. $450, in the case of a third or subsequent suspension.
(2) A person whose driver’s licence is suspended under section 48.0.1 of the Act shall pay to the Ministry an administrative penalty in the following amount:
1. If the suspension commenced on or before December 31, 2018, the amount set out in subsection 1 (2) of this Regulation, as it read on that date.
2. If the suspension commenced on or after January 1, 2019,
i. $250, in the case of a first suspension,
ii. $350, in the case of a second suspension, and
iii. $450, in the case of a third or subsequent suspension.
(3) A person whose driver’s licence is suspended under section 48.0.2, 48.0.3, 48.0.4, 48.1, 48.2.1 or 48.2.2 of the Act shall pay to the Ministry an administrative penalty in the following amount:
1. If the suspension commenced on or before December 31, 2018, the amount set out in subsection 1 (3) of this Regulation, as it read on that date.
2. If the suspension commenced on or after January 1, 2019,
i. $250, in the case of a first suspension,
ii. $350, in the case of a second suspension, and
iii. $450, in the case of a third or subsequent suspension.
(4) A person whose driver’s licence is suspended under section 48.3 of the Act shall pay to the Ministry an administrative penalty in the following amount:
1. If the suspension commenced on or before December 31, 2018, the amount set out in subsection 1 (1) of this Regulation, as it read on that date.
2. If the suspension commenced on or after January 1, 2019, $550.
(5) A person whose driver’s licence is suspended under section 48.3.1 of the Act shall pay to the Ministry an administrative penalty in the following amount:
1. If the suspension commenced on or before December 31, 2018, the amount set out in subsection 1 (2) of this Regulation, as it read on that date.
2. If the suspension commenced on or after January 1, 2019, $550.
Subsequent suspensions and application of penalties
2. (1) For the purposes of subsections 1 (1), (2) and (3), a suspension that commences on or after January 1, 2019 is a second, third or subsequent suspension if the suspension commences within five years after a prior suspension under any of sections 48, 48.0.1, 48.0.2, 48.0.3, 48.0.4, 48.1, 48.2.1, 48.2.2, 48.3 and 48.3.1 of the Act.
(2) If more than one suspension arises out of the same circumstances, only one administrative penalty applies and it shall be the penalty that is the greatest amount.
(3) A penalty imposed under section 1 is payable in addition to any reinstatement fee, in respect of the same reinstatement, required under subsection 26 (1.1) of Ontario Regulation 340/94 (Drivers’ Licences) made under the Act.
Commencement
3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the later of the day section 8 of Schedule 4 to the Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 comes into force and the day it is filed.
(2) Section 2 of this Regulation comes into force on January 1, 2019.