O. Reg. 544/21: PILOT PROJECT - LOW-SPEED VEHICLES, Filed July 30, 2021 under Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8

 

ontario regulation 544/21

made under the

Highway Traffic Act

Made: July 29, 2021
Filed: July 30, 2021
Published on e-Laws: July 30, 2021
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 14, 2021

Amending O. Reg. 215/17

(PILOT PROJECT - LOW-SPEED VEHICLES)

1. (1) Clause 4 (1) (a) of Ontario Regulation 215/17 is amended by striking out “$5,000,000” and substituting “$1,000,000”.

(2) Clause 4 (1) (b) of the Regulation is amended by,

(a)  striking out “$1,000,000” and substituting “$65,000”; and

(b)  striking out “$2,000,000” and substituting “$1,000,000”.

2. (1) Subsection 5 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “maximum permitted rate of speed” and substituting “prescribed rate of speed”.

(2) Subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) A person driving a low-speed vehicle on a highway in accordance with subsection (1) may drive the vehicle through an intersection with a highway where the prescribed rate of speed is greater than 50 kilometres per hour but not more than 80 kilometres per hour, if the intersection of the two highways is controlled by,

(a)  a traffic control signal; or

(b)  stop signs or other traffic control devices that control traffic in all directions.

3. Paragraph 4 of section 6 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

4.  The vehicle must not be driven while carrying more occupants than the number of seating positions in the vehicle.

4. Section 7 of the Regulation is amended by adding “and” at the end of clause (b), by striking out “and” at the end of clause (c) and by revoking clause (d).

Commencement

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