Third Session, Thirty-Eighth Legislature
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Bill 41
THE DRIVERS AND VEHICLES ACT AND THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AMENDMENT ACT
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(Assented to )
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
The Drivers and Vehicles Act set out in Schedule A is hereby enacted.
The Highway Traffic Amendment Act set out in Schedule B is hereby enacted.
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.
Coming into force — Schedule A
The Drivers and Vehicles Act comes into force as provided in section 172 of that Act.
Coming into force — Schedule B
The Highway Traffic Amendment Act comes into force as provided in section 88 of that Act.
THE DRIVERS AND VEHICLES ACT
PART 1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
The following definitions apply in this Act.
"certificate of insurance" means a certificate of insurance issued under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act or the regulations under that Act to the holder of a driver's licence, whether it is issued as part of the driver's licence or as a separate document. (« certificat d'assurance »)
"class", in relation to
(a) a driver's licence, means a driver's licence of a class prescribed in the regulations under this Act that authorizes the licence holder to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle as prescribed in those regulations; and
(b) a motor vehicle, means the vehicle class in which the motor vehicle is classified by the regulations under this Act. (« classe »)
"common-law partner" of an individual means
(a) a person who, with the individual, registered a common-law relationship under section 13.1 of The Vital Statistics Act, and who is cohabiting with the individual; or
(b) a person who, not being married to the individual, is cohabiting with him or her in a conjugal relationship and has so cohabited
(i) for a period of at least three years, or
(ii) for a period of at least one year and they are together the parents of a child;
and, if the individual is dead, "common-law partner" means a person who, not having been married to the individual, cohabited with him or her at the time of death and so cohabited with him or her as set out in clause (a) or (b). (« conjoint de fait »)
"dealer" means a person who carries on the business as principal or agent, or who holds himself or herself out as carrying on the business as principal or agent,
(a) of buying motor vehicles or trailers;
(b) of selling motor vehicles or trailers, whether or not in combination with leasing them; or
(c) of buying and selling motor vehicles or trailers, whether or not in combination with leasing them. (« commerçant »)
"disease or disability" includes a disease or disability in the form of alcoholism or drug addiction, or an alcohol-related or drug-related problem. (« maladie ou incapacité »)
"drive-away unit" means a combination of a lead motor vehicle and one or more other vehicles that are
(a) entirely carried;
(b) towed in such a manner that all of the vehicles' wheels are on the highway; or
(c) partly towed and partly carried;
and includes the lead motor vehicle even when it is not in combination with other vehicles. (« ensemble de véhicules »)
"driver's licence" means
(a) a driver's licence under this Act that authorizes the licence holder to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle as prescribed in the regulations under this Act; and
(b) a temporary driver's licence under subsection 264(11) or (12) or subsection 279(3) of The Highway Traffic Act or a temporary permit under subsection 263.1(1.2) or 268(1) of that Act;
(c) any other driver's licence or permit to drive issued under The Highway Traffic Act before the day this Act comes into force. (« permis de conduire »)
"duly qualified medical practitioner" means an individual registered under The Medical Act. (« médecin »)
"family" includes a common-law partner. (« famille »)
"garage" means a building or part of a building in or at which vehicles are serviced in the ordinary course of business and includes the parcel of land on which the building is located. (« garage »)
"minister" means the minister appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council to administer this Act. (« ministre »)
"motor carrier" means motor carrier as defined in Part VIII of The Highway Traffic Act. (« transporteur routier »)
"motor vehicle liability insurance card" means
(a) an owner's certificate as defined in The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act or the regulations under that Act;
(b) a motor vehicle liability insurance card referred to in section 35 of The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act; or
(c) a card or other document issued to a person who resides or formerly resided outside Manitoba by an authorized insurer, or by an insurer that is authorized to transact business in the province, state or country in which the person resides or formerly resided and that has filed with the Superintendent of Insurance, in the form the Superintendent requires, the power of attorney and undertakings mentioned in section 161 of The Highway Traffic Act;
and which in each case is evidence of motor vehicle liability insurance, insuring the person named in the certificate, card or other document to the extent of not less than the amounts required under section 160 of The Highway Traffic Act. (« carte d'assurance-responsabilité automobile »)
"novice driver" has the meaning set out in the regulations. (« conducteur débutant »)
"number plate" means a plate to be displayed on a vehicle showing the numbers and letters that make up the vehicle's registration number
(a) under this Act; or
(b) under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Manitoba if the vehicle is registered outside Manitoba. (« plaque d'immatriculation »)
"off-road vehicle" means an off-road vehicle as defined in The Off-Road Vehicles Act. (« véhicule à caractère non routier »)
"optometrist" means an individual who is a member of the Manitoba Association of Optometrists and is entitled to practise optometry in Manitoba. (« optométriste »)
"out-of-province driving permit" means a licence, permit or other document that
(a) authorizes a person to drive a motor vehicle; and
(b) is issued by a competent authority outside Manitoba. (« permis de conduire de non-résident »)
"owner" includes a person who has exclusive use of a vehicle under a lease or other agreement for a period of more than 30 days. (« propriétaire »)
"peace officer" means
(a) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force or another police officer, police constable or constable, or another person employed for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace; and
(b) a person appointed under this Act to enforce this Act or the regulations. (« agent de la paix »)
"qualified mechanic" means a mechanic who holds a qualified mechanic's permit issued under the regulations or who is otherwise authorized by the administrator or the minister to perform vehicle inspections and to issue certificates in respect of those inspections. (« mécanicien qualifié »)
"recognized agency" means
(a) The Addictions Foundation of Manitoba; or
(b) any other agency or person engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of persons suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction and approved by the registrar. (« organisme reconnu »)
"recycler" means a person who carries on the business, or holds himself or herself out as carrying on the business, of
(a) buying motor vehicles or parts of motor vehicles
(i) to destroy them for scrap or dismantle them for parts, or
(ii) to resell to another for the purpose of destroying them for scrap or dismantling them for parts; or
(b) buying and selling used motor vehicle parts. (« récupérateur »)
"registrar" means the registrar of Motor Vehicles appointed under section 3. (« registraire »)
"registration card" means a card that signifies that the vehicle described in the card is registered under this Act for any registration period shown in the card and, in any provision of this Act that requires a person to produce a vehicle's registration card to a peace officer, includes
(a) a registration permit under this Act;
(b) a cab card, or a permit under section 87 of The Highway Traffic Act; or
(c) any document that signifies that the vehicle is registered under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Manitoba. (« carte d'immatriculation »)
"registration class", in relation to a vehicle, means the registration class of the vehicle as prescribed in the regulations. (« classe d'immatriculation »)
"registration class sticker" means a sticker for use on a number plate to show the registration class of the vehicle that displays the number plate. (« vignette de classe d'immatriculation »)
"registration period", in relation to a vehicle, means the registration period for that vehicle determined under the regulations. ( « période d'immatriculation »)
"regulation", except when specified otherwise, means a regulation made under this Act. (« règlement »)
"repairer" means a person who
(a) maintains a garage for servicing motor vehicles, at a charge or price or for consideration, in the ordinary course of business; or
(b) owns and operates a fleet of five or more motor vehicles or other vehicles, or both, and maintains facilities to service them. (« réparateur »)
"salesperson" means a person employed or otherwise engaged by a dealer to buy and sell motor vehicles or trailers or to negotiate agreements to buy and sell motor vehicles or trailers on the dealer's behalf. (« vendeur »)
"service", in relation to a vehicle, means repair, maintain, paint or otherwise care for the vehicle, and includes repairing or maintaining a part or accessory or other equipment of a vehicle, but does not include selling fuel, lubricants, engine coolant or other fluid products, or services incidental to such sales. (« entretenir »)
"state of the United States" means a state or territory of the United States of America and includes the District of Columbia. (« État »)
"supervising driver" has the meaning set out in the regulations. (« conducteur surveillant »)
"valid", in relation to a driver's licence, out-of-province driving permit or other permit, certificate, student identification sticker or other sticker, vehicle registration or licence, registration card, cab card or other vehicle registration document, means a licence, permit, certificate, sticker, card or document that
(a) is validly issued under the enactment under which it is issued; and
(b) has not expired or been suspended, cancelled or revoked at the time when its validity is material. (« valide »)
"validation sticker" means a sticker for use on a number plate to show that the registration of the vehicle that displays the number plate is valid or to show the expiry date of the registration. (« vignette de validation »)
"vehicle identification number" means
(a) the manufacturer's vehicle identification number of a vehicle; or
(b) the vehicle identification number authorized to be attached to a vehicle under subsection 42(3) or 79(3) or under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Manitoba. (« numéro d'identification de véhicule »)
"written off", in relation to a motor vehicle, means written off as described in the regulations. (« perte totale »)
Application of Highway Traffic Act definitions
The following terms have the same meaning in this Act as they have in The Highway Traffic Act:
"appeal board"
"cab card"
"commercial truck"
"drive"
"emergency vehicle"
"farmer"
"farm tractor"
"farm trailer"
"farm truck"
"gross weight"
"highway"
"implement of husbandry"
"livestock"
"medical review committee"
"motor vehicle"
"public service vehicle"
"regulated school bus"
"school bus"
"semi-trailer"
"semi-trailer truck"
"special mobile machine"
"taxicab"
"tractor"
"traffic"
"traffic authority"
"trailer"
"transport board"
"truck"
"truck tractor"
"vehicle"
Meaning of other words and expressions
Words and expressions used in this Act and not defined in this Act have the meaning given to them in The Highway Traffic Act.
For the purposes of a document, information, application, prosecution, process or other proceeding commenced or issued under this Act, any one or more of the terms "suspended", "cancelled", "disqualified" or "prohibited", or terms of like meaning, and other parts of speech and tenses of those terms may be used synonymously or interchangeably. The use of one or more or any of those terms does not affect the validity or sufficiency of the document, information, application, prosecution, process or other proceeding.
PART 2
ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ACT
The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation is the administrator for the purposes of this Act and the regulations under this Act and for the purposes of any other Act or regulation that imposes a duty or confers a power on the administrator.
Administrator's duties and powers
The administrator must perform the duties that are imposed on it by this or another Act, or a regulation, and any other duties that the minister may require. The administrator may exercise the powers conferred on it by this or another Act, or a regulation.
The minister may give directions to the administrator or the registrar to achieve the purposes of this Act, The Highway Traffic Act, The Off-Road Vehicles Act and the regulations under any of those Acts, including, but not limited to, directions for the purpose of
(a) achieving provincial objectives and priorities respecting the regulation of Manitoba highways and persons and vehicles using highways;
(b) providing guidelines for the administrator to follow in administering this Act, and for the administrator and the registrar in performing their duties and exercising their powers; and
(c) coordinating the work of the administrator and the registrar with the programs, policies and work of the government in regulating highways and transportation.
The administrator may delegate any of its duties or powers to an officer or employee of the administrator, who is then authorized to perform the duty or exercise the power.
Appointment of Registrar of Motor Vehicles
The administrator may appoint one of its officers or employees as registrar of Motor Vehicles for the purposes
(a) of this Act and the regulations, and of any other Act or a regulation under another Act that imposes a duty or confers a power on the registrar; and
(b) of section 260 of the Criminal Code (Canada).
Appointment of Deputy-Registrar
For the purposes of an Act or regulation mentioned in subsection (1), the administrator may appoint one of its officers or employees as Deputy-Registrar of Motor Vehicles. Under the supervision of the registrar, the deputy-registrar may carry out the registrar's duties and exercise the registrar's powers under this Act or the regulations or under any other Act or a regulation under any other Act.
PART 3
DRIVER LICENSING
REQUIREMENT FOR A DRIVER'S LICENCE
Driver's licence required to drive motor vehicle
A person may not drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless the person
(a) holds a valid driver's licence of a class that authorizes the person to drive the class of motor vehicle being driven; and
(b) carries the driver's licence while driving.
Driver's licence required to drive certain other vehicles
A person may not drive an implement of husbandry, special mobile machine or tractor on a provincial highway, or a highway within the municipal boundaries of a city, town, village or urban municipality, unless the person
(a) holds a valid driver's licence of a class that authorizes him or her to drive a class 5 motor vehicle without a full-time supervising driver; and
(b) carries the licence while driving.
Restricted Licences
The registrar may issue a restricted driver's licence of any class
(a) authorizing the licence holder to drive only a motor vehicle of a specified kind or type, or equipped in a manner specified in the driver's licence; or
(b) specifying any other conditions or restrictions that the registrar, the medical review committee or the appeal board may impose on the licence holder.
When a Driver's Licence Must Not Be Issued
Restrictions on issue of licence
The registrar must not issue
(a) a driver's licence of any class to a person under the age of 16 years, except as permitted by the regulations;
(b) a class 1, 2, 3 or 4 driver's licence to a person under the age of 18 years;
(c) a driver's licence of any class to a person who is not a resident of Manitoba, unless the person is exempted by the regulations; or
(d) a driver's licence of any class
(i) to a person whose driver's licence has been cancelled, unless the registrar is satisfied that the person is a fit and proper person to hold a driver's licence of the class being issued,
(ii) to a person whose driver's licence is suspended,
(iii) to a person who is prohibited from driving by a court, unless the court's prohibition order allows the person to drive a vehicle that is equipped with an ignition-interlock device and the driver's licence is a restricted licence, as defined in section 279.1 of The Highway Traffic Act, or the order otherwise allows the licence to be issued,
(iv) to a person who has a disease or disability that may be expected to interfere with safely driving a motor vehicle that may be driven with a driver's licence of the class applied for, except as permitted under this Act or the regulations,
(v) to a person who declines to take or fails any examination that the person is required to take under this Act or the regulations,
(vi) to a person who declines to take or fails to complete an impaired driver's course that the person is required to take under this Act or the regulations, or
(vii) to a person whose driver's licence consists of a licence certificate and photo identification card and who fails or refuses to be photographed as required by this Act and the regulations.
Notice of refusal to issue driver's licence
When the registrar refuses to issue a driver's licence to a person for any of the reasons set out in subsection (1), the registrar
(a) may give the person a written notice of refusal stating the reason for the refusal; and
(b) must give the person a written notice of refusal stating the reason for the refusal if the person requests the notice within six months after the registrar's refusal.
Within six months after the date of the written notice of refusal, the person may appeal the refusal to the appeal board as provided in section 279 of The Highway Traffic Act.
Issuing driver's licence to a temporary resident
If a person applying for a driver's licence, a renewal of a driver's licence or a photo identification card is not a permanent resident of Canada, the registrar must only issue a driver's licence or photo identification card to the person for the portion of the licence period during which, under the laws of Canada, the person is entitled to be in Canada.
DRIVING BY NEW RESIDENTS OF MANITOBA
Temporary validity of out-of-province driving permit
Despite any other provision of this Part, a person who becomes a resident of Manitoba and holds a valid out-of-province driving permit that authorizes him or her to drive any class of motor vehicle may drive a motor vehicle of that class for the first three months after he or she becomes a resident, without obtaining a driver's licence under this Act.
NOVICE DRIVERS
Regulations respecting novice drivers
The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) defining "novice driver" and "supervising driver";
(b) classifying novice drivers for any purpose or provision of the regulations, based on any criteria the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers appropriate;
(c) prescribing drivers' licences of different classes and subclasses for novice drivers;
(d) requiring a novice driver who holds a driver's licence of any class or subclass to be supervised, while driving, by a supervising driver;
(e) governing supervising drivers and prescribing the qualifications and requirements for supervising drivers, including, but not limited to, requiring every supervising driver to identify himself or herself and produce his or her driver's licence to a peace officer on demand;
(f) prescribing the length of time or the method of determining the length of time during which a person shall be a novice driver or shall be restricted to any class or subclass of driver's licence for novice drivers;
(g) respecting circumstances under which a novice driver may be required to produce evidence that he or she has successfully completed an approved driver education or training course;
(h) respecting approved driver education or training courses for novice drivers, respecting minimum standards and criteria for such courses, and respecting their implementation;
(i) governing novice drivers and prescribing conditions and restrictions applicable to any class or subclass of driver's licence for novice drivers;
(j) prescribing markers or identifying devices to be displayed on or in motor vehicles driven by novice drivers or novice drivers with licences of any class or subclass and governing the conditions of their use and the manner of displaying them;
(k) exempting novice drivers or classes of novice drivers from any requirement under this Part or any regulation made under this subsection, and prescribing conditions for the exemptions;
(l) providing that section 147 applies to novice drivers who hold certain classes or subclasses of driver's licence, and prescribing conditions for its application;
(m) respecting any matter the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Part as it relates to novice drivers.
A regulation made under subsection (1) may be general or particular in its application and may apply in whole or in part in respect of any class of driver's licence for novice drivers or any class of novice driver.
A novice or supervising driver who contravenes a provision of a regulation made under subsection (1), or a novice driver who contravenes a condition or restriction of his or her driver's licence, is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to the penalties set out in section 117.
Imposing a penalty under subsection (3) on a driver does not restrict, limit or affect any other provision of this Act that authorizes or requires the suspension or cancellation of a driver's licence or vehicle registration, or the disqualification of a person from holding a driver's licence or registering a vehicle.
Defence of novice driver to charge re supervising driver's qualifications
It is a defence to a charge against a novice driver under subsection (3) relating to the qualifications or requirements of the supervising driver if the accused establishes that he or she took all reasonable measures to comply with the regulations.
A novice driver must hold a class or subclass of driver's licence prescribed by regulation for novice drivers
(a) in the learner stage for at least nine months before being eligible to progress to the intermediate stage;
(b) in the intermediate stage for at least 15 months before being eligible to progress to the full stage; and
(c) in the full stage for at least 12 months before he or she is no longer a novice driver.
Exemption for existing licences
Subsection (1) does not apply to a driver's licence that is issued before April 1, 2002.
APPLYING FOR A DRIVER'S LICENCE
Applying for a driver's licence
A person applying for any class of driver's licence must
(a) apply in the form required by the registrar;
(b) pay the charge specified in the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act and the premium and surcharges prescribed for the driver under The Manitoba Public Insurance Act; and
(c) allow himself or herself to be photographed for the photo identification card of the driver's licence according to the registrar's requirements, unless the person is exempted by regulation from the requirement to be photographed.
Form and Content of Driver's Licence
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a driver's licence issued by the registrar consists of
(a) a photo identification card; and
(b) a driver's licence certificate;
in the form and setting out the information required by the registrar. If the driver is exempted by regulation from the requirement to be photographed, the registrar must issue the photo identification card without a photograph.
Exception for temporary driver's licence
The registrar may issue a temporary driver's licence
(a) in the form and containing the information he or she requires; and
(b) for any duration he or she considers appropriate.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a driver's licence or permit issued by a peace officer, judge or justice under the authority of a provision of this Act or any other Act.
Particulars on driver's licence
A driver's licence issued under this Act must
(a) be in the form and set out the information required by the registrar;
(b) set out any additional driving privileges the licence holder has, which would not otherwise apply to the particular class of driver's licence; and
(c) be signed by the licence holder in ink in the space provided.
Requirement to Prove Age and Other Particulars
The registrar may require a person who applies for a driver's licence to produce for inspection an official birth certificate, or other proof of the date of his or her birth satisfactory to the registrar.
Documents as proof of identity and residence
A person who applies for a driver's licence or a renewal, replacement or reinstatement of a driver's licence, or who applies for a photo identification card, must on request produce to the registrar the documents prescribed in the regulations for the type of application as proof
(a) of the person's identity;
(b) that the person resides in Manitoba; and
(c) that the person is entitled under the laws of Canada to be in Canada during the licence's period of validity.
Change of Name or Address
A licence holder who changes his or her name or address must, within 15 days after the change, notify the registrar of his or her new name or new address. On request from the registrar, the licence holder must provide the registrar with documentation satisfactory to the registrar to verify the new address or show that the change of name complies with the laws of Manitoba.
Declaration by Applicant for Driver's Licence
When a person applies for a driver's licence of any class, the person must make a declaration in the form and containing the information the registrar requires.
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a person applying for a driver's licence of any class must declare whether he or she
(a) has a disease or disability that may interfere with safely driving any motor vehicle that may be driven with the class of driver's licence applied for; or
(b) possesses a valid out-of-province driving permit.
Persons Who Are Not Competent to Drive
Refusal of driver's licence to incompetent person
If the registrar is satisfied that a person is not competent to drive a motor vehicle, based on a declaration by the person, a driver's examination or otherwise, the registrar may, by giving a written notice, refuse to issue a driver's licence to the person or may cancel the person's driver's licence.
A notice under subsection (1) must be given to the person
(a) by personal service; or
(b) by mailing or delivering it to the person at his or her last known address as shown in the records maintained by the registrar, using a mail or delivery service that provides the registrar with an acknowledgment of receipt.
Evidence that a notice under subsection (1) was mailed or delivered in accordance with clause (2)(b) and that the registrar received an acknowledgment of its receipt is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the notice was received by the person to whom it was addressed.
If a person who has been refused a driver's licence, or whose driver's licence has been cancelled under subsection (1), asks to take a driving competency examination, the registrar must allow the person to take the examination. This is subject to the person paying the charge for the examination specified in the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act.
When person passes examination
The registrar must issue a driver's licence to a person who passes an examination requested under subsection (4) if the person is otherwise entitled to a driver's licence under this Act.
When person does not pass examination
A person who does not pass the examination requested under subsection (4) is not entitled to take another driving competency examination without the consent of the registrar.
Replacement of Driver's Licence
A person who holds a valid driver's licence may apply to the registrar for a replacement if the original driver's licence is lost or destroyed. The registrar may issue the replacement licence if the person pays the charge specified in the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act and provides proof satisfactory to the registrar
(a) that the driver's licence was lost or destroyed; and
(b) that he or she is the person to whom the driver's licence was issued.
Return of replacement driver's licence
A person who obtains a replacement driver's licence and afterwards finds the original must return the replacement driver's licence to the registrar without delay.
Care and Production of Driver's Licence
Care and production of licence
A person who holds a driver's licence must
(a) keep it clean and legible; and
(b) produce it to the registrar or a justice, when the registrar or justice requires it to be produced.
MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS
By giving a written notice to a person who is applying for or holds a driver's licence, the registrar may require the person
(a) to be examined by, and to provide a report to the registrar from,
(i) a duly qualified medical practitioner, optometrist or other expert as to whether the person has a disease or disability that may interfere with safely driving a motor vehicle that may be driven with the class of driver's licence applied for or held, or
(ii) a recognized agency as to whether the person has a disease or disability that may interfere with safely driving a motor vehicle that may be driven with the class of driver's licence applied for or held; and
(b) if the registrar considers it advisable, to be examined again by, and to provide a further report from, a medical practitioner, optometrist, expert or agency described in clause (a).
Content of notice under subsection (1)
A notice under subsection (1) must specify the type of report that the registrar requires and the person or agency or kind of person that must make it. The notice may specify the day by which it must be provided to the registrar.
At the time a notice under subsection (1) is given, or at a later time, the registrar may, by giving a written notice, suspend the person's driver's licence, if any, and the person's right to have a driver's licence. The suspension is in effect until the person provides the reports required under subsection (1) and the registrar takes action under subsection (7) or (8).
Content of notice under subsection (3)
A notice under subsection (3) must specify the action taken by the registrar and state that the action is effective until the registrar takes further action under subsection (7) or (8).
If a person, other than a person who has been given a notice under subsection (3), does not provide each report required under subsection (1) within the time specified in the notice or any extension of time given by the registrar, the registrar may do one or more of the following by giving a written notice to the person:
(a) suspend the person's right to have a driver's licence;
(b) cancel the person's driver's licence;
(c) issue a lower class of driver's licence to the person under subsection 29(4).
Despite any other provision of this Act, no appeal lies from a suspension under subsection (3) or from an action of the registrar under clause (5)(a), (b) or (c).
Registrar's action re person without disease or disability
When the registrar is satisfied by the reports a person provides under subsection (1) that the person does not have a disease or disability that may interfere with safely driving a motor vehicle that may be operated with the class of driver's licence applied for or held, the registrar must do whichever of the following applies in the circumstances:
(a) if the person's driver's licence or right to have a driver's licence was suspended under subsection (3), terminate the suspension;
(b) if the person's right to have a driver's licence was suspended under clause (5)(a), terminate the suspension;
(c) if the person's driver's licence was cancelled under clause (5)(b), reinstate the driver's licence;
(d) after doing anything under clause (a), (b) or (c), issue a new driver's licence certificate to the person if the registrar is satisfied that the person is competent to drive a motor vehicle that may be driven with the class of driver's licence;
(e) if the person was issued a lower class of driver's licence under clause (5)(c), issue a driver's licence of the original class to the person.
If registrar satisfied person has a disease or disability
When the registrar is satisfied by the reports a person provides under subsection (1) that the person has a disease or disability that may interfere with safely driving a motor vehicle that may be operated with the class of driver's licence applied for or held, the registrar must do whichever of the following applies in the circumstances:
(a) suspend the person's right to have a driver's licence by giving the person a written notice;
(b) cancel the person's driver's licence by giving the person a written notice;
(c) issue a driver's licence with restrictions under section 5;
(d) issue a lower class of driver's licence to the person under subsection 29(4);
(e) require the person to take such steps in relation to an action under clause (c) or (d) as the registrar considers appropriate.
Methods of giving certain notices
A notice under subsection (3) or (5) or clause (8)(a) or (b) must be given to the person
(a) by personal service; or
(b) by mailing or delivering it to the person at his or her last known address as shown in the records maintained by the registrar, using a mail or delivery service that provides the registrar with an acknowledgment of receipt.
Evidence that a notice was mailed or delivered in accordance with clause (9)(b) and that the registrar received an acknowledgment of its receipt is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the notice was received by the person to whom it was addressed.
Methods of giving other notices
The registrar may give a notice under subsection (1) or clause (8)(c), (d) or (e) by any method that the registrar considers appropriate.
Appeal to Medical Review Committee
Appeal to medical review committee
A person may appeal the action of the registrar under subsection 18(8) in respect of the person's driver's licence to the medical review committee by following the appeal procedure specified by the medical review committee.
No action against physician, optometrist or agency
No action or proceeding may be brought against
(a) a duly qualified medical practitioner, optometrist or other expert, or a recognized agency, or an employee or agent of any of them, for any injury or damage suffered as a result of a report provided by the medical practitioner, optometrist, expert, agency, employee or agent under subsection 18(1); or
(b) a recognized agency or an employee or agent of a recognized agency for any injury or damage suffered as a result of an assessment provided by the agency, employee or agent under section 21 or 22.
REQUIREMENT FOR ASSESSMENT OF IMPAIRED DRIVER
Reinstatement of impaired persons
The registrar must require a person who applies for a driver's licence to provide the registrar with an impaired driver's assessment from a recognized agency and, if that agency considers it advisable, to successfully complete an educational or treatment program offered by a recognized agency if
(a) the person's driver's licence or driving permit has been suspended, or the person has been disqualified from
(i) driving a motor vehicle, or
(ii) operating an off-road vehicle,
under section 263.1 or 263.2 of The Highway Traffic Act or a comparable provision of the laws of another jurisdiction; or
(b) the person has been convicted of an offence under section 253, 254 or 255 of the Criminal Code (Canada).
Non-application to 24-hour suspensions and disqualifications
This section does not apply to a person who receives a 24-hour driver's licence suspension or driving disqualification under section 265 of The Highway Traffic Act in relation to an incident if
(a) the person's driver's licence is suspended, or he or she is disqualified from applying for or holding a driver's licence or from driving a motor vehicle or operating an off-road vehicle, under section 263.1 or 263.2 of that Act in relation to the incident; or
(b) the person is convicted of an offence under section 253, 254 or 255 of the Criminal Code (Canada) in relation to the incident.
The registrar must serve a notice under subsection (3) on a person each time, after the first, in any three year period that
(a) the person's driver's licence is suspended under section 265 of The Highway Traffic Act; or
(b) the person is disqualified from applying for or holding a driver's licence or from driving a motor vehicle or operating an off-road vehicle under section 265 of that Act.
The notice must state
(a) that the person is required
(i) to provide to the registrar an impaired driver's assessment from a recognized agency within a specified period, and
(ii) if that agency considers it advisable, to successfully complete an educational or treatment program offered by a recognized agency within a further specified period; and
(b) that, if the person fails to meet any requirement of clause (a) within the specified period or any extension of the period approved by the registrar, the registrar may suspend the person's driver's licence and right to hold a driver's licence and may disqualify the person from holding a driver's licence and from driving a motor vehicle or operating an off-road vehicle until he or she meets the requirement.
Suspension or disqualification
The registrar may suspend a person's driver's licence and right to hold a driver's licence and may disqualify a person from applying for or holding a driver's licence and from driving a motor vehicle or operating an off-road vehicle if the person fails to meet any requirement of the notice within the period specified in the notice or any extension of the period approved by the registrar. The suspension or disqualification is in effect until the person meets the requirement.
Despite any other provision of this Act, no appeal lies from a suspension or disqualification imposed under subsection (4).
When assessment indicates disease or disability
When the registrar is satisfied by an assessment provided under section 21 or 22 that the person has a disease or disability that may interfere with safely driving a motor vehicle that may be driven with the class of driver's licence applied for or held, or with safely operating an off-road vehicle, the registrar must do whichever of the following applies to the person:
(a) suspend the person's right to have a driver's licence by giving the person a written notice;
(b) cancel the person's driver's licence by giving the person a written notice;
(c) issue a driver's licence with restrictions as provided in section 5;
(d) issue a lower class of driver's licence to the person under subsection 29(4);
(e) require the person to take such steps in relation to an action under clause (c) or (d) as the registrar considers appropriate;
(f) disqualify the person from operating an off-road vehicle by giving the person a written notice.
Appeal to medical review committee
A person may appeal the action of the registrar under subsection (1) in respect of the person's driver's licence to the medical review committee by following the appeal procedure specified by the medical review committee.
ISSUING DRIVERS' LICENCES TO MINORS
Restriction on issue of licences to minors
The registrar must not issue a driver's licence of any class to a person under 18 years of age unless the application for the driver's licence is approved and signed
(a) by both of the applicant's parents;
(b) if the registrar is satisfied that it is not practical or desirable to obtain the approval and signature of both of the applicant's parents, by either of them;
(c) if one of the applicant's parents is dead, by the surviving parent;
(d) if the registrar is satisfied that the approval and signature of neither of the applicant's parents should be required, or if both of the applicant's parents are dead, by the applicant's legal guardian; or
(e) in circumstances described in clause (d) but in which the applicant has no legal guardian, by the applicant's employer, or any other person the registrar considers to be a responsible and suitable person.
Cancellation of licence issued to minor
The registrar must cancel the driver's licence issued to a person under 18 years of age, if the registrar receives a written request from a person who approved and signed the application under subsection (1).
DRIVER'S LICENCE EXAMINATIONS
For each attempt to pass an examination, the person required to pass the examination must pay the charge for the examination specified in the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act.
The administrator may authorize a person to administer examinations to persons who are required to pass examinations by this Act or the regulations under this Act, whether in connection with a driver's licence application or otherwise, and may define the duties and powers of the authorized person. If the authorized person does not otherwise receive a salary for administering the examinations, the administrator may fix the fee the authorized person may retain for each examination that he or she administers.
Requirement for Examination
Examination before issue of licence
Subject to section 28, the registrar must not issue a driver's licence of any class to a person unless the person has passed the examinations the registrar requires and satisfied any other requirements the registrar considers appropriate.
Particulars of Examination
Any examination that a person is required to pass under section 26 must include tests of the person's
(a) eyesight;
(b) ability to read and understand highway signs regulating, warning and directing traffic;
(c) knowledge of the laws of Manitoba respecting highway traffic; and
(d) ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of a motor vehicle.
When Examination May Not Be Required
The registrar may exempt an applicant for a driver's licence from any examination required under this Act if
(a) the applicant holds a valid out-of-province driving permit issued in a province or territory of Canada or in a state of the United States;
(b) the application is for a class 5 or 6 driver's licence and the applicant holds a valid out-of-province driving permit issued in a country or political subdivision of a country with which the government has a subsisting arrangement or reciprocal agreement as provided for in subsection 31.1(1) of The Highway Traffic Act;
(c) the applicant is a member of NATO Forces personnel, or a family member of such a member, and holds a valid out-of-province driving permit issued in the country in which the member permanently resides;
(d) the applicant holds a valid out-of-province driving permit issued under the authority of the Commander, Canadian Forces Europe; or
(e) in the three-month period immediately before the application, the applicant held a valid out-of-province driving permit described in clause (a) or (b), and the issuing authority confirms that the applicant is eligible to hold a driving permit and drive a motor vehicle in the authority's jurisdiction.
When examination may not be required
The registrar may issue a driver's licence of any class to a person without requiring the person to pass an examination if the person
(a) has not allowed his or her driver's licence to lapse for more than four consecutive years since he or she last held a driver's licence of the class being issued; or
(b) has previously passed an examination that satisfies the registrar that the person is qualified to drive a motor vehicle of any class that the driver's licence being issued authorizes the person to drive.
Exemption from driving test for certain employees
The registrar may exempt a person who applies for a class 1, 2, 3 or 4 driver's licence from a practical driving examination required under section 26 if
(a) the registrar receives a certificate from the person's employer, on a form approved by the registrar, stating that the person
(i) has satisfactorily completed the employer's training course in safely and properly driving motor vehicles of the type authorized to be driven under the class of driver's licence applied for, and
(ii) has passed the employer's practical driving examination administered in that type of motor vehicle; and
(b) the registrar has approved the employer's training course and practical driving examination.
DRIVER IMPROVEMENT MEASURES
Further examination, interview or course required
The registrar may require a person who holds a driver's licence of any class, or whose driver's licence or right to hold a driver's licence has been suspended or cancelled, to do one or more of the following:
(a) pass an examination as required by section 26 or a further examination, and satisfy any other requirements that the registrar considers appropriate;
(b) attend an interview to discuss the person's ability to drive a motor vehicle safely or to comply with the provisions of this Act and The Highway Traffic Act and the regulations under either Act;
(c) successfully complete a driver improvement course specified by the registrar and administered by an agency approved by the registrar, and provide the registrar with satisfactory evidence of successful completion.
If the person fails to meet a requirement under subsection (1) within the time set by the registrar, the registrar may cancel any driver's licence the person holds and may, whether or not the driver's licence is cancelled, refuse to issue any further renewal or driver's licence until the requirement is met.
Despite subsection (1), the registrar may issue a temporary driver's licence for a period of not more than 24 hours, subject to any conditions or restrictions that the registrar considers appropriate.
Issuing a lower class of driver's licence
Despite any other provision of this Act, if a person is unable to meet the standards and requirements for a particular class of driver's licence but the registrar is satisfied that the person meets the standards and requirements for a lower class of driver's licence, the registrar may issue the lower class of driver's licence to the person.
DRIVER'S LICENCE PERIODS
When a driver's licence consists of a driver's licence certificate and a photo identification card, the driver's licence certificate and photo identification card are each valid for the period of validity provided in the regulations, and for any extension of any of that period not longer than three months that may be provided in the regulations.
NON-RESIDENT DRIVERS
Driving by non-resident without Manitoba licence
A non-resident who does not hold a driver's licence issued under this Act, but does hold a valid out-of-province driving permit issued in the jurisdiction in which he or she permanently resides, may drive a motor vehicle of the class or type authorized by that permit if he or she
(a) is 16 years of age or older;
(b) resides or carries on business in Manitoba for no more than three consecutive months in any year, or is a member of NATO Forces personnel;
(c) has complied with the law of the jurisdiction in which he or she permanently resides relating to the licensing of drivers; and
(d) complies with the conditions or restrictions, if any, of the out-of-province driving permit.
Delivery of permits issued outside Manitoba
A person who applies for any class of driver's licence and who possesses a valid out-of-province driving permit must deliver the permit to the registrar before the registrar issues a driver's licence to the person.
Driving by students with out-of-province driving permits
A student residing in Manitoba temporarily for the purpose of attending a university, college or technical school full-time in the province may drive a motor vehicle in the province without being licensed under this Act if
(a) the student
(i) usually resides in
(A) a province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States, or
(B) a country, or a political subdivision of a country, with which the government has a subsisting arrangement or reciprocal agreement under subsection 31.1(1) of The Highway Traffic Act, or
(ii) obtains the registrar's written approval to drive and complies with any conditions the registrar imposes on the approval;
(b) the student has complied with the driver licensing laws in the place where he or she usually resides; and
(c) the student has in his or her possession a valid out-of-province driving permit issued to him or her in the place where her or she usually resides and complies with any conditions or restrictions of the permit.
REGULATIONS
The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) prescribing classes and subclasses of driver's licence required to drive a specified class or type of vehicle or more than one class or type of motor vehicle, governing drivers who hold particular classes or subclasses of drivers' licences, and prescribing conditions and restrictions that shall apply to any class or subclass of drivers' licence;
(b) respecting the issuance of driver's licences;
(c) prescribing documents required as proof of identity and residence for the purposes of subsection 12(2), or as proof that a person is entitled to be in Canada and of the length of the entitlement, for the purposes of that subsection;
(d) defining "person who is not resident in Manitoba" or establishing rules for determining who is a person not resident in Manitoba for the purpose of clause 6(1)(c) and exempting persons from the requirement to be a person resident in Manitoba;
(e) prescribing the circumstances in which a driver's licence may be issued to a person who is under the age of 16 years;
(f) respecting the period for which drivers' licences, driver's licence certificates and photo identification cards are valid;
(g) respecting the issuance of duplicate or replacement drivers' licence certificates and photo identification cards;
(h) respecting the exemption of persons or classes of persons from the requirement to be photographed for the purpose of issuing a driver's licence that includes a photo identification card;
(i) exempting any person or class of persons or any class of vehicle from any requirement of this Part or from any regulation made under this Act that relates to driver licensing, and prescribing conditions for such exemptions;
(j) respecting any matter the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Part.
A regulation made under subsection (1) may be general or particular in its application and may apply in whole or in part to one or more classes or types of vehicles or classes of persons to the exclusion of others, and to the whole or any part of the province.
PART 4
REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES OTHER THAN OFF-ROAD VEHICLES
When certain tractors are motor vehicles
For the purposes of this Part, a tractor that is designed and primarily used as a farm implement is a motor vehicle when it is driven on a highway except
(a) when it is towing
(i) an implement of husbandry in the course of agricultural operations or for farm use, or
(ii) a vehicle used in transporting the produce or livestock of the tractor-owner's farm or in transporting property for use on the farm; or
(b) when it is being moved in the course of agricultural operations or for the purpose of being serviced.
REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER
Registration and number plate requirements
A person may not drive a motor vehicle or tow a trailer on a highway, and the person who owns a motor vehicle or trailer may not permit another person to drive or tow it on a highway,
(a) unless
(i) a registration card for the vehicle has been issued under this Act and is valid,
(ii) the vehicle displays, in accordance with the regulations, the quantity and type of number plates that the regulations prescribe for use on a vehicle of its registration class, and
(iii) the number plates display the vehicle's registration card number and, in accordance with the regulations, stickers showing the vehicle's registration class and that the registration is valid; or
(b) unless a valid registration permit issued under this Act for the vehicle is displayed on or carried in it in accordance with the regulations, or a valid permit under section 87 of The Highway Traffic Act is displayed on or carried in it in accordance with that Act.
WHEN CERTAIN VEHICLES ARE DEEMED TO BE REGISTERED
A registration card issued for a drive-away unit is deemed to be issued for all vehicles that make up the unit from time to time
(a) when the drive-away unit displays, in accordance with the regulations, the quantity and type of number plates that the regulations prescribe for use on a drive-away unit of the lead motor vehicle's registration class; and
(b) when the number plates display the vehicle's registration card number and, in accordance with the regulations, stickers showing the registration class of the lead motor vehicle and that the registration is valid.
A registration card issued to a dealer in relation to dealers' number plates is deemed to have been issued for a vehicle when
(a) the vehicle displays, in accordance with the regulations, the quantity and type of dealers' number plates that the regulations prescribe for use on vehicles of its registration class; and
(b) the dealers' number plates on the vehicle display its registration card number and, in accordance with the regulations, stickers showing that the registration is valid.
A registration card issued to a repairer in relation to repairers' number plates is deemed to have been issued for a vehicle when
(a) the vehicle displays, in accordance with the regulations, the quantity and type of repairers' number plates that the regulations prescribe for use on vehicles of its registration class; and
(b) the repairers' number plates on the vehicle display its registration card number and, in accordance with the regulations, stickers showing that the registration is valid.
A registration card issued to a person in relation to collector number plates is deemed to have been issued for a vehicle when
(a) the vehicle displays, in accordance with the regulations, the quantity and type of collector number plates that the regulations prescribe for use on vehicles of its registration class;
(b) the collector number plates on the vehicle display its registration card number and, in accordance with the regulations, stickers showing the vehicle's registration class and that the registration is valid; and
(c) the vehicle is used for a purpose or in circumstances prescribed in the regulations.
Exceptions to Registration Requirement
Exception for certain vehicles
Section 34 does not apply
(a) to a trailer that is owned by a farmer, while it is being
(i) towed by a farm tractor, and
(ii) used to transport or market the produce, including livestock, of the farm of the trailer's or tractor's owner, or to transport property for use on the owner's farm; or
(b) to a motor vehicle that is being towed by another motor vehicle, but is not part of a drive-away unit.
Vehicles of Department of National Defence
Section 34 does not apply to a vehicle of the Department of National Defence of Canada that displays number plates issued by the Department of National Defence.
NON-RESIDENTS AND OUT-OF-PROVINCE VEHICLES
Application to vehicles of non-residents
Despite section 34, the owner of a vehicle that is not registered under this Act may drive or tow it in Manitoba, or may permit it to be driven or towed in Manitoba, for the shorter of three months and the period during which the vehicle's registration or licence is valid under the laws of a juridiction outside Manitoba if
(a) the owner and the vehicle are in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction outside Manitoba as to the vehicle's registration or licence, and it displays the number plates authorized for use on the vehicle under those laws; and
(b) while driving or towing the vehicle, the owner or other driver carries in the vehicle
(i) the registration certificate or licence required under the laws of the jurisdiction outside Manitoba, and
(ii) the proof of the owner's financial responsibility required by this Act,
and produces them without delay on demand by a peace officer.
Subsection (1) does not apply to
(a) a public service vehicle or a commercial truck;
(b) a motor vehicle or trailer owned by a person whose head office or principal place of business is outside Manitoba but who has a business operation in Manitoba in connection with which the motor vehicle or trailer is primarily used; or
(c) a vehicle of a type or class prescribed in the regulations for the purpose of this subsection.
Exception re vehicles of students
A student residing in Manitoba temporarily for the purpose of attending a university, college or technical school full-time in the province may, without complying with section 34, operate in Manitoba or permit another person to operate in Manitoba a vehicle to which subsection (1) applies if
(a) the owner is in compliance with the vehicle registration or licensing laws of the jurisdiction in which the vehicle is registered or licensed;
(b) the vehicle displays the number plates authorized for use on it under the laws of that jurisdiction;
(c) when the vehicle is operated on a highway in Manitoba, the student or other driver carries
(i) the registration certificate and licence required under the laws of that jurisdiction, and
(ii) the proof of the owner's financial responsibility required by this Act,
and produces them without delay on demand by a peace officer; and
(d) a valid student identification sticker issued for the vehicle as provided in the regulations is displayed or carried in accordance with the regulations.
Exception re extra-provincial temporary permits
Section 34 does not prohibit the operation in Manitoba of a vehicle, other than a public service vehicle or a commercial truck, for which there is a valid temporary registration issued by another jurisdiction in Canada if
(a) the driver, while operating the vehicle in Manitoba, carries
(i) the temporary registration for the vehicle, and
(ii) the proof of the vehicle owner's financial responsibility required by this Act,
and produces them without delay on demand by a peace officer; and
(b) the driver operates the vehicle in accordance with the terms and conditions of the temporary registration.
Exception re extra-provincial commercial vehicles
Section 34 does not apply to a person granted an exemption or privilege under a reciprocal agreement or arrangement made under section 4.3 of The Highway Traffic Act.
HOW TO REGISTER A VEHICLE
To register a vehicle, an application for registration of a vehicle must be made to the registrar in the form and giving the particulars that the registrar requires.
Amounts payable to register a vehicle
A person applying to register a vehicle must pay the charge specified in the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act and the premium and any additional premium prescribed under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act or the regulations under that Act for insurance required as proof of the owner's financial responsibility.
Exemption from registration charge
A person is exempt from paying the registration charge for registering one motor vehicle if he or she
(a) lost a limb, was rendered a paraplegic or quadriplegic, or was blinded, while on active service as a member of the armed services of Canada or during wartime as a member of the armed forces of an ally of Canada; and
(b) uses the motor vehicle solely for pleasure.
If the person applying to register a vehicle satisfies the registration requirements of the registrar, this Act and the regulations, the registrar may issue a registration card or registration permit for the vehicle in the applicable registration class prescribed for it in the regulations.
How long a registration card or registration permit is valid
Subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations as to suspension, cancellation and expiry, the registration card or registration permit for a vehicle issued under this Part is valid for the period determined under the regulations for that vehicle.
Inspection to determine vehicle's registration class
If the registrar is in doubt as to which registration class a vehicle ought to be registered in, the registrar may refuse to register the vehicle until it is inspected as the registrar requires and the registrar is satisfied as to the vehicle's registration class.
Documentation required to register
The registrar may require the production of any documentation that he or she considers necessary before
(a) issuing, transferring or cancelling a registration card or registration permit;
(b) issuing or authorizing the use of number plates; or
(c) performing any other function in respect of a vehicle's registration for which an application or request is made.
The documentary requirements may be different for different classes of vehicles.
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the registrar may require
(a) proof of ownership of the vehicle;
(b) proof that the applicant is the person named in the application;
(c) proof of the birth date of an applicant if he or she is an individual; and
(d) proof that the applicant is a farmer if the vehicle is being registered as a farm truck.
The registrar must not register a vehicle except in the name of an owner
(a) who, alone or jointly with one or more others,
(i) has exclusive use of the vehicle together with the right to pass the property in the vehicle, or
(ii) has exclusive use of the vehicle under a lease or other agreement for a period of more than 30 days; and
(b) who
(i) is a person resident in Manitoba,
(ii) is a person whose head office or principal place of business is outside Manitoba but who has a business operation in Manitoba in connection with which the motor vehicle or trailer is primarily used, or
(iii) operates the vehicle as a public service vehicle or commercial truck.
Age requirement for individuals
The registrar must not register a vehicle in the name of an individual who is less than 16 years of age, and must not register a vehicle in the name of an individual who is 16 or 17 years of age unless the individual complies with subsection 168(2) of The Highway Traffic Act.
When property in vehicle held as security
If a person has transferred the property in a vehicle to another by way of security only, the person is deemed to be the owner of the vehicle so long as he or she has exclusive possession of it.
Joint, common and partnership interests
For the purpose of subsection (1), owners are joint owners of a vehicle if they are joint tenants or tenants in common of the vehicle or if they are partners in a partnership that owns the vehicle.
When two or more persons eligible to register
When two or more owners described in subsection (1) are eligible to register a vehicle, only one of them may register it.
Insurance certificate required
The registrar must not register a vehicle unless the insurance premium and any additional premium prescribed under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act or the regulations under that Act for insurance required as proof of the owner's financial responsibility are paid.
Registration card combined with insurance certificate
The registrar may issue a combined registration card and insurance certificate.
FALSELY OBTAINED REGISTRATIONS
No person shall apply for, procure or attempt to procure the registration of a vehicle in the name of
(a) an applicant that purports to be a corporation if no such corporation exists; or
(b) a corporation that is incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction other than Manitoba and is required to be but is not registered under The Corporations Act or licensed under The Insurance Act.
Use of registration card or permit of non-existent corporation
No person shall use a registration card or registration permit issued under this Act in the name of a corporation if the corporation does not exist at the time the registration card is used.
The registration of a vehicle by a person other than an owner permitted to register it under this section is null and void.
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
Missing vehicle identification numbers
Except as provided in this section, the registrar must not register a motor vehicle if the manufacturer's vehicle identification number has been lost, removed, destroyed or altered, or is illegible.
A vehicle may be registered if the registrar is satisfied that the vehicle displays a legible vehicle identification number authorized for the vehicle
(a) under subsection (3); or
(b) under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Manitoba.
Assignment of vehicle identification number
The registrar may
(a) assign a vehicle identification number to a vehicle on application by a person who has possession of the vehicle and who files proof of his or her ownership satisfactory to the registrar; and
(b) with or without conditions, authorize a peace officer to attach the vehicle identification number permanently to the vehicle in the manner and location specified by the registrar.
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES AND CANCELLATION IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
Hazardous or Non-Conforming Vehicles
Registration of hazardous vehicles prohibited
Subject to subsection (2), the registrar must not register, and must cancel the registration of, a vehicle if he or she believes that, because of its physical characteristics or condition, the vehicle is likely to create a hazard to persons or property when it is driven or towed on a highway.
Registration of non-conforming vehicles
The registrar may, subject to any conditions or restrictions he or she considers appropriate, register a vehicle that does not conform to the requirements of this Act, The Highway Traffic Act or the regulations under either of those Acts, if
(a) the registrar believes that the vehicle is not likely to create a hazard to persons or property when driven or towed on a highway in accordance with the conditions or restrictions; and
(b) the vehicle is equipped in a manner that is acceptable to the registrar.
Inspection Certificate
This section does not apply to a motor vehicle that has the status of a salvageable motor vehicle.
Inspection certificate required for registration
The registrar must not register a motor vehicle by registration card unless the owner files with the registrar one or more inspection certificates for the motor vehicle that meet the requirements of the regulations.
The registrar may cancel the registration card for a motor vehicle if an inspection certificate for the vehicle filed under section 44 or subsection 47(2) or (3)
(a) was not issued in accordance with the regulations; or
(b) is false or misleading, or misrepresents or fails to disclose a material fact.
Cancelling Registration of Irreparable or Salvageable Vehicle
Cancelling registration — irreparable vehicle
The registrar must cancel the registration card or registration permit for a motor vehicle that has the status of an irreparable motor vehicle without delay after receiving notice under subsection 67(1) that it has been written off.
No registration of irreparable vehicle
The registrar must not issue a registration card or registration permit for a motor vehicle that has the status of an irreparable motor vehicle.
Cancelling registration — salvageable motor vehicle
The registrar must cancel the registration card or registration permit for a motor vehicle that has the status of a salvageable motor vehicle not later than 30 days after the motor vehicle was written off, unless during that period a replacement registration card or registration permit for the motor vehicle is issued under subsection (2).
Replacement registration for rebuilt vehicle
The registrar may issue a replacement registration card or registration permit for a motor vehicle that has the status of a salvageable motor vehicle if the registered owner
(a) files with the registrar, within the 30 days described in subsection (1), the inspection certificates prescribed in the regulations;
(b) returns to the registrar the last registration card or registration permit issued for the motor vehicle; and
(c) is otherwise eligible to be issued a registration card or registration permit.
New registration for rebuilt vehicle
If a replacement registration card or registration permit for a motor vehicle that has the status of a salvageable motor vehicle is not issued under subsection (2), the registrar may issue a new registration card or registration permit for the motor vehicle only after the person applying for registration files with the registrar the inspection certificates prescribed in the regulations.
Registration card to indicate vehicle rebuilt
Subject to subsection (5), a replacement registration card issued for a motor vehicle under subsection (2) or a new registration card issued for a motor vehicle under subsection (3), and every registration card issued for the motor vehicle after that, must have the word "REBUILT" shown on the card.
Subsection (4) does not apply if a motor vehicle again has the status of a salvageable motor vehicle.
Public Service Vehicles and Commercial Trucks
A vehicle must not be registered as a public service vehicle or commercial truck unless
(a) the person applying to register it meets the requirements of Part VIII of The Highway Traffic Act; or
(b) the vehicle is required to be registered as a public service vehicle or commercial truck under the terms of an exemption granted by the transport board.
Temporary registration as PSV or CT
A vehicle that is registered under this Act, other than as a public service vehicle or commercial truck, may be operated as a public service vehicle or commercial truck and may continue to display the number plates authorized at the time of registration if
(a) there is a valid permit for it issued under subsection 281(3) of The Highway Traffic Act;
(b) the permit is displayed or carried in accordance with the regulations; and
(c) the vehicle is operated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the permit.
Cancellation Under Reciprocal Agreements
Refusal or cancellation where reciprocal or special arrangement
The registrar may refuse to register a vehicle, may suspend or cancel the registration of a vehicle or may refuse, suspend or cancel an exemption, privilege or benefit under a reciprocal agreement or arrangement under subsection 4.3(1) or (3) of The Highway Traffic Act if
(a) the vehicle's owner
(i) is not entitled to the exemption, privilege or benefit under the agreement or arrangement, or
(ii) has failed to comply with a requirement of subsection 4.3(2) or (4) of that Act; or
(b) the registration fee respecting the vehicle is prorated under an agreement or arrangement under subsection 4.3(3) of that Act and the owner of the vehicle has failed to
(i) make, maintain and submit to the minister the records of distance required by the regulations under that Act, or
(ii) submit reports of distance within the times required by the regulations under that Act.
Taxicabs
The registrar must not register a motor vehicle as a taxicab unless the person applying to register it holds a taxicab business licence under The Taxicab Act.
Farm Trucks
The registrar must not register a truck as a farm truck unless it is registered in the name of a farmer.
Remote Community Registrations
Definition of "remote community"
In this section, "remote community" means a community that is not connected to the provincial highway system by a year-round all-weather road.
Restricted registration for remote communities
If the person applying to register a vehicle ordinarily resides in a remote community, the registrar may issue a registration card that restricts the use of the vehicle to highways in and adjoining the remote community.
Prohibition re vehicles restricted to remote communities
No person shall drive or tow a vehicle registered under subsection (2), and no owner of such a vehicle shall permit another person to drive or tow it, except in accordance with restrictions of the vehicle's registration card.
Antique Motor Vehicles
Definition of "antique motor vehicle"
In this section, "antique motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle that is at least 30 years old.
Restrictions on use of antique motor vehicles
If an antique motor vehicle is registered in a registration class for antique motor vehicles, no person shall drive the motor vehicle on a highway, and its owner shall not allow another person to drive it on a highway, other than
(a) to, from or in
(i) a parade or procession, or
(ii) a rally in accordance with any conditions imposed in writing by the registrar; or
(b) to or from a place to be serviced or repaired.
TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION
Registration expires on transfer of ownership
Subject to section 55, when a registered owner's interest in a vehicle passes to another person, whether by the registered owner's act or by operation of law,
(a) the vehicle's registration expires immediately; and
(b) except as provided in the regulations, the person who was the registered owner must return the number plates to the registrar.
The registrar may retain the number plates or may allow the person to keep them.
When the interest of a registered owner of a vehicle passes to another person, whether by the registered owner's act or by operation of law, the other person must without delay return to the registrar any number plates issued to the person who was registered owner that come into the other person's possession. This subsection does not apply in respect of a number plate that is transferred to the other person under any of subsections 55(1) to (5).
Exceptions
When a person who is the registered owner of a vehicle disposes of it, the person may, within a period ending on the earlier of
(a) seven days after his or her interest in the vehicle passes; and
(b) the expiry of its registration;
apply to the registrar to use the number plates issued for the vehicle on another vehicle of the same registration class that the person registers in his or her name for the first time. Despite section 34, the person may display the number plates on the other vehicle and may drive or tow it, or permit another person to drive or tow it, on a highway within the period, if the driver carries in the motor vehicle bills of sale or other evidence of the acquisition of the other vehicle and the disposal of the original vehicle signed by the transferor.
Transfer of registration on death of registered owner
When the interest of a registered owner of a vehicle passes by reason of his or her death, the registration does not expire until the expiry of the registration period. The registered owner's spouse, common-law partner or personal representative may apply for and obtain a transfer of the vehicle's registration and number plates if
(a) the spouse, common-law partner or personal representative applies before the registration expires and satisfies the requirements of the registrar, this Act and the regulations; and
(b) in case of a spouse's or common-law partner's application, the ownership of the vehicle passes to him or her.
Vehicle transferred to another owner
When, under an agreement, the interest of the registered owner of a vehicle passes to another person who is an owner of the vehicle because he or she has the right to pass the property in the vehicle other than by way of security only, the other person may apply for and obtain a transfer of the vehicle's registration and number plates if
(a) the registered owner has exclusive use of the vehicle under a lease or other agreement in writing for a period of more than 30 days;
(b) the other person applies before the earlier of
(i) the passing of the property in the vehicle, and
(ii) the expiry of its registration; and
(c) the other person satisfies the requirements of the registrar, this Act and the regulations.
Transfer of fleets of vehicles
When the registered owner of a fleet of 10 or more vehicles, or a lesser number authorized by the registrar, agrees to transfer his or her interest in them to another person, the other person may apply for and obtain a transfer of the vehicles' registrations and number plates if the other person
(a) applies before the earlier of
(i) the day the property in the vehicles passes, or
(ii) the day the vehicles' registrations expire; and
(b) satisfies the requirements of the registrar, this Act and the regulations.
Transfer of public service vehicles
When a motor carrier who is the registered owner of a public service vehicle agrees to transfer it to another person, the other person may apply for and obtain a transfer of the vehicle's registration and number plates if
(a) the vehicle is being transferred as part of a sale, transfer or assignment by the motor carrier of his or her business rights and assets, and the transport board has approved the transfer of the motor carrier's certificate under Part VIII of The Highway Traffic Act;
(b) the other person applies before the earlier of
(i) the day the property in the vehicle passes, or
(ii) the day the vehicle's registration expires; and
(c) the other person satisfies the requirements of the registrar, this Act and the regulations.
Temporary Transfer of Registration
Temporary transfers of registration and plates
This section applies in respect of a public service vehicle or taxicab which its registered owner needs to take out of service for repairs.
When registration and plates may be transferred
The registered owner of a public service vehicle or taxicab described in subsection (1) may transfer the vehicle's registration to another vehicle of the same registration class for a period of not more than 15 days if
(a) the registered owner holds a permit issued under subsection (3) that contains the information required by subsection (5); and
(b) the permit is affixed
(i) to the windshield of the other vehicle if it is not a trailer, and
(ii) to the windshield of the vehicle towing the trailer if the permit is issued for a trailer.
Despite section 34, the other vehicle may display the number plates of the vehicle that needs repairs, and the registered owner may drive or tow the other vehicle, or permit another person to drive or tow it, on a highway during that period.
The transport board, on application by the registered owner of a public service vehicle, or The Taxicab Board, on application by the registered owner of a taxicab, may issue a permit or authorize a permit to be issued that authorizes a transfer of registration for the purposes of this section.
Registered owner must pay transfer charge or fee
To obtain the permit the registered owner must pay the charge or fee prescribed in the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act or The Taxicab Act and any insurance premium prescribed in the regulations under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act.
Permit must be completed before use
A permit under subsection (3) is not valid and the registered owner of the vehicles shall not use it until he or she puts the following information on it:
(a) the particulars of the vehicles between which the registration and number plates are transferred;
(b) the date of the transfer of the registration and number plates; and
(c) the registered owner's name and address.
PRODUCTION OF REGISTRATION CARD
Production of registration card to registrar or justice
On demand by the registrar or a justice, the registered owner of a vehicle must without delay produce the vehicle's registration card or cab card.
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS
A person who holds a valid registration card and changes his or her name or address must, within 15 days of the change, notify the registrar of his or her new name or address. On request from the registrar, the person must provide the registrar with documentation satisfactory to the registrar to verify the new address or show that the change of name complies with the laws of Manitoba.
NUMBER PLATES
Issuing Number Plates and Stickers
When the registrar issues a registration card for a vehicle,
(a) the registrar may issue to the registered owner the quantity and type of number plates prescribed by regulation for use on a vehicle of the vehicle's registration class; or
(b) if the registered owner already has the quantity and type of number plates prescribed by regulation for use on a vehicle of the vehicle's registration class, the registrar may authorize the registered owner to use those number plates on the vehicle.
Issuing validation and registration class stickers
The registrar may issue to the applicant for a registration card any validation sticker and registration class sticker required by the regulations to be displayed on a number plate authorized for use on a vehicle under subsection (1).
Design and Ownership of Number Plates
A number plate may consist of numbers, letters or words and must be of a design, colour and material determined by the registrar.
A number plate is the property of the Crown.
Number plates on expiry of registration
When the registration card for a vehicle expires and is not renewed, the person who was the registered owner may keep the number plates issued with the registration card but must return them to the registrar if the registrar requests their return.
Displaying Number Plates
No person shall drive or tow a vehicle on a highway unless the number plates required to be displayed on it are secured in a manner and maintained in a condition so that all of the following information about the vehicle is clearly visible and readable and unobscured by any part of the vehicle, its attachments or its load:
(a) the jurisdiction or authority that issued the number plates;
(b) the vehicle's registration number and class;
(c) the period of validity or date of expiry of the registration.
Effect of towing trailer or other vehicle
A person does not contravene subsection (1) by reason only that the vehicle the person is driving is towing a trailer or other vehicle.
Devices resembling plates and plates of other jurisdictions
No person shall drive or tow on a highway a vehicle registered under this Act that displays
(a) a number plate of a jurisdiction outside Manitoba unless the vehicle is a public service vehicle or commercial truck operated in Manitoba and that jurisdiction requires the vehicle to display the plate; or
(b) anything that appears to be, but is not, a number plate authorized for use under this Act, whether or not it is displayed in conjunction with a number plate authorized for use under this Act.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a motor vehicle registered as an antique motor vehicle.
Seizing Improperly Obtained or Displayed Number Plates
A peace officer may take possession of
(a) a number plate that the officer believes
(i) is not authorized for use on the vehicle displaying it,
(ii) was obtained by false pretences,
(iii) was issued in connection with a registration that has been suspended or cancelled,
(iv) is required to be returned to the registrar under section 54 or subsection 60(3) or 94(1), or
(v) is displayed in contravention of clause 62(1)(a); or
(b) anything that the officer believes a vehicle displays in contravention of clause 62(1)(b).
Peace officer may detain the seized item
The peace officer who takes possession of a number plate or other thing under subsection (1) may detain it until
(a) the final disposition of any prosecution commenced in respect of the number plate or other thing; or
(b) the facts concerning the number plate's issuance have been otherwise determined.
A peace officer who takes possession of a number plate or other thing under subsection (1) may also detain the vehicle on which it was displayed and store the vehicle in a suitable place. All costs and charges for the care, towing and storage of the vehicle are a lien on it and may be enforced in the manner provided in The Garage Keepers Act.
Dealers' Number Plates
The registrar may issue a dealer's number plate only to a person who holds a valid dealer's permit under section 96.
Use of dealers' number plates generally
No person shall attach a dealer's number plate to a vehicle other than a vehicle that is
(a) kept for sale by a dealer;
(b) used in the promotion of sales by a dealer, including use of the vehicle by the dealer in his or her personal capacity or by an employee or agent of the dealer or by any person with the consent of the dealer or the dealer's employee; or
(c) in the dealer's custody and control to test or service it, or to move it from one place to another in connection with servicing or testing it.
Use on salvageable motor vehicles
No person shall attach a dealer's number plate to a motor vehicle that has the status of a salvageable motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle
(a) has been repaired; and
(b) is being driven in a road test in accordance with the regulations.
No person shall attach a dealer's number plate to a vehicle for the purpose of using it to transport persons or property for compensation unless the vehicle is operated in compliance with subsection 48(2).
Use of improperly plated vehicle prohibited
No person shall drive or tow a vehicle on a highway if a dealer's number plate is attached to the vehicle contrary to this section.
Repairers' Number Plates
The registrar may issue a repairer's number plate only to a repairer.
Use of repairers' number plates generally
No person shall attach a repairer's number plate to a vehicle unless the vehicle is in the custody and control of a repairer to test or service it, or to move it from one place to another in connection with servicing or testing it.
Use on salvageable motor vehicles
No person shall attach a repairer's number plate to a motor vehicle that has the status of a salvageable motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle
(a) has been repaired; and
(b) is being driven in a road test in accordance with the regulations.
Use of repairers' number plates on commercial vehicles
No person shall attach a repairer's number plate to a vehicle for the purpose of using it to transport persons or property for compensation unless the vehicle is operated in compliance with subsection 48(2).
Use of improperly plated vehicle prohibited
No person shall drive or tow a vehicle on a highway if a repairer's number plate is attached to the vehicle contrary to this section.
Collector Number Plates
The registrar may issue a collector number plate only to a person prescribed by regulation.
Use of collector number plates generally
No person shall attach a collector number plate to a motor vehicle except when permitted to do so by the regulations.
Use on salvageable motor vehicles
No person shall attach a collector number plate to a motor vehicle that has the status of a salvageable motor vehicle unless the motor vehicle
(a) has been repaired; and
(b) is being driven in a road test in accordance with the regulations.
Commercial use of collector number plates
No person shall attach a collector number plate to a motor vehicle for the purpose of using it to transport persons or property for compensation unless the motor vehicle is operated in compliance with subsection 48(2).
Use of improperly plated vehicle prohibited
No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway if a collector number plate is attached to the motor vehicle contrary to this section.
WRITTEN-OFF MOTOR VEHICLES
Notice of written-off motor vehicle
An insurer or other person designated in the regulations who writes off a motor vehicle must, within six days after writing it off,
(a) notify the registrar of the information prescribed by regulation, in the manner prescribed by regulation; and
(b) specify in the notice whether the vehicle has the status of an irreparable motor vehicle or a salvageable motor vehicle.
Returning registration card or permit
The person in possession of a registration card or registration permit for a motor vehicle that has the status of
(a) an irreparable motor vehicle must return the registration card or registration permit to the registrar within six days after the motor vehicle is written off; or
(b) a salvageable motor vehicle must return the registration card or registration permit to the registrar within 30 days after the motor vehicle is written off.
Driving an irreparable motor vehicle prohibited
No person shall drive a motor vehicle that has the status of an irreparable motor vehicle on a highway.
Driving a salvageable motor vehicle
No person shall drive a motor vehicle that has the status of a salvageable motor vehicle on a highway unless it
(a) has been repaired; and
(b) is being driven in a road test in accordance with the regulations.
REGULATIONS
The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the registration of vehicles;
(b) prescribing the registration classes in which vehicles must be registered and prescribing the vehicles or categories of vehicles that may be registered in the various registration classes;
(c) respecting transfer of ownership documents for vehicles, including
(i) specifying whose interest as owner is required to be identified and by whom, and requiring that the vehicle's odometer reading, status as an irreparable motor vehicle or salvageable motor vehicle and other information be set out in the transfer of ownership document,
(ii) prescribing the circumstances in which a transfer of ownership document is to be provided and to whom, and when it is to be updated,
(iii) requiring a transfer of ownership document to be filed with the registrar and providing for circumstances in which the registrar may waive the filing requirement, and
(iv) exempting persons or classes of persons, or vehicles or classes of vehicles, from any requirement of the regulations;
(d) respecting number plates, including, but not limited to, prescribing the quantity and type of number plates to be used on vehicles of a specified registration class and governing their display on a vehicle of that registration class;
(e) respecting the issuance and form of validation stickers and registration class stickers, and their display on the number plates of vehicles or classes of vehicles;
(f) respecting temporary registration permits for vehicles or any class of vehicles and how such permits or any class of such permits must be displayed on, or carried on or in, vehicles or any class of vehicles;
(g) prescribing types or classes of vehicles for the purpose of clause 37(2)(c);
(h) respecting student identification stickers and how they must be displayed on, or carried in or on, vehicles or any class of vehicles;
(i) respecting the period for which registration cards or permits, or any class of registration cards or permits, for vehicles or any class of vehicles are valid;
(j) respecting the issuance of duplicate or replacement registration cards, number plates, validation stickers or registration class stickers;
(k) defining a person resident in Manitoba or establishing rules for determining who is a person resident in Manitoba for the purpose of subclause 40(1)(b)(i);
(l) respecting the display or carrying of permits for the purpose of clause 48(2)(b);
(m) providing, for the purpose of subsection 54(1), for those classes or types of number plates that are not required to be returned to the registrar;
(n) prescribing classes of persons for the purposes of subsection 66(1) and providing for when a collector plate issued to a person in a specified class may be attached to a vehicle for the purposes of that subsection;
(o) exempting any person or class of persons or any class of vehicle from any requirement of this Part or from any regulation made under this Act that relates to vehicle registration, and prescribing conditions for such exemptions;
(p) respecting any matter the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Part.
A regulation made under subsection (1) may be general or particular in its application and may apply in whole or in part to one or more classes or types of vehicles or classes of persons to the exclusion of others, and to the whole or any part of the province.
PART 5
REGISTRATION OF OFF-ROAD VEHICLES
Definition of "off-road vehicle dealer"
In this Part, "off-road vehicle dealer" means a person
(a) who is engaged in the business of manufacturing, buying, selling, repairing, servicing, exchanging, leasing or exhibiting new or used off-road vehicles; or
(b) who or acts as a broker of or commission agent of new or used off-road vehicles.
REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER
A person may not drive an off-road vehicle in any location, and the person who owns an off-road vehicle may not allow another person to drive it in any location, unless
(a) a registration card for the vehicle has been issued under this Act and is valid;
(b) the vehicle displays, in accordance with the regulations, the quantity and type of number plates that the regulations prescribe for use on an off-road vehicle of its registration class; and
(c) the number plates display the vehicle's registration card number and, in accordance with the regulations, stickers showing that the registration is valid.
Off-road vehicle dealers' vehicles
A registration card issued to an off-road vehicle dealer in relation to dealers' number plates is deemed to have been issued for an off-road vehicle when
(a) the vehicle displays, in accordance with the regulations, the quantity and type of dealers' number plates that the regulations prescribe for use on vehicles of its registration class; and
(b) the dealers' number plates on the vehicle display its registration card number and, in accordance with the regulations, stickers showing that the registration is valid.
Exception for certain off-road vehicles
Section 70 does not apply to an off-road vehicle that
(a) is being driven on land that is owned or leased by the off-road vehicle's owner;
(b) is registered outside Manitoba in a province, territory, state or country where its owner resides if the owner does not reside or carry on business in Manitoba for more than three consecutive months in any year;
(c) is owned by a person who resides outside Manitoba in a province, territory, state or country and is not required to be registered under its laws;
(d) is a motor vehicle that is registered under Part 4 of this Act;
(e) is owned by and being driven on behalf of the Department of National Defence of Canada and displays a number plate or other form of identification issued by that department;
(f) is an off-road maintenance machine; or
(g) is exempted by the regulations from the requirement to be registered.
HOW TO REGISTER AN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE
An application to register an off-road vehicle must be made to the registrar in the form and giving the particulars that the registrar requires.
Amounts payable to register an off-road vehicle
A person applying to register an off-road vehicle must pay
(a) the charge specified in the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act; and
(b) if subsection 77(1) applies in respect of the vehicle, the premium prescribed under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act or the regulations under that Act for the insurance required by that subsection.
If the person applying to register an off-road vehicle satisfies the registration requirements of the registrar, this Act and the regulations, the registrar may issue a registration card for the vehicle in the applicable registration class prescribed for it in the regulations.
Documentation for registration
Before issuing, transferring or cancelling a registration card, issuing or authorizing the use of number plates or performing any other function in respect of an off-road vehicle's registration for which an application or request is made, the registrar may require the production of any documentation that he or she considers necessary.
Without limiting the generality of subsections (1) and (2), the registrar may require
(a) proof of ownership of an off-road vehicle;
(b) proof that the applicant is the person named in the application;
(c) proof of the birth date of an applicant who is an individual; and
(d) an undertaking from the applicant that the vehicle will not, during the registration period, be driven on a highway in a manner that requires it to be registered under The Highway Traffic Act if the vehicle is a four-wheel drive motor vehicle, a motorcycle, or a snow vehicle that is registrable under that Act.
The registrar must not register an off-road vehicle except in the name of an owner
(a) who, alone or jointly with one or more others,
(i) has exclusive use of the vehicle together with the right to pass the property in the vehicle, or
(ii) has exclusive use of the vehicle under a lease or other agreement for a period of more than 30 days; and
(b) who is
(i) a person resident in Manitoba, or
(ii) a person whose head office or principal place of business is outside Manitoba but who has a business operation in Manitoba in connection with which the vehicle is primarily used.
Age requirement for individuals
The registrar must not register an off-road vehicle in the name of an individual who is less than 16 years of age, and must not register an off-road vehicle in the name of an individual who is 16 or 17 years of age unless the application for registration is approved and signed
(a) by both of the applicant's parents;
(b) if the registrar is satisfied that it is not practical or desirable to obtain the approval and signature of both of the applicant's parents, by either of them;
(c) if one of the applicant's parents is dead, by the surviving parent;
(d) if the registrar is satisfied that the approval and signature of neither of the applicant's parents should be required, or if both of the applicant's parents are dead, by the applicant's legal guardian; or
(e) in circumstances described in clause (d) but in which the applicant has no legal guardian, by his or her employer, or any other person the registrar considers to be a responsible and suitable person.
Application of subsections 40(3) to (6), 41(1) and 41(2)
Subsections 40(3) to (6) and 41(1) and (2) apply, with necessary changes, to the registration of off-road vehicles.
Falsely Obtained Registrations
The registration of an off-road vehicle by a person other than an owner permitted to register it under this Part is null and void.
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
General insurance requirements
The registrar must not register an off-road vehicle unless the insurance premium prescribed in the regulations under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act has been paid for insurance against liability arising from bodily injury to or the death of one or more persons, or loss of or damage to property, occasioned by the use of the vehicle at least to the limits required of an off-road vehicle owner under those regulations.
Insurance requirements for off-road maintenance machines
No person shall drive an off-road maintenance machine on land not owned or occupied by the machine's owner unless
(a) the machine is insured under an insurance policy, in accordance with The Insurance Act and the regulations under that Act, issued to the owner insuring against liability arising from bodily injury to or the death of one or more persons, or loss of or damage to property, occasioned by the use of the machine at least to the limits mentioned in section 249 of that Act; and
(b) the person is authorized to drive the machine on that land under the insurance policy.
Insurance on off-road vehicle dealers' vehicles
Unless an off-road vehicle dealer is insured by an insurance policy, in accordance with The Insurance Act and the regulations under that Act, issued to the off-road vehicle dealer insuring against liability arising from bodily injury to, or the death of, one or more persons or loss of, or damage to, property occasioned by the operation of off-road vehicles at least to the limits mentioned in section 249 of that Act, the off-road vehicle dealer must not
(a) attach a dealer's number plate or permit a dealer's number plate to be attached to an off-road vehicle owned by or in the custody or control of the off-road vehicle dealer; or
(b) drive an off-road vehicle, or permit an off-road vehicle to be driven, with a dealer's number plate issued to the dealer attached to it.
Cancellation or change of insurance policy
A cancellation of or a material change in an insurance policy described in subsection (3), other than an insurance policy of The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation, is not effective unless the registrar is given 10 days' notice in writing stating
(a) the name of the insured; and
(b) the fact of cancellation or the particulars of the change in the policy, as the case may be.
Interpretation of "material change"
In subsection (4), a change in an insurance policy is a material change if the registrar would have refused to register the vehicle under subsection (3) had the policy with the change made been provided in connection with an application to register an off-road vehicle.
Registration cancelled when insurance cancelled
If the policy of insurance described in subsection (3) is provided by an insurer other than The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation, the registration card for every off-road vehicle insured by the policy is cancelled when the policy is cancelled.
Combined Registration Card and Insurance Certificate
Combined registration card and insurance certificate
The registrar may issue a combined registration card and insurance certificate for an off-road vehicle insured by The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation.
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
Missing vehicle identification numbers
Except as provided in this section, the registrar must not register an off-road vehicle if the manufacturer's vehicle identification number has been lost, removed, destroyed or altered, or is illegible.
An off-road vehicle may be registered if the registrar is satisfied it displays a legible vehicle identification number authorized for it
(a) under subsection (3); or
(b) under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Manitoba.
Assignment of vehicle identification number
The registrar may
(a) assign a vehicle identification number to an off-road vehicle on application by a person who has possession of the vehicle and who files proof of his or her ownership satisfactory to the registrar; and
(b) with or without conditions, authorize a peace officer to attach the vehicle identification number permanently to the vehicle in the manner and location specified by the registrar.
TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION
Effect of transfer of ownership
Subject to subsections (2) to (4), when a registered owner's interest in an off-road vehicle passes to another person, whether by the registered owner's act or by operation of law, the vehicle's registration expires immediately and, except as provided in the regulations, the registered owner must return the number plates to the registrar. The registrar may retain the number plates or may allow the person who was the registered owner to keep them.
Exception when off-road vehicle replaced
When a person who is the registered owner of an off-road vehicle disposes of it, the person may, within a period ending on the earlier of
(a) seven days after the passing of the person's interest in the vehicle; and
(b) the expiry of its registration;
apply to the registrar to use the number plates issued for the vehicle on another off-road vehicle of the same type that the person registers in his or her name for the first time. Despite section 70, the person may display the number plates on the other vehicle and may drive it, or permit another person to drive it, within the period, if the driver carries bills of sale or other evidence of the acquisition of the other vehicle and the disposal of the original vehicle signed by the transferor.
Transfer of registration on death of registered owner
When the interest of a registered owner of an off-road vehicle passes by reason of his or her death, the registration does not expire until the expiry of the registration period. The registered owner's spouse, common-law partner or personal representative may apply for and obtain a transfer of the vehicle's registration and number plates if
(a) the spouse, common-law partner or personal representative applies before the registration expires and satisfies the requirements of the registrar, this Act and the regulations; and
(b) in case of a spouse's or common-law partner's application, the ownership of the vehicle passes to him or her.
Exception if vehicle disposed of by one owner to another
When under an agreement the interest of the registered owner of an off-road vehicle passes to another person who is an owner of the vehicle because he or she has the right to pass the property in the vehicle other than by way of security only, the other person may apply for and obtain a transfer of the vehicle's registration and number plates if
(a) the registered owner has exclusive use of the vehicle under a lease or other agreement in writing for a period of more than 30 days;
(b) the other person applies before the earlier of
(i) the passing of the property in the vehicle, and
(ii) the expiry of its registration; and
(c) the other person satisfies the requirements of the registrar, this Act and the regulations.
Production of registration card and evidence of insurance
On demand by the registrar or a justice, the registered owner of an off-road vehicle must without delay produce
(a) the vehicle's registration card for inspection if it is required to be registered under this Act; and
(b) evidence that the off-road vehicle is insured as required under this Act.
CHANGE OF NAME AND ADDRESS
A person who holds a valid registration card and changes his or her name or address must, within 15 days of the change, notify the registrar of his or her new name or address. On request from the registrar, the person must provide the registrar with documentation satisfactory to the registrar to verify the new address or show that the change of name complies with the laws of Manitoba.
NUMBER PLATES
When the registrar issues a registration card for an off-road vehicle,
(a) the registrar may issue to the registered owner the quantity and type of number plates prescribed by regulation for use on an off-road vehicle of its registration class; or
(b) if the registered owner already has the quantity and type of number plates prescribed by regulation for use on an off-road vehicle of its registration class, the registrar may authorize the registered owner to use those number plates.
The registrar may issue to the applicant for a registration card a validation sticker required by the regulations to be displayed on a number plate.
A number plate may consist of numbers, letters or words and must be of a design, colour and material determined by the registrar.
A number plate is the property of the Crown.
No person shall drive an off-road vehicle unless the number plates required to be displayed on it are secured in a manner and maintained in a condition so that all of the following information about the vehicle is clearly visible and readable and unobscured by any part of the vehicle, its attachments or its load:
(a) the jurisdiction or authority that issued the number plates;
(b) the vehicle's registration number and, if applicable, its registration class;
(c) the period of validity or date of expiry of the registration.
Effect of towing trailer or other vehicle
A person does not contravene subsection (1) by reason only that the off-road vehicle the person is driving is towing a trailer or other vehicle or a sleigh, cutter or toboggan.
Number plates on expiry of registration
When the registration card for an off-road vehicle expires and is not renewed, the person who was the registered owner may keep the number plates issued with the registration card but must return them to the registrar if the registrar requests their return.
Off-road vehicle dealers' number plates
The registrar may issue an off-road vehicle dealer's number plate only to an off-road vehicle dealer that is insured as required by subsection 77(3).
Use of dealers' number plates generally
No person shall attach an off-road vehicle dealer's number plate to an off-road vehicle unless the vehicle is owned by the off-road vehicle dealer or in the dealer's custody or control for a purpose set out in the definition "off-road vehicle dealer" in section 69.
A peace officer may take possession of a number plate that the officer believes
(a) is not authorized for use on the off-road vehicle displaying it;
(b) was obtained by false pretences;
(c) was issued in connection with a registration that has been suspended or cancelled; or
(d) is required to be returned to the registrar under subsection 80(1) or 94(1).
Peace officer may detain the seized item
The peace officer who takes possession of a number plate under subsection (1) may detain it until
(a) the final disposition of any prosecution commenced in respect of the number plate; or
(b) the facts concerning the number plate's issuance have been otherwise determined.
REGULATIONS
The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the registration of off-road vehicles;
(b) prescribing the registration classes in which off-road vehicles must be registered and prescribing the off-road vehicles or categories of off-road vehicles that may be registered in the various registration classes;
(c) respecting transfer of ownership documents for off-road vehicles, including
(i) specifying whose interest as owner is required to be identified and by whom, and requiring that the off-road vehicle's odometer reading and other information be set out in the transfer of ownership document,
(ii) prescribing the circumstances in which a transfer of ownership document is to be provided and to whom, and when it is to be updated,
(iii) requiring a transfer of ownership document to be filed with the registrar and providing for circumstances in which the registrar may waive the filing requirement, and
(iv) exempting persons or classes of persons, or off-road vehicles or classes of off-road vehicles, from any requirement of the regulations;
(d) respecting number plates, including, but not limited to, prescribing the quantity and type of number plates to be used on off-road vehicles of a specified registration class and governing their display on an off-road vehicle of that registration class;
(e) respecting the issuance and form of validation stickers and registration class stickers, and their display on the number plates of off-road vehicles or classes of off-road vehicles;
(f) respecting the period for which registration cards or any class of registration cards for off-road vehicles or any class of off-road vehicles are valid;
(g) respecting the issuance of duplicate or replacement registration cards, number plates, validation stickers or registration class stickers;
(h) defining a person resident in Manitoba or establishing rules for determining who is a person resident in Manitoba for the purposes of this Part;
(i) exempting any person or class of persons or any class of off-road vehicle from any requirement of this Part or from any regulation made under this Act that relates to off-road vehicle registration, and prescribing conditions for such exemptions;
(j) respecting any matter the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Part.
A regulation made under subsection (1) may be general or particular in its application and may apply in whole or in part to one or more classes or types of vehicles or classes of persons to the exclusion of others, and to the whole or any part of the province.
PART 6
SUSPENSION AND CANCELLATION OF DRIVERS' LICENCES AND VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS
SUSPENSION OR CANCELLATION BY REGISTRAR FOR CONTRAVENTIONS
Registrar's power to cancel or suspend
For a contravention of a provision of this Act or the regulations or for any reasonable cause that the registrar considers sufficient, the registrar may, in accordance with this section and for any period the registrar considers appropriate, do one or more of the following:
(a) suspend or cancel a person's driver's licence, or disqualify a person from holding a driver's licence or from driving a motor vehicle in Manitoba;
(b) disqualify a person from driving an off-road vehicle in Manitoba;
(c) suspend or cancel a person's registration of a motor vehicle or trailer and refuse to register a motor vehicle or trailer in the person's name;
(d) suspend or cancel a person's registration of an off-road vehicle and refuse to register an off-road vehicle in the person's name.
Before exercising his or her authority under subsection (1), the registrar must give the person a notice in writing stating that
(a) the registrar, without further notice to the person, intends to exercise his or her powers under subsection (1) with respect to the person's licence or vehicle registration, or both, for reasons specified in the notice, unless the person shows cause why the registrar should not exercise those powers;
(b) the person has the right to make a written submission in response to the notice within such time as the registrar considers to be reasonable and specifies in the notice; and
(c) the person has the right to be heard in response to the notice at a location determined by the registrar if the person contacts the registrar, within such time as the registrar considers to be reasonable and specifies in the notice, to arrange a date and time for a hearing and appears at the hearing to make representations.
A notice under subsection (2) must be given to the person
(a) by personal service; or
(b) by mailing or delivering it to the person at his or her last known address as shown in the records maintained by the registrar, using a mail or delivery service that provides the registrar with an acknowledgment of receipt.
Evidence that a notice was mailed or delivered in accordance with clause (3)(b) and that the registrar received an acknowledgment of its receipt is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the notice was received by the person to whom it was addressed.
Reciprocal suspension and cancellation of licences and registrations
The registrar must suspend or cancel a person's driver's licence or the registration of a person's motor vehicle, or must disqualify a person from driving a motor vehicle, holding a driver's licence or registering a motor vehicle in Manitoba, if
(a) under a provision of the laws of a province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States
(i) the person's driver's licence or the registration of the person's motor vehicle is suspended, cancelled or revoked, or
(ii) the person is disqualified or prohibited from driving a motor vehicle, holding a driver's licence or registering a motor vehicle; and
(b) the registrar considers the provision to be analogous to a provision of this Act or the regulations.
Length of suspension or disqualification
The registrar's suspension, cancellation or disqualification must be for the same period as the suspension, cancellation, revocation, disqualification or prohibition under the laws of the other jurisdiction.
Notice to other jurisdictions of suspensions in Manitoba
If the registrar receives written notice that a person who resides in another province or a territory of Canada or in a state of the United States
(a) is the subject of a suspension or cancellation of driving privileges in Manitoba; or
(b) is the subject of a suspension or cancellation of the privilege to use or have in Manitoba a motor vehicle registered outside the province in the person's name;
the registrar must promptly send to the proper officer in charge of licensing drivers and registering motor vehicles in the person's province, territory or state of residence a notice of the suspension or cancellation containing a brief statement of the reasons for it.
SUSPENSION OR CANCELLATION BY REGISTRAR FOR UNPAID CHARGES
The registrar may take one or more of the actions set out in subsection (3) in respect of a person who obtains a driver's licence, registers a vehicle, obtains another service under this Act or the regulations, or who is required to pay a premium, additional premium, surcharge or other amount prescribed in the regulations under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act, if a cheque that is subsequently dishonoured is given in payment of
(a) the charge for the driver's licence, registration or other service; or
(b) the premium, additional premium, surcharge or other amount.
Debts to government or Manitoba Public Insurance
The registrar may take one or more of the actions set out in subsection (3) if a person is indebted to the government or The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation, other than as described in subsection (1), for
(a) a charge specified in the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act or The Off-Road Vehicles Act;
(b) a premium, additional premium, surcharge or other amount prescribed in the regulations under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act; or
(c) payment of benefits or insurance money, or the assumption of liability for payment of benefits or insurance money, by The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation.
Actions by registrar for debts
In a circumstance described in subsection (1) or (2), the registrar may do one or more of the following:
(a) suspend the person's driver's licence or the registration of any vehicle registered in the person's name;
(b) suspend the person's right to hold a driver's licence or to register a vehicle;
(c) refuse to issue a driver's licence to the person or to register any vehicle in the person's name.
Length of suspension — subsection (1)
The suspension of a person's driver's licence, vehicle registration or right to hold a driver's licence or to register a vehicle under subsection (1) continues until payment of any administration charge imposed by the registrar or The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation plus the lesser of
(a) the amount of the dishonoured cheque; or
(b) the portion of the charge, fee, premium, additional premium, surcharge or other amount under subsection (1) that was earned before the licence, registration or right was suspended.
Length of suspension — subsection (2)
The suspension of a person's driver's licence, vehicle registration or right to hold a driver's licence or to register a vehicle under subsection (2) continues until payment of any administration charge imposed by the registrar or The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation plus the lesser of
(a) the amount of the debts described in clauses (2)(a) to (c); or
(b) the portion of debts that became due or was earned before the licence, registration or right was suspended.
When a person in respect of whom the registrar has taken action under subsection (1) or (2) applies for a driver's licence or to register a vehicle
(a) the registrar may deny the application unless the person pays the amounts subsections (4) and (5) require to terminate the person's suspension; and
(b) if the payment made with the application is not sufficient to pay all of the amounts described in clause (a), the registrar must apply the payment, firstly, toward any indebtedness to the government in the order in which the indebtedness was incurred and, secondly, toward payment of any indebtedness to The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation in the order in which the indebtedness was incurred.
NOTICE REQUIREMENT AND RETURN OF REGISTRATION MATERIALS
Notice of suspension or cancellation
When a driver's licence or the registration of a motor vehicle is suspended or cancelled under this Act, the registrar must give a suspension or cancellation notice in writing to the person in whose name the driver's licence was issued or the registration was made. The registrar must give the notice
(a) without delay after imposing the suspension or cancellation if he or she imposed it; or
(b) as soon as he or she is aware of the suspension or cancellation if another person or body imposed it.
Manner and effect of giving notice of suspension
The notice referred to in subsection (1) must be given in the manner set out in subsection 90(3). Subsection 90(4) applies, with necessary changes, to a notice that is given in accordance with clause 90(3)(b).
Return of registration card on suspension
If a person's driver's licence or the registration of a person's vehicle is suspended or cancelled in accordance with this Act, the person must without delay deliver the driver's licence certificate or the vehicle's registration card, registration permit or cab card and number plates
(a) to the judge or justice who suspended or cancelled the driver's licence or registration, or who convicted the person of an offence for which this Act requires the suspension or cancellation; or
(b) to the registrar if the registrar requests it.
Recovery of licence by peace officer
If a person fails to comply with subsection (1), the registrar may cause a peace officer or a person authorized by the registrar to recover possession of anything subsection (1) requires the person to deliver.
PART 7
DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS, DRIVING INSTRUCTORS, DEALERS, SALESPERSONS AND RECYCLERS
DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOL AND DRIVING INSTRUCTORS' PERMITS REQUIRED
Driver training school permit required
No person shall operate or carry on a school to instruct persons to properly drive motor vehicles of a particular class unless the person holds a valid driver training school permit for the school issued by the registrar under this Part.
School must not use instructor who has no permit
No person who holds a driver training school permit shall allow a person employed by him or her to instruct another person in driving motor vehicles of a particular class unless the instructing person holds a valid driving instructor's permit for the class issued under this Part.
Driving instructor permit required
No person shall
(a) for hire or remuneration, or for the hope or expectation of remuneration; or
(b) as the employee of a driver training school for which a permit has been issued or the employee of the driver training school permit holder;
instruct another person in driving a motor vehicle of a particular class, or hold himself or herself out as a driving instructor for the class, unless he or she holds a valid driving instructor's permit for the class issued under this Part.
DEALERS', SALESPERSONS' AND RECYCLERS' PERMITS REQUIRED
No person shall carry on business as a dealer unless the person holds a valid dealer's permit issued by the registrar under this Part.
No person shall act as a salesperson of a dealer unless the person holds a valid salesperson's permit issued by the registrar under this Part authorizing the salesperson to sell vehicles for the dealer.
Dealer to require salesperson's permit
No dealer shall allow a person to act as a salesperson unless the person holds a valid salesperson's permit issued by the registrar under this Part authorizing the salesperson to sell vehicles for the dealer.
Salesperson must be an individual
No person other than an individual may hold a permit as a salesperson.
No person shall carry on business as a recycler unless the person holds a valid recycler's permit issued by the registrar under this Part.
ISSUING PERMITS, AND SUSPENDING AND CANCELLING PERMITS
An application for a permit or renewal of a permit must be in the form and contain the information required by the registrar. A person who applies for a permit must pay the charge for the permit specified in the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act.
A permit is subject to the conditions that the registrar considers appropriate and sets out in the permit.
A permit is not transferable.
Subject to section 100, the registrar may refuse to issue a permit to an applicant who does not hold a permit
(a) if the applicant is an individual and his or her past conduct affords reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant will not carry on business as a driver training school, dealer or recycler or conduct himself or herself as a driving instructor or salesperson, as the case may be, according to law and with integrity and honesty;
(b) if the applicant is incorporated and the past conduct of the corporation, its officers or directors affords reasonable grounds to believe that it will not carry on business as a driver training school, dealer or recycler according to law and with integrity and honesty;
(c) if the applicant is or will be, if issued a permit, in contravention of this Act or the regulations;
(d) if the applicant fails to meet any qualification prescribed by regulation or otherwise fails to satisfy the requirements of the regulations;
(e) if the applicant has made a material misstatement or failed to disclose information as required in the application for the permit; or
(f) for any other reason that the registrar considers sufficient.
Refusing to renew or suspending or cancelling permit
Subject to section 100, the registrar may refuse to renew a permit or may suspend or cancel a permit
(a) for any reason that would entitle the registrar to refuse to issue a permit under subsection (1); or
(b) when the permit holder is in breach of a condition of the permit.
Notice of proposal to refuse, suspend or cancel
When the registrar proposes to refuse to issue or renew a permit or proposes to suspend or cancel a permit, the registrar must give a notice of proposal to the applicant or permit holder stating
(a) the nature of the proposal and the reasons for it;
(b) that the person has a right to make a written submission in response to the notice within the time specified in the notice; and
(c) that the applicant or permit holder is entitled to a hearing by the registrar if he or she contacts the registrar, within the time specified in the notice, to arrange a date and time for a hearing.
Provisional refusal or suspension
When in the registrar's opinion it is necessary for the immediate protection of the interests of members of the public, the registrar may, without notice, provisionally suspend or refuse to renew a permit. After doing so the registrar must give a notice to a permit holder stating
(a) the reason for the provisional refusal to renew or suspension;
(b) that the person has a right to make a written submission in response to the notice within the time specified in the notice;
(c) that the applicant or permit holder is entitled to a hearing by the registrar if he or she contacts the registrar, within the time specified in the notice, to arrange a date and time for a hearing; and
(d) that, if the applicant or permit holder does not make a written submission or arrange for a hearing, the permit will not be renewed or will be cancelled or further suspended.
A notice under subsection (1) or (2) must be given to the person
(a) by personal service; or
(b) by mailing or delivering it to the person at his or her last known address as shown in the records maintained by the registrar, using a mail or delivery service that provides the registrar with an acknowledgment of receipt.
Evidence that a notice was mailed or delivered in accordance with clause (3)(b) and that the registrar received an acknowledgment of its receipt is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the notice was received by the person to whom it was addressed.
When submission not made or hearing not arranged
When an applicant or permit holder does not make a written submission or contact the registrar to arrange for a hearing, the registrar may carry out the proposal stated in the notice under subsection (1) or take any action mentioned in clause (2)(d).
An applicant or permit holder who contacts the registrar within the time specified in the registrar's notice is entitled to a hearing by the registrar at the time and place that the registrar agrees to.
The registrar may cancel a permit on the written request of the permit holder and the surrender of the permit.
Permit to continue pending renewal
In any case other than that referred to in subsection 100(2), if a permit holder applies for renewal of the permit before it has expired, the permit continues
(a) until it is renewed; or
(b) if the registrar has given a notice under subsection 100(1),
(i) until the specified time for making a written submission or contacting the registrar to arrange a hearing has expired, or
(ii) until the registrar has made his or her decision after considering a written submission or holding a requested hearing.
Extending time for submission or hearing request
The registrar may extend the time for making a written submission or contacting the registrar to arrange a hearing under section 100 either before or after the time specified in his or her notice.
After considering a written submission or holding a hearing, the registrar may do one or more of the following:
(a) carry out the proposal or refrain from doing so;
(b) confirm a refusal to renew or a suspension of a permit, and cancel or further suspend the permit;
(c) issue or renew a permit;
(d) vary the conditions of the permit or take any other action that the registrar considers that he or she ought to take to give effect to the purposes of this Part.
The registrar may attach any conditions to the decision that he or she considers appropriate to give effect to the purposes of this Part.
Decision to be given to applicant or permit holder
The registrar must as soon as reasonably practicable
(a) give a copy of the decision to the applicant or permit holder; and
(b) when requested, give the applicant or permit holder reasons for the decision.
Return of suspended or cancelled permit
When a permit is suspended or cancelled in accordance with this Part, a person in possession of the permit must deliver it to the registrar without delay after becoming aware of the suspension or cancellation.
Recovery of permit by peace officer
If a person fails to comply with subsection (4), the registrar may cause a peace officer or another person authorized by the registrar to recover possession of the permit.
After a refusal or cancellation of a permit, a further application for a permit may be made if there is new evidence or it is clear that the material circumstances have changed.
APPEAL
An applicant or permit holder may appeal to the appeal board from a decision of the registrar under this Part by filing with the appeal board a notice of appeal in the form required by the appeal board. This section does not apply to a decision under subsection 100(2) to provisionally refuse to renew a permit or provisionally suspend a permit.
INSPECTION OF DEALERS' VEHICLES BEFORE SALE OR LEASE
Inspection certificate on sale or lease of vehicle
A dealer must not sell or lease a motor vehicle unless
(a) the motor vehicle has, within the period before the sale or the beginning of the lease period prescribed by regulation, passed the inspection and tests required by the regulations and the dealer gives the buyer or lessee an inspection certificate prescribed by regulation for the motor vehicle in relation to those inspections and tests; or
(b) if the motor vehicle has failed the inspection and tests required by the regulations, the dealer has, within the period before the sale or the beginning of the lease period prescribed by regulation, given the buyer or lessee the information prescribed by regulation about the results of the inspections and tests in the form prescribed by regulation.
This subsection applies when the registrar believes that the inspection certificate or information a dealer has given for a motor vehicle does not correctly state the motor vehicle's condition. The registrar may, by giving a written notice to the dealer, require the dealer to take the remedial measures that the registrar considers necessary to make the motor vehicle conform with the inspection certificate or information within the time specified in the notice or within any extension of time given in writing by the registrar.
Notice to present vehicle for inspection
By giving a written notice to a dealer, the registrar may require the dealer to present for inspection and testing, at a time and place designated in the notice, any vehicle that the dealer owns or that is in the dealer's possession.
RECYCLER MUST DELAY DISPOSING OF CERTAIN VEHICLES
Disposal of certain motor vehicles must be delayed
Subject to subsection (2), no recycler shall, within the period prescribed by regulation for a class of motor vehicle or type of motor vehicle part,
(a) destroy for scrap or dismantle for parts a motor vehicle of that class or a part of that type; or
(b) sell or otherwise dispose of a motor vehicle of that class or a part of that type if the recycler acquired it to destroy it for scrap or dismantle it for parts.
Subsection (1) does not apply to
(a) a motor vehicle or part of a motor vehicle that
(i) the recycler purchases from The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation, or
(ii) is already destroyed for scrap when it comes into the recycler's possession;
(b) a motor vehicle described in subsection 21.11(2) of The Highway Traffic Act if the recycler has complied with the obligations under that subsection in relation to that motor vehicle; or
(c) a motor vehicle described in subsection 21.11(3) of The Highway Traffic Act if the recycler has complied with the obligations under subsection 21.11(4) of that Act in relation to that motor vehicle.
OFFENCES AND EVIDENCE
A person who
(a) furnishes false information in any application under this Part or in any statement or report that he or she is required to furnish under the regulations made under clause 123(1)(m);
(b) fails to comply with a notice under subsection 107(2) or section 108; or
(c) contravenes any provision of this Part or the regulations under clause 123(1)(m), (o), (p), (q) or (s);
is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $5,000.
Directors and officers of corporations
If a corporation commits an offence under subsection (1), a director or officer of the corporation who authorized, permitted or acquiesced in the commission of the offence is also guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $5,000., whether or not the corporation has been prosecuted or convicted.
Limitation period: clause (1)(a) offences
No proceeding under clause (1)(a) may be commenced more than one year after the facts on which the proceeding is based first came to the knowledge of the registrar.
Limitation period: clause (1)(b) or (c) offences
No proceeding under clause (1)(b) or (c) may be commenced more than one year after the commission of the alleged offence.
Liability for employee or agent
In a prosecution under this section for an offence by a dealer or recycler, it is sufficient proof of the offence to establish that it was committed by an employee or agent of the dealer or recycler while acting in the course of his or her employment or agency functions, whether or not the employee or agent has been prosecuted or convicted.
In a prosecution against a person for carrying on business as a dealer without a dealer's permit, proof that the person engaged in transactions of purchase or sale, or held himself or herself out as being ready to engage in transactions of purchase or sale, in relation to at least five motor vehicles or trailers in a 12-month period is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that he or she carried on business as a dealer.
A certificate purporting to be signed by the registrar and certifying
(a) that at a stated time a person held or did not hold a permit under this Part;
(b) that a notice was given by the registrar at a stated time and in a specified manner;
(c) that at a stated time a notice had or had not been given to the registrar by a permit holder;
(d) that at a stated time a report had or had not been made or information had or had not been furnished to the registrar; or
(e) the time when the facts on which proceedings are based first came to the knowledge of the registrar;
must be admitted in evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts stated in the certificate without proof of the signature or official character of the person signing it.
PART 8
OFFENCES, PENALTIES, REGULATIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
INSPECTION AND SEARCH AND SEIZURE
The administrator may appoint persons or classes of persons as inspectors for the purpose of enforcing this Act and the regulations, and for any other purpose of this Act or the regulations.
In this section, "place" includes a vehicle.
On entering any place for the purpose of exercising powers under this section, a peace officer must show his or her official identification to the person in charge of the place if the person so requests.
A peace officer who intends to exercise powers under this section may not enter a dwelling place except with the consent of the occupant or under the authority of a warrant.
A peace officer may at any reasonable time enter a place and make any inspection that is reasonably required for the purpose of determining compliance with this Act and the regulations and, without limitation, the peace officer may
(a) examine, and require the production of, any records or documents in the place that are relevant for the purposes of the inspection;
(b) use a computer system at the place to examine any data in or available to the system;
(c) reproduce any record or document from the data in the form of a printout or other intelligible output for the purpose of examination or copying;
(d) use any copying equipment at the place to make copies of any record or document; and
(e) require any person to present any vehicle or thing for inspection in the manner and under the conditions that the peace officer reasonably considers necessary to carry out the inspection.
No person shall obstruct or hinder, or make a false or misleading statement to, a peace officer who is carrying out an inspection under this Act or the regulations.
The owner or person in charge of a place referred to in subsection (4) and every person present in the place must give the peace officer all reasonable assistance to enable the peace officer to carry out his or her duties and must provide the peace officer with any information the peace officer reasonably requires.
For the purpose of exercising the powers under subsection (4), a peace officer may remove any record or document or reproduction of a record or document that he or she is entitled to examine or copy. The peace officer must give a receipt to the person from whom the record, document or reproduction is taken and must examine or copy it within a reasonable time and return it promptly after finishing.
A copy made as provided in this section and purporting to be certified by a peace officer is admissible in evidence in any action, proceeding or prosecution as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the original.
A justice who is satisfied by information on oath that
(a) the conditions for entry described in subsection (4) exist in relation to a dwelling place;
(b) entry to the dwelling place is necessary for the purpose of exercising the powers under subsection (4); and
(c) entry to the dwelling place has been refused or there are reasonable grounds to believe that entry will be refused;
may at any time issue a warrant authorizing a peace officer and any person named in the warrant to enter the dwelling place, subject to any conditions that the justice may specify in the warrant.
Search and seizure without warrant
When a peace officer believes on reasonable and probable grounds that
(a) an offence under this Act has been committed; and
(b) a record, document, vehicle or other thing that affords evidence of the offence is to be found in a place;
and it is not practicable in the circumstances to obtain a warrant, the peace officer may, without a warrant, enter and search the place for the record, document, vehicle or other thing and may seize it. After seizing anything under this subsection, the peace office must promptly bring it before a justice, or report on it to a justice, to be dealt with according to law.
Search and seizure with warrant
A justice who is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds to believe that
(a) an offence under this Act has been committed; and
(b) there is to be found in any place anything that will afford evidence in respect of the commission of an offence;
may at any time issue a warrant authorizing a peace officer and any person named in the warrant to enter and search the place for the thing and seize and bring it before a justice, or report on it to a justice, to be dealt with according to law.
A peace officer and any person named in a warrant may use whatever reasonable force is necessary to execute the warrant and may call on a police officer for assistance in executing it.
A peace officer may take such measures as are reasonably necessary to secure any place or thing in relation to which a warrant under this section may be issued so as to preserve the place or thing until an application for the warrant is made and disposed of.
DETENTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Detention of motor vehicle by peace officer
A peace officer who has reason to believe that an offence has been committed by means of, or in relation to, a motor vehicle may detain the vehicle for five clear days, but the vehicle may be released sooner
(a) if security for its production is given to a justice's satisfaction; or
(b) the justice is satisfied, by a certificate signed by a qualified mechanic, that the motor vehicle complies with the requirements set out in clauses 204(1)(a), (b), (d), (e) and (f) of The Highway Traffic Act.
Order extending period of detention
When a motor vehicle has been detained under subsection (1) and it is required
(a) as evidence in a prosecution for an alleged offence under this Act, The Highway Traffic Act or The Off-Road Vehicles Act, or an alleged offence under the Criminal Code (Canada), committed by means of, or in relation to, a motor vehicle or off-road vehicle;
(b) for further investigation related to an offence described in clause (a); or
(c) the owner has failed to provide a justice with a certificate signed by a qualified mechanic as provided for in clause (1)(b);
a peace officer may apply to a justice for an order to continue the detention of the motor vehicle beyond the period prescribed in subsection (1). The peace officer making the application must provide the justice with full particulars of the reasons for continuing the detention of the motor vehicle.
Extension period must be reasonable
In making an order under subsection (2), the justice may order that the motor vehicle be detained for such further period as the justice considers appropriate.
If the owner of a motor vehicle was not present when it was detained, the peace officer must take all reasonable steps to notify the owner about the detention, the reasons for the detention and the place where the motor vehicle is detained or stored.
Personal property to be returned
Any personal property present in a detained motor vehicle must be returned to the owner on request, unless it is required as evidence in a prosecution or in connection with an investigation of an offence described in clause (2)(a), in which case subsections (1), (2) and (3) apply with necessary changes.
In this section, "owner" includes
(a) a person who has sold the motor vehicle under the terms of a conditional sale agreement or lien note in respect of which all or part of the purchase price remains unpaid;
(b) a person to whom a bill of sale by way of chattel mortgage on the motor vehicle has been given, in respect of which all or part of the amount secured remains unpaid; and
(c) an assignee of such a person.
When a motor vehicle is detained under this section,
(a) if repairs are necessary and immediately wanted by the owner, it must be taken to and kept in the repair shop or garage that the owner selects to repair it; or
(b) if repairs are not necessary or are not immediately wanted by the owner, it must be taken to and kept in the garage or storage place the owner selects, unless otherwise required by the police.
If the police require the motor vehicle to be detained elsewhere, a peace officer may direct it to be taken to a garage or storage place maintained by any police force or other public authority, if available, and otherwise to a garage or storage place designated by the peace officer.
When a motor vehicle has been taken to a repair shop, garage or storage place selected by the owner, a member of the same police force that detained the motor vehicle may authorize the motor vehicle to be transferred to another repair shop, garage or storage place selected by the owner, if the owner applies in writing. The member may give all necessary directions to that end and must give the person who owns, manages or is in charge of the repair shop, garage or storage place to which the motor vehicle is transferred a notice under subsection (4).
When a motor vehicle detained under this section is placed in a repair shop, garage or storage place, the peace officer detaining it must notify the person who owns, manages or is in charge of the repair shop, garage or storage place that the motor vehicle is detained and must not be removed or released, or be permitted to be removed or released, from detention except by the order of a justice or with the authorization of a police officer under subsection (3). The notice must be in writing on a form approved by the registrar.
No person shall remove or release a detained motor vehicle from its place of detention, or permit it to be removed or released, except under the authority of a justice's order or an authorization from a police officer under subsection (3).
Costs and charges incurred in moving or storing a vehicle under this section, are a lien on the vehicle that may be enforced under The Garage Keepers Act by the person who moved or stored the vehicle at the request of the peace officer.
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES
A person who contravenes or fails to comply with or obey
(a) a provision of this Act or the regulations; or
(b) an order, direction or requirement of a peace officer or another person given under the authority of this Act or the regulations;
is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $2,000.
Licence suspension or disqualification
In addition to imposing a fine under subsection (1), the convicting judge or justice may
(a) suspend the person's driver's licence for a term of not more than one year; or
(b) disqualify the person from holding a driver's licence for a term of not more than one year if, at the time of the conviction,
(i) the person does not hold a driver's licence, or
(ii) the person's driver's licence is suspended or he or she is disqualified from holding a driver's licence.
Nothing in section 117 restricts, limits or affects any other provision of this Act or the regulations authorizing or requiring the suspension or cancellation of a vehicle registration, driver's licence or permit, or the disqualification of any person from holding a driver's licence or registering a vehicle.
Benefit of Certain Fines
A fine imposed under this Act enures to the benefit of the municipality in which the offence is committed if the prosecution is instituted by or under the authority of the municipality, or by officers appointed by it. In all other cases, the fine enures to the benefit of Her Majesty in right of Manitoba.
Temporary Permit on Suspension of Licence
Temporary permit on suspension of licence
If a person is convicted of an offence under any provision of this Act or the regulations and as a result the person's licence is suspended under a provision of this Act or by the convicting judge or justice under a provision of this Act, a judge, a justice or the registrar may issue to the person a permit authorizing him or her to drive a motor vehicle in the province for 24 hours after the permit is issued. The permit must be in the form approved by the registrar.
Despite any other provision of this Act, a person who is issued a permit under subsection (1) may, during the period stated in the permit, drive in Manitoba any motor vehicle that the suspended driver's licence authorized him or her to drive. If a motor vehicle's registration was also suspended because of the conviction, that suspension is stayed for the same 24-hour period.
Conviction Quashed
If as a result of a conviction for an offence,
(a) a motor vehicle is impounded;
(b) a person's driver's licence is suspended or cancelled;
(c) a person is disqualified for any period from holding a driver's licence;
(d) the registration of a motor vehicle in the name of a person is suspended or cancelled; or
(e) a person is disqualified for any period from registering a motor vehicle;
and the conviction is quashed, a penalty mentioned in clauses (a) to (e) that has been incurred under this Act must be rescinded. Upon production to the registrar and to the person having custody of the impounded motor vehicle of a certified copy of the order quashing the conviction, the motor vehicle must be released, the driver's licence or vehicle registration must be restored, or the disqualification must be revoked.
VEHICLE OWNER'S LIABILITY FOR OFFENCES COMMITTED BY A DRIVER
In this section, "owner", in relation to
(a) a vehicle that displays a number plate or permit and is involved in a contravention referred to in subsection (2),
(i) means the person to whom a registration card is issued with a number corresponding to the number of the number plate displayed on the vehicle or to whom the permit is issued, unless the person proves to the satisfaction of the judge or justice that the number plate or permit displayed on the vehicle was displayed without his or her consent, or
(ii) if that person passed the property in the vehicle to someone else before the vehicle was involved in the contravention, means any person who, alone or jointly with one or more others,
(A) has the right to pass the property in the vehicle, or
(B) has exclusive use of the vehicle under a lease or other agreement for a period of more than 30 days; and
(b) a vehicle that does not display a number plate and is involved in a contravention referred to in subsection (2), means any person who, alone or jointly with one or more others,
(i) has the right to pass the property in the vehicle, or
(ii) has exclusive use of the vehicle under a lease or other agreement for a period of more than 30 days.
Owner may be charged with driver's offence
The owner of a vehicle that is involved in a contravention of this Act or the regulations may be charged with any offence with which, in similar circumstances, the driver of a vehicle or the person having care, charge or control of one may be charged.
If the judge or justice before whom the owner is tried is satisfied that the vehicle was involved in the contravention, the owner is guilty of the offence, unless the owner proves to the satisfaction of the judge or justice that at the time of the contravention the vehicle was, without the owner's express or implied consent, in someone else's possession.
Owner not guilty when driver is guilty
An owner is not guilty of an offence under subsection (3) in relation to an occurrence if the owner satisfies the judge or justice that the driver of the vehicle or the person having care, charge or control of it, being in either case a person other than the owner, was convicted of the offence in relation to the same occurrence.
Owner not guilty when another owner is guilty
Without limiting the generality of subsection (4), an owner is not guilty of an offence under subsection (3) if the owner satisfies the judge or justice that
(a) the vehicle was comprised of a combination of two or more vehicles;
(b) the owner did not own all of the vehicles in the combination; and
(c) another person who owned one of the vehicles was convicted of the offence in relation to the same occurrence.
An owner who is guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable, on summary conviction, to the penalty to which the driver or person having care, charge or control is subject except that the owner is not liable to imprisonment.
No proceedings against an owner may be instituted for an offence under subsection (3) after the expiry of the time for instituting proceedings against the driver of the vehicle or the person having care, charge or control of it.
REGULATIONS
The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) classifying persons and vehicles for any purpose of the regulations;
(b) specifying duties and powers to be performed and exercised by the registrar for the proper administration and enforcement of this Act;
(c) prescribing the charges that may be made by the owner, manager or other person in charge of a garage or storage place for the storage of a motor vehicle detained and placed in storage under this Act and providing that the charges may vary, as specified in the regulations, in different parts of the province;
(d) fixing the amount to be paid to school divisions or other organizations for the purpose of assisting in training of school pupils and others to drive motor vehicles properly;
(e) respecting driver training schools and driving instructors, including, but not limited to,
(i) the issuance of permits for schools and instructors under Part 7,
(ii) qualifications of and examinations for applicants for such permits,
(iii) requirements, rules and conditions that must be observed by permit holders, and
(iv) requirements, rules and conditions that must be observed by the owners of motor vehicles used in connection with driver training schools;
(f) providing for restrictions on the areas or streets within or on which driver training schools and driving instructors may train or instruct persons to drive;
(g) exempting any person or class of persons or motor vehicle or trailer or class of motor vehicles or trailers from the definitions "dealer" and "salesperson" or from any provision of Part 7 or the regulations under clause (m) and clauses (o) to (q);
(h) exempting any person or class of persons or motor vehicle or class of motor vehicles from the definition "recycler" or from any provision of Part 7 or the regulations under clause (m) and clauses (o) to (q);
(i) respecting the issuance of permits for dealers, salespersons and recyclers;
(j) prescribing, for the purpose of section 109, classes of motor vehicles or parts of motor vehicles and periods in relation to those classes of motor vehicles or parts of motor vehicles;
(k) prescribing qualifications and requirements of applicants or any class of applicants for dealers', salespersons' and recyclers' permits for the purpose of clause 99(1)(d), and respecting exemptions for certain applicants or classes of applicants who do not possess one prescribed qualification or requirement, or more;
(l) requiring and governing bonds to be given by dealers, salespersons and recyclers or any class of dealers, salespersons or recyclers, including the forfeiture of the bond and the disposition of its proceeds;
(m) requiring and governing the reports to be made and statements to be furnished by dealers, salespersons and recyclers or any class of dealers, salespersons or recyclers and to whom;
(n) requiring any information in any application under Part 7, or statement or report required to be furnished under Part 7, to be verified by affidavit;
(o) governing dealers, salespersons and recyclers;
(p) prescribing information that dealers, salespersons and recyclers must disclose about the history of a vehicle or any class of vehicle and respecting when, how and to whom the disclosure is to be made;
(q) requiring and governing the documents and records to be kept by dealers, salespersons and recyclers or any class of dealers, salespersons or recyclers;
(r) providing for
(i) the establishment, maintenance and administration of a dealers' compensation fund, including provision for investing and paying out money from the fund,
(ii) the payment of claims out of the dealers' compensation fund, and
(iii) procedures to be followed with respect to claims and their payment;
(s) requiring dealers to participate in the dealers' compensation fund, providing for the payment of levies into the dealers' compensation fund by participants, and prescribing the amounts of levies;
(t) respecting the giving of notices under Part 7;
(u) providing for a system of permits for inspection stations and qualified mechanics for the inspection and testing of vehicles or classes of vehicles for any purpose of this Act or the regulations, and respecting requirements for permits and all matters related to the system of permits;
(v) in relation to a permit referred to in clause (u), providing for the application of section 106 or for another appeal from a refusal to issue or renew a permit or from a suspension or cancellation of a permit, and providing for procedure on the appeal;
(w) governing inspection stations and their operators and qualified mechanics;
(x) governing the inspection and testing of vehicles or classes of vehicles;
(y) respecting the keeping, submission and inspection of records by operators of inspection stations;
(z) for the purpose of sections 107 and 108,
(i) exempting classes of motor vehicles,
(ii) respecting the inspection and testing of motor vehicles or any class of motor vehicles sold by dealers,
(iii) prescribing the inspection certificates and the information required to be furnished to buyers in relation to inspection and tests or any class of inspection and tests, and the form of the information, and
(iv) prescribing the period of time preceding the sale when the inspection and testing are required to take place;
(aa) respecting the inspection and testing of motor vehicles or any class of motor vehicles and prescribing the inspection certificates that may be issued in relation to the inspections and tests for the purpose of section 44, including providing for recognizing in Manitoba the inspection programs and inspection certificates of jurisdictions outside Manitoba;
(bb) providing that inspection certificates referred to in clauses (z) and (aa) for a motor vehicle or class of motor vehicle meet the requirements of section 44 when issued or furnished within a prescribed period before the registration of a motor vehicle;
(cc) exempting any class of applicant from the application of subsection 44(2) and prescribing conditions for such exemptions;
(dd) describing when a motor vehicle is written off for the purpose of the definition "written off" and establishing when a motor vehicle ceases to be written off;
(ee) establishing when a written-off motor vehicle has the status of an irreparable motor vehicle or salvageable motor vehicle and when a motor vehicle that has the status of a salvageable motor vehicle ceases to have that status;
(ff) for the purposes of subsection 67(1), designating the persons who are to notify the registrar when a motor vehicle is written-off, and prescribing the information to be provided by an insurer or a designated person when notifying the registrar and how the notice must be given;
(gg) respecting the inspection and testing of motor vehicles that have the status of salvageable motor vehicles or any class of motor vehicles that have the status salvageable motor vehicles and prescribing the inspection certificates that may be issued in relation to the inspections and tests for the purpose of section 47, including providing for recognizing in Manitoba the inspection programs and inspection certificates of jurisdictions outside Manitoba;
(hh) respecting road tests under clauses 64(3)(b), 65(3)(b), 66(3)(b) and 67(4)(b);
(ii) providing that the owner of a motor vehicle that is damaged or in disrepair may voluntarily declare the motor vehicle to have the status of an irreparable or salvageable motor vehicle and respecting the application of the provisions of this Act and the regulations to such motor vehicles;
(jj) prescribing the period during which a certificate of approval is valid;
(kk) authorizing persons or classes of persons to whom the registrar may provide access to or copies of photographs of drivers, or both, for the purposes of subsection 126(6);
(ll) respecting voluntary photo identification cards, including
(i) authorizing the registrar to determine the form and content of a photo identification card,
(ii) governing the requirements that individuals must meet when applying for photo identification cards or replacements,
(iii) requiring the holder of a photo identification card to notify the registrar of any change of address or name within a prescribed time,
(iv) prohibiting the alteration or unauthorized use or possession of photo identification cards, or the unlawful production of documents that resemble photo identification cards, and
(v) governing the registrar's storage and maintenance of records, including the images of individual applicants, relating to photo identification cards, authorizing the registrar to give peace officers and other specified persons or classes of persons access to or copies of those records, and governing the conditions under which that access or those copies may be given;
(mm) exempting, with or without conditions, certain classes or types of vehicles or classes of persons from the operation of a provision of this Act or the regulations;
(nn) empowering the registrar to exempt by permit, with or without conditions, certain vehicles, classes or types of vehicles or classes of persons from the operation of a provision of this Act or the regulations;
(oo) respecting applications for and the issuance of permits referred to in clause (nn);
(pp) respecting any transitional or other problem resulting from the enactment of this Act and the transition of administration of the driver licensing and vehicle registration system from The Highway Traffic Act to this Act;
(qq) respecting any matter the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act.
Adopting codes, standards and other regulations
The power to make a regulation under any provision of this Act may be exercised by adopting by reference, in whole or in part, a code, standard or regulation made by any other government in Canada or the United States, or a code or standard made by a non-governmental body.
The code, standard or regulation may be adopted as amended from time to time and subject to any changes that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary.
A regulation made under subsection (1) may be general or particular in its application and may apply in whole or in part to one or more classes or types of vehicles or classes of persons to the exclusion of others, and to the whole or any part of the province.
Regulations Extending Licensing or Registration Periods
Extension of drivers' licence and registration periods
Notwithstanding any provision of this Act, or any regulation made under this Act, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make a regulation extending, for a specific period,
(a) all or some of the drivers' licences for any licensing period; or
(b) all or some of the vehicle registrations for any registration period.
Despite The Regulations Act, a regulation made under subsection (1) takes effect on the day that it is made.
Validity of licences and registrations continued
When the validity of a driver's licence or vehicle registration is extended under subsection (1), the validity of any licence certificate, photo identification card or certificate of insurance relating to the driver's licence, or of any registration card, number plate, validation sticker or motor vehicle liability insurance card relating to the vehicle registration, is extended for the same extension period. This is despite any other provision of this Act or any other Act, or any provision of a regulation under this Act or any other Act.
Licence and registration charges for next period
For the purpose of determining the amount of any driver's licence or registration charge payable under The Highway Traffic Act, or any insurance premium payable under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act and the regulations made under that Act, the licensing or registration period immediately following a period that is extended by a regulation made under subsection (1) is deemed to begin on the day following the day on which the licensing registration period would have ended had there been no extension.
RECORDS
Records respecting drivers and vehicles
The registrar must maintain records that he or she considers necessary for the proper administration of this Act or the regulations, or to carry out or exercise any duties and powers that he or she is given by another Act or a regulation under an Act, including, but not limited to, records about
(a) drivers;
(b) drivers' licences, including records of photographs used to issue photographic identification cards to persons in connection with drivers' licences;
(c) vehicles;
(d) vehicle registrations; and
(e) vehicle owners.
Records of accidents and convictions
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the registrar may maintain records that he or she considers necessary respecting any driver
(a) who has been involved in an accident;
(b) who has been convicted of a contravention of a provision of this Act, The Highway Traffic Act, The Off-Road Vehicles Act or the regulations under any of those Acts;
(c) who has been convicted of an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada), whether the sentence or other disposition for the conviction is or was under the Criminal Code (Canada), the Young Offenders Act (Canada) or the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada);
(d) who has been convicted in any province or territory of Canada, in any state of the United States, or in any country or political subdivision of a country with which the government has a subsisting arrangement or reciprocal agreement under subsection 31.1(1) of The Highway Traffic Act, of an offence that the registrar considers is analogous to an offence under this Act, The Highway Traffic Act, The Off-Road Vehicles Act or the Criminal Code (Canada); or
(e) whose driver's licence has been suspended or cancelled, who has been refused a driver's licence or renewal, who has been disqualified from holding a driver's licence or who has been disqualified or prohibited from driving a motor vehicle or operating an off-road vehicle.
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the registrar may maintain separate records respecting drivers who are licensed to drive public service vehicles or commercial trucks that have a registered gross weight of 4,500 kg or more, or regulated school buses, and who
(a) while driving such a vehicle, have been involved in an accident;
(b) in relation to driving such a vehicle, have been convicted of a contravention of any provision of this Act or the regulations, of The Highway Traffic Act or the regulations under that Act, or of another Act or regulation prescribed by a regulation made under The Highway Traffic Act; or
(c) have had their driver's licences suspended or cancelled, or have been refused drivers' licences or licence renewals, disqualified from holding a driver's licence, or disqualified or prohibited from driving a motor vehicle on a highway or operating an off-road vehicle.
Registrar's custody and control of records
Subject to sections 126 to 136, the registrar is to have custody and control of the records he or she maintains for the purposes of this section, and of any earlier records of the same nature that the Government of Manitoba transfers to the registrar.
Meaning of "person about whom the inquiry is being made"
In subsection (4), "person about whom the inquiry is being made" does not include a person acting in the capacity of a trustee as defined in The Personal Health Information Act.
Searches of records in general
At the request of a person or body, the registrar may cause a search to be made of the registrar's records and may provide the person or body with
(a) particulars of a motor vehicle registered under this Act or of a driver's licence issued under this Act; or
(b) a certified abstract of the driving record of a driver maintained by the registrar.
A person or body requesting a search must pay for each search made or each certified abstract provided the charge specified in the regulations under The Highway Traffic Act, unless those regulations exempt the person or body from paying the charge or unless section 132 applies.
Limitation on providing information
Despite subsection (2), the registrar must not, without written authorization given to him or her by the person about whom the inquiry is being made, or by order of a justice, provide a person or body with information
(a) contained in a supplementary report of an accident that the registrar requires;
(b) contained in a report about an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada) for which the convicted person received a sentence or other disposition under the Young Offenders Act (Canada) or the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada);
(c) contained in a report by a duly qualified medical practitioner or optometrist;
(d) contained in a report by the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba or a recognized agency or person engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of persons suffering from alcoholism or drug addiction; or
(e) provided by a driver in confidence to the registrar.
Limitation on access to information about self
Despite subsection (2), the registrar must not permit a person to examine or copy information about the person that the registrar maintains if
(a) knowledge of the information could reasonably be expected to endanger the mental or physical health or the safety of the person or another person; or
(b) disclosure of the information could reasonably be expected to identify a third party, other than a trustee as defined in The Personal Health Information Act, who supplied the information under circumstances in which confidentiality was reasonably expected.
The registrar must not provide access to or a copy of a photograph of a driver to any person other than
(a) to the driver for purposes of issuing a replacement driver's licence; or
(b) to a peace officer or justice, or to another person or class of persons authorized by the regulations.
Disclosure of information for offence notices
Despite clause 126(4)(e), the registrar may, for the purpose of producing offence notices for offences under any of the provisions mentioned in clause 257.1(1)(a) of The Highway Traffic Act, disclose personal information about vehicle owners from his or her records of vehicle registrations to a person who has a contract to produce the offence notices for a municipality, or for a police force acting on behalf of a municipality or the government.
Access to photo records to produce identification cards
Despite subsection 126(6), the registrar may, for the purpose of producing drivers' photo identification cards, provide access to or copies of drivers' photographs to a person who has a contract under subsection (2) to produce drivers' photo identification cards for the administrator, if the registrar has the prior written approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to do so.
Administrator may enter into contract
The administrator may, with the prior written approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, enter into a contract with another person under which the other person produces drivers' photo identification cards for the purposes of subsection 11(1).
In sections 130 to 136, "record" means a record maintained by the registrar under section 125, including, but not limited to, a record containing personal information as defined in The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or personal health information as defined in The Personal Health Information Act.
Disclosure provisions apply despite restrictions in Act
Sections 131 to 136 apply despite subsections 126(4) and (6) and any other restrictions respecting disclosure of records or information by the registrar elsewhere in this Act.
General limit re personal information and personal health information
Personal information and personal health information provided under sections 133 to 136 must be limited to the minimum amount necessary for the specified purposes.
Other disclosures authorized by law
Sections 133 to 136 do not prevent or restrict the registrar from providing or disclosing records or information when authorized or required to do so by law, including, but not limited to, The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and The Personal Health Information Act.
Records provided on request and at no charge
Copies of records or access to records provided by the registrar under sections 133 to 136 must be provided on request and at no charge.
Providing information to the appeal board or medical review committee
The registrar must provide to the appeal board or the medical review committee copies of or access to any records that are required for the purpose of an appeal or matter before it.
Providing information to the transport board or Taxicab Board
The registrar must provide to the transport board, or The Taxicab Board established under The Taxicab Act, copies of or access to any records that relate to a driver, driver's licence, vehicle, vehicle registration or vehicle owner and that are required for the purpose of
(a) an appeal or matter before the board; or
(b) carrying out the board's responsibilities under The Highway Traffic Act or The Taxicab Act, as the case may be.
Limit re information to the transport board and Taxicab Board
Any personal health information provided to the transport board or The Taxicab Board under subsection (2) must be
(a) limited to the restrictions or conditions imposed on a person who holds or has held a driver's licence; or
(b) provided with the consent of the person the information is about, or another person authorized to consent on his or her behalf.
Information to be provided to government
The registrar must provide to the following persons copies of or access to any records that are required for the purpose of carrying out the person's duties, powers or responsibilities:
(a) the minister appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council to administer this Act and The Highway Traffic Act;
(b) an employee in the government department presided over by the minister described in clause (a) who administers or enforces an Act or regulation for which that minister is responsible and who has been designated by that minister;
(c) legal counsel prosecuting an offence under an Act or regulation of Manitoba or Canada, or acting on behalf of the Government of Manitoba;
(d) a justice, or an employee of the Department of Justice of Manitoba, for the purpose of a legal proceeding or the administration of justice.
Information to be provided for law enforcement
The registrar must provide copies of or access to any records required by any of the following persons for the purpose of enforcing an Act or regulation of Manitoba or Canada:
(a) a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, police officer, police constable, constable or any other person employed to preserve and maintain the public peace;
(b) a person appointed by the Government of Manitoba or Government of Canada to enforce an Act or regulation of Manitoba or Canada.
Limit re personal health information
Personal health information provided under subsection (1) must be limited to the restrictions or conditions imposed on a person who holds or has held a driver's licence.
Registrar may impose conditions to protect privacy
When providing information under subsection (1), the registrar may impose conditions to protect the privacy of the individual who the information is about.
Information to be provided under reciprocal and other agreements
The registrar must provide copies of or access to any records to a person who requires information for the purpose of
(a) administering or enforcing an arrangement or reciprocal agreement entered into by the Government of Manitoba and another jurisdiction under section 4.3 or 31.1 of The Highway Traffic Act; or
(b) administering or enforcing an agreement between the Government of Manitoba and one or more other jurisdictions respecting drivers, vehicles, highway use or safety, or the exchange of information relating to drivers, vehicles or highway use or safety.
Limit re personal health information
Personal health information provided under subsection (1) must be limited to the restrictions or conditions imposed on a person who holds or has held a driver's licence.
Application to Rates Appeal Board Regarding Convictions from Outside the Province
Application to Rates Appeal Board
If a driver is assessed an additional premium in respect of automobile insurance under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act or the regulations made under that Act because the registrar records a conviction described in clause 125(2)(d), the driver may apply to the Rates Appeal Board established under that Act for an exemption from or a reduction of the additional premium. After considering the evidence submitted on the application by the driver, The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation and the registrar, the Rates Appeal Board
(a) may exempt the driver from paying the additional premium or reduce the additional premium, and may order the registrar to remove the conviction from the driver's driving record; or
(b) may refuse to exempt the driver from paying the additional premium or to reduce it.
MPIC and registrar must comply with appeal decision
The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation and the registrar must comply with the decision of the Rates Appeal Board.
AUTHORIZATION OF THIRD PARTIES TO ISSUE DRIVERS' LICENCES AND TO REGISTER VEHICLES
Authorization of third parties
The administrator may
(a) authorize any person to issue drivers' licences, to register motor vehicles, trailers or off-road vehicles, and to issue driver's licence certificates, driver's photo identification cards, registration cards, registration permits, number plates, validation stickers or registration class stickers;
(b) define the duties and powers of those persons; and
(c) when the salary is not otherwise provided, fix the amount to be paid to each person so authorized for each item issued or each vehicle registered by that person.
If a person authorized under subsection (1) loses or is otherwise unable to account for a driver's licence certificate form, registration card form, registration permit form, number plate, validation sticker or registration class sticker that was provided to the person by the registrar, the administrator may assess the person in respect of the lost or unaccounted-for item the amount that the administrator considers appropriate. The assessed amount is a debt due to the Crown may be set off against any amount payable to the person under subsection (1).
CERTIFICATION AND ADMISSIBILITY OF DOCUMENTS
Certificate of registrar as proof
A certificate purporting to be signed by the registrar and certifying any matter of record in his or her office or any fact within the registrar's official knowledge is admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding in any court, or in any matter before any board, commission or other body, as prima facie proof of the matter or fact certified, without proof of the signature of the registrar.
An engraved, lithographed, printed or otherwise mechanically or electronically reproduced signature or facsimile signature of the registrar is a sufficient authentication of a certificate, whether or not the signature was on the document that becomes the certificate before the matter of record or fact was indicated on that document.
Reproduced signature of former registrar
The signature of the registrar that is engraved, lithographed, printed, or electronically or otherwise reproduced on a driver's licence certificate, registration card, permit, notice, certificate or other document is for all purposes the signature of the registrar despite the fact that the person whose signature is reproduced no longer holds the office of registrar.
In any proceeding under this Act, a print from a photographic film or electronic medium of any record or document certified by the registrar to be a true copy of the original is admissible in evidence in all cases, and for all purposes, in or for which the original of the record or document would have been admissible.
GENERAL VEHICLE INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS
The registrar may, by written notice sent to the owner, require the owner of a vehicle that is registered under the Act to present the vehicle for inspection at the time and place specified in the notice.
Cancellation of registration for failure to comply
If the owner of a vehicle fails to present the vehicle for inspection as required by subsection (1), the registrar may cancel the vehicle's registration without further notice.
When a motor vehicle is presented for inspection in accordance with a notice given under subsection (1), the registrar must
(a) cause an inspection to be made of such parts of the motor vehicle as are specified in the regulations;
(b) if the parts inspected are found to be in good working order and are approved, cause an inspection certificate of approval to be affixed to the motor vehicle;
(c) if any part or system of a motor vehicle inspected is found to be defective or not in good working order, cause a rejection notice to be issued to the owner of the motor vehicle; and
(d) keep a record of each inspection of each motor vehicle inspected and the result of the inspection.
A rejection notice must specify the period within which the motor vehicle is required to be presented at an inspection station for further inspection.
Re-examination after rejection
The owner of a motor vehicle in respect of which a rejection notice has been issued must present the motor vehicle at an inspection station for further inspection within the period specified in the rejection notice.
Suspension of registration for failure to repair
When a vehicle is rejected under subsection (3) and repairs are not carried out within the specified time for reinspection, the registrar may suspend the vehicle's registration without further notice.
Inspection Stations and Qualified Mechanics
Inspection stations and qualified mechanics
The minister or administrator may
(a) establish and authorize inspection stations to inspect vehicles at any place the minister or administrator considers appropriate; and
(b) authorize persons as qualified mechanics to inspect vehicles and issue inspection certificates for the purposes of this Act and the regulations.
By giving a written notice of withdrawal, the minister or administrator may withdraw
(a) the approval of an inspection station given under clause (1)(a); or
(b) the authorization of a qualified given under clause (1)(b).
The withdrawal is effective immediately.
Inspection of Unsafe Vehicles
Inspection of unsafe vehicles and trailers
If the registrar receives information indicating that a motor vehicle or trailer is not in a safe condition to be driven or towed on a highway, he or she may, by giving a written notice, require the owner of the motor vehicle or trailer
(a) to have it for inspected by a qualified mechanic, or by a person who operates a garage or other repair facility for motor vehicles or trailers within the time specified in the notice; and
(b) to provide the registrar, on a form approved by the registrar, with a report setting out the findings of the inspection within the time specified in the notice.
Cancellation of registration for failure to comply
If the owner of the motor vehicle or trailer fails to have it inspected or to provide an inspection report as required under subsection (1) within the time specified in the notice, the registrar may cancel the vehicle's registration without further notice until the owner complies.
Cancellation of registration following inspection report
If a report provided under subsection (1) shows that the motor vehicle or trailer, or a part or equipment required by The Highway Traffic Act or a regulation under that Act, is defective or not in good working order, the registrar must cancel the vehicle's registration unless the defective or non-working part or equipment is repaired or replaced and the motor vehicle or trailer is otherwise in safe condition to be driven or towed on a highway.
Reporting Suspected Contraventions
Reporting suspected contraventions
A person may make a report to the registrar if the person has a reasonable basis to believe that
(a) the holder of a driver's licence is unfit to safely drive a vehicle for a medical or other reason;
(b) a vehicle is not safe or does not comply with a requirement of this Act or the regulations, or of The Highway Traffic Act or The Off-Road Vehicles Act or the regulations under either of those Acts; or
(c) a person has contravened or has failed to comply with
(i) a provision of this Act or the regulations, or of The Highway Traffic Act or The Off-Road Vehicles Act or the regulations under either of those Acts, or
(ii) a condition or restriction of a driver's licence, vehicle registration or permit, under this Act or the regulations, or under The Highway Traffic Act or The Off-Road Vehicles Act or the regulations under either of those Acts.
No action or other proceeding may be brought against a person for making a report under subsection (1) in good faith.
Adverse employment action prohibited
No employer shall take adverse employment action against an employee because the employee made a report in good faith about the employer under subsection (1).
LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR OFFICIALS
No action or proceeding may be brought against the minister, the administrator, the registrar or an inspector, or any person employed by the administrator or acting under the direction of the minister, the administrator, the registrar or an inspector, for anything done or not done, or for any neglect,
(a) in the performance or intended performance of a duty under this Act or the regulations, or under any other Act or regulation that imposes a duty on the administrator or registrar; or
(b) in the exercise or intended exercise of a power under this Act the regulations, or under any other Act or regulation that confers a power on the administrator or registrar;
unless the person was acting in bad faith.
GIVING NOTICES
When, under this Act or the regulations, notice of anything is required or authorized to be given to any person and the method of giving notice is not specified, the notice must be in writing, and the person required or authorized to give it must do so
(a) by serving the notice personally on the person being given the notice; or
(b) by mailing or delivering the notice to that person at his or her address last known to the person giving the notice, using a mail or delivery service that provides the person giving the notice with an acknowledgment of receipt.
Evidence that a notice was mailed or delivered in accordance with clause (1)(b) and that the sender received an acknowledgment of its receipt is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the notice was received by the person to whom it was addressed.
WAIVING CHARGES FOR SERVICES
Administrator may waive charges
The administrator may waive any charge that must be paid in respect of a licence, permit, registration or other service under this Act or the regulations if the administrator is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, or that hardship or injustice has resulted or is likely to result from the requirement to pay the charge.
MERIT MARKS AND DEMERIT POINTS
In this section and in section 149, "demerit point" means a demerit point assessed against a person under the regulations made under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act or a demerit point assessed against a driver by the registrar on the basis of an accident in which the driver was involved and for which the registrar, in his or her discretion, considers the driver was wholly or partly responsible.
Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the registrar must award a person one merit mark on his or her driving record for each period of two full years during which the person
(a) holds a valid driver's licence throughout the period; and
(b) is not assessed one or more demerit points in respect of accidents or convictions for offences committed with a vehicle and is not assessed an additional insurance premium as a result of two or more accidents.
The maximum number of merit marks that a person may have on his or her driving record is five.
Non-application of subsection (2)
Except as otherwise provided by the regulations, subsection (2) does not apply to a novice driver who holds a driver's licence of a class or subclass prescribed for novice drivers in the regulations.
Merit marks after demerit points
If a person has been assessed demerit points that have not been removed from his or her driving record, the registrar must not award merit marks to the person until after the end of a two-year period beginning on the date the demerit points were due to be removed from the driving record.
No merit marks if licence suspended or cancelled
No merit marks shall be awarded to a person in respect of a two-year period if during the period his or her driver's licence has been suspended or cancelled for any reason, or he or she has been prohibited from driving for any reason.
Non-application of subsection (5)
Subsection (5) does not apply to a person whose driver's licence has been suspended or cancelled for three months or less during the period under section 18 or 29, or under subsection 238(3) or section 269 or 270 of The Highway Traffic Act.
When a person who has been awarded one or more merit marks is assessed demerit points, the registrar must remove one merit mark from the person's driving record for every two demerit points that he or she is assessed.
When a person is awarded one or more merit marks, the registrar must remove two demerit points from the demerits he or she has been assessed for each merit mark awarded.
Merit mark eligibility of out-of-province drivers
If a driver's licence under this Act is issued to a person who, in the three-month period immediately before the licence is issued, held a valid out-of-province driving permit issued by a competent authority of a reciprocating jurisdiction, the period of time in respect of which merit marks may be awarded by the registrar shall begin as follows:
(a) if the person was previously licensed in Manitoba, on the latest of
(i) two years from the date the licence is issued,
(ii) the date the person last received a merit mark in Manitoba, and
(iii) the date the person was first eligible to earn merits in Manitoba;
(b) if the person was not previously licensed in Manitoba, on the later of
(i) two years from the date the licence is issued under this Act, and
(ii) the person's sixteenth birthday.
Definition of "Canadian Forces member"
In this section and in section 149, "Canadian Forces member" means
(a) a member of the regular or special force of the Canadian Forces;
(b) a member of the reserve force of the Canadian Forces on full-time training or service or on active service;
(c) the spouse or common-law partner of a member, who is living with the member; and
(d) a dependant child or other dependant of a member, who is living with the member.
This section applies to a person whose driver's licence expires while he or she is absent from Manitoba as a Canadian Forces member.
Merit consideration for Canadian Forces members
If a person referred to in subsection (2) applies for renewal of his or her driver's licence and is issued a new licence, the registrar may, for the purposes of subsection 147(1), treat the person as though he or she held a valid driver's licence throughout the person's absence from Manitoba.
Merit and demerit status: Canadian Forces
When a driver's licence is issued under this Act to a Canadian Forces member who previously held a driver's licence issued by the government of a province or territory of Canada or by the Commander, Canadian Forces Europe, the registrar must, to establish the member's Manitoba merit and demerit status, review his or her out-of-province driving record.
Forces member must provide information
To assist the registrar to establish the member's Manitoba merit and demerit status, the member must provide the registrar with any information or document that the registrar requires.
Forces member may provide additional information
The member may ask the registrar to consider additional information or documents that the member provides.
Information must be acceptable to the registrar
The registrar may refuse to consider any information or document that he or she believes is unreliable or otherwise unacceptable.
Registrar may determine merits and demerits
After reviewing the member's out-of-province driving record, the registrar must establish the member's Manitoba merit and demerit status by assigning the member the number of merit marks or demerit points that the registrar considers the member would have had if he or she had been licensed in Manitoba throughout the period covered by the information or documentation considered by the registrar.
VOLUNTARY PHOTO IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Voluntary non-driver photo identification cards
The registrar may, in accordance with the regulations, provide a photo identification card to an individual who requests one.
PART 9
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS
THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND STALKING PREVENTION, PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION ACT
The Domestic Violence and Stalking Prevention, Protection and Compensation Act is amended by this section.
Section 1 is amended by adding the following definition:
"driver's licence" means driver's licence as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« permis de conduire »)
Subsection 15(1) is amended
(a) by replacing the section heading with "Driver's licence suspension";
(b) by replacing clause (a) with the following:
(a) any driver's licence that the respondent holds be suspended under the Act under which it was issued;
(c) in subclause (b)(i), by striking out "licence or permit under that Act" and substituting "driver's licence under any Act".
In the following provisions, "licence or permit" is struck out wherever it occurs and "driver's licence" is substituted:
(a) subsections 15(2) and (3);
The part of subsection 15(4) before clause (a) is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
THE FAMILY FARM PROTECTION ACT
Subsection 1(1) of The Family Farm Protection Act is amended in clause (b) of the definition "farm machinery and equipment" by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
THE FAMILY MAINTENANCE ACT
Subsection 59.1(1) of The Family Maintenance Act is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
THE INSURANCE ACT
Subsection 232(3) of The Insurance Act is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
THE LEGAL PROFESSION ACT
;The Legal Profession Act is amended by this section.
The part of subsection 40(1) before clause (a) is amended by adding "or The Drivers and Vehicles Act" after "The Highway Traffic Act".
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ACT
Clause 17(1)(b) of The Legislative Assembly Act is amended by striking out "a person authorized to register motor vehicles and issue licences and permits under The Highway Traffic Act," and substituting "a person authorized to register motor vehicles and issue drivers' licences under The Drivers and Vehicles Act, a person authorized to issue permits under The Highway Traffic Act,".
THE MUNICIPAL ASSESSMENT ACT
The Municipal Assessment Act is amended by this section.
Subsection 1(1) is amended
(a) in clause (e) of the definition "assessable property", by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act";
(b) in clause (i) of the definition "improvement", by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(c) in the definition "mobile home", by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
THE MANITOBA PUBLIC INSURANCE CORPORATION ACT
The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act is amended by this section.
Subsection 1(1) is amended
(a) in the definition "driver's certificate", by striking out ", under The Highway Traffic Act, may obtain a licence" and substituting "is eligible to hold a driver's licence, as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act,";
(b) by replacing the definition "licence" with the following:
"licence" means driver's licence as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« permis »)
(c) in the definition "motor vehicle",
(i) in clause (a), by striking out "section 4.1 of The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act", and
(ii) in clause (e), by striking out "registration under subsection 4.11(2) of The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "being registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(d) by replacing the definitions "owner", "owner's certificate", "permit", "registrar" and "registration card" with the following:
"owner", in relation to motor vehicles or trailers and to automobile insurance on such vehicles, includes
(a) the owner in whose name the vehicle is registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act,
(b) a joint owner within the meaning of subsection 4.6(4) of that Act, and
(c) a person who has the right to pass the property in the vehicle other than by way of security only; (« propriétaire »)
"owner's certificate" means a certificate issued under this Act or the regulations
(a) to the owner of a motor vehicle or trailer,
(b) to the holder of a dealer's permit under The Drivers and Vehicles Act,
(c) to a repairer as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act, or
(d) in respect of a drive-away unit as defined in that Act; (« certificat de propriété »)
"permit" means
(a) a temporary permit to drive under subsection 263.1(1.2) or 268(1) of The Highway Traffic Act,
(b) a permit under section 87 of The Highway Traffic Act, or
(c) a registration permit under The Drivers and Vehicles Act or the regulations under that Act; (« permis »)
"registrar" means the Registrar of Motor Vehicles appointed under The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« registraire »)
"registration card" means
(a) a registration card or registration permit for a motor vehicle or trailer under The Drivers and Vehicles Act or the regulations under that Act,
(b) a permit for a motor vehicle or trailer under section 87 of The Highway Traffic Act, and
(c) a registration card for an off-road vehicle under The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« carte d'immatriculation »)
Subsection 6(1) is amended
(a) by adding the following after clause (c):
(c.1) to administer The Drivers and Vehicles Act, and to perform the duties and exercise the powers described in subsection 2(2) of that Act;
(b) in subclause (e)(i), by striking out everything after "business" and substituting "and to allow it to carry out its role as administrator under The Drivers and Vehicles Act or perform the duties and exercise the powers described in subsection 2(2) of that Act;".
Subsection 6(3) is amended by adding "The Drivers and Vehicles Act," after "used under".
Subclause 26(2)(a)(iv) is replaced with the following:
(iv) that was towing an unregistered trailer that was required to be registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act; or
Subsection 39(9) is amended by adding "The Drivers and Vehicles Act," after "issued under".
Subsection 59(1) is amended by adding "The Drivers and Vehicles Act," after "issued under".
Subsection 59(2) is amended by adding "The Drivers and Vehicles Act or" after "issued to a person under".
Subsection 71(2) is amended
(a) in clause (b), by striking out "section 4.1 of The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(b) in subclause (c)(iv), by striking out "registration under subsection 4.11(2) of that Act" and substituting "being registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
THE OFF-ROAD VEHICLES ACT
The Off-Road Vehicles Act is amended by this section.
Subsection 1(1) is amended
(a) by repealing the definitions "competition circuit", "competition off-road vehicle", "dealer", "registration certificate" and "registration plate";
(b) by replacing the definitions "off-road vehicle", "owner", "registrar", "registration period" and "validation sticker" with the following:
"off-road vehicle" means any wheeled or tracked motorized vehicle designed or adapted for cross-country travel on land, water, ice, snow, marsh, swamp land or other natural terrain and includes, but is not limited to,
(a) a snowmobile,
(b) an all-terrain vehicle,
(c) a mini-bike, dirt-bike and trail-bike,
(d) a miniature vehicle such as a dune or sport buggy,
(e) an off-road maintenance machine,
(f) an amphibious vehicle, and
(g) a four-wheel drive motor vehicle, motorcycle or snow vehicle that is being driven elsewhere than on a highway, whether or not it is registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act,
but does not include an implement of husbandry, farm tractor, special mobile machine, garden tractor, lawn tractor or golf cart; (« véhicule à caractère non routier »)
"owner" means owner as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« propriétaire »)
"registrar" means registrar as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« registraire »)
"registration period" means registration period as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« période d'immatriculation »)
"validation sticker" means validation sticker as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act. (« vignette de validation »)
(c) by adding the following definitions:
"registration card" means a card that signifies that the off-road vehicle described in the card is registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act for the registration period shown in the card and, in any provision of this Act or of the regulations that requires a person to produce an off-road vehicle's registration card to a peace officer, includes any document that signifies that the off-road vehicle is registered under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Manitoba; (« carte d'immatriculation »)
"regulation", except when specified otherwise, means a regulation made under this Act; (« règlement »)
Section 2 is replaced with the following:
Application of Drivers and Vehicles Act definitions
The following terms have the same meaning in this Act as they have in The Drivers and Vehicles Act:
(a) "driver's licence";
(b) "number plate";
(c) "off-road vehicle dealer";
(d) "out-of-province driving permit".
Meaning of other words and expressions
Words and expressions used in this Act and not defined in this Act have the meaning given to them in The Drivers and Vehicles Act or The Highway Traffic Act.
Section 3 is replaced with the following:
Registration and plating of vehicles
No person shall operate an off-road vehicle in any location, and the person who owns an off-road vehicle may not allow another person to drive it in any location,
(a) unless
(i) a registration card for the vehicle has been issued under this Act and is valid,
(ii) the vehicle displays, in accordance with the regulations, the quantity and type of number plates that the regulations prescribe for use on an off-road vehicle of its registration class, and
(iii) the number plates display the vehicle's registration card number and, in accordance with the regulations, stickers showing that the registration is valid; or
(b) unless the person and the vehicle are in compliance with a provision of The Drivers and Vehicles Act, or of the regulations under that Act, that allows the person to operate the vehicle without complying with the requirements of clause (a).
Sections 4 to 12 are repealed.
Section 13 is replaced with the following:
No person who is under 16 years of age shall register an off-road vehicle.
Limitation on registration by minors
No person who is 16 or 17 years of age shall register an off-road vehicle unless the application for registration is approved and signed
(a) by both of the applicant's parents;
(b) if the registrar is satisfied that it is not practical or desirable to obtain the approval and signature of both of the applicant's parents, by either of them;
(c) if one of the applicant's parents is dead, by the surviving parent;
(d) if the registrar is satisfied that the approval and signature of neither of the applicant's parents should be required, or if both of the applicant's parents are dead, by the applicant's legal guardian; or
(e) in circumstances described in clause (d) but in which the applicant has no legal guardian, by his or her employer, or any other person the registrar considers to be a responsible and suitable person.
Sections 14 to 19 are repealed.
Section 21 is amended
(a) in clause (a), by striking out "this Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act";
(b) by striking out "this Act" wherever it occurs in clauses (b) to (f) and substituting "that Act";
(c) in clauses (d) and (e), by striking out "certificate" and substituting "card"; and
(d) in clauses (c) to (f) of the English version, by striking out "registration plate" wherever it occurs and substituting "number plate".
Subsections 22(1) and (2) are amended
(a) by striking out "this Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(b) by striking out "or to the registrar".
Clauses 22(3)(a) and (b) and subsection 22(4) are amended by striking out "this Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 26(3) is amended
(a) in the section heading, by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(b) in the subsection, by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 33(3) is amended
(a) by replacing the section heading of the English version with "Definition of "registrable""; and
(b) in the subsection, by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Clause 39(3)(d) is amended by striking out "certificate" and substituting "card".
Subsection 54(3) is amended by adding ", The Drivers and Vehicles Act" after "this Act".
Section 54.1 is replaced with the following:
Application of Drivers and Vehicles Act
Sections 28.3 to 28.5 of The Drivers and Vehicles Act apply to off-road vehicles and to the operators of off-road vehicles.
Application of Highway Traffic Act
Subsections 225(1.1), (4), (5), (5.2) and (6) and sections 242.1, 263.1, 263.2, 264, 265 and 279 of The Highway Traffic Act apply to off-road vehicles and to the owners and operators of off-road vehicles.
Sections 55 to 57.2 and section 60 are repealed.
Subsection 66(4) is amended
(a) by replacing the section heading with "Seizure of permit or registration card"; and
(b) in the subsection, by striking out "registration certificate" and substituting "registration card".
Subsection 68 is amended
(a) by repealing clauses (a), (a.1), (d.1) and (h); and
(b) in clause (d), by striking out "respecting the registration of, and".
Section 69 is repealed.
THE RETAIL SALES TAX ACT
The Retail Sales Tax Act is amended by this section.
Subsection 1(1) is amended by adding the following definition:
"Registrar of Motor Vehicles" means the Registrar of Motor Vehicles appointed under The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« registraire des véhicules automobiles »)
Clause 2(4.1)(a) is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act or The Off-Road Vehicles Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsections 2.2(3) and (5) are amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Clause 2.2(6)(a) is amended by striking out "section 19 of The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "Part 7 of The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 2.3(16) is amended
(a) by striking out "Despite The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "Despite The Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(b) by striking out "under The Highway Traffic Act".
Clause 3(1)(i) is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 3(10) is amended
(a) in clause (a), by striking out "The Off-Road Vehicles Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(b) in clause (c), by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
The part of subsection 3(11) after clause (b) is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Clause 3(11.1)(b) is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
The definition "vehicles" in subsection 22.1(1) is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act or The Off-Road Vehicles Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 23(1) is amended
(a) in the part before clause (a),
(i) by striking out "Notwithstanding The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "Despite The Drivers and Vehicles Act", and
(ii) by striking out "under The Highway Traffic Act"; and
(b) in clause (e), by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 23(2) is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" wherever it occurs and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
THE SUMMARY CONVICTIONS ACT
The Summary Convictions Act is amended by this section.
The definition "owner" in section 1 is replaced with the following:
"owner", in relation to a motor vehicle or other vehicle, means owner as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« propriétaire »)
Subsection 6(4) is amended by striking out "or" at the end of clause (a), adding "or" at the end of clause (b) and adding the following as clause (c):
(c) an offence under The Drivers and Vehicles Act or a regulation made under that Act.
Subsection 16(2) is amended in the part after clause (b) by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Clause 17(11)(b) is replaced with the following:
(b) an offence under The Highway Traffic Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act or a regulation made under either of those Acts.
Section 19 is amended
(a) by adding the following definition:
"driver's licence" means driver's licence as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« permis de conduire »)
(b) by repealing the definition "licence"; and
(c) by replacing the definition "registrar" with the following:
"registrar" means the Registrar of Motor Vehicles appointed under The Drivers and Vehicles Act. (« registraire »)
Subsections 19.1(1) and 19.2(2) are amended by striking out "licence or permit" and substituting "driver's licence".
Section 19.3 of the English version is amended in the part before clause (a) by striking out "licence or permit to drive" and substituting "driver's licence".
Clause 21(1.1)(b) is replaced with the following:
(b) an offence under The Highway Traffic Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act or a regulation made under either of those Acts.
Clauses 23.2(2)(b) and (c) and subsection 23.2(3) are amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
THE TAXICAB ACT
The Taxicab Act is amended by this section.
Subsections 4(3) to (5) are amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" wherever it occurs and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 9(4) is amended
(a) in the section heading, by striking out "Fees" and substituting "Charges"; and
(b) in the subsection, by striking out "fees as may be prescribed therefor" and substituting "charges as may be specified".
Clause 11(2)(c) is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 14(3) is amended by striking out "The Highway Traffic Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
PART 10
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS, C.C.S.M. REFERENCE AND COMING INTO FORCE
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Drivers and Drivers' Licences
In sections 164 to 166 and 168 to 170, "former Act" means The Highway Traffic Act as it read immediately before the day this Act comes into force.
Status of existing driver's licences
A driver's licence that is issued under Part II of the former Act and that is valid on the day this Act comes into force is deemed to have been issued under this Act. The driver's licence
(a) is valid under this Act until the expiry date stated in it, unless it is sooner suspended or cancelled under this Act or The Highway Traffic Act; and
(b) continues to be subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed on it under the former Act.
Suspension and cancellation of deemed drivers' licences
The registrar may, for cause under any applicable provision of this Act or The Highway Traffic Act, suspend or cancel the driver's licence, whether the event for which the suspension or cancellation is imposed occurs before or after this Act comes into force.
Licence suspensions under the former Act
Despite the repeal of provisions of the former Act, if on the day this Act comes into force a person's driver's licence or right to hold a driver's licence is under suspension, the person's driver's licence is cancelled or the person is disqualified from driving
(a) the suspension, cancellation or disqualification continues;
(b) any conditions imposed in relation to the suspension, cancellation or disqualification, including reinstatement requirements, continue to apply; and
(c) except in the case of a suspension, cancellation or disqualification under section 30, 167, 269, 273, 273.1, 273.3 or 273.4 of the former Act, additional conditions and requirements may be imposed under this Act.
A driver licensing requirement set out in or imposed under the former Act is deemed to be a requirement set out in or imposed under this Act if
(a) the person liable to comply with the requirement has not complied on the day this Act comes into force; and
(b) this Act contains a comparable requirement or a comparable power to impose it.
The driving records maintained by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under the former Act are continued under this Act. After this Act comes into force, a person's driving record under the former Act forms part of the person's driving record under this Act.
Merit marks and demerit points carried forward
For greater certainty, merit marks or demerit points on a person's driving record under the former Act on the day this Act comes into force form part of the person's driving record under this Act.
Awarding merit marks for a transitional period
When awarding merit marks under this Act, the registrar may consider a driver's licence held under the former Act in determining, for the purpose of clause 147(2)(a), whether the person held a driver's licence throughout the relevant period.
Considering past driving record and performance
The registrar may consider a person's driving record and performance under the former Act for any purpose of this Act in respect of which the person's driving record or performance is relevant, including, but not limited to,
(a) suspending or cancelling the person's driver's licence under this Act; or
(b) taking an action under section 18 (medical requirements), 21 (reinstatement of impaired persons), 22 (alcohol assessments for repeated suspensions) or 29 (driver improvement measures).
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Registrations
Status of existing motor vehicle and trailer registrations
A motor vehicle or trailer that is validly registered under Part I of the former Act on the day this Act comes into force is deemed to have been registered under this Act. The vehicle's registration
(a) is valid under this Act until the day it would have expired under the former Act, unless it is sooner suspended or cancelled under this Act or The Highway Traffic Act; and
(b) continues to be subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed on it under the former Act.
Suspension and cancellation of deemed registrations
The registrar may, for cause under any applicable provision of this Act or The Highway Traffic Act, suspend or cancel the motor vehicle's or trailer's registration, whether the event for which the suspension or cancellation is imposed occurs before or after this Act comes into force.
Registration suspensions under the former Act
Despite the repeal of provisions of the former Act, if on the day this Act comes into force a person's vehicle registration or right to register a vehicle is under suspension, the person's vehicle registration is cancelled or the person is disqualified from registering a vehicle,
(a) the suspension, cancellation or disqualification continues;
(b) any conditions imposed in relation to the suspension, cancellation or disqualification, including reinstatement requirements, continue to apply; and
(c) except in the case of a suspension, cancellation or disqualification under section 4.11, 4.12.2, 4.12.3, 4.13, 4.14, 273, 273.1, 275 or 327 of the former Act, additional conditions and requirements may be imposed under this Act.
A vehicle registration requirement set out in or imposed under the former Act is deemed to be a requirement set out in or imposed under this Act if
(a) the person liable to comply with the requirement has not complied on the day this Act comes into force; and
(b) this Act contains a comparable requirement or a comparable power to impose it.
Off-Road Vehicle Registrations
Status of existing off-road vehicle registrations
An off-road vehicle that is validly registered under The Off-Road Vehicles Act on the day this Act comes into force is deemed to have been registered under this Act. The vehicle's registration
(a) is valid under this Act until the day it would have expired under The Off-Road Vehicles Act, unless it is sooner suspended or cancelled under this Act, The Highway Traffic Act or The Off-Road Vehicles Act; and
(b) continues to be subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed on it under The Off-Road Vehicles Act.
Suspension and cancellation of deemed registrations
The registrar may, for cause under any applicable provision of this Act, The Highway Traffic Act or The Off-Road Vehicles Act, suspend or cancel the off-road vehicle's registration, whether the event for which the suspension or cancellation is imposed occurs before or after this Act comes into force.
Registration suspensions under the former Act
Despite the repeal of provisions of the former Act, if on the day this Act comes into force a person's off-vehicle registration or right to register an off-road vehicle is under suspension, the person's off-road vehicle registration is cancelled, or the person is disqualified from registering an off-road vehicle,
(a) the suspension, cancellation or disqualification continues;
(b) any conditions imposed in relation to the suspension, cancellation or disqualification, including reinstatement requirements, continue to apply; and
(c) except in the case of a suspension, cancellation or disqualification under section 55 or 56.1 of The Off-Road Vehicles Act, additional conditions and requirements may be imposed under this Act.
An off-road vehicle registration requirement set out in or imposed under The Off-Road Vehicles Act before the day this Act comes into force is deemed to be a requirement set out in or imposed under this Act if
(a) the person liable to comply with the requirement has not complied on the day this Act comes into force; and
(b) this Act contains a comparable requirement or a comparable power to impose it.
Dealers' Permits and Other Permits
This section applies to the following permits under the former Act:
(a) driver instruction school permits;
(b) driving instructors' permits;
(c) dealers' permits;
(d) salespersons' permits;
(e) recyclers' permits;
(f) inspection station permits;
(g) qualified mechanics' permits.
Status of existing dealers' and other permits
A permit that is valid on the day this Act comes into force is deemed to have been issued under this Act. The permit
(a) is valid under this Act until the expiry date stated in it, unless it is sooner suspended or cancelled under this Act; and
(b) continues to be subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed on it under the former Act.
Suspension and cancellation of deemed permits
The registrar may, for cause under any applicable provision of this Act, suspend or cancel a permit referred to in subsection (2), whether the event for which the suspension or cancellation is imposed occurs before or after this Act comes into force.
Suspensions of dealers' and other permits under the former Act
Despite the repeal of provisions of the former Act, if on the day this Act comes into force a person's permit is under suspension or is cancelled,
(a) the suspension or cancellation continues; and
(b) any conditions imposed in relation to the suspension or cancellation, including reinstatement requirements, continue to apply.
A requirement in relation to a permit set out in or imposed under the former Act before the day this Act comes into force is deemed to be a requirement set out in or imposed under this Act if
(a) the person liable to comply with the requirement has not complied on the day this Act comes into force; and
(b) this Act contains a comparable requirement or a comparable power to impose it.
Applications for Licences, Permits Registrations and Other Services
Status of applications under former Act
When a person has applied for a driver's licence, permit, vehicle registration or other service under the former Act and the service has not been provided before this Act comes into force,
(a) the application is deemed to have been made for the comparable service under this Act; and
(b) the comparable service is to be provided under this Act if the person meets all the requirements of the former Act for the service.
Registrar's Certificates
Registrar's certificates re prosecutions
For the purposes of a prosecution under The Highway Traffic Act whether commenced before or after this Act comes into force, a certificate issued by the registrar under this Act has the same status as a comparable certificate that the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under the former Act was authorized to issue before the day this Act comes into force.
Registrar's certificates re other proceedings
Subsection (1) applies, with necessary changes, in respect of any other proceeding for which a certificate from the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under the former Act is relevant or applicable.
C.C.S.M. REFERENCE AND COMING INTO FORCE
This Act may be referred to as chapter D104 of the Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba.
This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
SCHEDULE B
THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AMENDMENT ACT
The Highway Traffic Act is amended by this Act.
Subsection 1(1) is amended
(a) by repealing the definitions "class of licence", "delivery car", "driver", "garage keeper", "prescribed", "regulations" and "subsisting";
(b) by replacing the definitions "certificate of insurance", "dealer", "garage", "licence", "motor home", "motor vehicle liability insurance card", "novice driver", "owner", "recycler", "registrar", "registration class", "registration class sticker", "registration period", "repairer", "salesperson", "supervising driver", "validation sticker", "vehicle identification number" and "written off" with the following:
"certificate of insurance" means certificate of insurance as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« certificat d'assurance »)
"dealer" means dealer as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« commerçant »)
"garage" means garage as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« garage »)
"licence" means driver's licence; (« permis »)
"motor home" means a motor vehicle that
(a) is designed and constructed as an integral unit to provide permanent living accommodation,
(b) is equipped with one or more beds and
(i) a stove or refrigerator, or
(ii) washing and toilet facilities, and
(c) is designed so that there is direct access from the living quarters to the driver's seat; (« caravane automotrice »)
"motor vehicle liability insurance card" means motor vehicle liability insurance card as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« carte d'assurance-responsabilité automobile »)
"novice driver" means novice driver as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« conducteur débutant »)
"owner" means owner as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« propriétaire »)
"recycler" means recycler as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« récupérateur »)
"registrar" means the Registrar of Motor Vehicles appointed under The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« registraire »)
"registration class" means registration class as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« classe d'immatriculation »)
"registration class sticker" means registration class sticker as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« vignette de classe d'immatriculation »)
"registration period" means registration period as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« période d'immatriculation »)
"repairer" means repairer as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« réparateur »)
"salesperson" means salesperson as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« vendeur »)
"supervising driver" means supervising driver as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« conducteur surveillant »)
"validation sticker" means validation sticker as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« vignette de validation »)
"vehicle identification number" means vehicle identification number as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« numéro d'identification de véhicule »)
"written off" means written off as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« perte totale »)
(c) by adding the following definitions:
"class", in relation to
(a) a driver's licence, means class of driver's licence as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act, and
(b) a motor vehicle or other vehicle, means class of motor vehicle or other vehicle as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« classe »)
"disease or disability" means disease or disability as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« maladie ou incapacité »)
"drive" means drive or have actual physical control of a vehicle, bicycle or motorized mobility aid; (« conduire »)
"drive-away unit" means a combination of a lead motor vehicle and one or more other vehicles that are
(a) entirely carried,
(b) towed in such a manner that all of the vehicles' wheels are on the highway, or
(c) partly towed and partly carried;
and includes the lead motor vehicle even when it is not in combination with other vehicles; (« ensemble de véhicules »)
"driver's licence" means
(a) a driver's licence under The Drivers and Vehicles Act that authorizes the licence holder to drive one or more classes of motor vehicle, as prescribed in the regulations under that Act,
(b) a temporary driver's licence under subsection 264(11) or (12) or subsection 279(3) or a temporary permit under subsection 263.1(1.2) or 268(1), and
(c) any other driver's licence or permit to drive issued under this Act before the day that The Drivers and Vehicles Act comes into force; (« permis de conduire »)
"duly qualified medical practitioner" means duly qualified medical practitioner as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« médecin »)
"number plate" means number plate as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« plaque d'immatriculation »)
"optometrist" means optometrist as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« optométriste »)
"out-of-province driving permit" means out-of-province driving permit as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« permis de conduire de non-résident »)
"qualified mechanic" means qualified mechanic as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« mécanicien qualifié »)
"registration card" means a card that signifies that the vehicle described in the card is registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act for the registration period shown in the card and, in any provision of this Act or of the regulations that requires a person to produce a vehicle's registration card to a peace officer, includes
(a) a registration permit under The Drivers and Vehicles Act,
(b) a cab card or a permit under section 87 of this Act, or
(c) any document that signifies that the vehicle is registered under the laws of a jurisdiction outside Manitoba; (« carte d'immatriculation »)
"regulation", except when specified otherwise, means a regulation made under this Act; (« règlement »)
"service", in relation to a vehicle, means service as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« entrenir »)
"state of the United States" means state or territory of the United States of America and includes the District of Columbia; (« État »)
"valid", in relation to a driver's licence, out-of-province driving permit or other permit, certificate, student identification sticker or other sticker, vehicle registration or licence, registration card, cab card or other vehicle registration document, means valid as defined in The Drivers and Vehicles Act; (« valide »)
(d) in the definition "motor vehicle", by striking out "capable of registration under subsection 4.11(2)" and substituting "that is capable of being registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(e) in the English version of the definition "off-road vehicle", by striking out "a vehicle" and substituting "an off-road vehicle".
Subsections 2(5) and (6) are repealed.
Section 4.1 is replaced with the following:
When certain tractors are motor vehicles
For the purposes of this Part, a tractor that is designed and primarily used as a farm implement is a motor vehicle when it is driven on a highway except
(a) when it is towing
(i) an implement of husbandry in the course of agricultural operations or for farm use, or
(ii) a vehicle used in transporting the produce or livestock of the tractor-owner's farm or in transporting property for use on the farm; or
(b) when it is being moved in the course of agricultural operations or for the purpose of being serviced.
Subsection 4.2(1) and the centred heading before it are replaced with the following:
REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER CERTAIN VEHICLES AND DISPLAY NUMBER PLATES
Registration and plating of vehicles
No person shall drive a motor vehicle or tow a trailer on a highway, and no person who owns a motor vehicle or trailer shall permit another person to drive or tow it on a highway,
(a) unless
(i) a registration card for the vehicle has been issued under The Drivers and Vehicles Act and is valid,
(ii) the vehicle displays, in accordance with the regulations under that Act, the quantity and type of number plates that those regulations prescribe for use on a vehicle of its registration class, and
(iii) the number plates display the vehicle's registration card number and, in accordance with the regulations under that Act, stickers showing the vehicle's registration class and that the registration is valid;
(b) unless a valid registration permit issued under The Drivers and Vehicles Act for the vehicle is displayed on or carried in it in accordance with the regulations under that Act, or a valid permit under section 87 of this Act is displayed on or carried in it in accordance with this Act; or
(c) unless the person and the vehicle are in compliance with a provision of The Drivers and Vehicles Act that allows the person to drive or tow the vehicle without complying with the requirements of clause (a) or (b).
Subsections 4.2(2) to (11) are repealed.
The centred heading "RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS" is added before subsection 4.3(1).
The centred heading before section 4.4 and sections 4.4 to 4.20 and sections 4.22 to 4.24 are repealed.
The centred heading "VISIBILITY OF NUMBER PLATES" is added before section 4.25.
Subsection 4.25(1) is repealed.
Subsection 4.25(1.1) is replaced with the following:
No person shall drive or tow a vehicle on a highway if a number plate required to be displayed on the vehicle is obstructed in a manner that prevents or is capable of preventing any of the following information from being accurately captured by an image capturing enforcement system:
(a) the jurisdiction or authority that issued the number plate;
(b) the numbers or letters that make up the vehicle's registration number.
Subsection 4.25(2) is amended
(a) by striking out "(1) or"; and
(b) by striking out "operating" and substituting "driving".
The following is added after subsection 4.25(2):
When a number plate must be displayed
For the purposes of this section, a number plate is required to be displayed on a vehicle if
(a) the vehicle is registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act, and that Act or a regulation under it requires the vehicle to display the number plate; or
(b) the vehicle is registered under another Act, and that Act or a regulation under it requires the vehicle to display the number plate.
Sections 4.26 to 4.31 and subsection 5(19) are repealed.
The heading for Part I.1 is replaced with "REQUIREMENT TO REPORT SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE".
Sections 19 to 21.10 are repealed.
The part of subsection 21.11(2) before clause (a) is replaced with "If a motor vehicle's vehicle identification number has been lost, removed, destroyed or altered, or is illegible, a person who comes into possession of the motor vehicle shall".
Section 21.12 is replaced with the following:
A person who contravenes section 21.11 is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $5,000.
Directors and officers of corporations
If a corporation commits an offence under subsection (1), a director or officer of the corporation who authorized, permitted or acquiesced in the commission of the offence is also guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $5,000., whether or not the corporation has been prosecuted or convicted.
No proceeding under subsection (1) may be commenced more than one year after the commission of the alleged offence.
Liability for employee or agent
In a prosecution under this section for an offence by a dealer or recycler, it is sufficient proof of the offence to establish that it was committed by an employee or agent of the dealer or recycler while acting in the course of his or her employment or agency functions, whether or not the employee has been prosecuted or convicted.
The heading for Part II is replaced with "LICENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGHWAY DRIVING".
Subsection 24(1) is replaced with the following:
Driver's licence required to drive motor vehicle
No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless the person
(a) holds a valid driver's licence of a class that authorizes the person to drive the class of motor vehicle being driven; and
(b) carries the driver's licence while driving.
Subsection 24(1.1) is amended
(a) by striking out "Every person shall, before operating" and substituting "No person shall drive"; and
(b) by striking out everything after "municipality," and substituting "unless the person holds a valid driver's licence of a class that authorizes him or her to drive a class 5 motor vehicle without a full-time supervising driver and carries the driver's licence while driving."
The following is added after subsection 24(1.1):
Exception for out-of-province driving permits
A person does not contravene subsection (1) if the person holds a valid out-of-province driving permit that authorizes the person to drive a motor vehicle of the class being driven and the person is allowed to drive in Manitoba by subsection 31(1) or (3) of The Drivers and Vehicles Act. A person does not contravene subsection (1.1) if the person holds a valid out-of-province driving permit that authorizes the person to drive a class 5 motor vehicle without a full-time supervising driver and the person is allowed to drive in Manitoba by subsection 31(1) or (3) of The Drivers and Vehicles Act.
Subsections 24(6) and (8) are repealed.
Subsection 24(9) is replaced with the following:
Restrictions on issue of licence
The registrar shall not issue
(a) a driver's licence of any class to a person under the age of 16 years, except as permitted by the regulations;
(b) a class 1, 2, 3 or 4 driver's licence to a person under the age of 18 years;
(c) a driver's licence of any class to a person who is not a resident of Manitoba, unless the person is exempted by the regulations; or
(d) a driver's licence of any class
(i) to a person whose driver's licence has been cancelled, unless the registrar is satisfied that the person is a fit and proper person to hold a driver's licence of the class being issued,
(ii) to a person whose driver's licence is suspended,
(iii) to a person who is prohibited from driving by a court, unless the court's prohibition order allows the person to drive a vehicle that is equipped with an ignition-interlock device and the driver's licence is a restricted licence, as defined in section 279.1 of this Act, or the order otherwise allows the licence to be issued,
(iv) to a person who has a disease or disability that may be expected to interfere with safely driving a motor vehicle that may be driven with a driver's licence of the class applied for, except as permitted under this Act,
(v) to a person who declines to take or fails any examination that the person is required to take under this Act,
(vi) to a person who declines to take or fails to complete an impaired driver's course that the person is required to take under this Act, or
(vii) to a person whose driver's licence consists of a licence certificate and photo identification card and who fails or refuses to be photographed as required by this Act and the regulations.
Subsections 24(10) to (12) are repealed.
Clauses 26.1(1)(a) to (l) and (t) are repealed.
The centred heading before section 27 and sections 27 to 30 are repealed.
The centred heading "RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS AND ARRANGEMENTS" is added before subsection 31.1(1).
Subsection 31.1(1) is amended
(a) by striking out "subsection 31(3) from the application of subsection 31(2)" and substituting "subsection 28(1) of The Drivers and Vehicles Act from the examination requirements of that Act"; and
(b) by striking out "this Act and the regulations" and substituting "that Act and the regulations under that Act".
The centred heading before section 32 and sections 32 to 34 are repealed.
Section 50 is amended by striking out "Every snowmobile of the type required to be registered under this Act and propelled by a propellor," and substituting "Every snow vehicle of the type required to be registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act and propelled by a propellor".
Clause 52(3)(c) is amended by striking out "this Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subclause 87(2.1)(a)(ii) is amended
(a) by adding ", The Drivers and Vehicles Act" after "this Act"; and
(b) in the English version, by striking out "either Act" and substituting "any of those Acts".
Subsection 87(7) is amended
(a) by replacing the section heading with "Permit charges"; and
(b) in the subsection, by striking out "fees in accordance with the regulations" and substituting "the charge specified in the regulations".
Section 89 is amended
(a) in clause (a),
(i) by striking out "or chauffeur thereof", and
(ii) by striking out "holding a valid and subsisting permit under this Act" and substituting "who holds a valid dealer's permit under The Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(b) in clause (e), by adding "The Drivers and Vehicles Act or" after "with".
The part of subsection 90(1) before clause (a) is amended by striking out "this Act or regulations made thereunder" and substituting "this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act or the regulations under either Act".
Subsections 124.3(1) and (2) are amended by striking out "registrar" wherever it occurs and substituting "minister".
Subsection 124.3(3) is amended
(a) in the section heading, by striking out "Fee" and substituting "Charge"; and
(b) in the subsection, by striking out "any fee that is prescribed" and substituting "the charge for the permit that is specified".
The part of subsection 124.6(1) after clause (c) is amended
(a) by striking out "registrar" and substituting "minister"; and
(b) in the English version, by striking out "register" and substituting "minister".
Subsection 124.6(2) and the part of subsection 124.7(3) before clause (a) are amended by striking out "registrar" and substituting "minister".
Subsection 152(3) is repealed.
The part of subsection 155(1) before clause (a) is amended by striking out "records of the registrar" and substituting "registrar's records under The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 157(1) is amended by striking out "and subsisting".
Subsection 157(4.2) is amended by striking out "section 28.1 or subsection 28.5(2)" and substituting "section 19 or subsection 23(2) of The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsections 157(8) and (9) are replaced with the following:
A person who makes an appeal to the medical review committee shall pay the charge specified in the regulations.
Waivers and refunds of application charges
The medical review committee shall forward to the Minister of Finance every appeal charge paid under this section. But the medical review committee may waive payment of a charge or may recommend to the Minister of Finance that the amount of the charge be remitted pursuant to The Financial Administration Act in any case in which it finds it unreasonable or unjust that a charge should be paid or finds that undue hardship would result from the payment of the charge.
Clause 158(1)(b) is amended by adding "of The Drivers and Vehicles Act or" after "violated any provision".
Subsection 160(1) is replaced with the following:
Giving of proof of financial responsibility
If this Act or The Drivers and Vehicles Act requires a person to give proof of financial responsibility, the person shall give it to the registrar unless this Act or The Drivers and Vehicles Act requires it to be given to another person.
Subsection 170(1) is amended
(a) in clauses (b) and (c), by striking out "or" at the end;
(b) by replacing clause (d) with the following:
(d) use a driver's licence that is not valid;
(c) in clause (e),
(i) by adding "or The Drivers and Vehicles Act" after "this Act", and
(ii) by striking out "or" at the end;
(d) in subclause (f)(ii),
(i) by adding "or The Drivers and Vehicles Act" after "this Act", and
(ii) by striking out "or" at the end;
(e) in clause (g), by striking out "or" at the end;
(f) in clause (h), by adding "or" at the end; and
(g) by replacing clause (i) with the following:
(i) hold, at any time,
(i) both a valid driver's licence and a valid out-of-province driving permit, or
(ii) more than one valid out-of-province driving permit.
Clause 171(1.1)(a) is amended by striking out "described in subsection 4.10(3)" and substituting "authorized by the registrar under The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Clauses 171(2)(c), (d) and (e) are amended by striking out "or the regulations" and substituting ", The Drivers and Vehicles Act or the regulations under either of those Acts".
Subsection 172(1) is amended by adding "or The Drivers and Vehicles Act" after "this Act".
Subsection 173(1) is replaced with the following:
No person shall drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless
(a) he or she holds a valid driver's licence of a class that authorizes him or her to operate the class of motor vehicle he or she is operating; or
(b) he or she holds a valid out-of-province driving permit that authorizes him or her to operate the class of motor vehicle he or she is operating, and he or she is authorized by section 31 of The Drivers and Vehicles Act to drive the motor vehicle in Manitoba.
Subsection 173(2) is amended by striking out "subsection 26(4)" and substituting "section 5 of The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 174(2) is amended by adding "under The Drivers and Vehicles Act" at the end.
Subsection 174(3) is amended by striking out "as prescribed in the regulations".
Subsection 174(4) is repealed.
Subsection 176(1) is replaced with the following:
Complying with conditional or restricted registration
If the registrar has allowed the conditional or restricted registration of a motor vehicle under The Drivers and Vehicles Act, no person shall drive the motor vehicle on a highway, or permit the motor vehicle to be driven on a highway, except in compliance with the conditions or restrictions of the registration.
Subsection 199(1) is amended
(a) by striking out "under this Act to drive it" and substituting "to drive it under this Act or The Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(b) in the English version,
(i) by adding "or her" after "him", and
(ii) by adding "or her" after "his".
Subsection 199(2) is amended by striking out "under this Act to drive it" and substituting "to drive it under this Act or The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 204(3) is replaced with the following:
Non-application of clauses (1)(a), (c) and (d)
If the registrar has allowed the conditional or restricted registration of a motor vehicle under The Drivers and Vehicles Act, clauses (1)(a), (c) and (d) do not apply in respect of the motor vehicle to the extent that the registration allows it to deviate from the equipment requirements of this Act or the regulations.
Subsection 224(1) is amended
(a) in clause (b), by adding "or The Drivers and Vehicles Act" after "this Act"; and
(b) in clause (c), by striking out everything after "or under" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act or The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act or the regulations under either of those Acts."
Subsection 226(1) is amended by striking out "this Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 226(2) is replaced with the following:
Driving without certificate of insurance
If this Act requires a person to hold a driver's licence while driving a vehicle on a highway, no person shall drive the vehicle on a highway unless a certificate of insurance
(a) has been issued to the person in respect of the driver's licence under The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act and the regulations under that Act; and
Clause 226(3)(b) is amended by striking out "this Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Section 234 is amended by striking out "this Act, or the regulations," and substituting "this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act, or the regulations under either Act,".
Subsection 241(1) is amended
(a) in clause (a), by adding "or (1.1)" at the end; and
Clause 242.1(3.1)(a) is amended by adding "or The Drivers and Vehicles Act" after "this Act".
The part of clause 242.1(4.1)(a) before subclause (i) is amended by adding "The Drivers and Vehicles Act or" after "under".
The part of subsection 242.1(6) before clause (a) is amended by striking out "subsection 27(5) of this Act and section 12 of The Off-Road Vehicles Act, if applicable" and substituting "section 13 of The Drivers and Vehicles Act and, if applicable, section 82 of that Act".
Subsection 242.1(7) is amended by adding "or The Drivers and Vehicles Act" after "this Act".
Subsection 243(2) is amended
(a) in clause (c), by striking out "this Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act or the regulations under that Act"; and
(b) in the part after clause (c) of the English version, by adding "or she" after "he".
Subsection 255(5) is repealed.
Section 260, subsection 261(2) and section 263 are repealed.
Subsection 263.1(1.2) is amended
(a) by replacing clause (a) with the following:
(a) if the person holds a valid driver's licence issued under The Drivers and Vehicles Act or this Act, other than a temporary permit issued under this clause,
(i) take possession of the driver's licence and, subject to subsection (2), issue a temporary permit that expires seven days after the date it is issued, or on the expiry date of the seized driver's licence, whichever is earlier, and
(ii) suspend the driver's licence by serving on the person a notice of intention to suspend, and an order of suspension that is effective seven days after the date of the order;
(b) by replacing clauses (c) and (d) with the following:
(c) if the person holds a valid out-of-province driving permit, disqualify the person from holding a driver's licence or operating a motor vehicle in Manitoba, by serving on the person a notice of intention to disqualify, and an order of disqualification that is effective seven days after the date of the order; and
(d) if the person does not hold a valid driver's licence or out-of-province driving permit, disqualify the person from holding a licence or operating a motor vehicle in Manitoba, by serving on the person a notice of intention to disqualify, and an order of disqualification that is effective seven days after the date of the order.
Subsection 263.1(2) is amended by striking out "a licence or permit" and substituting "the driver's licence".
Subsection 263.1(3) of the English version is amended
(a) in clause (a), by striking out "or permit"; and
(b) in clause (b), by striking out "licence or".
Subsection 263.1(5) is replaced with the following:
Driver's licence not surrendered
If a person who holds a driver's licence does not surrender it, the driver's licence is nevertheless suspended.
Subsection 263.1(6) is amended by striking out "licence or permit is suspended under this section and a person without a licence or permit is disqualified under this section from applying for or holding a licence or permit or operating a motor vehicle" and substituting "driver's licence is suspended under this section, and a person without a driver's licence is disqualified under this section from holding a driver's licence or operating a motor vehicle,".
Subsection 263.1(7) is amended by striking out "holding a licence or permit issued to a person other than under this Act is disqualified under this section from applying for or holding a licence or permit" and substituting "holding an out-of-province driving permit is disqualified under this section from or holding a licence".
Subsection 264(9) is replaced with the following:
If a stay is directed under subsection (8), the judge or judges of the court being appealed to shall cause a copy of the direction and any order made under section 261 of the Criminal Code to be sent to the registrar. After the registrar receives the direction, the operation of this section is stayed until the registrar receives notice as to the disposition of the appeal.
Request to return licence during stay
If the appellant's driver's licence is in the registrar's possession and the appellant requests its return, the registrar shall restore the driver's licence to the appellant if
(a) the driver's licence is not suspended under another provision of this Act or a provision of The Drivers and Vehicles Act;
(b) the appellant is not prohibited from driving a motor vehicle other than by reason of the conviction being appealed; and
(c) the appellant has complied with any requirements imposed by the registrar under this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act or The Summary Convictions Act.
Clause 264(13)(c) is amended
(a) by striking out "and subsisting driver's licence issued under this Act" and substituting "driver's licence"; and
(b) by adding "or a provision of The Drivers and Vehicles Act" at the end.
Subsection 265(5) is amended by striking out everything after "holds" and substituting "an out-of-province driving permit."
Subsection 265(6) is amended
(a) in the part before clause (a), by striking out "a driver's licence"; and
(b) by replacing clauses (a) and (b) and the part after clause (b) with the following:
(a) a driver's licence issued in Manitoba, it is suspended, and the person is disqualified from operating an off-road vehicle, for 24 hours from the time the request is made, whether or not the person surrenders the driver's licence; or
(b) an out-of-province driving permit, the person is disqualified from operating a motor vehicle or off-road vehicle in Manitoba for 24 hours from the time the request is made.
The following is added after subsection 270(7):
Suspension for restitution orders in Canada or U.S.A.
Subsections (1) to (5) apply, with necessary changes, to a person who fails within thirty days to satisfy a restitution order issued against him or her by any court in Canada or the United States if the restitution order is issued in respect of bodily injury to another person, the death of another person or damage to property in an amount exceeding $1,000. occasioned by or arising out of the ownership, maintenance, operation, or use, of a motor vehicle by the person ordered to make restitution.
Subsection 271(1) is amended
(a) by striking out "this Act" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act"; and
(b) in the English version, by striking out "by him".
Clause 273.1(2)(a) is replaced with the following:
(a) suspend or cancel any driver's licence the person holds under The Drivers and Vehicles Act or this Act, and cancel or suspend the registration of any vehicle registered in the person's name under The Drivers and Vehicles Act; and
Section 273.4 is amended
(a) in the part before clause (a), by striking out "Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act" and substituting "Despite the provisions of The Drivers and Vehicles Act and this Act"; and
(b) by replacing clause (a) with the following:
(a) suspend any driver's licence that the person holds;
Sections 274 and 275 are repealed.
Subsection 278(6) is amended by adding ", but the rules must provide that the appellant and any other party to an appeal are to have a full opportunity to present evidence and make submissions" after "procedure".
Subsection 278(8) is replaced with the following:
The appeal board has powers and duties conferred or imposed on it by section 279 or 279.3 or another provision of this Act, by a provision of The Drivers and Vehicles Act or another Act, or by a regulation made under this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act or another Act.
The members of the appeal board have the powers of commissioners under Part V of The Manitoba Evidence Act.
Section 279 is replaced with the following:
Subject to subsection (3), a person may appeal to the appeal board
(a) if any of the following has been refused, suspended or cancelled under this Act:
(i) the person's application for a driver's licence or to register a motor vehicle, trailer or off-road vehicle,
(ii) the person's driver's licence or right to hold a driver's licence,
(iii) the registration of a motor vehicle or off-road vehicle registered in the person's name,
(iv) an exemption, privilege or benefit under section 4.3;
(b) if the person has been disqualified under this Act from driving a motor vehicle or operating an off-road vehicle under any provision of this Act; or
(c) if the person is a novice driver and the registrar has extended the time that he or she must spend in any licensing stage or has extended, varied or added to the conditions or restrictions of his or her novice driver's licence.
Application to appeals under other Acts
In addition to appeals under subsection (1), this section applies to appeals to the appeal board that are provided for in The Drivers and Vehicles Act, The Off-Road Vehicles Act or the regulations under either of those Acts.
Despite subsections (1) and (2), no person may appeal to the appeal board under subsection (1) or under a provision of another Act or a regulation, if the refusal, suspension, cancellation or disqualification is
(a) for non-payment of a fine or of costs, as defined in The Summary Convictions Act, or of a penalty under section 17 of that Act, in relation to a conviction for an offence under an Act or a regulation under an Act;
(b) for non-payment of any other amount of money payable under this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act, The Off-Road Vehicles Act, The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act or a regulation under any of those Acts; or
(c) an action taken by the registrar under section 273.1 or 273.2 (default in maintenance), section 273.2.1 (default in fine or restitution order), section 273.3 (alternative measures) or section 273.4 or 273.5 (Domestic Violence Act).
Restriction re administrative suspensions
A person whose driver's licence is suspended, or who is disqualified from applying for or holding a driver's licence or from operating a motor vehicle or off-road vehicle in Manitoba, under section 263.1 or 263.2 is not entitled to appeal to the appeal board until the period of suspension or disqualification has elapsed.
A person who wishes to appeal to the appeal board must
(a) file an appeal application with the appeal board in the form the appeal board requires;
(b) provide the appeal board with any additional information the appeal board requires; and
(c) pay a charge in the amount specified in the regulations.
Copy of appeal application to registrar
The secretary of the appeal board shall without delay give a copy of an appeal application to the registrar.
The registrar shall without delay forward to the appeal board any records and information that the appeal board requests in relation to an appeal.
An appeal from a decision of the registrar about a permit under Part 7 of The Drivers and Vehicles Act stays the decision pending the disposition of the appeal if the registrar's decision so provides or the appeal board so decides. This subsection also applies in respect of a permit issued under a regulation made under clause 123(1)(u) of that Act if a regulation under clause 123(1)(v) of that Act makes this section apply to appeals in relation to such permits.
Adoption of registrar's findings
The appeal board may adopt the registrar's findings of fact except insofar as they are put in issue by the appellant.
Evidence may be given before the appeal board in any manner that the appeal board considers appropriate. The appeal board is not bound by the rules of evidence applicable to judicial proceedings.
Consideration of relevant information
In addition to evidence given in the course of a hearing, the appeal board may consider relevant information in the possession of the registrar or obtained by the appeal board, if the appeal board informs the appellant of the nature of the information and gives him or her an opportunity to explain or refute it.
The appeal board shall give the appellant and the registrar a reasonable opportunity to examine all material filed with the appeal board that is relevant to the appeal.
Despite any other provision of this Act, The Drivers and Vehicle Act or The Off-Road Vehicles Act, the appeal board may, after receiving an appeal application, make any order described in subsection (18) after hearing
(a) the person making the appeal or the person's counsel; and
(b) the Attorney General or the registrar, if either of them desires to be heard, or their counsel.
Subject to subsections (16) and (26), the appeal board must conduct a hearing about a matter for which an appeal application is filed.
Hearing conducted orally or in writing
The appeal board may conduct a hearing
(a) orally, including by telephone or other electronic technology if it allows the members of the appeal board, all the parties and their counsel to hear each other;
(b) in writing; or
(c) partly orally and partly in writing.
Subject to any conditions that the board considers appropriate, the board may allow a person to make his or her appeal by mail if the board is satisfied that
(a) the person would suffer undue hardship or expense in appearing personally for a hearing;
(b) it is practicable for the person to submit his or her case to the board by mail; and
(c) it is reasonable and just in the circumstances to permit the person to make the appeal by mail.
The appeal board shall give reasonable notice of the time and place of the appeal hearing to the registrar and the appellant.
Kinds of orders that may be made
If the appeal board decides to grant relief on an appeal, it may, by order, do one or more of the following:
(a) revoke a suspension, cancellation or disqualification, in whole or in part;
(b) direct a permit or driver's licence to be issued, a vehicle to be registered or an exemption, privilege or benefit under section 4.3 to be granted;
(c) revoke or vary a licence-stage extension, or an extension, variation or addition of the licence conditions or restrictions, of a novice driver.
Issuance of permit or driver's licence
When an order is made under subsection (18),
(a) the suspension, cancellation or disqualification is revoked, to the extent stated in the order; and
(b) subject to the person's complying with any requirements imposed by the registrar under this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act, The Off-Road Vehicles Act or The Summary Convictions Act, the registrar must take whatever action is necessary to give effect to the order.
The appeal board may impose any conditions or restrictions, or both, that it considers appropriate on the revocation of a suspension, cancellation or disqualification, on a permit or driver's licence that is to be issued or on any other revocation or variation described in subsection (18). The appeal board may make the conditions or restrictions extend beyond the period for which the permit, driver's licence or registration was originally suspended or cancelled, or beyond the original period of disqualification.
Mandatory conditions re alcohol-related suspension
When the subject of an appeal is a driver's licence and right to have a driver's licence that was suspended under section 264 for an offence under section 253, subsection 254(5) or subsection 255(2) or (3) of the Criminal Code, the appeal board shall not
(a) revoke the suspension in whole or in part unless the revocation order contains the conditions that, during the period for which the licence and right to have a licence was suspended, the appellant
(i) must participate in a motor vehicle ignition-interlock program under section 279.1 and comply with the requirements of the program, and
(ii) must, except as permitted under subsection (22), drive only a specified motor vehicle equipped with an ignition-interlock device that is approved under section 279.1 and complies with the requirements of the program; or
(b) direct the registrar to issue a licence to the appellant unless the licence is subject to the restriction that the appellant must, except as permitted under subsection (22), drive only a specified motor vehicle equipped with an ignition-interlock device that is approved under section 279.1 and complies with the requirements of the program.
Ignition-interlock exemption for work purposes
When the appeal board is satisfied that an exemption from the requirements of subclause (21)(a)(ii) and clause (21)(b) is necessary for an appellant to be employed, it may, by order and subject to any conditions or restrictions imposed under subsection (20), authorize the appellant, during the course of his or her employment, to drive a motor vehicle that is owned, leased or rented by the employer and is not equipped with an approved ignition-interlock device.
Temporary licence from appeal board
Despite any other provision of this Act, if a person has filed an appeal from the suspension of his or her driver's licence or disqualification from operating an off-road vehicle, and
(a) the convicting judge or justice issued the person a temporary driver's licence, or temporarily revoked the disqualification, but the driver's licence or revocation has expired or is about to expire, the chair of the appeal board or a person designated by the chair may, for a period of not more than 45 days,
(i) further temporarily revoke the suspension and issue a further temporary licence, or
(ii) further temporarily revoke the disqualification; or
(b) the convicting judge or justice did not issue a temporary driver's licence or temporarily revoke the disqualification, the chair of the appeal board or a person designated by the chair may, for a period of not more than 45 days,
(i) order the temporary revocation of the suspension and issue a temporary licence, or
(ii) order the temporary revocation of the disqualification.
The chair shall provide the registrar with a copy of any order made under this subsection.
Removal of conditions or restrictions
The board may, on further application, remove some or all of the conditions or restrictions imposed by an order under subsection (20) if after a period of three years the appellant has not been convicted of any further offence under the Criminal Code (Canada), or this Act or The Drivers and Vehicles Act, making him or her liable to further suspension or disqualification.
Removal of ignition-interlock conditions
Despite subsection (24), the appeal board shall not remove a condition or restriction contained in or imposed under an order, as required by subsection (21), unless, after consulting the registrar, it is satisfied that the removal does not constitute a threat to the public safety.
Time within which appeals may be heard
If the appeal board finds that it is reasonable and just to do so, it may receive an appeal application at any time and deal with the appeal in accordance with this section. But if the appeal board has previously dealt with an appeal and refused to revoke a suspension, cancellation or disqualification or to order the issue of a permit or licence, it shall not again receive an appeal application or deal with a new appeal in respect of that suspension, cancellation or disqualification or in respect of that application for a permit or licence until three years have elapsed since the disposition of the previous appeal.
The appeal board shall not make an order in respect of an appeal unless
(a) it is satisfied, in the case of a suspension, cancellation or disqualification,
(i) that exceptional hardship will result if the suspension, cancellation or disqualification remains in effect, and
(ii) that the revocation of the suspension, cancellation or disqualification is not contrary to the public interest; and
(b) the appellant has paid to the board the charge for the appeal application specified in the regulations.
Waivers and refunds of application charges
The appeal board shall forward to the Minister of Finance every application charge paid under this section. But the appeal board may waive payment of a charge or may recommend to the Minister of Finance that the amount of the charge be remitted pursuant to The Financial Administration Act in any case in which it finds it unreasonable or unjust that a charge should be paid or finds that undue hardship would result from the payment of the charge.
Further application for revocation
Despite subsection (26), if an appeal for revocation of a suspension, cancellation or disqualification has been refused because the appellant failed to prove exceptional hardship or that the revocation is not contrary to the public interest, the board may receive a further appeal application for revocation of the suspension, cancellation or disqualification and may deal with the appeal if it is satisfied, on further application by the appellant, that the appellant's circumstances have changed or that new evidence is available showing that it would not be contrary to public interest to revoke the suspension, cancellation or disqualification. Subsection (27) applies, with necessary changes, to the further appeal application.
Failure of appellant to appear at hearing
If an appellant fails or neglects on two or more occasions, without reasonable justification, to attend an oral hearing on the date fixed by the board, the board may refuse to hear the appeal or other application. In such a case the application charge paid by the appellant is forfeited.
Variation of order by appeal board
When the appeal board makes an order requiring the registrar to issue a conditional or restricted licence or a conditional permit or registration or an order revoking a disqualification subject to conditions, and the circumstances of the appellant later change, the appeal board may, on further application by the appellant, vary the order in such manner the appeal board considers just. Subsection (27) applies, with necessary changes, to the application for a variation.
Variation of ignition-interlock conditions
Despite subsection (31), the appeal board shall not vary an order by varying or removing a condition or restriction contained in or imposed under the order, as required by subsection (21), unless, after consulting the registrar, it is satisfied that the variation or removal does not constitute a threat to the public safety.
Decision to be given to appellant and registrar
The appeal board shall as soon as reasonably practicable give a copy of its decision regarding an appeal or other application to the appellant and the registrar.
The definition "restricted licence" in subsection 279.1(1) is amended
(a) in clause (a), by adding "or 279.3" after "section 279"; and
(b) in clause (b), by striking out "subsection 24(6)" and substituting "section 5 of The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
The following is added after section 279.2 as part of Part VII:
Application to join ignition-interlock program
A person may apply to the appeal board for an order allowing the person to join the ignition-interlock program if the person needs to participate in the program to be eligible to drive a motor vehicle during a driving prohibition imposed on the person under the Criminal Code or the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada).
To make an application under this section, the person must
(a) file an application with the appeal board in the form the appeal board requires, accompanied by the information or documentation that the board requires; and
(b) pay the application charge specified in the regulations.
Application is to be dealt with like an appeal
The appeal board must deal with and decide the application in the same manner as an appeal of a driver's licence suspension for an offence under section 253 or subsection 254(5) or 255(2) or (3) of the Criminal Code. Section 279 applies, with necessary changes, to an application under this section.
Appeal board may order registrar to issue restricted licence
Without limiting the application of section 279, the appeal board may issue an order allowing the person to participate in the ignition-interlock program and directing the registrar to issue a restricted licence to the person if the appeal board is satisfied
(a) that exceptional hardship will result if the person is not allowed to participate in the ignition-interlock program and is not issued a restricted licence; and
(b) that allowing the person to participate in the program and issuing the restricted licence is not contrary to the public interest.
An order under subsection (4) has the same effect as an order under section 279 that is subject to mandatory ignition-interlock conditions. The person who obtains the order must participate in a motor vehicle ignition-interlock program under section 279.1 and comply with the requirements of the program in the same manner as a person whose driver's licence suspension is revoked under subsection 279 subject to such conditions.
Application of sections 279.1 and 279.2
Sections 279.1 and 279.2, and the regulations under section 279.1 apply, with necessary changes, to a person who obtains an order under this section.
Subsection 281(3) is amended by striking out "Part I" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Section 287 is amended by striking out "subsection 4.2(1)" and substituting "The Drivers and Vehicles Act".
Subsection 290(1) is amended by striking out everything after "the board may require".
Subsection 290(2.2) is replaced with the following:
Safety fitness requirements for commercial trucks
A motor carrier shall not operate a commercial truck that has a registered gross weight of 4,500 kg or more, or permit the commercial truck to be driven on a highway, unless the motor carrier meets the criteria relating to safety fitness prescribed by regulation by the transport board.
Clause 290(3)(a) is amended by adding "and The Drivers and Vehicles Act" after "this Act".
Subsection 295(2) is amended by striking out "and subsisting".
Subsection 300(3.1) is amended in the part before clause (a)
(a) by adding "or The Drivers and Vehicles Act or a regulation under either of those Acts" after "this Act"; and
(b) in the English version, by striking out "board or for" and substituting "board, or for".
Section 306 is amended
(a) by replacing clause (c) with the following:
(c) hold a valid driver's licence of a class that authorizes him or her to operate the class of motor vehicle being driven or, if the driver is not a resident of Manitoba, hold a valid out-of-province driving permit that authorizes him or her to operate the class of motor vehicle being driven, issued in the province or territory of Canada or the state of the United States of which he or she is a resident;
(b) by replacing the part after clause (c) with "and, if the driver is not a resident of Manitoba, he or she shall comply with the requirements of the province or territory of Canada or the state of the United States of which he or she is a resident and with the requirements of this Act and the regulations.
Section 317 is amended
(a) in clause (a), by adding ", The Drivers and Vehicles Act or a regulation under either of those Acts" at the end; and
(b) in clause (d), by striking out "violate any provision of the Act or condition" and substituting "contravene a provision of this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act or a regulation under either of those Acts, to contravene a condition".
The following is added after subclause 318.1(3)(b)(i):
(i.1) The Drivers and Vehicles Act and regulations or any similar Act and regulations of the legislature of a province or territory,
Subsection 318.8(2) is amended by striking out "registrar" and substituting "minister".
The part of subsection 318.10(2) before clause (a) is amended by striking out "The registrar, or a person authorized in writing by the registrar, may, for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Act and the regulations," and substituting "To ensure compliance with this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act and the regulations under either of those Acts, an inspector or a person authorized in writing by the minister may".
Subsection 318.10(4) is amended by striking out "the registrar, or a person authorized in writing by the registrar," and substituting "an inspector or a person authorized in writing by the minister".
Subsection 319(1) is amended
(a) by repealing clauses (j) to (l.3), (l.5) to (l.13), (o), (u), (w), (x), (gg) to (hh), (vv), (aaa), (nnn), (rrr.2) to (rrr.5), (sss.2) to (sss.9), (sss.11), (sss.12), (xxx) to (aaaa) and (bbbb);
(b) by replacing clause (l.4) with the following:
(l.4) specifying the charge to be paid under The Drivers and Vehicles Act
(i) for a dealer's permit, salesperson's permit or recycler's permit, or for renewing, amending or replacing such a permit, or
(ii) for any knowledge test that a person applying for such a permit or a renewal may be required to take;
(c) by replacing clause (v) with the following:
(v) specifying the charge to be paid under The Drivers and Vehicles Act
(i) for a driver training school permit or driving instructor's permit, or for renewing, amending or replacing such a permit, or
(ii) for any knowledge test that a person applying for such a permit or a renewal may be required to take;
(d) in clause (ee.1), by striking out "prescribing the fee" and substituting "specifying the charge";
(e) in clause (yy),
(i) by striking out "standards for motorcycles which may be registered under this Act" and substituting "standards for motorcycles that may be registered under The Drivers and Vehicles Act", and
(ii) by striking out "equipment for motorcycles which may be registered under this Act" and substituting "equipment for motorcycles that may be registered under that Act";
(f) in clause (ddd.1), by striking out "fee" and substituting "charge";
(g) in clause (eee),
(i) by striking out "respecting the fees" and substituting "specifying the charges, and
(ii) in the English version, by striking out "fee" and substituting "charge";
(h) by replacing (rrr.1) with the following:
(rrr.1) specifying the charge to be paid under The Drivers and Vehicles Act
(i) for an inspection station permit or qualified mechanic's permit, or for renewing, amending or replacing such a permit, or
(ii) for any knowledge test that a person applying for such a permit or a renewal may be required to take;
(i) by replacing clause (sss.1) with the following:
(sss.1) respecting the circumstances, events or time periods in which vehicles having a registered gross weight of 4,500 kg or more and regulated school buses, or classes of such vehicles, are to be submitted to inspections and tests, and prescribing the inspection certificates and decals required to be issued in relation to the inspections and tests, specifying the charges payable for inspection certificate forms and decals or any class of inspection certificate forms or decals and providing for recognizing in Manitoba the inspection programs, inspection certificates and decals of jurisdictions outside Manitoba;
(j) in clause (sss.10),
(i) by striking out "fee charged to a person" and substituting "charge payable under this Act or The Drivers and Vehicles Act", and
(ii) by striking out "maximum fee" wherever it occurs and substituting "maximum charge";
(k) by adding the following after clause (aaaa):
(aaaa.1) specifying the charge to be paid under The Drivers and Vehicles Act for a voluntary photo identification card or a replacement card;
(l) in clause (jjjj) of the English version, by striking out "prescribing the fees payable" and substituting "specifying the charges payable"; and
(m) by adding the following after clause (jjjj):
(jjjj.1) respecting the records of distance that a person whose registration fee is prorated under an agreement or arrangement under subsection 4.3(3) is required to make and maintain, and the reports of distance that person is required to submit and when that person is required to submit them;
(jjjj.2) respecting standards and guidelines in relation to determining when a disease or disability may be expected to interfere with safely driving a vehicle for the purposes of licensing of drivers under this Act or any other Act;
Subsection 319(1.1) is amended in the section heading and in the subsection by striking out "registrar" and substituting "minister".
Subsection 319(3) is amended by adding "or the minister" after "Lieutenant Governor in Council".
Subsections 320(1) to (4) are repealed.
Subsection 320(5) is amended in the section heading and in the subsection by striking out "registrar" and substituting "minister".
The following is added after subsection 322(8):
Access to photo records to produce identification cards
Despite subsection (3), the registrar may, for the purpose of producing drivers' photo identification cards, provide access to or copies of drivers' photographs to a person who has a contract under subsection (10) to produce drivers' photo identification cards for the Government of Manitoba.
Minister may enter into contract
On behalf of the government, the minister may enter into a contract with another person under which the other person produces drivers' photo identification cards for the purposes of subsection 27(1.1).
Subsection 322.1(1) is amended
(a) by adding the following after subclause (b)(i):
(i.1) The Drivers and Vehicles Act and regulations or any similar Act and regulations of the legislature of a province or territory,
(b) in clause (e),
(i) by striking out "the Act or regulations" and substituting "this Act or The Drivers and Vehicles Act or a regulation under either of those Acts",
(ii) by striking out "a peace officer, an inspector," and substituting "an inspector or other peace officer, a qualified mechanic,", and
(iii) by striking out "directed the motor carrier under this Act or the regulations" and substituting "directed the motor carrier"; and
(c) in clause (h), by striking out "registrar" and substituting "minister".
Subsection 322.1(3) is amended in the part before clause (a) by striking out "this Act and the regulations" and substituting "this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act and the regulations under those Acts".
Subsection 323(1) is amended by striking out "An officer of the department, who shall be known as: "Registrar of Motor Vehicles", one or more deputy registrars, a Director of Highway Safety" and substituting "A Director of Highway Safety".
Subsection 323(3) is amended in the section heading and in the subsection by striking out "registrar" and substituting "minister".
Subsection 323(4) is repealed.
The following is added after subsection 323(4):
Delegation of other duties and powers
Without limiting the application of subsection (4), the registrar may, with the written approval of the minister, delegate any of his or her other duties or powers under this Act or the regulations to any person employed by the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation or by the government. A duty performed or a power exercised by a person to whom it is delegated under this subsection is as validly performed or exercised as if the registrar had performed or exercised it.
Subsection 323(5) is repealed.
Subsection 323(7) is amended
(a) by striking out "Neither the registrar, nor any person" and substituting "No person";
(b) in the English version,
(i) by striking out "by him or them" and substituting "by him or her", and
(ii) by striking out "to him or to them or any of them" and substituting "to him or her"; and
(c) in the French version by striking out "la présente loi" wherever it occurs and substituting "le présent code".
Subsections 323.1(1) and (2) are amended by striking out "minister" wherever it occurs and substituting "registrar".
Section 325 is replaced with the following:
The minister may authorize any employee of the department over which the minister presides to perform and exercise in the minister's place any of the duties imposed or powers conferred on the minister by this Act, The Off-Road Vehicles Act or the regulations under either of those Acts.
Section 327 is replaced with the following:
Inspection at regular intervals
The minister may require vehicles of a prescribed class or type to be inspected at regular intervals as provided in the regulations. This section does not apply to a truck or trailer that has a registered gross vehicle weight of 4,500 kg or less or to a passenger car.
Section 331 and the centred heading before it are replaced with the following:
CHARGES FOR SERVICES
Persons must pay charge to obtain services
Despite any other provision of this Act requiring the payment of a fee, a person who applies for, requests or obtains a service under this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act or a regulation under either Act must pay
(a) the charge for the service that is specified in the regulations under this Act; or
(b) if a method of calculating the charge is specified in the regulations under this Act, the charge calculated in accordance with it.
Services covered by subsection (1)
Subsection (1) applies to all services available under this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act or a regulation under either Act, including, but not limited to,
(a) driver's licences, licence renewals, replacement licence certificates, driver's photo identification cards for drivers and replacements of such cards;
(b) vehicle registrations and replacements of registration cards, registration permits and number plates;
(c) permits authorizing the operation of overweight or overdimensional vehicles, public service vehicles, commercial trucks or specially equipped vehicles;
(d) permits for driver training schools, driving instructors, dealers, salespersons or recyclers; and
(e) vehicle inspections and inspection certificates.
Regulations respecting charges
The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) specifying the charge that a person must pay to apply for, request or obtain a licence, permit, registration or other service, or the method of calculating the charge;
(b) specifying when and to whom charges for specific services must be paid.
Charges may exceed cost of services
A charge specified by, or calculated in accordance with, a regulation under this section or another provision of this Act may,
(a) if the service is provided by the government, exceed the cost to the government of providing the service; and
(b) if the service is provided by another person, exceed to the cost to the person of providing the service.
The minister may waive any charge payable under this Act, The Drivers and Vehicles Act or a regulation under either Act if the minister is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, or that hardship or injustice has resulted or is likely to result from the requirement to pay the charge.
Minister may delegate authority to waive
The minister may delegate to a person employed by The Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation the authority under subsection (5) to waive any charge payable in respect of a driver's licence, vehicle registration or permit, or in respect of another service relating to such licences, registrations or permits.
Subsection 332(1) is amended by striking out "and subsisting driver's licence issued under this Act" and substituting "driver's licence".
Unproclaimed provisions repealed
Subsections 279(2.2) and (2.3) of The Highway Traffic Act, as enacted by subsection 10(2) of The Highway Traffic Amendment and Consequential Amendments Act (2), S.M. 2001, c. 29, are repealed.
The fees for licences, permits, registrations and other services that were charged
(a) under The Highway Traffic Act as it read before the coming into force of this section; or
(b) under a regulation under that Act;
are validated and declared to have been lawfully charged, to the extent that they would have been valid had subsection 331(4) of The Highway Traffic Act, as enacted by this Act, been in force in relation to those fees at the time they were charged.
Repeal of certain provisions when The Drivers and Vehicles Act comes into force
Subsections 24(9), 322(9) and (10) and 323(4.1) of The Highway Traffic Act, as enacted by this Act, are repealed on the day this section comes into force.
Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.
Coming into force — certain provisions on royal assent
The following provisions come into force on the day The Drivers and Vehicles Act and The Highway Traffic Amendment Act receives royal assent: subsections 17(5) and 26(2), sections 29, 30 and 55, clause 62(a), section 63, subsections 66(1) and (2), clauses 75(1)(d), (f), (g), (i) and (l), section 77, subsection 79(4) and sections 80, 83, 85 and 86.