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S.M. 2012, c. 24
Bill 22, 1st Session, 40th Legislature
The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Extension of Ignition-Interlock Program)
(Assented to June 14, 2012)
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
The Highway Traffic Act is amended by this Act.
Subsection 279(21) is amended in subclause (a)(ii) and clause (b) by striking out "specified".
Subsection 279.1(1) is amended
(a) in the part before the definition "approved ignition-interlock device", by adding "and in sections 279.2 and 279.3" at the end;
(b) in clauses (a) to (c) of the definition "restricted licence", by striking out "specified"; and
(c) by adding the following definition:
"designated offence" means an offence described in
(a) clause (a) or (a.1) of the definition "Category A offence" in subsection 264(1), or
(b) any of clauses (a) to (a.3) of the definition "Category B offence" in that subsection; (« infraction désignée »)
Subsection 279.1(1.2) is replaced with the following:
Restricted licence after certain convictions
When a person applies for a driver's licence within the period prescribed in the regulations after the expiration of a licence suspension or driving disqualification imposed in respect of the person's conviction for a designated offence, the registrar may issue only a restricted licence to the person.
Subsection 279.1(5) is replaced with the following:
Driver deemed to drive while disqualified
A person is deemed to contravene clause 225(1)(a) if
(a) the person holds a restricted licence and drives
(i) a motor vehicle contrary to the requirements of the ignition-interlock program,
(ii) a motor vehicle that is not equipped with an approved ignition-interlock device, or
(iii) a motor vehicle that is equipped with an approved ignition-interlock device that is not functioning properly or has been tampered with, interfered with or disabled; or
(b) the person does not hold a valid restricted licence and drives a motor vehicle at a time when subsection (1.2) or (1.3) and the regulations require the person's driver's licence to be a restricted licence.
Clauses 279.1(7)(b.1) and (c) are replaced with the following:
(b.1) for the purpose of subsection (1.2), prescribing periods during which the registrar may issue only a restricted licence to a person convicted of committing a designated offence, including different periods that apply
(i) in respect of convictions for different designated offences, or
(ii) in respect of a person's
(A) first conviction, or
(B) second or subsequent conviction, whether the convictions are for the same designated offence or represent a combination of designated offences;
(c) respecting any matter the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out the purposes of this section or of section 279.2 or 279.3.
Subsection 279.2(3) is amended by striking out "279(2.4)" and substituting "279(22)".
This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.