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S.M. 2012, c. 24

Bill 22, 1^st Session, 40^th 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:

C.C.S.M. c. H60 amended

1

The Highway Traffic Act is amended by this Act.

2

Subsection 279(21) is amended in subclause (a)(ii) and clause (b) by striking out "specified".

3(1)

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 »)

3(2)

Subsection 279.1(1.2) is replaced with the following:

Restricted licence after certain convictions

279.1(1.2)

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.

3(3)

Subsection 279.1(5) is replaced with the following:

Driver deemed to drive while disqualified

279.1(5)

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.

3(4)

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.

4

Subsection 279.2(3) is amended by striking out "279(2.4)" and substituting "279(22)".

Coming into force

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This Act comes into force on a day to be fixed by proclamation.