Bill 154 1997

An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act with respect to the suspension of drivers' licences

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. (1) Subsection (2) applies only if section 1 of the Comprehensive Road Safety Act, 1997 does not come into force before this section comes into force.

(2) Clauses 41 (1) (b) and (c) of the Highway Traffic Act are repealed and the following substituted:

(b) under section 249 or 252 of the Criminal Code (Canada) committed while driving or having the care, charge or control of a motor vehicle or street car within the meaning of this Act or a motorized snow vehicle within the meaning of the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act\;

(b.1) under section 253 or 255 of the Criminal Code (Canada) committed while,

(i) driving or having the care, charge or control of a motor vehicle or street car within the meaning of this Act or a motorized snow vehicle within the meaning of the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act, or

(ii) operating or having the care, charge or control of a vessel within the meaning of section 214 of the Criminal Code (Canada);

(c) under subsection 254 (5) of the Criminal Code (Canada) committed in relation to,

(i) the driving or having the care, charge or control of a motor vehicle or street car within the meaning of this Act or a motorized snow vehicle within the meaning of the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act, or

(ii) the operating or having the care, charge or control of a vessel within the meaning of section 214 of the Criminal Code (Canada).

(3) Clauses 41 (1) (b) and (c) of the Act, as re-enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1997, chapter 12, section 1, are repealed and clauses 41 (1) (b), (b.1) and (c) of the Act, as set out in subsection (2), are substituted.

2. (1) Subsection 48 (1) of the Act is amended by adding "or the operator of a vessel" after "vehicle" in the third line.

(2) Subsection 48 (13) of the Act is amended by adding the following definition:

"vessel" means a vessel within the meaning of section 214 of the Criminal Code (Canada). ("bateau")

3. Subsection 210 (1) of the Act is amended by striking out "or a motorized snow vehicle within the meaning of the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act" in the eighth, ninth and tenth lines and substituting ", a motorized snow vehicle within the meaning of the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act or a vessel within the meaning of section 214 of the Criminal Code (Canada)". Commencement

4. This Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor. Short title

5. The short title of this Act is the Highway Traffic Amendment Act (licence suspensions), 1997.