Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 1996

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill imposes liability on the owner of a vehicle that fails to stop for a school bus that has its overhead red signal lights flashing.

Bill1996

An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act

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

1. (1) Clause 175 (17) (a) of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by striking out "$200" in the second line and substituting "$500".

(2) Clause 175 (17) (b) of the Act is amended by striking out "$500" in the second line and substituting "$1,000".

2. (1) Clause 207 (2) (b) of the Act, as enacted by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 31, section 2, is amended by striking out "175".

(2) Section 207 of the Act, as amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 1993, chapter 31, section 2, is further amended by adding the following subsections:

Owner convicted under subs. 175 (17)

(8) Despite subsection 175 (17), the owner of a vehicle convicted under that subsection is liable,

(a) on a first conviction, to a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $2,000; and

(b) on a subsequent conviction, to a fine of not less than $2,000 and not more than $3,000.

Application

(9) Subsection (8) does not apply where the owner of the motor vehicle is also the driver who contravened subsection 175 (17).

Same

(10) An owner of a vehicle convicted under subsection 175 (17) shall not be liable to imprisonment, a probation order under subsection 72 (1) of the Provincial Offences Act or a driver's licence suspension as a result of the conviction or as a result of default in payment of a fine resulting from that conviction.

Commencement

3. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short title

4. The short title of this Act is the Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 1996.