EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 32 of the Highway Traffic Act is amended to provide that a person who holds a driver’s licence with an air brake endorsement is not required, upon renewal of the driver’s licence, to retake any examinations with respect to the endorsement. In addition, a person who applies for an air brake endorsement must take the examinations with respect to the endorsement, unless the person held a driver’s licence with an air brake endorsement that was valid at any time within the three years before making the application.

Bill 142 2019

An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act with respect to air brake endorsements

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

1 Section 32 of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Air brake endorsement — examination requirements

(5.1)  A person who holds a driver’s license with an air brake endorsement is not required, upon the renewal of the licence, to retake any examinations with respect to the endorsement.

Same

(5.2)  An applicant for an air brake endorsement to a driver’s licence must take the examinations that are required by the regulations with respect to the endorsement, unless the applicant held a driver’s licence with an air brake endorsement that was valid at any time within the three years before making the application.

Commencement

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

Short title

3 The short title of this Act is the Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Air Brake Endorsements), 2019.