Bill 174 explained in plain English
Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 2011
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to create a new offence for causing death or bodily harm due to contravening a rule of the road, with specific penalties.
Bill 174, the Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 2011, creates a new offence under Ontario's Highway Traffic Act. It makes it an offence to cause the death of or bodily harm to any person as a result of breaking any rule of the road found in Part X of the Act. The penalty for this new offence is a fine of at least $1,000 and no more than $10,000, or imprisonment for up to six months, or both. This is in addition to any penalty already provided for the original rule-breaking offence.
- Creates a new offence for causing death or bodily harm to any person as a result of contravening a rule of the road in Part X of the Highway Traffic Act.
- Establishes penalties for this new offence, including a fine of at least $1,000 and no more than $10,000, or imprisonment for up to six months, or both.
- Specifies that the penalty for this new offence applies instead of any other penalty that might otherwise apply to the contravention of the rule of the road.
- Individuals who contravene rules of the road in Part X of the Highway Traffic Act and, as a result, cause the death of or bodily harm to another person.
- The Ontario court system, which will apply the new offence and penalties.
- Victims of traffic accidents where a rule of the road was contravened and caused death or bodily harm.
- Individuals have the obligation not to contravene rules of the road in Part X of the Highway Traffic Act.
- Individuals are subject to new penalties if they contravene a rule of the road and cause death or bodily harm.
- The law establishes a right for individuals to be free from death or bodily harm caused by contraventions of road rules.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Fines ranging from a minimum of $1,000 to a maximum of $10,000 may be imposed.
- Conviction for the new offence can result in a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $10,000, or imprisonment for up to six months, or both.
- The specific 'rules of the road' covered by Part X of the Highway Traffic Act are not detailed in this amendment, only that contravening them can lead to the new offence.
- The bill does not specify which court or judicial body will hear these offences.
- The bill does not specify if this new offence is in addition to, or instead of, any other charges that could be laid for causing death or bodily harm.
Adds a new section (191.0.2) to Part X, creating a new offence and associated penalties for causing death or bodily harm by contravening a rule of the road.
Source: Section 1
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