Bill 97 explained in plain English
Michelle Krohn Act (Modified Driver's Licence), 2010
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Bill 97 creates an optional modified driver's licence in Ontario with restrictions on highway driving and requires specific vehicle markers, coming into effect six months after Royal Assent.
Bill 97, also known as the Michelle Krohn Act (Modified Driver’s Licence), 2010, aims to create an optional modified driver's licence in Ontario. This licence would allow the Minister to issue it to individuals who choose to apply and meet specific requirements. A key condition of this licence is that the holder is not permitted to drive on certain specified highways. The practical driving test for this licence will not require driving on these restricted highways. The Act also requires holders to affix a marker to their vehicles and for the licence to clearly indicate its modified status. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations to further define requirements, conditions, and other aspects of this modified licence. The Act also outlines that contravening a condition of the modified licence is an offence. This Act comes into force six months after receiving Royal Assent.
- Amends the Highway Traffic Act to create a new section (38.1) that establishes an optional modified driver's licence.
- Allows the Minister to issue this modified driver's licence to individuals who elect to apply for it and meet set requirements.
- Prohibits holders of a modified driver's licence from driving on specific highways listed in the bill or as prescribed by regulations.
- Specifies that practical driving tests for the modified licence will not require driving on the restricted highways.
- Requires holders of a modified driver's licence to affix a removable marker to the rear of any vehicle they drive, in accordance with regulations.
- Mandates that modified driver's licences must visibly indicate that they are subject to a condition.
- Empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations concerning the modified driver's licence, including prescribing highways, qualifications, circumstances for interviews and additional examinations, requirements for driver education courses, changes to licence class based on convictions, markers for vehicles, notations on licences, and exemptions.
- Establishes that contravening a condition of the modified driver's licence is an offence.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force six months after receiving Royal Assent.
- Individuals who apply for and obtain a modified driver's licence.
- The Minister (responsible for issuing the modified licence).
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council (empowered to make regulations).
- Law enforcement (through the enforcement of licence conditions and offences).
- Right to apply for an optional modified driver's licence if eligibility criteria are met.
- Obligation for holders not to drive on specified highways.
- Obligation for holders to affix a marker to their vehicle.
- Right of the Minister to issue modified licences.
- Power of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to create regulations.
- The Act comes into force six months after the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The specific highways where driving is prohibited for modified licence holders are listed, but regulations may prescribe additional highways.
- The details regarding practical and other examinations, qualifications, circumstances for interviews, driver education courses, licence class changes, vehicle markers, and licence notations will be set out in regulations, which are not detailed in this Bill text.
- The specific classes of licence holders eligible to apply for a modified licence are to be prescribed by regulation.
Introduces a new section (38.1) to establish the framework for an optional modified driver's licence, including its conditions, application process, and enforcement.
Source: Section 1 of the Bill, adding Section 38.1 to the Highway Traffic Act
Regulations may be made to prescribe specific highways where modified licence holders cannot drive, set qualifications and requirements for applicants and holders, define circumstances for interviews and additional examinations, mandate driver education, determine when licence classes can be changed, specify vehicle markers, and outline notations on licences.
Source: Section 38.1 (2) (5) and 38.1 (7) of the Bill
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