Bill 131 explained in plain English
Enhancing Red Light Camera System Enforcement Act, 2012
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 131 amends the Highway Traffic Act and the Provincial Offences Act to allow for the mailing of red light camera offence notices outside of Ontario and to clarify the use of certified vehicle ownership statements from other jurisdictions as evidence.
This bill, known as the Enhancing Red Light Camera System Enforcement Act, 2012, makes changes to how traffic offence notices are handled when they are based on evidence from red light cameras. It allows these notices to be mailed to people charged, even if they live outside of Ontario. It also changes how certain statements about vehicle ownership, certified by governments outside Ontario, are treated as evidence in legal proceedings.
- Amends the Highway Traffic Act to allow offence notices from red light camera systems to be mailed to individuals whether they reside in or outside of Ontario.
- Incorporates into the Highway Traffic Act rules for mailing offence notices that were previously in regulations.
- Amends the Provincial Offences Act to allow statements about vehicle ownership, certified by governments outside of Ontario, to be used as evidence in a similar way to statements certified by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.
- Repeals subsections 205.17 (3) and (4) of the Highway Traffic Act and substitutes them with new provisions regarding the service of offence notices.
- Adds section 48.2 to the Provincial Offences Act concerning certified evidence for proceedings based on red light camera system evidence.
- Individuals charged with traffic offences based on red light camera evidence.
- Individuals whose vehicle ownership is certified by governments outside Ontario, in relation to legal proceedings.
- Municipalities that use red light camera systems.
- Provincial offences officers.
- Offence notices related to red light cameras can be served by mail to addresses inside and outside Ontario.
- Service of an offence notice mailed under these provisions is considered effective seven days after mailing.
- Statements regarding vehicle ownership certified by governments outside Ontario can be used as certified evidence in legal proceedings.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill text does not specify what constitutes the 'records of the relevant government' for addresses outside Ontario, nor does it detail the process for obtaining or verifying certified statements from governments outside Ontario.
Allows offence notices from red light cameras to be mailed to addresses inside and outside Ontario, and updates rules for service of these notices.
Source: Section 1, amending subsections 205.17 (3) and (4)
Repeals existing provisions related to the service of offence notices from red light cameras.
Source: Section 1
Allows statements of vehicle ownership certified by governments outside Ontario to be treated like statements certified by the Ministry of Transportation for legal proceedings.
Source: Section 2, adding section 48.2
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