Bill 46 explained in plain English
Safe Roundabouts Act, 2013
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill allows the Minister to create regulations for roundabout safety after conducting studies and public consultations, and it defines what a roundabout is.
Bill 46, the Safe Roundabouts Act, 2013, aims to create rules for how drivers should use roundabouts. It allows the Minister of Transportation to make regulations about roundabout safety. Before these rules are made, the Minister must study roundabout safety and consult with the public. The Minister also needs to report to the Legislative Assembly annually on the progress of developing these regulations until they are finalized. The Act also defines what a 'roundabout' is for the purposes of these rules.
- Amends the Highway Traffic Act to add rules for roundabouts.
- Enables the Minister of Transportation to make regulations for traffic rules in roundabouts.
- Requires the Minister to conduct a study on the safe use of roundabouts before making regulations.
- Requires the Minister to consult with the public on the use of roundabouts before making regulations.
- Specifies that the study must cover topics such as crosswalks, signs, lighting, commercial vehicles, speed limits, signalling, and entering/exiting roundabouts.
- Requires the Minister to table an annual report in the Legislative Assembly on the progress of developing roundabout regulations, unless regulations have already been made.
- Defines a 'roundabout' as an intersection where traffic circulates counter-clockwise around a center island.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Drivers
- The Minister of Transportation
- Members of the public (through consultation)
- The Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Minister has the power to make regulations for roundabouts.
- The Minister is obligated to conduct a study on roundabout safety.
- The Minister is obligated to consult with the public on roundabout use.
- The Minister is obligated to table an annual progress report to the Legislative Assembly until regulations are made.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The Minister must table an annual report on each anniversary of the Act receiving Royal Assent, until regulations are made.
- The specific rules for roundabouts are not detailed in this Act; they will be established through regulations made by the Minister.
- The Act does not specify the exact date of Royal Assent, only that it comes into force on that day.
- The Act states that the Minister 'may' make regulations, implying it is not mandatory but a discretionary power.
- The requirement for the Minister to consult with the public and conduct a study before making the *first* regulation does not apply to subsequent regulations that amend, remake, or revoke the first one.
Adds a new section (146.2) that allows the Minister of Transportation to create regulations regarding rules of the road for roundabouts.
Source: Section 1
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