Bill 191 explained in plain English
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Number Plates and Carrying Racks), 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to allow vehicles to operate with an obscured rear number plate if a legally mounted carrying rack is attached.
Bill 191, the Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Number Plates and Carrying Racks), 2016, proposes to allow vehicles to be driven on highways even if a carrying rack mounted on the rear obscures the vehicle's number plate. This exception applies if the carrying rack is installed according to regulations. The bill also defines what constitutes a "carrying rack" and allows for regulations to be made regarding their mounting.
- Amends the Highway Traffic Act to create an exception regarding number plates and carrying racks.
- Allows a motor vehicle to be driven on a highway if a carrying rack is mounted on the rear according to regulations, even if the rack obscures the number plate.
- Defines 'carrying rack' to include items like bicycle racks, luggage racks, ski racks, wheelchair carriers, wheelchair lifts, or trailer hitches.
- Allows regulations to be made prescribing requirements for mounting carrying racks for the purpose of this exception.
- Drivers of motor vehicles in Ontario
- Manufacturers or installers of carrying racks for vehicles
- Ontario government (in its capacity to make regulations)
- Drivers have the right to operate a vehicle with an obscured number plate due to a carrying rack if specific conditions are met.
- The ability to establish regulations for the proper mounting of carrying racks.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The specific requirements for mounting carrying racks will be determined by regulations made under the amended Highway Traffic Act, which are not detailed in this bill.
- The bill does not specify any penalties for non-compliance with the new provisions or the future regulations.
Adds a new subsection (1.2) to Section 7 to permit driving a vehicle on a highway when a carrying rack on the rear obscures the number plate, provided the rack is mounted according to regulations. It also adds subsection (1.3) to define 'carrying rack' and amends subsection 7 (24) to allow regulations regarding the mounting of carrying racks.
Source: Section 1
Adds a new clause (e.1) which allows for the creation of regulations prescribing requirements for the mounting of carrying racks for the purposes of the new exception introduced by the bill.
Source: Section 1 (2)
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