Bill 68 explained in plain English
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Memorial Cross Number Plates)
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The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Memorial Cross Number Plates), 2018 allows the Ministry of Transportation to issue special number plates to Memorial Cross recipients for eligible vehicles.
This bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to allow for the creation and issuance of special Memorial Cross number plates. These plates are intended for recipients of the Memorial Cross, which is granted to family members of Canadian military personnel who have died in combat. The bill outlines who is eligible to receive these plates, which vehicles they can be used on, and clarifies that they will not be personalized and no fee will be charged for them.
- Establishes eligibility criteria for Memorial Cross number plates.
- Specifies which types of vehicles are eligible for these plates.
- Allows for the issuance of souvenir Memorial Cross number plates for those who are not registered vehicle owners.
- States that Memorial Cross number plates cannot be personalized.
- Prohibits charging a fee for Memorial Cross number plates.
- Amends the Highway Traffic Act to include provisions for Memorial Cross number plates.
- Recipients of the Memorial Cross (family members of Canadian military personnel who died in combat).
- The Ministry of Transportation (Ontario).
- Memorial Cross recipients have the right to apply for Memorial Cross number plates for one eligible vehicle.
- Memorial Cross recipients who are not registered vehicle owners have the right to apply for a souvenir Memorial Cross number plate.
- The Ministry has the obligation to issue Memorial Cross number plates to eligible applicants.
- No fee may be charged for Memorial Cross number plates.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- No fee may be prescribed for Memorial Cross number plates.
- The specific criteria or list of 'prescribed vehicles' that are not eligible for Memorial Cross number plates is not detailed in this bill text and would be found in regulations.
- The exact application process for obtaining Memorial Cross number plates or souvenir plates is not detailed in this bill text and would be found in regulations.
This bill adds a new section (7.0.1) to the Highway Traffic Act to create provisions for Memorial Cross number plates.
Source: Section 2
This amendment allows the Ministry of Transportation to prescribe vehicles for the purposes of clause 7.0.1 (4) (e), which relates to eligible vehicles for Memorial Cross number plates.
Source: Section 1, which amends Subsection 7 (24) of the Highway Traffic Act
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