BILL NO. 33

(as introduced)

1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006

Private Member's Bill

Motor Vehicle Act
(amended)

Diana Whalen
Halifax Clayton Park

First Reading: July 5, 2006

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

This Bill adds to the Motor Vehicle Act regulation-making power to prevent muffler noise.

1 Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 188 the following Section:

189 The Minister shall, by the thirty-first day of December, 2005, make regulations

(a) prescribing acceptable decibel levels for noise emanating from an exhaust system;

(b) prescribing an approved instrument for measuring decibel levels;

(c) prohibiting a make, model or type of muffler for use on a vehicle that fails to reduce noise below the prescribed level;

(d) prescribing the manner in which a police officer may examine a vehicle for compliance with regulations made pursuant to this Section;

(e) prescribing any actions a vehicle operator must take to comply with a police officer's examination;

(f) prescribing penalties for the violation of a regulation made pursuant to this Section;

(g) prescribing penalties for operators of an official inspection station or service and repair station that fail to comply with this Section.