1st Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
55 Elizabeth II, 2006
The Honourable Angus MacIsaac
Minister of Transportation and Public Works
First Reading: June 30, 2006 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: November 2, 2006
Third Reading: November 23, 2006
Royal Assent: November 23, 2006
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Section 2 of Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, as amended by Chapter 24 of the Acts of 1994, Chapter 12 of the Acts of 1994-95, Chapter 23 of the Acts of 1995-96, Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2001, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2002 and Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2004, is further amended by(a) striking out clause (p) and substituting the following clauses:
(pa) "farm wagon" means a trailer equipped with two axle groups of which the front axle group is steerable and designed and used to carry farm products or farm supplies;
(b) adding immediately after clause (u) the following clause:
(iii) a trailer when towed by a farm tractor or when towed unloaded by any other motor vehicle to or from a farm equipment dealer or repair facility or to or from a field or farm, and
3 Section 181 of Chapter 293 is amended by adding immediately after subsection (5) the following subsections:
(5B) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section, no person shall, upon a highway, propel or move at a speed greater than twenty kilometres per hour an implement of husbandry, unless the implement of husbandry can be stopped within ten metres when travelling at a speed of twenty kilometres per hour.