BILL NO. 16

(as introduced)

1st Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
58 Elizabeth II, 2009

Government Bill

Motor Vehicle Act
(amended)

The Honourable Ramona Jennex
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations

First Reading: September 23, 2009

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: October 23, 2009

Third Reading: October 30, 2009 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

This Bill amends the Motor Vehicle Act to authorize regulations to broaden the classes of people licensed outside of Nova Scotia who are allowed to drive a motor vehicle upon a highway in Nova Scotia without having to obtain a Nova Scotia driver's licence.

1 Section 65 of Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, as amended by Chapter 61 of the Acts of 2008, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (5) the following subsections:

(6) Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the Minister may make regulations

(a) allowing classes of persons

(i) licensed in another jurisdiction to drive a motor vehicle, and

(ii) designated by the regulations,

to drive a motor vehicle upon a highway within the Province without examination or license under this Act; and

(b) prescribing terms and conditions that apply to any such classes.

(7) The regulations made pursuant to subsection (6) may prescribe different terms and conditions for different classes of persons.

(8) The exercise by the Minister of the authority contained in subsection (6) is regulations within the meaning of the Regulations Act.