BILL NO. 136

(as passed)

2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015



Government Bill



Motor Vehicle Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 46 OF THE ACTS OF 2015



The Honourable Geoff MacLellan
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal



First Reading: November 26, 2015 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: November 27, 2015

Third Reading: December 4, 2015

Royal Assent: December 18, 2015

An Act to Amend Chapter 293
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Motor Vehicle Act

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, Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2004, Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2006, Chapters 20 and 45 of the Acts of 2007, Chapter 21 of the Acts of 2008, Chapters 59 and 60 of the Acts of 2010, Chapter 35 of the Acts of 2011 and Chapters 20 and 53 of the Acts of 2014, is further amended by

(a) adding "and does not include a personal transporter" immediately after "power" in the last line of clause (ad); and

(b) adding immediately after clause (aq) the following clause:

2 Section 50 of Chapter 293 is amended by adding "or a personal transporter" immediately after "bicycle" in the last line.

3 Section 69 of Chapter 293 is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following subsection:

4 Chapter 293 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 85 the following Section:

5 Subsection 100D(1) of Chapter 293, as enacted by Chapter 45 of the Acts of 2007, is amended by adding "or operating a personal transporter on a roadway or a sidewalk" immediately after "highway" in the last line.

6 Section 106 of Chapter 293, as amended by Chapter 34 of the Acts of 1996, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following subsection:

7 Section 137 of Chapter 293, as amended by Chapter 59 of the Acts of 2010, is further amended by

(a) adding "and a personal transporter" immediately after "bicycle" in the first and second lines; and

(b) adding "and the operator of a personal transporter" immediately after "cyclist" in the last line.

8 (1) Subsection 164(1) of Chapter 293 is amended by striking out "subsection (2)" in the first line and substituting "subsections (2) and (3)".

(2) Section 164 of Chapter 293 is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following subsection:

9 Subsection 170A(1) of Chapter 293, as enacted by Chapter 35 of the Acts of 1996, is amended by adding "and includes a personal transporter" immediately after "bicycle" in the last line.

10 Chapter 293 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 172 the following Sections:

11 Subsection 174(6) of Chapter 293 is amended by

(a) adding "and personal transporter" immediately after "bicycle" in the first line; and

(b) adding "or personal transporter" immediately after "bicycle" in the fourth and in the last lines.

12 Section 183 of Chapter 293, as amended by Chapter 31 of the Acts of 1993, Chapter 25 of the Acts of 1994 and Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2014, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (5) the following subsection:

13 Chapter 293 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 188 the following Section:

14 Section 292 of Chapter 293, as enacted by Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2002 and amended by Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2005, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2007 and Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2014, is further amended by

(a) adding ", subsection (4) of Section 69" immediately after "58" in the second line; and

(b) striking out "or 183" in the sixth line and substituting ", 183 or 189".

15 Section 293 of Chapter 293, as enacted by Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2002 and amended by Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2005, Chapters 20 and 45 of the Acts of 2007, Chapter 62 of the Acts of 2008, Chapters 61 and 63 of the Acts of 2010 and Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2014, is further amended by

(a) striking out ", 62 or" in the second line and substituting "or 62, subsection (1) or (2) of Section";

(b) adding ", subsections (2) and (3) of Section 85A" immediately after "83" in the third line; and

(c) striking out "or 165" in the fifth and sixth lines and substituting ", 165, 172A or 172B".

16 Chapter 293 is further amended by adding immediately after Section 303J the following Section:

17 Subsection 307(2) of Chapter 293, as enacted by Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2013, is amended by striking out "two" in the second line and substituting "five".

18 This Act, except Section 17, comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.


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