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Second Session, 45th General Assembly 54 Elizabeth II, 2005 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT AND THE PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT |
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Received and Read the First Time |
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Second Reading |
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Committee |
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Third Reading |
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Royal Assent |
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HONOURABLE THOMAS W. MARSHALL, QC Minister of Justice and Attorney General |
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Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly |
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EXPLANATORY NOTES Clause 1 of the Bill would amend the Highway Traffic Act to provide that the provision requiring the Registrar of Motor Vehicles not to issue to or renew a driver's licence or a vehicle registration for a person who has failed to pay a fine does not apply where the fine relates to a conviction for a violation of a regulations made under the City of St. John's Act, the City of Corner Brook Act, the City of Mount Pearl Act, the Municipalities Act, 1999 or the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 that does not involve the operation of a motor vehicle. Clause 2 of the Bill would amend the Provincial Offences Act to provide that the provision requiring a judge who convicts a person of an offence initiated by a ticket to notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of the conviction does not apply to a conviction for a violation of a regulation made under the City of St. John's Act, the City of Corner Brook Act, the City of Mount Pearl Act, the Municipalities Act, 1999 or the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 that does not involve the operation of a motor vehicle.
A BILL AN ACT TO AMEND THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT AND THE PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT Analysis HIGHWAY TRAFFIC 1. S.16.1 Amdt. PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT 2. S.27 Amdt. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows: HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT RSNL1990 cH-3 1. Section 16.1 of the Highway Traffic Act is amended by renumbering it as subsection 16.1(1) and by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following: (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who has failed to pay a fine relating to a conviction for a violation of a regulation made under the City of St. John's Act, the City of Corner Brook Act, the City of Mount Pearl Act, the Municipalities Act, 1999 or the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 that does not involve the operation of a motor vehicle. PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT SNL1995 cP-31.1 2. Section 27 of the Provincial Offences Act is amended by renumbering it as subsection 27(1) and by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following: (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a conviction for a violation of a regulation made under the City of St. John's Act, the City of Corner Brook Act, the City of Mount Pearl Act, the Municipalities Act, 1999 or the Urban and Rural Planning Act, 2000 that does not involve the operation of a motor vehicle. (3) In subsection (2), "motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in paragraph 2(oo) of the Highway Traffic Act.
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