Powers of local authorities
113(1)A local authority may make by-laws as expressly authorized herein and in addition to the provisions of this Act, but not in conflict therewith, for:
(a)
regulating the standing or parking of vehicles;
(a.01)
exempting any person or class of persons or any vehicle or class of vehicles from any by-law made under paragraph (a) and providing for permits to be issued to those persons exempted or for those vehicles exempted;
(a.1)
establishing or regulating the use of locations reserved for parking for disabled persons;
(b)
regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic-control signals;
(b.1)
regulating the control of traffic and the use of highways by commercial vehicles;
(c)
regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on the highways;
(d)
designating particular highways as one-way highways and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specific direction;
(e)
regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;
(f)
designating any highway or portion thereof as a through highway;
(g)
regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring the registration and licensing of same, including the requirement of a registration fee;
(h)
regulating or prohibiting the turning of vehicles or specified types of vehicles at intersections;
(i)
adopting such other traffic regulations as are deemed advisable and are approved by the Registrar.
113(1.1)Notwithstanding subsection (1), a local authority shall not make a by-law under subsection (1) which duplicates or substantially duplicates any provision of this Act or the regulations, and any such by-law if made shall be invalid.
113(2)No provision of a by-law of a local authority affecting the use of a provincial highway is valid or effective until the local authority has applied for and obtained from the Registrar written notice of the Registrar’s approval of the by-law.
113(3)No provision of a by-law of the Saint John Harbour Bridge Authority with respect to the regulation of traffic on the Saint John Harbour Bridge and approaches thereto is valid or effective until approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.
113(4)No provision of a by-law of a local authority is effective until a traffic control device giving notice of the local traffic regulation is placed upon or at the entrance to the highway or portion thereof affected.
113(5)Subsection (4) does not apply to provisions of by-laws of a local authority prohibiting parking between the hours of midnight and seven o’clock in the forenoon for the purpose of snow removal.
113(6)A local authority may, by the imposition of penalties not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five dollars for each offence, enforce by-laws enacted under the authority of the Act.
113(7)Repealed: 1990, c.62, s.1
113(8)Repealed: 1990, c.62, s.1
113(9)Repealed: 1990, c.62, s.1 1955, c.13, s.97; 1957, c.21, s.8; 1959, c.23, s.6B; 1960, c.53, s.18; 1961-62, c.62, s.31; 1966, c.81, s.6; 1970, c.34, s.8; 1972, c.48, s.31; 1977, c.32, s.11; 1978, c.39, s.10; 1980, c.34, s.8; 1981, c.48, s.7; 1984, c.51, s.1; 1990, c.22, s.33; 1990, c.62, s.1; 1994, c.31, s.11; 1994, c.87, s.2; 1996, c.43, s.9; 2002, c.32, s.11; 2003, c.17, s.1; 2006, c.13, s.4