Acts and Regulations

M-17 - Motor Vehicle Act

Section 17.1
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Policy of insurance
17.1(1)Every motor vehicle required to be registered under this Act shall be covered by a policy providing the insurance referred to in sections 243, 255 and 264 of the Insurance Act.
17.1(2)No person shall operate and no owner shall permit to be operated a motor vehicle not covered by a policy of insurance as required by subsection (1).
17.1(2.1)Notwithstanding section 51 and subsection 56(8) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, a judge shall impose a fine under that Act of not less than one thousand dollars on a person convicted of an offence under subsection (2) and the Provincial Offences Procedure Act shall apply to such a conviction, with the necessary modifications, in all other respects.
17.1(3)No original, renewal or replacement of a registration certificate, registration plate or permit for a motor vehicle shall be issued unless the owner or operator of the motor vehicle furnishes with the application for the original, renewal or replacement, evidence of a policy of insurance with respect to the motor vehicle as required under subsection (1) that is satisfactory to the Registrar.
17.1(3.1)Repealed: 1995, c.18, s.1
17.1(3.2)A peace officer may seize a motor vehicle and cause the motor vehicle to be impounded if
(a) the driver of the motor vehicle is unable to present and deliver to the peace officer a motor vehicle liability insurance card under paragraph 28(2)(b), and
(b) the registered owner has been convicted of an offence under subsection (2) within the previous twenty-four months.
17.1(4)In any prosecution under subsection 17.1(2) or 28(1.1) or paragraph 28(2)(b), the onus of establishing that a motor vehicle was not required to be registered under this Act or that the motor vehicle was covered by a policy of insurance as required by subsection (1) is on the accused.
1975, c.86, s.1; 1980, c.34, s.4; 1983, c.52, s.5; 1987, c.38, s.2; 1989, c.17, s.8; 1994, c.87, s.1; 1995, c.18, s.1; 1997, c.14, s.1; 2004, c.30, s.4; 2004, c.37, s.1
Registration of vehicles
17.1(1)Every motor vehicle required to be registered under this Act shall be covered by a policy providing the insurance referred to in sections 243, 255 and 264 of the Insurance Act.
17.1(2)No person shall operate and no owner shall permit to be operated a motor vehicle not covered by a policy of insurance as required by subsection (1).
17.1(2.1)Notwithstanding section 51 and subsection 56(8) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, a judge shall impose a fine under that Act of not less than one thousand dollars on a person convicted of an offence under subsection (2) and the Provincial Offences Procedure Act shall apply to such a conviction, with the necessary modifications, in all other respects.
17.1(3)No original, renewal or replacement of a registration certificate, registration plate or permit for a motor vehicle shall be issued unless the owner or operator of the motor vehicle furnishes with the application for the original, renewal or replacement, evidence of a policy of insurance with respect to the motor vehicle as required under subsection (1) that is satisfactory to the Registrar.
17.1(3.1)Repealed: 1995, c.18, s.1
17.1(3.2)A peace officer may seize a motor vehicle and cause the motor vehicle to be impounded if
(a) the driver of the motor vehicle is unable to present and deliver to the peace officer a motor vehicle liability insurance card under paragraph 28(2)(b), and
(b) the registered owner has been convicted of an offence under subsection (2) within the previous twenty-four months.
17.1(4)In any prosecution under subsection 17.1(2) or 28(1.1) or paragraph 28(2)(b), the onus of establishing that a motor vehicle was not required to be registered under this Act or that the motor vehicle was covered by a policy of insurance as required by subsection (1) is on the accused.
1975, c.86, s.1; 1980, c.34, s.4; 1983, c.52, s.5; 1987, c.38, s.2; 1989, c.17, s.8; 1994, c.87, s.1; 1995, c.18, s.1; 1997, c.14, s.1; 2004, c.30, s.4; 2004, c.37, s.1