Offences respecting mass
359(0.1)Repealed: 2006, c.13, s.25
359(1)Every person who operates a vehicle with a gross mass in excess of that for which the vehicle is registered, or allowable for that vehicle as prescribed by regulation, or with a mass per axle or combination of axles in excess of that prescribed by regulation, or who operates a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross mass or a mass per axle or combination of axles in excess of that allowed under a special permit issued under section 261, where the excess gross mass or the excess mass per axle or combination of axles is equal to or less than two thousand kilograms, commits an offence.
359(1.1)Every person who operates a vehicle with a gross mass in excess of that for which the vehicle is registered, or allowable for that vehicle as prescribed by regulation, or with a mass per axle or combination of axles in excess of that prescribed by regulation, or who operates a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross mass or a mass per axle or combination of axles in excess of that allowed under a special permit issued under section 261, where the excess gross mass or the excess mass per axle or combination of axles exceeds two thousand kilograms, commits an offence.
359(2)Every person who operates a vehicle with a gross mass in excess of that for which the vehicle is registered, or allowable for that vehicle as prescribed by regulation, or who operates a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross mass in excess of that allowed under a special permit issued under section 261, shall, in addition to any fine prescribed by subsection (1) or (1.1), be ordered to pay a further penalty calculated on such excess mass as follows:
(a)
one dollar for each fifty kilograms or fraction thereof of the first twenty-five hundred kilograms on such excess mass,
(b)
two dollars for each fifty kilograms or fraction thereof of such excess mass from twenty-five hundred kilograms up to and including forty-five hundred kilograms,
(c)
three dollars for each fifty kilograms or fraction thereof of such excess mass from forty-five hundred kilograms up to and including seven thousand kilograms,
(d)
four dollars for each fifty kilograms or fraction thereof of such excess mass from seven thousand kilograms up to and including nine thousand kilograms, and
(e)
five dollars for each fifty kilograms or fraction thereof of such excess mass over nine thousand kilograms.
359(3)Every person who operates a vehicle with a mass per axle or combination of axles in excess of that prescribed by regulation, or who operates a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a mass per axle or combination of axles in excess of that allowed under a special permit issued under section 261, shall, in addition to any fine prescribed by subsection (1) or (1.1), be ordered to pay a further penalty calculated on such excess mass as follows:
(a)
one dollar for each fifty kilograms or fraction thereof of the first twenty-five hundred kilograms on such excess mass,
(b)
two dollars for each fifty kilograms or fraction thereof of such excess mass from twenty-five hundred kilograms up to and including forty-five hundred kilograms,
(c)
three dollars for each fifty kilograms or fraction thereof of such excess mass from forty-five hundred kilograms up to and including seven thousand kilograms,
(d)
four dollars for each fifty kilograms or fraction thereof of such excess mass from seven thousand kilograms up to and including nine thousand kilograms, and
(e)
five dollars for each fifty kilograms or fraction thereof of such excess mass over nine thousand kilograms.
359(4)Repealed: 2006, c.13, s.25 1955, c.13, s.309; 1971, c.48, s.19; 1977, c.M-11.1, s.17; 1978, c.39, s.30; 1979, c.43, s.10, 11; 1987, c.38, s.23; 1990, c.8, s.6; 1990, c.61, s.84; 1996, c.43, s.17; 1998, c.30, s.28; 2006, c.13, s.25