Commercial vehicle or bus
47(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3) and to any special or temporary permits issued in accordance with the regulations no person shall operate a commercial vehicle or a bus owned or operated by or on behalf of a non-resident unless such vehicle is registered under this Part.
47(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a commercial vehicle or bus owned or operated by or on behalf of a non-resident if
(a)
the commercial vehicle or bus is registered in the province or state in which the owner resides,
(b)
the law of that province or state respecting the carrying and displaying of the registration certificate, plates, any other evidence of registration or a temporary permit, transit marker or other evidence of temporary permission to relocate a vehicle is complied with while the vehicle is operated in this Province,
(c)
there are in effect between this Province and the province or state in which the non-resident owner resides reciprocal provisions as provided for by subsection (4) or (5), and
(d)
the reciprocal provisions applicable to the operation in this Province of the commercial vehicle or bus are complied with.
47(3)The Registrar may, where there are in effect no reciprocal provisions as provided for by subsection (4) or (5), upon application and upon payment of the required fee, issue a special permit allowing a bus owned or operated by or on behalf of a non-resident and duly registered in its home province or state to be operated on the highways of the province where such bus
(a)
is being driven without passengers from the place in which it was manufactured to the province or state in which it is registered,
(b)
is from a home province or state which allows buses registered in the Province to be operated on the highways of that province or state without being registered therein,
(c)
is driven through the Province without taking on or letting off passengers therein,
(d)
is brought into the Province temporarily for repairs and is not used in the Province to transport passengers, or
(e)
is used in making tours of the Province, if passengers are not taken on or let off in the Province.
47(4)The Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, may enter into a reciprocal arrangement or agreement with any province or state
(a)
to grant exemptions, partial exemptions, privileges or concessions to a class or classes of owners of commercial vehicles or buses who are ordinarily resident in that other province or state in respect of the application of the provisions of this Act to their operations in the Province, and
(b)
to provide for the granting by that other province or state of similar exemptions, privileges or concessions to owners of commercial vehicles or buses who are ordinarily resident in the Province in respect of their operations in that other province or state.
47(5)The Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, may enter into an agreement with any province or state to apportion registration fees on commercial vehicles or buses in respect of commercial vehicles or buses engaged in interprovincial or international travel on the basis of distance travelled by those vehicles within each jurisdiction that is a party to the agreement.
47(6)An arrangement or agreement made pursuant to subsection (4) or (5) may contain provisions denying any exemptions, privileges or concessions granted by the arrangement or agreement to any person who breaches a condition contained in it or who contravenes any regulation made for the administration of the arrangement or agreement.
47(7)No arrangement or agreement may be made under subsection (4) or (5) to provide an exemption, privilege or concession with respect to fuel taxes, tolls or any other fees or taxes levied, charged or assessed against the use of highways or the operation or ownership of vehicles except registration fees.
47(8)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a)
respecting the implementation of any agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (4) or (5);
(a.1)
respecting fees to be paid upon any registration of a commercial vehicle or bus referred to in subsection (5), for the purpose of funding expenditures in connection with the administration of an agreement referred to in that subsection;
(b)
respecting the issuance of special or temporary permits for commercial vehicles owned or operated by or on behalf of a non-resident, including the fees payable therefor and terms and conditions applicable thereto.
1955, c.13, s.39; 1960, c.53, s.5, 6; 1961-62, c.62, s.11; 1980, c.34, s.5; 1981, c.48, s.3; 1986, c.56, s.4; 1994, c.31, s.4; 1995, c.N-5.11, s.44; 2002, c.32, s.8