Acts and Regulations

M-17 - Motor Vehicle Act

Section 80
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Exemptions
80(1)The following persons are exempt from licence hereunder:
(a) any person while operating a motor vehicle in the service of the Army, Navy or Air Force of Canada;
(b) any person while driving or operating a vehicle designed for and used in the construction, maintenance or repair of highways, other than a truck, while the vehicle is being so used at the actual site of the work on the highway;
(c) any person while driving or operating an implement of husbandry, other than a farm tractor, incidentally operated or moved on the highway;
(d) any person while driving or operating a motor vehicle at the time of and in the course of a driving test under the provisions of subsection 89(1); and
(e) any person while driving or operating a motorcycle at the time of and in the course of a licensed driving training course in the operation of a motorcycle.
80(2)A non-resident who is at least sixteen years of age and who has in his immediate possession a valid licence issued to him in his home province or country may operate a motor vehicle in the Province, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council imposes by regulation.
80(3)The provisions of subsection (2) do not apply to
(a) a resident of any other province or country who resides or carries on business in New Brunswick for more than six consecutive months in any one year, or
(b) a non-resident driver who was formerly a resident of New Brunswick and whose licence was revoked and his driving privileges suspended in New Brunswick.
1955, c.13, s.71; 1958, c.19, s.3, 4; 1961-62, c.62, s.17; 1967, c.54, s.10; 1971, c.48, s.4; 1972, c.48, s.11, 12; 1978, c.39, s.4; 2002, c.32, s.9; 2014, c.44, s.2
Exemptions
80(1)The following persons are exempt from licence hereunder:
(a) any person while operating a motor vehicle in the service of the Army, Navy or Air Force of Canada;
(b) any person while driving or operating a vehicle designed for and used in the construction, maintenance or repair of highways, other than a truck, while the vehicle is being so used at the actual site of the work on the highway;
(c) any person while driving or operating an implement of husbandry, other than a farm tractor, incidentally operated or moved on the highway;
(d) any person while driving or operating a motor vehicle at the time of and in the course of a driving test under the provisions of subsection 89(1).
80(2)A non-resident who is at least sixteen years of age and who has in his immediate possession a valid licence issued to him in his home province or country may operate a motor vehicle in the Province, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council imposes by regulation.
80(3)The provisions of subsection (2) do not apply to
(a) a resident of any other province or country who resides or carries on business in New Brunswick for more than six consecutive months in any one year, or
(b) a non-resident driver who was formerly a resident of New Brunswick and whose licence was revoked and his driving privileges suspended in New Brunswick.
1955, c.13, s.71; 1958, c.19, s.3, 4; 1961-62, c.62, s.17; 1967, c.54, s.10; 1971, c.48, s.4; 1972, c.48, s.11, 12; 1978, c.39, s.4; 2002, c.32, s.9