Examinations
89(1)The Minister shall designate examiners who shall examine every applicant for a licence, except as otherwise provided in this section, and the examination shall consist of a test of the applicant’s eyesight, a test of the applicant’s knowledge of the traffic laws of the Province and ability to read and understand highway signs regulating, warning, and directing traffic, and a road test.
89(2)The Registrar shall make provision for giving an examination either in the county where the applicant resides or at a place adjacent thereto reasonably convenient to the applicant within thirty days of the date the application is received.
89(3)An applicant shall pay to an examiner for an examination or a re-examination a fee which the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may prescribe by regulation.
89(3.1)If a licensed driver is required under section 309 to submit to an examination under this section and does not pass all parts of the examination, the examiner may require the driver to surrender the driver’s licence to the examiner.
89(3.2)A driver required to surrender a driver’s licence under subsection (3.1) shall surrender it to the examiner immediately upon being requested to do so.
89(3.3)An examiner who has conducted an examination referred to in subsection (3.1) shall forthwith send to the Registrar
(a)
the results of the examination, and
(b)
any driver’s licence that has been surrendered to the examiner.
89(4)Without the consent of the Attorney General no action shall be brought against a person designated as an examiner under this Part in respect of the operation of a motor vehicle by an applicant for or the holder of a licence while being examined pursuant to this Act.
89(5)This section does not apply to a non-resident over the age of sixteen years who
(a)
has been duly licensed under a law requiring the examination and licensing of all drivers
(i)
in their home province, in Canada,
(ii)
in their home state, in the United States of America, or
(iii)
in the Canadian Armed Forces, in Europe.
(b)
has in their immediate possession a valid licence issued to them in their home province or state,
(c)
surrenders the licence to the Registrar, and
(d)
pays to the Registrar the licence fee required under this Act.
89(6)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations exempting any applicant for a licence from the requirement to complete any test referred to in subsection (1), which exemption may vary for different classes of licences and for different types of vehicles that the licence authorizes the holder of the licence to drive.
1955, c.13, s.79; 1961-62, c.62, s.22; 1967, c.38, s.2; 1968, c.38, s.8, 9; 1969, c.55, s.4; 1972, c.48, s.1, 21; 1977, c.32, s.9; 1978, c.39, s.6; 1981, c.6, s.1; 1981, c.48, s.5; 1994, c.31, s.8; 2020, c.30, s.2