Snowmobile managed trails
2020, c.16, s.3
7.1(1)Subject to subsection (2), no person shall operate a snowmobile on a snowmobile managed trail unless
(a)
a snowmobile trail permit that is a decal is permanently attached to and conspicuously displayed
(i)
if the snowmobile has a windshield, approximately centre at the bottom of the windshield; and
(ii)
if the snowmobile does not have a windshield, on the left side of the front of the cowling of the vehicle, or
(b)
a snowmobile dealer trail permit is attached to the ignition key inserted in the ignition of the snowmobile.
7.1(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a person operating a snowmobile on land that is owned or lawfully occupied by the person or by a member of the immediate family of the person.
7.1(3)Subject to subsection (4), no person shall operate a motor vehicle, other than a snowmobile operated in accordance with this Act, on a snowmobile managed trail in the area known as the Mount Carleton Grooming Hub, described and identified by regulation, from December 1 to the next following April 30, inclusive, and on any other snowmobile managed trail from December 1 to the next following April 15, inclusive.
7.1(4)Subsection (3) does not apply to a person
(a)
operating a motor vehicle
(i)
on behalf of the snowmobile trail manager in the course of carrying out any duty or exercising any power given to the snowmobile trail manager under this Act, or
(ii)
on private land that is owned or lawfully occupied by the person or by a member of the immediate family of the person, while crossing a snowmobile managed trail that divides that land in order to move the motor vehicle from one portion of that land directly to the other portion, in accordance with a written consent under paragraph 7.4(1)(
a), or
(b)
operating an off-road vehicle that is not a snowmobile on a bridge, overpass, underpass or roadway or railway crossing, on the access to any of them or to services, or in an emergency, on a snowmobile managed trail in accordance with written authority given by the snowmobile trail manager under paragraph 7.2(3)(
n).
2000, c.50, s.3; 2003, c.7, s.5; 2013, c.33, s.3; 2016, c.23, s.1; 2020, c.16, s.3