All-terrain vehicle managed trails
7.7(1)Subject to subsection (2), no person shall operate an all-terrain vehicle on an all-terrain vehicle managed trail unless
(a)
an all-terrain vehicle trail permit that is a decal is permanently attached to and conspicuously displayed on the all-terrain vehicle, or
(b)
an all-terrain vehicle dealer trail permit is attached to the ignition key inserted in the ignition of the all-terrain vehicle.
7.7(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a person operating an all-terrain vehicle on land that is owned or lawfully occupied by the person or by a member of the immediate family of the person.
7.7(3)Subject to subsection (4), no person shall operate a motor vehicle, other than an all-terrain vehicle operated in accordance with this Act, on an all-terrain vehicle managed trail.
7.7(4)Subsection (3) does not apply to a person
(a)
operating a motor vehicle
(i)
on behalf of the all-terrain vehicle trail manager in the course of carrying out any duty or exercising any power given to the all-terrain vehicle 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 an all-terrain vehicle 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 7.91(1)(a), or
(b)
operating an off-road vehicle that is not an all-terrain vehicle 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 an all-terrain vehicle managed trail in accordance with written authority given by the all-terrain vehicle trail manager under paragraph 7.8(3)(n).
2003, c.7, s.10; 2020, c.16, s.3