140.2(1)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure may, after conducting a technical evaluation based on Transportation Association of Canada guidelines and approved by a professional engineer, designate any part of a provincial highway that is in the vicinity of a public or private school as a school area.

140.2(2)The Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure shall erect signs that face approaching traffic marking the commencement and end of the school area.

140.2(3)Despite section 51 or subsection 56(3), (5) or (8) of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, if a person is convicted of an offence under paragraph 140(1.1)(a), (b) or (c) while driving in a school area, the minimum fine shall be double the minimum fine specified in the Provincial Offences Procedure Act for that category of offence.