Acts and Regulations

M-17 - Motor Vehicle Act

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Equipment
206(1)No person shall operate and no owner shall cause or knowingly permit to be operated any vehicle or combination of vehicles that
(a) is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or
(b) is not equipped with lights, reflectors and other equipment of the description and capacity, and located or mounted as required by sections 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 220 and 222,
(c) is equipped with lamps or on which a lamp or lamps are being used, contrary to the provisions of sections 219, 223, 224 and 225,
(c.1) is equipped with a portable door mirror or fender mirror when not towing a trailer or other vehicle,
(d) is not equipped with brakes as required by section 233,
(e) is not equipped as required by sections 234, 235, 237, 238 and 241 or in which a horn or other warning signal or device is being used contrary to section 234, or
(f) is not equipped with a second attachment as required by section 236.
206(2)Nothing contained in this Part shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with or forbidden by the provisions of this Part.
206(3)This Part, with respect to equipment on vehicles, shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, or road rollers, except as herein made applicable, but the driver of a tractor equipped with an electric lighting system shall while operating such vehicle on a highway at any of the times mentioned in section 207 have displayed and lighted on such tractor
(a) a red tail lamp, meeting the requirements of subsection 210(1), and either
(b) multiple beam head lamps meeting the requirements of subsection 209(4), or
(c) single beam head lamps meeting the maximum requirements of paragraph 209(6)(a) for head lamps on motorcycles.
206(4)Except when directly crossing the highway, every farm tractor and self-propelled implement of husbandry, and any other type of vehicle prescribed by regulation, when operated on a highway, or any vehicle towed by them, shall have a slow moving vehicle emblem as prescribed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council by regulation, attached to the rear thereof in accordance with the regulations.
1955, c.13, s.185; 1960, c.53, s.36; 1961-62, c.62, s.74; 1964, c.43, s.5; 1965, c.29, s.11; 1971, c.48, s.12; 1972, c.48, s.44; 1977, c.32, s.20; 1983, c.52, s.16
Equipment
206(1)No person shall operate and no owner shall cause or knowingly permit to be operated any vehicle or combination of vehicles that
(a) is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person, or
(b) is not equipped with lights, reflectors and other equipment of the description and capacity, and located or mounted as required by sections 209, 210, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 220 and 222,
(c) is equipped with lamps or on which a lamp or lamps are being used, contrary to the provisions of sections 219, 223, 224 and 225,
(c.1) is equipped with a portable door mirror or fender mirror when not towing a trailer or other vehicle,
(d) is not equipped with brakes as required by section 233,
(e) is not equipped as required by sections 234, 235, 237, 238 and 241 or in which a horn or other warning signal or device is being used contrary to section 234, or
(f) is not equipped with a second attachment as required by section 236.
206(2)Nothing contained in this Part shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with or forbidden by the provisions of this Part.
206(3)This Part, with respect to equipment on vehicles, shall not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, or road rollers, except as herein made applicable, but the driver of a tractor equipped with an electric lighting system shall while operating such vehicle on a highway at any of the times mentioned in section 207 have displayed and lighted on such tractor
(a) a red tail lamp, meeting the requirements of subsection 210(1), and either
(b) multiple beam head lamps meeting the requirements of subsection 209(4), or
(c) single beam head lamps meeting the maximum requirements of paragraph 209(6)(a) for head lamps on motorcycles.
206(4)Except when directly crossing the highway, every farm tractor and self-propelled implement of husbandry, and any other type of vehicle prescribed by regulation, when operated on a highway, or any vehicle towed by them, shall have a slow moving vehicle emblem as prescribed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council by regulation, attached to the rear thereof in accordance with the regulations.
1955, c.13, s.185; 1960, c.53, s.36; 1961-62, c.62, s.74; 1964, c.43, s.5; 1965, c.29, s.11; 1971, c.48, s.12; 1972, c.48, s.44; 1977, c.32, s.20; 1983, c.52, s.16