231(1)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations requiring the use or incorporation of any equipment, material or device, in or on any vehicle that may be conducive to the safe operation of the vehicle on the highway, or that may reduce or prevent injury to persons in a vehicle on a highway or to persons using the highway, and prescribing the specifications thereof.

231(2)Regulations made under subsection (1) may adopt by reference or otherwise, standards or specifications established or approved by the Canadian Standards Association or other testing organization with or without modifications or variation or may require that any equipment conform to standards or specifications established or approved by the Canadian Standards Association or other testing organization or bear the approval of the Canadian Standards Association or other testing organization.

231(3)The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the installation of any equipment, material or device referred to in subsection (1) and respecting the identification of such equipment, material or device as complying with standards or specifications set out in the regulations and as having been installed in accordance with the regulations.