V-1.2 - Act respecting off-highway vehicles

Section 33 Disposition versions

2009-06-10

33. No person shall use a trail referred to in section 15 otherwise than in or on an authorized off-highway vehicle or a maintenance vehicle, or in or on a sleigh or trailer towed by such a vehicle, except

(1)  to cross the trail as safely and as directly as possible without interfering with traffic; or

(2)  in the case of the passenger of a vehicle modified in accordance with section 21.1, to walk on the extreme right-hand side of a steep ascending part of a trail having a slope inclination percentage equal to or greater than that provided for by regulation.

That prohibition does not apply on a trail section situated on the negotiable portion of a road open to public vehicular traffic.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, the operation of an off-highway vehicle on a trail referred to in section 15 is not authorized if the operator fails to comply with the conditions, restrictions or prohibitions referred to in section 13, including payment of the access fee for the trail unless the operator is exempted by government regulation.

1996, c. 60, s. 33; 2006, c. 12, s. 11; 2009, c. 18, s. 11.

2006-06-13

33. No person shall use a trail referred to in section 15 otherwise than in or on an authorized off-highway vehicle or a maintenance vehicle, or in or on a sleigh or trailer towed by such a vehicle, except to cross as safely and as directly as possible without interfering with traffic.

That prohibition does not apply on a trail section situated on the negotiable portion of a road open to public vehicular traffic.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, the operation of an off-highway vehicle on a trail referred to in section 15 is not authorized if the operator fails to comply with the conditions, restrictions or prohibitions referred to in section 13, including payment of the access fee for the trail unless the operator is exempted by government regulation.

1996, c. 60, s. 33; 2006, c. 12, s. 11.

1997-10-02

33. No person shall use a trail referred to in section 15 otherwise than in or on an authorized off-highway vehicle or a maintenance vehicle, or in or on a sleigh or trailer towed by such a vehicle, except to cross as safely and as directly as possible without interfering with traffic.

That prohibition does not apply on a trail section situated on the negotiable portion of a road open to public vehicular traffic.

1996, c. 60, s. 33.