C-24.2, r. 32 - Regulation respecting safety standards for road vehicles

Section 191 Disposition versions

2016-11-20

191. The following heavy vehicles are exempt from the application of this Division:

(1)  a heavy vehicle used when required by an emergency service or in the cases of disaster within the meaning of the Civil Protection Act (chapter S-2.3);

(2)  a heavy vehicle used by a natural person not acting for the carrying on of an enterprise involving an organized economic activity, whether or not it is commercial in nature, consisting in the production or realization of goods, their administration or their alienation, or in the performance of services;

(3)  a 2 or 3-axle truck being used for

(a)  transporting the primary products of a farm, forest or body of water, if the driver or operator of the truck is the producer of the products; or

(b)  a return trip after such transport, if the vehicle is empty or is transporting products used in the principal operation of a farm, forest or body of water;

(4)  a combination of road vehicles where the gross vehicle weight rating of each vehicle in the combination is less than 4,500 kg, except a combination of vehicles that requires the display of safety marks in accordance with Division IV of the Transportation of Dangerous Substances Regulation (chapter C-24.2, r. 43);

(5)  tool vehicles;

(6)  a road vehicle subject to the Transportation of Dangerous Substances Regulation that has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 4,500 kg and that does not require the display of safety marks in accordance with Division IV of that Regulation, except minibuses and tow trucks;

(7)  a farm tractor and farm machine within the meaning of the Regulation respecting road vehicle registration (chapter C-24.2, r. 29);

(8)  a farm trailer owned by a farmer that has the characteristics provided for in section 2.

O.C. 1483-98, s. 191; O.C. 623-99, s. 7; O.C. 370-2016, s. 95.

2012-09-01

191. This Division does not apply to a fire department heavy vehicle owned by a municipality that is outside an urban community and that has a population of less than 25,000.

O.C. 1483-98, s. 191; O.C. 623-99, s. 7.