C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 492.2 Disposition versions

2002-09-03

492.2. A person may not ride a power-assisted bicycle on a public highway unless

(1)  the person is 18 years of age or over or, if not, the person holds a licence to drive a moped and complies with the conditions and restrictions attached to the licence;

(2)  the person wears a protective helmet that is in conformity with the standards established by regulation;

(3)  the bicycle bears the manufacturer’s label required by the regulations made pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Statutes of Canada, 1993, chapter 16) in the case of a bicycle sold to its first user as a power-assisted bicycle, or the bicycle motor bears the label required under section 274.2 in the case of a bicycle converted into a power-assisted bicycle;

(4)  the bicycle is in conformity with the standards, other than the standard referred to in paragraph 3, applicable to power-assisted bicycles provided for in this Code and in the regulations made pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Safety Act.

2002, c. 29, s. 57.