C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 633 Disposition versions

2018-04-18

633. The Minister of Transport may, after consultation with the Société, issue a special permit authorizing the operation of a road vehicle or combination of road vehicles to an applicant who does not meet the requirements of a regulation made under subparagraph 20 of the first paragraph of section 621, provided exceptional circumstances justify issuing the permit, issuing the permit is conducive to promoting highway transportation without compromising highway safety or issuing the permit allows

(1)  the application of a regulatory relief measure agreed on as part of a Canadian intergovernmental agreement on vehicle weight and dimension regulations;

(2)  tests or trials of a vehicle, of a combination of vehicles or of equipment installed on a vehicle;

(3)  the operation, in a region or on an established route, of a vehicle or combination of vehicles with a configuration or a weight or dimension limit that is different from what is enacted for the purposes of this Code; or

(4)  the recognition of the equivalence of a load securement system with a system authorized under subparagraph 23 of the first paragraph of section 621.

If the Minister grants the permit, the Minister shall determine the conditions attached to it, the fee exigible and the amount and nature of the security guaranteeing payment of any damage that the operation of such a vehicle or combination of vehicles may cause to a public highway.

The Minister may delegate the exercise of a power under this section to a public servant or an employee of the Minister’s department or to any other person or any body the Minister designates.

1986, c. 91, s. 633; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 235; 1996, c. 56, s. 140; 2018, c. 7, s. 167.

1996-12-23

633. The Minister of Transport may, where he considers it justified by exceptional circumstances and after consultation with the Société, issue a special permit authorizing the operation on public highways of a road vehicle or combination of road vehicles where the applicant is unable to meet the requirements of a regulation under paragraph 20 of section 621.

Where the Minister grants a permit under the first paragraph, he shall fix the conditions attached to the permit, the fee exigible and the amount and nature of the security guaranteeing payment of any damage that the operation of such vehicle or combination of vehicles may cause to a public highway.

The Minister of Transport may delegate to a public servant or employee of the Ministère des Transports, or to any other person or body he designates, the exercise of a power under this section.

1986, c. 91, s. 633; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 235; 1996, c. 56, s. 140.

1991-02-01

633. The Minister of Transport may, where he considers it justified by exceptional circumstances and after consultation with the Société, issue a special permit authorizing the operation on public highways of a road vehicle or combination of road vehicles where the applicant is unable to meet the requirements of a regulation under paragraph 20 of section 621.

Where the Minister grants a permit under the first paragraph, he shall fix the conditions attached to the permit, the fee exigible and the amount and nature of the security guaranteeing payment of any damage that the operation of such vehicle or combination of vehicles may cause to a public highway.

1986, c. 91, s. 633; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 235.

1990-06-22

633. The Minister of Transport may, where he considers it justified by exceptional circumstances and after consultation with the Société, issue a special permit authorizing the operation on public highways of a motor vehicle or combination of road vehicles where the applicant is unable to meet the requirements of a regulation under paragraph 20 of section 621.

Where the Minister grants a permit under the first paragraph, he shall fix the conditions attached to the permit, the fee exigible and the amount and nature of the security guaranteeing payment of any damage that the operation of such vehicle or combination of vehicles may cause to a public highway.

1986, c. 91, s. 633; 1990, c. 19, s. 11.

1987-06-29

633. The Minister of Transport may, where he considers it justified by exceptional circumstances and after consultation with the Régie, issue a special permit authorizing the operation on public highways of a motor vehicle or combination of road vehicles where the applicant is unable to meet the requirements of a regulation under paragraph 20 of section 621.

Where the Minister grants a permit under the first paragraph, he shall fix the conditions attached to the permit, the fee exigible and the amount and nature of the security guaranteeing payment of any damage that the operation of such vehicle or combination of vehicles may cause to a public highway.

1986, c. 91, s. 633.