C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 473 Disposition versions

2011-01-09

473. No owner or lessee of a road vehicle or operator of a heavy vehicle shall allow a road vehicle or combination of road vehicles to be operated if its load or equipment exceeds its width, including the width of its mandatory accessories, or exceeds its length by more than 1 metre at the front or 2 metres at the rear.

However, a special permit may be issued

(1)  to authorize equipment or a load of an indivisible nature where the person meets the requirements of a regulation under paragraph 20 of section 621 ;

(2)  to authorize equipment or any load where the person meets the conditions of an authorization by the Minister under section 633.

Subject to the conditions the Government may set by regulation, this section does not apply to equipment on a tool vehicle, an impact attenuator mounted on a road vehicle when the vehicle is used as a protection vehicle, or equipment on a public utility vehicle.

For the purposes of the third paragraph, a public utility vehicle is a road vehicle designed and equipped to provide essential services to a community, including a vehicle used for the maintenance of public highways and of parks, for garbage collection or for the maintenance of a power distribution system.

1986, c. 91, s. 473; 1990, c. 83, s. 172; 1993, c. 42, s. 15; 1998, c. 40, s. 105; 2008, c. 14, s. 56; 2010, c. 34, s. 67.

2008-06-12

473. No owner or lessee of a road vehicle or operator of a heavy vehicle shall allow a road vehicle or combination of road vehicles to be operated if its load or equipment exceeds its width, including the width of its mandatory accessories, or exceeds its length by more than 1 metre at the front or 2 metres at the rear.

However, a special permit may be issued

(1)  to authorize equipment or a load of an indivisible nature where the person meets the requirements of a regulation under paragraph 20 of section 621 ;

(2)  to authorize equipment or any load where the person meets the conditions of an authorization by the Minister under section 633.

This section does not apply to equipment on a tool vehicle, an impact attenuator mounted on a road vehicle when the vehicle is used as a protection vehicle, or equipment on a road vehicle that levels, clears or marks the roadway of a public highway.

1986, c. 91, s. 473; 1990, c. 83, s. 172; 1993, c. 42, s. 15; 1998, c. 40, s. 105; 2008, c. 14, s. 56.

1999-07-01

473. No owner or lessee of a road vehicle or operator of a heavy vehicle shall allow a road vehicle or combination of road vehicles to be operated if its load or equipment exceeds its width, including the width of its mandatory accessories, or exceeds its length by more than 1 metre at the front or 2 metres at the rear.

However, a special permit may be issued

(1)  to authorize equipment or a load of an indivisible nature where the person meets the requirements of a regulation under paragraph 20 of section 621 ;

(2)  to authorize equipment or any load where the person meets the conditions of an authorization by the Minister under section 633.

This section does not apply to road vehicles used to level, clear or mark the roadway when they are being operated for construction or maintenance work on a public highway.

1986, c. 91, s. 473; 1990, c. 83, s. 172; 1993, c. 42, s. 15; 1998, c. 40, s. 105.

1993-09-01

473. No owner or lessee of a road vehicle or of a combination of road vehicles and no carrier contemplated in Title VIII.1 who is responsible for such vehicles may, unless he obtains a special permit issued for that purpose, allow the vehicle or combination of road vehicles to be driven while carrying a load or provided with equipment

(1)  in excess of the maximum width of the vehicle or combination of vehicles at its widest point or that of its mandatory accessories;

(2)  exceeding the maximum length of the vehicle or combination of vehicles by more than 1 metre at the front or 2 metres at the rear.

The special permit shall be issued on the conditions and subject to the formalities established by regulation and on payment of the duties prescribed by regulation or, in the case of a permit issued under section 633, on the conditions and on payment of the fee prescribed by the Minister.

This section does not apply to equipment used to level, clear or mark the roadway. However, the special permit shall continue to be required where the vehicle is used for other purposes than the construction or maintenance of a public highway.

1986, c. 91, s. 473; 1990, c. 83, s. 172; 1993, c. 42, s. 15.

1991-02-01

473. No owner or lessee of a road vehicle or of a combination of road vehicles and no carrier contemplated in Title VIII.1 who is responsible for such vehicles may, unless he obtains a special permit issued for that purpose, allow the vehicle or combination of road vehicles to be driven while carrying a load or provided with equipment

(1)  in excess of the maximum width of the vehicle or combination of vehicles at its widest point or that of its mandatory accessories;

(2)  exceeding the maximum length of the vehicle or combination of vehicles by more than 1 metre at the front or 2 metres at the rear.

The special permit shall be issued on the conditions and subject to the formalities established by regulation and on payment of the duties prescribed by regulation or, in the case of a permit issued under section 633, on the conditions and on payment of the fee prescribed by the Minister.

1986, c. 91, s. 473; 1990, c. 83, s. 172.

1987-06-29

473. No person may, unless he holds or is in possession of a special permit issued for that purpose and complies with conditions prescribed by regulation and related to the permit, drive or allow another to drive a motor vehicle or combination of road vehicles carrying a load or equipment

(1)  in excess of the maximum width of the vehicle or combination of vehicles at its widest point or that of its mandatory accessories;

(2)  exceeding the maximum length of the vehicle or combination of vehicles by more than 1 metre at the front or 2 metres at the rear.

The special permit shall be issued on compliance with the conditions and formalities established by regulation and on payment of the fee prescribed by regulation.

1986, c. 91, s. 473.