C-24.2, r. 24.01 - Regulation to govern the establishment of school zones and define the school period

Updated to 1 July 2024

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chapter C-24.2, r. 24.01

Regulation to govern the establishment of school zones and define the school period

Highway Safety Code

(chapter C-24.2, s. 294.0.1).

1. The criteria for establishing a school zone are as follows:

(1)  its purpose is to ensure the safety of students attending an institution providing elementary or secondary school instructional services by prompting road users to be more cautious when approaching land occupied by such an institution;

(2)  it includes any part of a public highway that runs along the limits of the land referred to in paragraph 1;

(3)  it may include

(a)  any part of a public highway running along land or a building contiguous to the land referred to in paragraph 1 and used for school activities;

(b)  any intersection contiguous to land or buildings referred to in paragraph 1 or subparagraph a of this paragraph; and

(c)  any part of a public highway located at the end of the part of a public highway referred to in paragraph 2 or, as the case may be, at the end of the combination of the parts of public highways referred to in paragraph 2 and subparagraphs a and b of this paragraph, provided each part under this subparagraph covers a distance not exceeding

i.  50 m in an urban area, or

ii.  100 m in a rural area;

(4)  it is composed of 2 amalgamated school zones when the distance between the 2 zones is insufficient to install signs or signals indicating the proximity of a school zone ahead, in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Minister under section 289 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2), in which case subparagraph c of paragraph 3 does not apply to the school zone resulting from the amalgamation if a part of a public highway referred to in that subparagraph is included in any of the 2 school zones prior to the amalgamation; and

(5)  it tends to have a length of at least

(a)  100 m in an urban area; or

(b)  200 m in a rural area.

S.Q. 2022, c. 13, s. 92.

2. The school period is the period beginning at 7:00 a.m. and ending at 5:00 p.m. each day from Monday to Friday, from September to June.

S.Q. 2022, c. 13, s. 92.

REFERENCES

S.Q. 2022, c. 13, s. 92