C-24.2, r. 39 - Pilot project on recycling undeployed frontal air bag modules

Updated to 1 September 2012

This document has official status.

chapter C-24.2, r. 39

Pilot project on recycling undeployed frontal air bag modules

Highway Safety Code

(chapter C-24.2, s. 633.1).

DIVISION I GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. The Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec is authorized to implement, for a period of 3 years, the pilot project on recycling undeployed frontal air bag modules according to the process developed by the Association des recycleurs de pièces d’autos et de camions inc., on the basis of the following:

(1)  conducting tests on the recycling process developed by that association in compliance with the safety of users of vehicles in which recycled air bag modules are installed;

(2)  gathering information about the application of the recycling process developed by that association in order to study, improve and develop standards applicable to recycling such modules.

M.O. 2010-11, s. 1.

2. The Société is authorized to entrust management of the pilot project to the Association des recycleurs de pièces d’autos et de camions inc., whose activities will remain monitored and supervised by the Société.

M.O. 2010-11, s. 2.

3. The Société is authorized, for the purposes outlined in sections 1 and 2, to enter into an agreement with the Association des recycleurs de pièces d’autos et de camions inc. concerning the following:

(1)  conditions for implementing the pilot project on recycling undeployed frontal air bag modules according to the process developed by that association;

(2)  management of the pilot project by that association, including the possibility of the association cooperating with partners according to the terms and conditions set forth in the agreement;

(3)  the gathering of information on the application of the process developed by that association;

(4)  the transfer of this information and information concerning management of the pilot project to the Société.

The agreement is published on the Société’s Web site.

M.O. 2010-11, s. 3.

DIVISION II INSTALLATION AND SALE

4. This Order has precedence over the first and third paragraphs of section 250.2 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2) insofar as a person installs in a road vehicle or, for the purposes of such installations, sells an undeployed frontal air bag module, or offers to install or sell such a module, under the following circumstances:

(1)  the undeployed frontal air bag module has a certificate of technical compliance as provided for in the pilot project;

(2)  the undeployed frontal air bag module is installed in the road vehicle for which it was ordered;

(3)  the undeployed frontal air bag module is sold, for the purposes of the installation, by a person who meets the following conditions:

(a)  holds a recycler’s licence issued by the Société under section 153 of the Highway Safety Code;

(b)  is a member of the Association des recycleurs de pièces d’autos et de camions inc.;

(c)  has been appointed by the Association des recycleurs de pièces d’autos et de camions inc. to participate in the pilot project.

M.O. 2010-11, s. 4.

DIVISION III FINAL PROVISION

5. This Order is revoked on 28 October 2013.

M.O. 2010-11, s. 5.

REFERENCES

M.O. 2010-11, 2010 G.O. 2, 2805