T-12, r. 8 - Regulation respecting the training of drivers of buses and minibuses used for the transportation of schoolchildren and of vehicles used for the transportation of schoolchildren

Updated to 1 June 2024

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chapter T-12, r. 8

Regulation respecting the training of drivers of buses and minibuses used for the transportation of schoolchildren and of vehicles used for the transportation of schoolchildren

Transport Act

(chapter T-12, s. 5).

O.C. 547-94, title; O.C. 734-2012, s. 1.

1. The Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord and the Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries are authorized to issue the certificates of competence provided for in this Regulation, to determine the content of the training courses referred to in sections 2, 4 and 5.1, to dispense those courses and to fix the costs payable therefor.

O.C. 547-94, s. 1; O.C. 734-2012, s. 2; O.C. 816-2021, s. 107.

2. To obtain a certificate of competence to drive a bus or minibus used for the transportation of schoolchildren, a person shall have successfully completed a 15-hour training course and have paid the costs therefor.

Despite the first paragraph, where that person already held a certificate of competence to drive a bus or minibus used for the transportation of schoolchildren and where that certificate has been expired for 3 years or less, the person must have successfully completed the training course referred to in section 4 and have paid the fees for it.

O.C. 547-94, s. 2; O.C. 734-2012, s. 3.

3. The certificate of competence referred to in section 2 is valid for a period of 3 years from the date of its issue.

O.C. 547-94, s. 3; O.C. 734-2012, s. 4.

4. To have a certificate of competence to drive a bus or minibus used for the transportation of schoolchildren renewed, its holder shall have successfully completed a 6-hour training course before the certificate expires and have paid the costs therefor.

O.C. 547-94, s. 4; O.C. 734-2012, s. 5.

5. Every renewed certificate is valid for a 3-year period from the date of its issue.

O.C. 547-94, s. 5; O.C. 734-2012, s. 6.

5.1. To obtain a certificate of competence to drive a vehicle used for the transportation of schoolchildren, a person must have successfully completed a 6-hour training course and have paid the fees for it.

O.C. 734-2012, s. 6.

6. Every certificate of competence must contain the following information:

(1)  the class of vehicles for which the certificate is issued;

(2)  the name of its holder;

(3)  a number;

(4)  the date of its issue and, where applicable, the date on which it expires;

(5)  the signature of its holder and of the director of the highway transportation training centre of the Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord or of the Centre de services scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries, as the case may be.

O.C. 547-94, s. 6; O.C. 734-2012, s. 6; O.C. 816-2021, s. 108.

7. (Omitted).

O.C. 547-94, s. 7.

TRANSITIONAL

2012

(O.C. 734-2012) SECTION 7. Despite section 4 of the Regulation respecting the training of drivers of buses and minibuses used for the transportation of schoolchildren and of vehicles used for the transportation of schoolchildren (chapter T-12, r. 8), the Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord and the Commission scolaire des Premières-Seigneuries renew the certificate of competence to drive a bus or minibus used for the transportation of schoolchildren of every holder who successfully completes the training course referred to in section 5.1 of the Regulation in the 3 years that follow 14 July 2012 and pays the fees for it.

Every certificate renewed in accordance with the first paragraph is valid for a 3-year period from the date of its issue.

SECTION 8. Despite section 6 of the Regulation respecting the training of drivers of buses and minibuses used for the transportation of schoolchildren and of vehicles used for the transportation of schoolchildren, every certificate of competence to drive a bus or minibus for the transportation of schoolchildren that was issued or renewed before 14 July 2012 may not be invalidated on the ground that it does not have a date of issue.

SECTION 9. Every certificate of competence to drive a vehicle used for the transportation of schoolchildren may not be invalidated on the ground that it was issued before 14 July 2012.

REFERENCES

O.C. 547-94, 1994 G.O. 2, 1501

O.C. 734-2012, 2012 G.O. 2, 2072B

O.C. 816-2021, 2021 G.O. 2, 2103