T-12, r. 17 - Regulation respecting road vehicles used for the transportation of school children

Section 1 Disposition versions

2021-08-05

1. Transportation of school children carried out on a public road within the meaning of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2) and organized by a school service centre, a school board or a private educational institution referred to in the Act respecting private education (chapter E-9.1), except transportation of students enrolled in vocational training or adult education, shall be carried out by means of a school bus, a school minibus or a vehicle used for the transportation of school children compliant with this Regulation.

Transportation of school children organized by a school service centre, a school board or a private educational institution, as part of an education, sport or cultural activity, may be carried out by means of a multifunction school activity bus or a 12 to 15 passenger bus compliant with this Regulation.

Despite the first paragraph, the transportation of secondary school children that is incorporated into the service of the Réseau de transport métropolitain or a public transit authority constituted under the Act respecting public transit authorities (chapter S-30.01), provided that the route is available to the entire clientele and its schedule is publicly disseminated in the same manner as that of other routes, may be carried out by means of a bus manufactured for urban transport.

O.C. 285-97, s. 1; O.C. 1058-2021, s. 1.

2012-09-01

1. Where the transportation of school children referred to in sections 229, 454 and 461 of the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2) is not incorporated into the public transit service of the holder of an urban transport permit within the meaning of section 22 of the Bus Transport Regulation (chapter T-12, r. 16) or of a public body providing public transit, such transportation shall be carried out by means of a school bus, a school minibus or a vehicle used for the transportation of school children.

O.C. 285-97, s. 1.