2. A vehicle is a school bus or a school minibus where(1) it bears the national safety mark or the label bearing a statement of compliance referred to in sections 3 and 6, respectively, of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1038), as those sections read at the time they must be applied;
(2) in the case of a vehicle whose chassis was built before 1 July 1997, it bears the inscriptions prescribed in section 30, is equipped with the flashing red lights and the compulsory stop signal prescribed in sections 34 and 35, is painted with the colour and in the manner prescribed in section 11 and meets the standards set forth in sections 8, 10, 15, 19, 29 and 31 and in the second paragraph of section 33; or
(3) its chassis is built before 29 August 2005 and is equipped with the alternately flashing yellow lights referred to in section 34.
A bus or minibus referred to in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph shall comply with the provisions of Chapter II.
O.C. 285-97, s. 2; O.C. 643-2005, s. 1.