4. An automobile is a vehicle used for the transportation of school children where the manufacturer has fitted it with at least 4 and not more than 9 seat belts, a hard roof and at least 3 side doors with windows, and where it is used under a contract concluded with a school service centre, a school board or a private educational institution for the exclusive purpose of transporting school children.
A handicapped accessible vehicle is also a vehicle used for the transportation of school children if it is equipped with a wheelchair access ramp or a wheelchair lift, fitted to carry at least one person in a wheelchair, is equipped with a restraining device fixed to the floor with 4 anchorages and used to keep each wheelchair in the same position as the permanent seats installed by the manufacturer if seat belts consisting of a shoulder belt and a lap belt are installed for each wheelchair and if the vehicle is used under a contract concluded with a school service centre, a school board or a private educational institution for the exclusive purpose of transporting school children.
O.C. 285-97, s. 4; O.C. 643-2005, s. 2; 816-2021O.C. 816-2021, s. 1151.