143. The Government may, by regulation,(1) notwithstanding section 65, prescribe, for certain categories or sub-categories of road vehicles, the obligation of holding a driver’s licence to drive off the public highway;
(2) determine the conditions for obtaining a driver’s licence to drive off the public highways and the conditions attached thereto, and prescribe the duties payable for the licence;
(3) determine the categories and classes of driver’s licences and the classes of learner’s licences, and fix the other conditions for obtaining and renewing such licences and the other conditions attached thereto, and prescribe the duties payable for those licences;
(4) establish the conditions for obtaining or renewing a certificate of competence and any conditions attached thereto, fix the duties payable for the certificate and designate the person or body empowered to issue it;
(5) determine the categories and classes of driving school licences and instructor’s licences and fix the conditions for obtaining and renewing such licences, any conditions attached thereto and their valid period;
(6) establish the conditions for obtaining International Driver’s Permits and the conditions attached thereto, and adopt any other norms respecting such permits;
(7) (paragraph repealed);
(8) prescribe the duties payable for the issue of driving school licences and instructor’s licences and of their renewal according to their classes and categories, and the amount, nature, object, duration and the terms and conditions of the security that may be required;
(9) fix the form and content of the licences and certificates issued under this chapter and determine the formalities of their issue;
(10) determine the valid period of a driver’s licence or a certificate of competence;
(11) (paragraph repealed);
(12) fix the standards for road vehicles used in the operation of driving school licences and instructor’s licences, and the equipment and signs with which such vehicles must be equipped;
(13) determine the standards applicable to premises used for the operation of driving school licences and instructor’s licences;
(14) establish standards respecting advertising by holders of driving school licences and prohibit certain kinds of advertising;
(15) determine the content of the programs of instruction of a driving school;
(16) establish a system of demerit points according to which the Régie revokes or suspends licences or the right to obtain a licence;
(17) establish the special conditions and formalities for obtaining a licence as well as the conditions attached thereto in the cases where a licence has been revoked or the right to obtain a licence has been suspended;
(18) determine the cases where a driving school licence may be transferred;
(19) determine other cases where driving courses may be required;
(20) establish, on conditions determined by it, exemptions from the requirement to take driving courses;
(21) determine the maximum number of students per class-room used by a driving school and establish the minimum ratio between students, instructors and vehicles for driving courses;
(22) determine the prescriptions of a regulation of the Government concerning driving schools or the instruction given in driving passenger vehicles other than mopeds the violation of which constitutes an offence;
(23) determine the cases in which a driving school licence may be issued, according to its class and the number of driving schools in the territory of an urban or regional community or of a regional county municipality and prescribe the cases in which no permit may be issued in such a territory;
(24) determine in which cases, according to the territory of an urban or regional community or of a regional county municipality, a driving school licence may be issued to a person who acts for an educational institution offering courses at the secondary or postsecondary level and prescribe the cases in which no permit may be issued in that territory.