273. The Government may, by regulation,(1) prescribe standards of construction, use and sale of fog lights;
(2) prescribe standards of construction, use and sale of portable flares, lamps, reflectors or lanterns;
(3) fix, for any category or sub-category of road vehicles, the minimum number of portable flares, lamps, reflectors or lanterns a road vehicle must be equipped with;
(4) prescribe that categories of road vehicles, other than those contemplated in sections 205 and 206, must or may be equipped with fixed, flashing or rotating lights and prescribe the coulour thereof;
(5) prohibit the installation and use of headlights, lights or reflectors, other than those prescribed in this chapter, on a road vehicle;
(6) prescribe the colour, intensity, shape and dimensions of headlights, lights and reflectors;
(7) establish standards respecting the use of devices to prevent headlight glare;
(8) prescribe the standards of manufacture, sale and use of tires;
(9) establish standards for the retreading of road vehicle tires, and establish the conditions of sale, use and inspection of retreaded tires;
(10) prescribe standards of manufacture, installation, use and sale of mufflers;
(11) prescribe standards of use of anti-theft devices for road vehicles;
(12) prescribe the conditions of issue of identification numbers;
(13) establish standards respecting the sale and use of brake fluid;
(14) prescribe standards for the securing of loads;
(15) determine the conditions of use and installation of white lights at the rear of certain categories or sub-categories of road vehicles;
(16) prescribe the installation and use of safety accessories for buses, minibuses, and school buses or minibuses, and the standards of their installation and use;
(17) prescribe standards on the use of an outside loudspeaker on a road vehicle;
(18) determine the safety standards that must be met by a road vehicle to be authorized to be driven;
(19) prescribe the standards applicable to the mechanical inspection of road vehicles, determine the maximum cost thereof and the cases where it may be required;
(20) determine the form, content, conditions, modalities and issue charge of a certificate of mechanical inspection of a road vehicle;
(20.1) determine the form, content, conditions and modalities of issue of the notice contemplated in section 262.1;
(21) determine the categories or sub-categories of road vehicles for which the Régie may appoint persons to carry out mechanical inspections and issue certificates of mechanical inspection on its behalf;
(22) prescribe the installation and use of safety accessories and equipment for taxis, determine standards of use and installation, and prescribe the mechanical inspection of taxis;
(23) establish standards, conditions and modalities for the construction, use, upkeep and maintenance, salubrity and safety of road vehicles of any kind used for the transport of handicapped persons, prescribe the installation and use of safety equipment and accessories and specify what persons and what road vehicles are subject to those standards.