Q-2 - Environment Quality Act

Section 53 Disposition versions

2022-05-12

53. The Government may make regulations applicable to the whole or to any part of the territory of Québec, to:

(a)  classify motor vehicles and engines to regulate their use, their offer for sale or lease, their exhibition for sale or lease and their sale or lease and withdraw certain classes from the application of this Act and the regulations;

(b)  prohibit or limit the use, offer for sale or lease, exhibition for sale or lease and sale or lease of motor vehicles, engines or devices to prevent or to reduce the emission of pollutants into the air;

(c)  determine the manner in which certain classes of motor vehicles, engines and devices may be used and the manner of maintaining them, and prescribe, if need be, the installation of purification devices in accordance with the specifications which it determines and provide for the inspection of such devices;

(d)  regulate the quality of fuels used for domestic heating, industrial purposes or incineration;

(e)  determine the methods of incineration and their conditions of use;

(f)  establish standards and specifications for any lubricant.

(g)  exempt any category of monitoring station contemplated in the second paragraph of section 47, taking into consideration, among other criteria, the length of time these stations have been in operation or their purpose.

1972, c. 49, s. 53; 1978, c. 64, s. 22; 2016, c. 35, s. 19; 2022, c. 8, s. 104.

2016-12-10

53. The Government may make regulations applicable to the whole or to any part of the territory of Québec, to:

(a)  classify motor vehicles and engines to regulate their use and withdraw certain classes from the application of this Act and the regulations;

(b)  prohibit or limit the use of certain classes of motor vehicles or engines to prevent or to reduce the emission of pollutants into the air;

(c)  determine the manner in which certain classes of motor vehicles or engines may be used and the manner of maintaining them, and prescribe, if need be, the installation of purification devices in accordance with the specifications which it determines and provide for the inspection of such devices;

(d)  regulate the quality of fuels used for domestic heating, industrial purposes or incineration;

(e)  determine the methods of incineration and their conditions of use;

(f)  establish standards and specifications for any lubricant.

(g)  exempt any category of monitoring station contemplated in the second paragraph of section 47, taking into consideration, among other criteria, the length of time these stations have been in operation or their purpose.

1972, c. 49, s. 53; 1978, c. 64, s. 22; 2016, c. 35, s. 19.

1978-12-22

53. The Government may make regulations applicable to the whole or to any part of the territory of Québec, to:

(a)  classify motor vehicles and engines to regulate their use and withdraw certain classes from the application of this Act and the regulations;

(b)  prohibit or limit the use of certain classes of motor vehicles or engines to prevent or to reduce the emission of pollutants into the air;

(c)  determine the manner in which certain classes of motor vehicles or engines may be used and the manner of maintaining them, and prescribe, if need be, the installation of purification devices in accordance with the specifications which it determines and provide for the inspection of such devices;

(d)  regulate the quality of fuels used for domestic heating, industrial purposes or incineration;

(e)  determine the methods of incineration and their conditions of use;

(f)  establish standards and specifications for any motor-fuel and lubricant.

(g)  exempt any category of monitoring station contemplated in the second paragraph of section 47, taking into consideration, among other criteria, the length of time these stations have been in operation or their purpose.

1972, c. 49, s. 53; 1978, c. 64, s. 22.

1977-12-31

53. The Gouvernement may make regulations to:

(a)  classify motor vehicles and engines to regulate their use and withdraw certain classes from the application of this act and the regulations;

(b)  prohibit or limit the use of certain classes of motor vehicles or engines to prevent or to reduce the emission of pollutants into the air;

(c)  determine the manner in which certain classes of motor vehicles or engines may be used and the manner of maintaining them, and prescribe, if need be, the installation of purification devices in accordance with the specifications which it determines and provide for the inspection of such devices;

(d)  regulate the quality of fuels used for domestic heating, industrial purposes or incineration;

(e)  determine the methods of incineration and their conditions of use;

(f)  establish standards and specifications for any motor-fuel and lubricant.

1972, c. 49, s. 53.