C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 440.1 Disposition versions

2019-12-01

440.1. Between 1 December and 15 March, the owner of a motorized road vehicle registered in Québec, except a heavy vehicle, tool vehicle or farm machine, may not put the vehicle into operation unless it is equipped with tires specifically designed for winter driving, in compliance with the standards prescribed by government regulation. The prohibition also applies to any person renting out such a vehicle regardless of where it is registered.

The government regulation may also prescribe

(1)  the cases in which the prohibition in the first paragraph does not apply;

(2)  the cases in which the prohibition in the first paragraph is replaced by the obligation to obtain a certificate authorizing the owner of a vehicle referred to in the first paragraph or the person renting out such a vehicle, as applicable, to put the vehicle into operation in Québec without equipping it with tires specifically designed for winter driving, and the formalities required for obtaining the certificate;

(3)  who may issue the certificate provided for in subparagraph 2.

Despite the second paragraph, the Minister may, by order, exclude from the application of the first paragraph persons who own or rent out vehicles for which there are no tires specifically designed for winter driving. The publication requirement set out in section 8 of the Regulations Act (chapter R-18.1) does not apply to such an order. The order comes into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec.

The Minister may, by regulation, determine classes of heavy vehicles, tool vehicles or farm machines to which the prohibition under the first paragraph applies.

2007, c. 40, s. 59; 2008, c. 14, s. 48; 2018, c. 7, s. 115.

2008-09-17

440.1. Between 15 December and 15 March, the owner of a taxi or a passenger vehicle registered in Québec may not put the vehicle into operation unless it is equipped with tires specifically designed for winter driving, in compliance with the standards prescribed by government regulation. The prohibition also applies to any person renting out passenger vehicles not equipped with that type of tires.

The government regulation may also prescribe

(1)  the cases in which the prohibition in the first paragraph does not apply;

(2)  the cases in which the prohibition in the first paragraph is replaced by the obligation to obtain a certificate authorizing a taxi owner or person who owns or rents out a passenger vehicle to put the vehicle into operation in Québec without equipping it with tires specifically designed for winter driving, and the formalities required for obtaining the certificate;

(3)  who may issue the certificate provided for in subparagraph 2.

Despite the second paragraph, the Minister may, by order, exclude from the application of the first paragraph persons who own or rent out vehicles for which there are no tires specifically designed for winter driving. The publication requirement set out in section 8 of the Regulations Act (chapter R-18.1) does not apply to such an order. The order comes into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec.

2007, c. 40, s. 59; 2008, c. 14, s. 48.