C-24.2, r. 6 - Protective Helmets Regulation

Updated to 1 October 2024

This document has official status.

chapter C-24.2, r. 6

Protective Helmets Regulation

Highway Safety Code

(chapter C-24.2, s. 621, par. 2).

Act respecting off-highway vehicles

(chapter V-1.3, s. 52, 2nd par.).

O.C. 1015-95; O.C. 660-2006, s. 1.

1. The references to the standards set out in this Regulation shall, unless otherwise indicated, be read as including any amendments made thereto.

O.C. 1015-95, s. 1.

2. Every person riding on a motorcycle, or moped, in a sidecar, on an off-road vehicle covered by the Act respecting off-highway vehicles (chapter V-1.3) or in a sleigh or trailer being towed by such a vehicle shall wear a protective helmet that complies with one of the following recognized standards of manufacture, sale, installation and use:

(1)  Standard CAN-3-D230 of the Canadian Standards Association;

(2)  Standard DOT FMVSS 218 of the United States Department of Transportation;

(3)  the standard entitled “Specifications for Protective Headgear for Vehicular Users Z90.1” of the American National Standards Institute;

(4)  the Snell Memorial Foundation standard;

(5)  the British Standards Institute standard;

(6)  ECE Regulation 22, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe standard.

A protective helmet must bear, at all times, the label affixed by the manufacturer in compliance with the requirements of the standard of manufacture.

O.C. 1015-95, s. 2; O.C. 660-2006, s. 2.

2.1. Every person riding a power-assisted bicycle on a public highway must wear a protective helmet that complies with the following standards of manufacture:

(1)  be made of a rigid shell with a padded interior; and

(2)  be equipped with a chin strap.

O.C. 660-2006, s. 3.

3. Moreover, to be in compliance, a protective helmet shall meet the following standards of use:

(1)  (paragraph revoked);

(2)  it shall be correctly adjusted and firmly attached by a chin strap; and

(3)  it shall be free of any modification to or deterioration of the internal or external structure. The helmet may, however, be repainted.

O.C. 1015-95, s. 3; O.C. 660-2006, s. 5.

4. This Regulation replaces:

(1)  the Regulation respecting protective helmets for motorcyclists and snowmobilists (R.R.Q., 1981, c. C-24, r. 7); and

(2)  the Regulation respecting protective helmets used by persons riding on light motorcycles or mopeds or in sidecars (O.C. 1333-82, 82-06-02).

O.C. 1015-95, s. 4.

5. (Omitted).

O.C. 1015-95, s. 5.

REFERENCES

O.C. 1015-95, 1995 G.O. 2, 2348

O.C. 660-2006, 2006 G.O. 2, 2136

S.Q. 2020, c. 26, s. 149