12.2. Off-highway vehicles may be operated in the places listed in paragraphs 1 to 4 of section 12.1 only from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight.
The operation of an off-highway vehicle is not restricted to the hours set out in the first paragraph in unorganized territories, the Nord-du-Québec administrative region, the territory of the Municipalité régionale de comté du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent or any other territory not included in the territory of a regional county municipality and determined by ministerial regulation.
Despite the preceding paragraphs, a regional county municipality may, subject to the by-laws a local municipality may pass under paragraph 2 of section 48, pass a by-law to set the hours during which off-highway vehicles may be operated.