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O. Reg. 134/21: COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS
filed February 26, 2021 under Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8
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made under the
Highway Traffic Act
Made: February 25, 2021
Filed: February 26, 2021
Published on e-Laws: February 26, 2021
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 13, 2021
Amending O. Reg. 199/07
(COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS)
1. Subsections 18 (3) to (5) of Ontario Regulation 199/07 are revoked and the following substituted:
(3) The following rules apply to a driver who carries a daily inspection report, under-vehicle inspection report, or inspection schedule in electronic format:
1. If a police officer or officer appointed for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act requires the driver to electronically transmit the report or schedule to the officer, the driver shall do so as soon as reasonably possible.
2. If a police officer or officer appointed for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act requires the driver to produce the following, the driver shall, at their option, produce either,
i. an electronic display of the report or schedule that is readable from outside the vehicle, or
ii. a printed copy of the report or schedule, signed by the driver.
(4) Despite section 17, an operator may keep a record or document that is in electronic format at any place if,
(a) the record or document can be readily accessed by the operator from the operator’s principal place of business; and
(b) the operator would, from the operator’s principal place of business, be able to comply with a requirement that the record or document be stored or transmitted in a particular way in accordance with subsection 225 (2.3) of the Act.
(5) The following rules apply with respect to an operator who possesses a record or document in electronic format:
1. If an officer appointed for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act requires the operator to generate a printed copy of the record or document, the operator shall do so if the operator has the technical capacity to do so.
2. If an officer appointed for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Act requires that the record or document be stored or transmitted in a particular way in accordance with subsection 225 (2.3) of the Act, the operator shall store or transmit the record or document in accordance with the officer’s requirement.
Commencement
2. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day section 1 of Schedule 18 to the Plan to Build Ontario Together Act, 2019 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.