BILL NO. 139
(as introduced)
1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
53 Elizabeth II, 2004
Motor Vehicle Act
(amended)
Gerald Sampson
Victoria-The Lakes
First Reading: October 13, 2004
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
This Bill authorizes a municipal council to lower the speed limit in a residence district.
An Act to Amend Chapter 293
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Motor Vehicle Act
1 Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 105 the following Section:
105A Notwithstanding clause (g) of subsection (2) of Section 102, the council of a regional municipality, incorporated town or municipality of a county or district may lower the maximum rate of speed in a residence district or part of a residence district and, where the council lowers the maximum rate of speed, the traffic authority shall erect and maintain appropriate signs giving notice of such decreased maximum rate of speed.
This page and its contents published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, Nova Scotia House of Assembly, and © 2004 Crown in right of Nova Scotia. Created October 13, 2004. Send comments to legc.office@novascotia.ca.
