Motor Vehicle Act (amended)

BILL NO. 22

(as introduced)

1st Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
58 Elizabeth II, 2009

Private Member's Bill

Motor Vehicle Act
(amended)

Chuck Porter
Hants West

First Reading: September 28, 2009

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill prohibits any form of solicitation, including the selling of goods, on 100 Series Highways.

An Act to Amend Chapter 293
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Motor Vehicle Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 173A the following Section:

173B (1) In this Section, "100 Series Highway" means a highway and the land adjacent to a highway designated as a 100 Series Highway in the regulations.

(2) No person shall solicit, offer goods for sale or engage in any other activity designated in the regulations on a 100 Series Highway.

(3) The Governor in Council may make regulations

(a) designating areas as a 100 Series Highway for the purpose of this Section;

(b) designating activities that are prohibited on a 100 Series Highway;

(d) the Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out effectively the intent and purpose of this Section.

(4) The exercise by the Governor in Council of the authority contained in subsection (3) is regulations within the meaning of the Regulations Act.

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