BILL NO. 97
(as passed)
2nd Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
59 Elizabeth II, 2010
Motor Vehicle Act
(amended)
CHAPTER 61 OF THE ACTS OF 2010
The Honourable Bill Estabrooks, M.B.
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
First Reading: November 16, 2010 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: November 22, 2010
Third Reading: November 29, 2010
Royal Assent: December 10, 2010
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 the following immediately after Section 67A the following Section:
(a) one year in the case of a first revocation;
(b) three years in the case of a second revocation; or
(c) ten years in the case of a third or subsequent revocation.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1),
(a) a revocation is a second revocation if the person's driver's license or privilege of obtaining a driver's license has been revoked under the authority of clause (db) of subsection (1) of Section 278 at any time within five years of the date of the conviction for the most recent offence under Section 163; or
(b) a revocation is a third or subsequent revocation if the person's driver's license or privilege of obtaining a driver's license has been revoked under the authority of clause (db) of subsection (1) of Section 278 two or more times at any time within five years of the date of the conviction for the most recent offence under Section 163.
(3) A person applying for restoration of a driver's license or privilege of obtaining a driver's license shall pay a restoration fee as set out in the regulations.
(a) striking out "revoked" in the fifth line and substituting "suspended"; and
(b) striking out "seven days from the time the request is made" in the sixth and seventh lines and substituting the following clauses:
(b) fifteen days from the time the request is made, if the driver has had one revocation under clause 278(1)(db) at any time within the last five years; or
(c) thirty days from the time the request is made if the driver has had two or more revocations under clause 278(1)(db) at any time within the last five years.
4 The POINT SYSTEM TABLE in subsection 282(2) of Chapter 293, as amended by Chapter 24 of the Acts of 1994, Chapters 12 and 44 of the Acts of 2001, Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2002, Chapters 20 and 45 of the Acts of 2007 and Chapter 21 of the Acts of 2008, is further amended by adding immediately after item 14. the following item:
telephone or engaging in text
messaging on communication
device while operating vehicle
on highway
5 Subsection 285(1) of Chapter 293, as amended by Chapter 12 of the Acts of 2001, is further amended by
(a) striking out the third comma in the fourth line and substituting "or"; and
(b) striking out "or Section 163" in the fourth line.
6 Section 293 of Chapter 293, as enacted by Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2002 and amended by Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2005, Chapters 20 and 45 of the Acts of 2007 and Chapter 62 of the Acts of 2008, is further amended by striking out "or 93, subsection (1) of Section 100D, Section" in the third line and substituting ", 93".
7 Section 294 of Chapter 293, as enacted by Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2002 and amended by Chapter 8 of the Acts of 2005, is further amended adding ", subsection (1) of Section 100D" immediately after "96" in the third line.
8 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.
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