BILL NO. 37
(as passed)
5th Session, 61st General Assembly
Nova Scotia
62 Elizabeth II, 2013
Innovative Transportation Act
CHAPTER 4 OF THE ACTS OF 2013
The Honourable Maurice Smith
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
First Reading: April 10, 2013 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)
Second Reading: April 25, 2013
Third Reading: May 2, 2013
Royal Assent: May 10, 2013
An Act to Amend Chapter 293
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Motor Vehicle Act,
Respecting Innovative Transportation
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Innovative Transportation Act.
2 Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 306 the following Section:
(a) in relation to such a project,
(ii) authorizing or requiring the Department, the Minister or any other person authorized or required to do anything pursuant to this Act to do anything that
(B) is authorized or required to be done pursuant to this Act in a way that is different from the way it is authorized or required to be done,
(iv) regulating or prohibiting the doing or use of anything, and
(v) requiring any person or class of persons to carry insurance of a kind and in the amount specified;
(b) prescribing penalties for the violation of such regulations;
(c) respecting any matter or thing the Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to effectively carry out the intent and purpose of this Section.
(2) A regulation made pursuant to this Section is repealed two years after the date it comes into force or such earlier date as the regulation may provide.
(3) In the event of a conflict between a regulation made pursuant to this Section and any provision of this Act, the regulation prevails.
(4) The exercise by the Governor in Council of the authority contained in subsection (1) is regulations within the meaning of the Regulations Act.
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