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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations
National Safety Mark
3. Any company that intends to apply a national safety mark to a vehicle shall apply to
the Minister to obtain an authorization in the form set out in Schedule II.
Prescribed Classes of Vehicles
4. (1) The classes of vehicles set out in Schedule III are prescribed as classes of
vehicles in respect of which these Regulations apply.
(1.1) An incomplete vehicle is prescribed as a class of vehicle in
respect of which these Regulations apply.
(2) The prescribed classes referred to in subsections (1) and (1.1) do not include a
vehicle that was manufactured 15 years or more before the date of its
importation into Canada, except for a bus.
Safety and Emission Requirements
5. (1) Each requirement set out in Schedules IV to VI is prescribed as a Canada Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard for vehicles of prescribed classes.
(2) Subject to subsection (2.1), every vehicle of a prescribed
class that is a completed vehicle shall conform to
(a) each standard referred to by number in column I of Schedule
III, opposite which there is set out the letter "X" in the
subcolumn designating that class or subclass of vehicle; and
(b) the applicable vehicle emission requirements of Schedule V,
(i) in the case of a vehicle of the 1998 model year manufactured on or after September
1, 1997, other than a diesel-fuelled vehicle,
(ii) in the case of a diesel-fuelled vehicle of the 1998 model year manufactured on or
after January 1, 1998, or
(iii) in the case of a vehicle of a model year subsequent to the 1998 model year.
(2.1) A vehicle of a prescribed class may conform to the vehicle emission requirements
of Schedule V, as applicable in accordance with Schedule III, as those Schedules read
before July 28, 1997 or the applicable vehicle emission requirements of Schedule V, as it
reads after that date, if
(a) the vehicle is of a model year before the 1998 model year;
(b) in the case of a vehicle of the 1998 model year, other than a
diesel-fuelled vehicle, the vehicle is manufactured before September 1, 1997; or
(c) in the case of a diesel-fuelled vehicle of the 1998 model year, the
vehicle is manufactured before January 1, 1998.
(3) Every incomplete vehicle shall conform to each standard set out
in Schedules IV, V.1 and VI for completed vehicles to the extent that
the standard governs the components that are fitted on the incomplete
vehicle.
Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF
CANADA, 1978.
(Sections 3, 4, 5, 13, 14 and 15)
amended by
SOR/79-491 22 June, 1979 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Subsection 3(2).
SOR/82-482 7 May, 1982 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act,
effective September 1, 1982
Subsection 3(3); subsection 4(1); subsection 4(3); and subsection 4(6) preceding
paragraph (a).
SOR/86-995 18 September, 1986 pursuant to sections 4 and 15 of the Motor Vehicle Safety
Act
Section 13.
SOR/88-268 5 May, 1988 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Subsection 4(3).
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT IS NOW CHAPTER M-10 OF THE STATUTES OF
CANADA,1985.
SOR/89-481 2 October, 1989 pursuant to section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Paragraph 13(b).
SOR/90-805 22 November, 1990 pursuant to section 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Paragraph 13(b).
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT IS NOW CHAPTER 16 OF THE STATUTES OF
CANADA, 1993.
SOR/95-147 21 March, 1995 pursuant to subsection 3(2) and sections 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and
11 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective April 12, 1995
Sections 3, 4 and 5 were revoked and replaced by section 3; and sections 13, 14 and 15
were revoked and replaced by sections 4 and 5.
SOR/97-376 28 July, 1997 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor
Vehicle Safety Act, in force July 28, 1997
The heading before section 5; subsection 5(2); and subsection 5(2.1) is added.
SOR/2002-55 January 2002 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1)
of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force February 13, 2003.
Section 4 is amended by adding (1.1) after (1); subsection 4(2) is
replaced; subsection 5(2) before paragraph (b) is replaced; subsection
5(3) is replaced.
SOR/2003-272 24 July, 2003 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety
Act, comes into force 24 July, 2003.
Paragraph 5(2)(a) is replaced.
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