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Disclaimer: These documents are not the official versions (more). Tire Identification

MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995



Tire Identification

General

8. (1) Every tire shall have permanently moulded into or onto one of its sidewalls, in the manner and location specified in Schedule III, a tire identification number consisting of the following groups of symbols:

(a) two symbols approved by the Minister or by the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that identify the manufacturer of the tire;

(b) two symbols that identify the tire size;

(c) not more than four symbols that

(i) identify the owner of the brand name, if applicable, and

(ii) at the manufacturer's option, form a code for the purpose of identifying the significant characteristics of the tire; and

(d) two symbols that identify the week of manufacture of the tire and

(i) until August 31, 2000, one or two symbols that identify the year of manufacture of the tire, and

(ii) on or after September 1, 2000, two symbols that identify the year of manufacture of the tire.

(2) No person shall alter, deface or remove a tire identification number.

Established by

SOR/95-148 21 March, 1995 pursuant to subsection 3 (2) and sections 5, 7, 10 and 11 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective April 12, 1995

amended by:

SOR/2000-114 23 March, 2000 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force on March 23, 2000.

Paragraph 8(1)(d) is replaced.


Last updated: 2005-03-02 Top of Page Important Notices