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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT
Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations
Altered Vehicle
9. (1) If a company alters a vehicle, other than an incomplete vehicle
or a truck tractor not fitted with a fifth wheel coupling, that was in
conformity with these Regulations in such a manner that its stated GVWR and GAWR
are no longer accurate, or if the company alters the vehicle otherwise than by
the addition, substitution or removal of readily attachable components such as
mirrors or tire and rim assemblies or by minor finishing operations, the company
shall
(a) ensure that the compliance label and information label, if applicable,
remain on the vehicle;
(a.1) respect the gross axle weight ratings and gross vehicle weight rating of the
vehicle recommended by the original manufacturer or, where the company increases the
ratings, ensure that they are
(i) increased in accordance with the original manufacturer's written recommendations, or
(ii) within the load-carrying capacity of the vehicle's components when the altered
vehicle is loaded for its intended use;
(b) ensure that the vehicle conforms to the standards referred to in subsection 5(2),
in respect of the work carried out by the company to alter the vehicle; and
(c) subject to subsection (2), apply to the vehicle an additional label displaying
(i) the words "THIS VEHICLE WAS ALTERED BY / CE VÉHICULE A ÉTÉ MODIFIÉ
PAR" followed by the name of the company that altered the vehicle,
(ii) the month and year during which the alteration of the vehicle was completed,
(iii) the drawing referred to in paragraph 6(1)(c),
(iv) in accordance with paragraph 6(1)(e), the new gross vehicle weight rating and
gross axle weight ratings of the vehicle as altered, where they differ from those shown on
the original compliance label,
(v) in accordance with paragraph 6(1)(f), the type of vehicle, where it differs from
the type shown on the original compliance label, and
(vi) in the case of a multipurpose passenger vehicle or bus manufactured from a cutaway
chassis, a motor home or a recreational trailer, the information referred to in subsection
6(8).
(2) The drawing referred to in paragraph (1)(c) may be displayed on a label applied to
the vehicle beside the compliance label.
(3) In the case of a motor home or a recreational trailer, the information referred to
in subparagraph (1) (c) (vi) may be displayed on a separate label applied to the vehicle
beside the compliance label or in a conspicuous or readily accessible location.
Established by
SOR/91-528 5 September, 1991 pursuant to section 4 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Section 7.1 is added, effective September 1, 1992.
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
Section 7.1 is revoked and replaced by section 9.
SOR/98-125 19 February, 1998 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor
Vehicle Safety Act, into force April 1, 1999
Paragraph (a.1) is added after paragraph (a) in subsection 9(1); subparagraph (vi) is
added after subparagraph (v) in paragraph 9(1)(c); subsection (3) is added after
subsection (2) in section 9.
SOR/2002-55 31 January 2002 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1)
of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force February 13, 2003.
The portion of subsection 9(1) before paragraph (a.1) is replaced.
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