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Disclaimer: These documents are not the official versions (more). Tires Imported From a Country Other Than the United States for Retreading

MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995



Tires Imported From a Country Other Than the United
States for Retreading

14. (1) A tire may be imported from a country other than the United States for the purpose of retreading if

(a) it can be shown by a national safety mark, a DOT symbol as used by the United States Department of Transportation or a JIS symbol as used by the Japanese Standards Association on the tire that, at the time of manufacture, the tire conformed to the applicable standards set out in Schedule V (Safety Standard 119), the United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 119 or the Japanese Industrial Standard JIS D 4230;

(b) the tire is designed to fit on a rim having a nominal diameter of greater than 406.4 mm (16 in.);

(c) the tire is listed in a publication referred to in subsection 7(2);

(d) the tire has, as specified for a tire of that size designation and type in a publication referred to in subsection 7(2),

(i) a load range of not less than D, or

(ii) a ply rating of not less than 8;

(e) the tire has been used;

(f) the tire has never been retreaded;

(g) no notice of defect has been issued in respect of the tire in the country in which it was manufactured;

(h) there is no steel or fabric showing;

(i) the crown and sidewall plies are not visible and are not affected by cuts;

(j) there is no bead damage that could allow air leakage, cause abrasion damage to the bead components, or affect the proper bead seating to the rim; and

(k) the repairs to the crown area required to prepare the tire for retreading are limited to surface skiving, cleaning out of dirt and debris and smoothing out.

(2) A company that imports a tire referred to in subsection (1) shall, before the tire is sold at retail, have an importer identification number permanently moulded into or onto one sidewall of the tire, in the manner set out in Part I of Schedule III and in the same location set out in Part II of that Schedule for the tire identification number, which importer identification number shall consist of the following groups of symbols:

(a) two symbols assigned by the Minister that identify the importer; and

(b) two symbols that identify the month of importation of the tire and one symbol that identifies the year of importation of the tire.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Act, a company that imports a tire referred to in subsection (1) shall maintain records setting out

(a) the name of the company;

(b) the type and size designation of the tire and the number of tires of that type and size designation imported at the same time; and

(c) a signed declaration by the company or the duly authorized representative of that company stating

(i) that the tire complied with the requirements of these Regulations as they read on the date of importation,

(ii) that no notice of defect has been issued in respect of the tire in the country in which it was manufactured, and

(iii) that the tire will not be sold at retail before it is retreaded.

(4) A registration system referred to in paragraph 5(1)(h) of the Act may consist of records maintained by a company that imports a tire referred to in subsection (1) if the records show to whom the tire was sold.

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


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