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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations



Interprovincial Shipments

5.1 (1) Notwithstanding section 4 of the Act, a manufacturer may ship from one province to another, or deliver to any person for the purpose of so shipping, a vehicle of a prescribed class manufactured in Canada that does not bear the national safety mark if

(a) the manufacturer files with the Minister a declaration, signed by that person or that person's duly authorized representative, setting out the information referred to in subsection (2);

(b) the vehicle is being shipped or delivered for the purpose of exhibition, demonstration, evaluation or testing; and

(c) the vehicle is destroyed or returned to the province of origin within one year.

(2) A declaration made pursuant to subsection (1) shall set out the following information:

(a) the name and address of the manufacturer of the vehicle;

(b) the month and year the vehicle was manufactured;

(c) the class, make, model and vehicle identification number of the vehicle;

(d) the use to be made of the vehicle;

(e) the estimated period of time the vehicle will be used on public roads;

(f) whether the vehicle will be destroyed or returned to the province of origin after completion of the purpose for which it was shipped or delivered; and

(g) the date the vehicle will be destroyed or returned to the province of origin.

(3) The declarations made in accordance with subsection (2)

(a) shall be filed prior to shipping or delivering the vehicle; or

(b) in the case of a company whose world production of vehicles is 2,500 or more a year, may be filed with the Minister quarterly.

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978 (Sections 10 and 11)

amended by

SOR/79-940 6 December, 1979 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Paragraphs 10(2)(a) and (b); subsection 10(6); and subsection 11(2) following paragraph (b).

SOR/87-450 30 July, 1987 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Subsection 10(1) preceding paragraph (a); and section 10 by adding subsection (1.1).

SOR/88-536 18 October, 1988 pursuant to section 4 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Sections 10 and 11.

SOR/94-670 25 October, 1994 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Section 11 of the French version.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT IS NOW CHAPTER 16 OF THE STATUTES OF CANADA, 1993.

SORS/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 10 and 11 are revoked.

SOR/95-494 17 October, 1995 pursuant to section 4 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Section 5.1 is added.


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