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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995



Tire Information

7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), every company shall provide to its dealers, to the Minister at the address indicated in Schedule VI, and to any person who requests it, the following information in respect of each tire of a specific size designation and type that it manufactures:

(a) a list of the rims designed for use with that tire, and a diagram and the dimensions of each of those rims;

(b) a table showing, for a tire of a specific size designation, the type of construction and the intended use of that tire together with the various load ratings; and

(c) a table and diagram showing the dimensions of that tire.

(2) A company is not required to comply with subsection (1) where

(a) the information specified in subsection (1) appears in a publication issued by the Tire and Rim Association, the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organization, the Associacao Latino Americana de Pneus e Aros (Brazil), the South African Bureau of Standards, the Japan Automobile Tire Manufacturers Association or the Tyre Rim Association of Australia; and

(b) each tire that it manufactures corresponds to a tire of a specific size designation and type described in a publication referred to in paragraph (a).

 

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

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 7(2)(a) is replaced.


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