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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations



Records

10. (1) A company shall maintain in writing or in readily readable electronic or optical form the records referred to in paragraph 5(1)(g) of the Act that show that the vehicles it manufactures or imports conform to all prescribed standards applicable to it and retain those records for at least five years after the date of manufacture or importation.

(2) Where the records referred to in subsection (1) are maintained on behalf of a company, the company shall keep the name and address of the person who maintains those records.

(3) On request in writing from an inspector, a company shall send to that inspector a copy, in either official language, of the records referred to in subsection (1) within

(a) 30 working days after the mailing of the request; or

(b) where the records must be translated, 45 working days after the mailing of the request.

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978
(Section 8)

amended by

SOR/82-482 7 May, 1982 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Section 8.

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

Section 8 is revoked & replaced by section 10.

SOR/98-524 22 October, 1998 pursuant to sections 5, 10 and 11 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force on October 22, 1998

Subsection 10(1) is replaced.


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