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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACTMotor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995REGULATIONS RESPECTING SAFETY FOR MOTOR VEHICLE TIRES Short Title1. These Regulations may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Tire Safety Regulations, 1995. Interpretation2. In these Regulations, "Act" means the Motor Vehicle Safety Act; (Loi) "bead" means that part of a tire, made of steel wires wrapped or reinforced by plies, that is shaped to fit the rim; (talon) "bead separation" means a breakdown of bond between components in the bead; (séparation du talon) "bias ply tire" means a tire in which the plies that extend to the beads are laid at alternate angles substantially less than 90 degrees to the centreline of the tread; (pneu à carcasse diagonale) "bus" has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; (autobus) "carcass" means the structure of a tire without the tread and sidewall rubber; (carcasse) "chassis-cab" has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; (châssis-cabine) "chunking" means the breaking away of pieces of the tread or sidewall of a tire; (arrachement) "cord" means the strands forming the plies of a tire; (câblé) "cord separation" means the parting of cords from adjacent rubber compounds; (séparation de câblés) "cracking" means any parting within the tread, sidewall or innerliner of a tire extending to the cord; (fissuration) "CT tire" means a tire that is designed to be mounted on a rim in such a manner that the flanges of the rim extend radially inward so as to be enclosed inside the air cavity of the tire; (pneu anti-affaissement) "innerliner" means the layers that contain the inflating medium within a tire and form the inside surface of a tubeless tire; (calandrage intérieur) "innerliner separation" means the parting of the innerliner from the cord; (séparation du calandrage intérieur) "light truck tire" means a tire designed by its manufacturer for use on lightweight trucks or multipurpose passenger vehicles; (pneu pour camion léger) "load range" means a letter designation that indicates the maximum load rating of a tire; (limite de charge) "load rating" means the maximum load a tire is rated to carry at a given inflation pressure; (charge nominale) "maximum load rating" means the load rating at the maximum permissible inflation pressure for a tire; (limite de charge nominale) "maximum permissible inflation pressure" means the maximum cold inflation pressure to which a tire may be inflated for normal highway use; (pression maximale permise de gonflage) "motorcycle" has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; (motocyclette) "multipurpose passenger vehicle" has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; (véhicule de tourisme à usages multiples) "open splice" means any parting at any junction of tread, sidewall or innerliner that extends to the cord; (séparation de soudure) "overall width" means the linear distance between the exteriors of the sidewalls of an inflated tire, including elevations due to labelling, decorations or protective bands; (largeur hors tout) "passenger car" has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; (voiture de tourisme) "ply" means a layer of rubber-coated parallel cords; (pli) "ply separation" means the parting of the rubber compound between adjacent plies of a tire; (décollement entre nappes) "radial ply tire" means a tire in which the plies that extend to the beads are laid at substantially 90 degrees to the centreline of the tread; (pneu à carcasse radiale) "rim" means a support for a tire or a tire and tube assembly on which the beads are seated; (jante) "section width" means the linear distance between the exteriors of the sidewalls of an inflated tire, excluding elevations due to labelling, decorations or protective bands; (grosseur du boudin) "sidewall" means that portion of a tire between the tread and the bead; (flanc) "sidewall separation" means the parting of the rubber compound from the cord in the sidewall; (séparation des flancs) "size factor" means the aggregate of the section width and the outer diameter of a tire determined on the test rim; (coefficient de dimension) "test rim", with reference to a tire to be tested, means any rim that is listed as appropriate for use with that tire in accordance with a tire and rim document where the document includes the dimensional specifications of the rim and a diagram of the rim; (jante d'essai) "tire and rim document" means a document or publication referred to in section 7; (document relatif aux pneus et aux jantes) "trailer" has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; (remorque) "trailer converter dolly" has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations; (chariot de conversion) "tread" means that portion of a tire that comes into contact with the road; (bande de roulement) "tread rib" means a tread section running circumferentially around a tire; (nervure de la bande de roulement) "tread separation" means the parting of the tread from the carcass; (séparation de la bande de roulement) "truck" has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations. (camion) 3. For the purposes of Schedules IV and V, where a company uses one of the systems of measurement set out in these Regulations to determine whether a tire meets the requirements of any section of those Schedules, that company shall continue to use that same system of measurement to determine the conformity of that tire to any other section of those Schedules. 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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