MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 305

• Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection
• Established by

304. [Repealed by: SOR/2005-42]

Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection
(Standard 305)

305. (1) Every passenger car, and every multi-purpose passenger vehicle, truck and bus with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less, that uses more than 48 nominal volts of electricity as propulsion power and that has an attainable speed in 1.6 km of more than 40 km/h on a paved level surface shall conform to Technical Standards Document No. 305, Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection, as amended from time to time.

(1.1) Every three-wheeled vehicle that uses more than 48 volts of electricity as propulsion power and that has an attainable speed in 1.6 km of more than 40 km/h on a paved level surface shall comply with the requirements of Technical Standards Document No. 305, Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection, except sections S6.2, S6.3, S.7.4 and S7.5, as amended from time to time (hereinafter referred to as TSD No. 305).

(1.2) Instead of complying with section S7.2.3 of TSD No. 305, a three-wheeled vehicle, including test devices and instrumentation, shall be loaded to its unloaded vehicle weight, except that the vehicle fuel tank shall be filled to not less than 90 per cent and not more than 95 per cent of the vehicle fuel tank capacity.

(1.3) Instead of being tested in accordance with section S6.2 of TSD 305, a vehicle referred to in subsection (1) may be tested in accordance with section S6.2(b) of TSD 301, except the fuel spillage requirements, under the applicable conditions set out in section S7.3(b) of TSD 301.

(1.4) A vehicle tested in accordance with subsection (1.3) shall meet the requirements of sections S5.1, S5.2 and S5.3 of TSD 305.

(2) This section expires on January 1, 2010.

Established by:

SOR/2001-486 1 November, 2001 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, into force on November 1, 2001

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.

Section 305 of Schedule IV is amended by adding subsections (1.1) and (1.2) after subsection (1).

SOR/2004-89 22 April, 2004 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force 22 April, 2004

Section 305 of Schedule IV is amended by adding subsections (1.3) and (1.4) following after subsection (1.2).

SOR/2004-250 16 November, 2004 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force 16 November, 2004.

Subsection 305(1) of Schedule IV is replaced.

SOR/2005-42 February 15 2005 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force February 15 2005.

Section 305 of Schedule IV and the heading before it are deleted; Schedule IV is amended by adding section 305 after section 302.