ontario regulation 79/11
made under the
highway traffic act
Made: March 23, 2011
Filed: March 25, 2011
Published on e-Laws: March 29, 2011
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: April 9, 2011
Amending Reg. 601 of R.R.O. 1990
(Motor Vehicle Inspection Stations)
1. Section 1 of Regulation 601 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:
1. (1) In this Regulation,
“annual inspection certificate”, “annual inspection report”, “annual inspection sticker”, “NSC Standard 11B”, “NSC Standard 11B (Bus)”, “NSC Standard 11B (Trailer)”, “NSC Standard 11B (Truck)”, “salvage motor vehicle”, “semi-annual inspection certificate”, “semi-annual inspection report”, “semi-annual inspection sticker” and “structural inspection certificate” have the same meanings as in Regulation 611;
“authorized form” means, in relation to a proof of brake inspection, any document that contains the information required by NSC Standard 11B;
“Regulation 611” means Regulation 611 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (Safety Inspections) made under the Act.
(2) In this Regulation, a reference to a Schedule is a reference to that Schedule as set out in Regulation 611.
2. Paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 3 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
2. A Type 1 or Type 2 licence is authority to inspect and certify trailers, trailer converter dollies and motor vehicles in accordance with the inspection requirements and performance standards set out in Schedule 1, 2, 6 or 6.1 or in NSC Standard 11B as modified by Schedule 3, 4 or 5, as appropriate to the class or type of vehicle inspected.
3. A Type 3 licence is authority to inspect and certify trailers and trailer converter dollies in accordance with the inspection requirements and performance standards set out in NSC Standard 11B (Trailer) as modified by Schedule 4.
3. (1) Clause 4 (1) (c) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subclause:
(vi) measuring the torque of wheel and rim fasteners;
(2) Subsection 4 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking “in the Schedules” at the end and substituting “prescribed by Regulation 611”.
4. Clauses 5 (c) and (d) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
(c) issue a safety standards certificate, annual inspection certificate, semi-annual inspection certificate or structural inspection certificate only on a form supplied to the licensee by the Ministry; and
(d) issue a safety standards certificate, annual inspection certificate, semi-annual inspection certificate or structural inspection certificate for a vehicle inspected in accordance with the inspection requirements and complying with the performance standards prescribed by Regulation 611, if the inspection fee charged by the licensee is paid.
5. (1) Clause 6 (1) (b) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(b) repairs or adjustments to the vehicle or its equipment are required to qualify it for a safety standards certificate or for an annual inspection sticker or a semi-annual inspection sticker;
(2) Subsection 6 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(2) An additional fee may be charged if a second inspection of a wheel brake assembly must be carried out before a safety standards certificate is issued or before an annual inspection sticker is affixed to the vehicle.
6. Section 7 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
7. (1) It is a condition of a Class G licence that the licensee not issue or authorize any person to issue a safety standards certificate, an annual inspection certificate or a semi-annual inspection certificate for a vehicle unless a permit for the vehicle has been issued in the licensee’s name or, in the case of an annual inspection certificate or a semi-annual inspection certificate, unless the vehicle is a bus.
(2) It is a condition of a Class G licence that the licensee not affix or authorize any person to affix an annual inspection sticker or a semi-annual inspection sticker unless a permit for the vehicle has been issued in the licensee’s name or unless the vehicle is a bus.
7. Subsection 8 (5) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(5) It is a condition of the registration of a motor vehicle inspection mechanic who holds only a certificate of qualification as a truck-trailer service technician that the mechanic,
(a) only issue safety standards certificates for trailers; and
(b) only issue annual inspection certificates and affix annual inspection stickers for trailers and trailer converter dollies.
8. Section 10 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
10. (1) A licensee shall keep on the licensed premises,
(a) a copy of each safety standards certificate, annual inspection certificate and semi-annual inspection certificate issued by the licensee for a period of one year from the date of issue;
(b) a record of all vehicles inspected together with the measurements and any other information required to be recorded by the Schedules and by NSC Standard 11B as modified by the Schedules and, where applicable, a list of defects, recommended repairs and actual repairs carried out by the licensee, for a period of one year from the date of inspection;
(c) a written record of all persons authorized by the licensee to countersign safety standards certificates, annual inspection certificates, semi-annual inspection certificates or structural inspection certificates or to affix annual inspection stickers or semi-annual inspection stickers on behalf of the licensee, for a period of one year from the date of termination of such authority;
(d) in respect of every vehicle to which an annual inspection sticker has been affixed and for a period of one year from the date of affixing the sticker on the vehicle, an annual inspection report, being a report signed by the motor vehicle inspection mechanic inspecting the vehicle and the licensee or a person authorized in writing by the licensee showing,
(i) the date of inspection,
(ii) the vehicle identification number,
(iii) the annual inspection sticker number, and
(iv) the information recorded under clause (b);
(e) in respect of every vehicle to which a semi-annual inspection sticker has been affixed and for a period of one year from the date of affixing the sticker on the vehicle, a semi-annual inspection report, being a report signed by the motor vehicle inspection mechanic inspecting the vehicle and the licensee or a person authorized in writing by the licensee showing,
(i) the date of inspection,
(ii) the vehicle identification number,
(iii) the semi-annual inspection sticker number, and
(iv) the information recorded under clause (b); and
(f) in respect of every vehicle inspected based upon proof of an earlier brake inspection, a copy of the authorized form, for a period of one year from the date of the inspection relying upon proof of an earlier brake inspection.
(2) A licensee shall keep on the licensed premises all vehicle inspection records kept by the licensee under clause 10 (d) as it read on June 30, 2011 for a period of one year from the date the records were made.
9. (1) Subsection 12 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “If vehicle inspection stickers with corresponding annual inspection certificate forms, if applicable, and safety standards certificate forms” at the beginning and substituting “If annual inspection stickers with corresponding annual inspection certificate forms, semi-annual inspection stickers with corresponding semi-annual inspection certificate forms and safety standards certificate forms”.
(2) Subsection 12 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “all vehicle inspection records” at the end and substituting “a copy of every safety standards certificate, annual inspection certificate or semi-annual inspection certificate kept under clause 10 (1) (a)”.
10. Subsection 13 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(1) A licensee shall promptly report to the Director the loss, theft or destruction of any certificate form or inspection sticker provided by the Ministry.
11. Paragraph 7 of subsection 14 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
7.
For a semi-annual inspection sticker with accompanying semi-annual inspection certificate supplied to a Class F or P station or a replacement in case of damage or destruction of the original
1.00
12. Subsection 15 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(2) A safety standards certificate, a structural inspection certificate, an annual inspection certificate and a semi-annual inspection certificate shall be in the forms provided by the Minister.
Commencement
13. This Regulation comes into force on the later of July 1, 2011 and the day this Regulation is filed.
