ontario regulation 450/08

made under the

highway traffic act

Made: December 10, 2008
Filed: December 16, 2008
Published on e-Laws: December 17, 2008
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: January 3, 2009


Amending Reg. 612 of R.R.O. 1990

(School Buses)

1. (1) Subclause 1 (1) (d) (i) of Regulation 612 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:

(i) in the case of a school bus manufactured in accordance or modified to comply with Canadian Standards Association Standard D250-98 or D250-03, that complies with the Standard to which it was manufactured or modified, or

(2) Subclause 1 (1) (d) (ii) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before sub-subclause (A) and substituting the following:

(ii) in the case of a school bus not manufactured in accordance or modified to comply with Canadian Standards Association Standard D250-98 or D250-03, that either complies with one of those Standards or consists of a sturdy dustproof metal or plastic container containing,

. . . . .

2. Subsection 2 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a school bus that was registered in a jurisdiction other than Ontario before it was registered in Ontario and that is registered in Ontario on December 1, 2008 if the school bus has been modified to comply with the appropriate Canadian Standards Association Standard for the school bus depending on its date of manufacture, as set out in subsection (1).

(3) On and after August 15, 2009, no person shall operate or permit the operation of a school bus described in subsection (2) unless the school bus has been inspected by a person approved by the Minister or belonging to a class of persons approved by the Minister and certified by that person to have been modified to comply with the appropriate Canadian Standards Association Standard for the school bus depending on its date of manufacture, as set out in subsection (1).

(4) The inspection and certification required by subsection (3) must be completed and issued before November 1, 2009.

(5) No person shall operate or permit the operation of a school bus registered in Ontario and manufactured in accordance or modified to comply with Canadian Standards Association Standard D250-98 or D250-03 unless the school bus continues to meet the Standard to which it was manufactured or modified. 

3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.