ontario regulation 597/05
made under the
highway traffic act
Made: November 2, 2005
Filed: November 24, 2005
Published on e-Laws: November 25, 2005
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: December 10, 2005
Amending O. Reg. 340/94
(Drivers’ Licences)
1. Subsection 1 (1) of Ontario Regulation 340/94 is amended by adding the following definition:
“limited-speed motorcycle” means,
(a) a motorcycle that,
(i) has sufficient power to attain a rate of speed of more than 32 kilometres per hour on level ground within a distance of 1.6 kilometres from a standing start,
(ii) has a maximum attainable speed of 70 kilometres per hour or less, measured in accordance with International Organization for Standardization standard ISO 7117:1995 entitled “Motorcycles ― Measurement of Maximum Speed”,
(iii) has steering handlebars that are completely restrained from rotating in relation to the axle of only one wheel in contact with the ground,
(iv) has a minimum seat height, when unladen, of 650 millimetres,
(v) has a minimum wheel rim diameter of 250 millimetres and a minimum wheelbase of 1,016 millimetres, and
(vi) has an engine displacement of 50 cubic centimetres or less, or
(b) a motorcycle manufactured on or after September 1, 1988 to which the manufacturer has affixed a compliance label pursuant to section 6 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations under the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada) that identifies the motor vehicle as a limited-speed motorcycle and that continues to meet the requirements for a limited-speed motorcycle that were in force at the time that the motorcycle was manufactured;
2. (1) Subsection 2 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the portion before the Table and substituting the following:
(1) Subject to subsection (6) and sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 25, a driver’s licence of the class prescribed in Column 1 of the Table is authority to drive a motor vehicle of the corresponding class prescribed in Column 2 and the classes of motor vehicles prescribed in Column 3.
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(2) The Table to subsection 2 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the row with Class G in Column 1 and substituting,
Class G
Class G — any motor vehicle not exceeding 11,000 kilograms gross weight or registered gross weight and any combination of a motor vehicle not exceeding a total gross weight or registered gross weight of 11,000 kilograms and towed vehicles where the towed vehicles do not exceed a total gross weight of 4,600 kilograms, but not,
(a) a motorcycle or motor assisted bicycle;
(b) a bus carrying passengers; or
(c) an ambulance in the course of providing ambulance service as defined in the Ambulance Act
(3) The Table to subsection 2 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out the row with Class M in Column 1, the row with Class M1 in Column 1 and the row with Class M2 in Column 1 and substituting,
Class M
Class M — a motorcycle, including a limited-speed motorcycle, and a motor assisted bicycle
subject to Class G1 conditions, any motor vehicle in Class G1 and any combination of such a vehicle and towed vehicles
Class M1
Class M — a motorcycle, including a limited-speed motorcycle, and a motor assisted bicycle
Class M2
Class M — a motorcycle, including a limited-speed motorcycle, and motor assisted bicycle
subject to Class G1 conditions, any motor vehicle in Class G1 and any combination of such a vehicle and towed vehicles
3. Section 28 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:
(10.1) A person who applies for a Class M1 driver’s licence before November 28, 2008, held a valid driver’s licence at any time between November 27, 2002 and November 28, 2005 and satisfies the Ministry that he or she was an experienced driver of a motor assisted bicycle for which a valid permit had been issued is exempt from the requirement in paragraph 2 of subsection (4) and is immediately eligible to take the level 1 exit test under clause 15 (1) (b).
4. This Regulation comes into force on November 28, 2005.
