1997 Legislative Session: 2nd Session, 36th Parliament
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HONOURABLE UJJAL DOSANJH
ATTORNEY GENERAL AND
MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR
MULTICULTURALISM,
HUMAN RIGHTS AND
IMMIGRATION

BILL 34 -- 1997

MOTOR VEHICLE AMENDMENT ACT, 1997

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1 Section 100 (2) of the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 318, is amended by striking out "$300" and substituting "$500".

2 Section 122 (2) and (3) is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) The driver of an emergency vehicle must not exercise the privileges granted by subsection (1) except in accordance with the regulations.

3 Section 210 (3) is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(q) respecting the circumstances in which and the conditions on which a driver of an emergency vehicle may exercise the privileges granted by section 122 (1).

Commencement

4 Sections 1 to 3 of this Act come into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

 
Explanatory Notes

[This Bill amends the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1996. The Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1996 came into force on April 21, 1997.]

SECTION 1: [Motor Vehicle Act, amends section 100 (2)] increases from $300 to $500 the fine amount payable by a driver of a motor vehicle who, as a result of refusing to stop when required by a peace officer, causes the peace officer to pursue that driver.

SECTION 2: [Motor Vehicle Act, amends section 122] restricts the circumstances in which a driver of an emergency vehicle may disregard traffic rules and control devices to those circumstances prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

SECTION 3: [Motor Vehicle Act, adds section 210 (3) (q)] permits the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations to establish the circumstances in which and the conditions on which a driver of an emergency vehicle may disregard traffic rules and control devices.


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