Section 92: Motor vehicle inspection mechanic

Ontario

Highway Traffic Act

Part VI: Equipment

(1) No person shall sign a vehicle inspection record as mechanic or certify in a safety standards certificate that a vehicle complies with the standards of equipment and performance prescribed by the regulations unless the person is registered by the Director as a motor vehicle inspection mechanic in a motor vehicle inspection station and the Director may so register any person for whom application is made under subsection (2). R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 92 (1).

Registration

(2) Where a licensee or an applicant for a motor vehicle inspection station licence applies for the registration as a motor vehicle inspection mechanic in the motor vehicle inspection station of the licensee or in the proposed motor vehicle inspection station of the applicant for a licence, as the case may be, of any person who meets the requirements of this Act and the regulations, the person is entitled to be registered as a motor vehicle inspection mechanic in the motor vehicle inspection station. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 92 (2).

Expiration of registration

(3) The registration of a motor vehicle inspection mechanic expires with the licence of the motor vehicle inspection station to which the mechanic is registered. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 92 (3).

Grounds for refusal

(4) Subject to section 95, the Director may refuse to register a motor vehicle inspection mechanic where, in his or her opinion,

(a) the past conduct of the mechanic affords reasonable grounds for belief that the mechanic will not act as a motor vehicle inspection mechanic in accordance with the law and with honesty and integrity; or

(b) the mechanic is not competent to act as a motor vehicle inspection mechanic. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 92 (4).

Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, section 92 is repealed. (See: 2015, c. 14, s. 30)

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