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Carriers operating passenger-carrying public motor buses for compensation are required to obtain operating authority licence from the New Brunswick Energy & Utilities Board. The Board may grant an operating authority licence to operate public motor buses over specified routes or in respect of specified points or geographic areas or generally throughout New Brunswick, either as a regular service or an irregular service.
Carriers should contact the New Brunswick Energy & Utilities Board at www.nbeub.ca/index.php/en/motor-carrier for more details on obtaining operating authority.
Once operating authority is granted, a copy of the operating authority licence must be carried in the public motor bus during operation. The licence must be renewed by May 15 of each year by filing an application and paying the fees.
An operating authority licence is not required for a motor vehicle:
The requirement for an operating authority licence also does not apply to van pool vehicles with a seating capacity of less than 10 people, including the driver, or van pool vehicles with seating capacity of 10 or more persons including the driver if:
The operating authority requirements for freight trucks engaged in transportation of goods were eliminated. Carriers are required to obtain a safety fitness certificate plus applicable insurance to operate in New Brunswick.
Out-of-province passenger carriers should contact the New Brunswick Energy & Utilities Board at www.nbeub.ca/index.php/en/motor-carrier for more details on obtaining operating authority.
A non-New Brunswick Canadian-based passenger carrier may be required to obtain a safety fitness certificate from its base province. The safety fitness certificate from the base province will be accepted in New Brunswick.
The operating authority requirements for freight trucks engaged in transportation of goods were eliminated. A non-New Brunswick Canadian-based carrier is required to obtain a safety fitness certificate from its base province. The safety fitness certificate from the base province will be accepted in New Brunswick.
United States-based passenger carriers should contact the New Brunswick Energy & Utilities Board at www.nbeub.ca/index.php/en/motor-carrier for more details on obtaining operating authority.
The operating authority requirements for freight trucks engaged in transportation of goods were eliminated. U.S.-based carriers operating into New Brunswick may be required to provide their U.S. federal operating authority and their U.S. DOT number if requested by enforcement.
Every commercial vehicle must be covered by a policy of insurance that insures, in respect of any one accident, to the limit of at least $1 million, exclusive of interest and costs, against loss or damage resulting from bodily injury to or the death of one or more persons and loss of or damage to property.
Every commercial vehicle that is used in the transportation of dangerous goods must be covered by a policy of insurance that insures, in respect of any one accident, to the limit of at least $2 million exclusive of interest and costs, against loss or damage resulting from bodily injury to or the death of one or more persons and loss of or damage to property.
For-hire carrier must have, with respect to the goods transported by a for-hire commercial vehicle, a policy of insurance that insures the goods against loss or damage to a maximum of $4.41 per kilogram computed on the total weight of the shipment or the declared value, whichever is higher.
The insurance required in respect of each public motor bus operated by a licenced motor carrier must be motor vehicle liability insurance as follows:
Seating Capacity | Insurance Required |
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20 persons or fewer | No less than $2 million against loss or damage resulting from bodily injury to or death of one or more passengers |
More than 20 persons | No less than $3 million against loss or damage resulting from bodily injury to or death of one or more passengers |
New Brunswick’s requirement for a safety fitness certificate applies to persons, defined as a carrier, who are responsible for the operation of a commercial vehicle for the transporting of goods or passengers. Commercial vehicles including trucks, tractors, trailers or combination thereof with a registered gross weight of 4,500 kilograms, and buses designed, constructed and used for the transportation of passengers with a designated seating capacity of more than 10 people, including the driver, but excludes the operation for personal use.
New Brunswick has not yet issued safety fitness certificates. Currently, it is sufficient to have the carrier’s National Safety Code number printed on the registration certificate. The number on the certificate is equivalent to having a safety fitness certificate. In the future, New Brunswick does intend to issue certificates.