Section 112: Regulations, carriage of explosives, etc.

Ontario

Highway Traffic Act

Part VII: Load and Dimensions

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(a) classifying and defining explosives and dangerous materials;

(b) regulating or prohibiting the transportation of explosives and dangerous materials or any class thereof by a vehicle on a highway;

(c) regulating the preparation and packaging of explosives and dangerous materials or any class thereof to be transported by a vehicle on a highway;

(d) requiring the labelling of packages and containers of explosives and dangerous materials or any class thereof and prescribing the labels to be attached to such packages and containers. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 112 (1).

Code, etc., may be adopted by reference

(2) Any regulation made under subsection (1) may adopt by reference, in whole or in part, with the changes that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary, any code or standard, or any regulation made by the Government of Canada, and may require compliance with any code, standard or regulation that is so adopted. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 112 (2).

Penalty

(3) Every person who contravenes a regulation made under this section is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $500 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three months, or to both. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 112 (3).

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