Section 119: Raw forest products allowance during freeze-up

Ontario

Highway Traffic Act

Part VIII: Weight

(1) Despite sections 116, 117, 118 and subsection 121 (1), during freeze-up the maximum allowable gross vehicle weight for a vehicle or combination of vehicles, while used exclusively for the transportation of raw forest products, shall be 110 per cent of that weight for which a permit has been issued for the vehicle or combination of vehicles in accordance with section 7, provided no axle unit weight, axle group weight or gross vehicle weight exceeds by more than 10 per cent that weight prescribed in this Act or the regulations for such vehicle or combination of vehicles. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 119 (1).

Designation of freeze-up

(2) For the purposes of this section, an official of the Ministry authorized by the Minister in writing may designate the date on which a freeze-up shall commence and the date on which a freeze-up shall terminate and the part of the Province to which the designation shall apply. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 119 (2).

Legislation Act, 2006 , Part III

(3) A designation under subsection (2) is not a regulation within the meaning of Part III (Regulations) of the Legislation Act, 2006. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 119 (3); 2006, c. 21, Sched. F, s. 136 (1).

Prohibition

(4) No vehicle or combination of vehicles having a weight in excess of that authorized in subsection (1) shall be operated on a highway. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 119 (4).

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