33

 

First Session, 48th General Assembly

65 Elizabeth II, 2016

BILL 33

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT NO. 2

Received and Read the First Time................................................................

Second Reading............................................................................................

Committee.....................................................................................................

Third Reading...............................................................................................

Royal Assent.................................................................................................

HONOURABLE EDDIE JOYCE

Minister of Service Newfoundland and Labrador

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Bill would amend the Highway Traffic Act to increase the fines for using a hand-held cellular phone while driving a motor vehicle.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT NO. 2

Analysis


        1.   Sch. Amdt.


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

RSNL1990 cH-3
as amended

        1. The Schedule to the Highway Traffic Act is amended by deleting the row starting with a reference to section 176.1 and substituting the following:

 

176.1

Using a hand-held cellular phone while driving a motor vehicle on a highway
Second offence
Subsequent offence

500
750
1000

300
500
750

14 days
14 days
14 days

2 days
2 days
2 days