NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 47/09

Licensing and Equipment Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Highway Traffic Act

(Filed June 1, 2009)

Under the authority of section 195 of the Highway Traffic Act, I make the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, May 29, 2009.

Kevin O'Brien
Minister of Government Services

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   S.44 Amdt.
Operation of motorcycle

CNLR 1007/96
as amended

        1. Subsection 44(1) of the Licensing and Equipment Regulations is repealed and the following substituted:

Operation of motorcycle

      44. (1) A person shall not operate or ride on a motorcycle or moped unless that person wears a helmet that conforms to the requirements of the

             (a)  Canadian Standards Association Standard D 230, Safety Helmets for Motorcycle Riders, as amended, and the helmet shall bear the monogram of the Canadian Standards Association Testing Laboratories;

             (b)  United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 218, as amended, and the helmet shall bear the DOT symbol as used by the United States Department of Transportation; or

             (c)  United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, ECE Regulation 22 incorporating the 05 series of amendments, as amended, and the helmet shall bear the approval mark as required by that regulation.

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