2016 BILL 42

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First Session, 48th General Assembly 65 Elizabeth II, 2016
BILL 42
AN ACT TO AMEND THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT NO. 3
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 NOTES

The Bill would amend the Highway Traffic Act to

· provide for longer licence suspensions where a person is convicted of certain impaired driving offences under the Criminal Code (Canada); and

· eliminate a conflict with the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada).

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT NO. 3

Analysis

1. S.65 Amdt.
Suspension or cancellation

2. S.81 Amdt.
Registrar shall suspend licence

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

RSNL1990 cH-3
as amended

1. Subsection 65(1.1) of the Highway Traffic Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(1.1) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the registrar shall by written order suspend or cancel the driver's licence or driving privileges of a person who has been convicted of an offence committed anywhere in Canada

(a) under subsection 255(2), (2.1) or (2.2) of the Criminal Code, for a period of 10 years; or

(b) under subsection 255(3), (3.1) or (3.2) of the Criminal Code, for life.

2. Subsection 81(2) of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) Where a driver's licence or vehicle licence is suspended under subsection (1), the licence shall remain suspended and shall not afterward be renewed, nor shall a driver's licence or vehicle licence be afterward issued to that person, until the judgment referred to in subsection (1) is satisfied or discharged to the extent to which financial responsibility is required to be given under section 76, and until that person gives proof of his or her financial responsibility.