NEWFOUNDLAND REGULATION 23/96

Provincial Offences Ticket Regulations
under the
Provincial Offences Act
(O.C. 96-366)

(Filed April 1, 1996)

Under the authority of section 31 of the Provincial Offences Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, April 1, 1996.

A. Faour
Deputy Clerk of the Executive Council

REGULATIONS

Analysis

        1.   Short title

        2.   Contravention

        3.   Fine

        4.   Forms

        5.   Forms modification

        6.   NR 319/80
Rep.

        7.   NR 56/80 Rep.

Short title

        1. These regulations may be cited as the Provincial Offences Ticket Regulations.

Contravention

        2. For a contravention of

             (a)  a provision of the Highway Traffic Act or a regulation made under that Act;

             (b)  a provision relating to the regulation of traffic, of the City of St. John's Act, the City of Corner Brook Act, the City of Mount Pearl Act or the Municipalities Act or of a regulation or by-law, regulating traffic of a city, town or municipality incorporated or continued under either of those Acts;

             (c)  a provision of section 35 of the Memorial University Act, or a regulation made under that section;

             (d)  a provision of section 35 of the Works, Services and Transportation Act, or a regulation made under that section;

             (e)  a provision of the Dangerous Goods Transportation Act or a regulation made under that Act;

              (f)  a provision of the Motorized Snow Vehicles and All-Terrain Vehicles Act or a regulation made under that Act;

             (g)  a provision of the Motor Carrier Act or a regulation made under that Act;

             (h)  subsection 27(5), 77(1) or 80(1) of the Liquor Control Act;

              (i)  a provision of the Tobacco Control Act or a regulation made under that Act;

              (j)  a provision of the Forestry Act or a regulation made under that Act; or

             (k)  section 23.1 of the Waste Material Disposal Act,

a complaint may be laid and summons issued by means of a ticket instead of the procedure set out in the Criminal Code for laying an information and for issuing a summons.

Fine

        3. A fine of $100 shall be the minimum penalty for a violation of the Motorized Snow Vehicles and All-Terrain Vehicles Act or a regulation made under that Act, unless that Act or regulation establishes another minimum penalty for that violation.

Forms

        4. The forms as appended to these regulations or substantially similar forms may be used to commence proceedings under the Provincial Offences Act for the contraventions listed in section 1.

Forms modification

        5. The above mentioned forms may be modified to the extent necessary to reflect the fines applicable for a contravention of a given enactment and that modification will not be a material deviation.

NR 319/80
Rep.

        6. The Summary Proceedings (Department of Public Works and Services Traffic Tickets) Regulations, 1980, Newfoundland Regulation 319/80, is repealed.

NR 56/80
Rep.

        7. The Summary Proceedings (Traffic Ticket) Regulations, Newfoundland Regulations 56/80, 313/80, 51/83 and 58/93, are repealed.

(The forms to these regulations have not been electronically reproduced by this office but they are attached.)

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