Statutes of Newfoundland and Labrador 2014 Chapter 27

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AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVINCIAL OFFENCES ACT

(Assented to December 16, 2014)

Analysis

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

SNL1995 c.P-31.1
as amended

1. Section 18.1 of the Provincial Offences Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (10) the following:

(11) Notwithstanding subsection (8), a peace officer or any other person having responsibility for the enforcement of a provision of an enactment shall not issue a ticket under subsection (8) to a young person as defined in the Young Persons Offences Act in respect of an offence under the Highway Traffic Act or the Motorized Snow Vehicles and All-Terrain Vehicles Act.