BILL 36

An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicle Act

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:

1 Subsection 29(1) of the Motor Vehicle Act, chapter M-17 of the Revised Statutes, 1973, is repealed and the following is substituted:

29(1) On registering a vehicle, the Registrar shall issue to the owner one registration plate for a motorcycle, an antique vehicle, a seasonal vehicle, a trailer or a semi-trailer and 2 registration plates for every other motor vehicle, but the Minister may order that only one registration plate shall be issued for each motor vehicle for the registration year or years specified in the order.

2 Section 31 of the Act is repealed and the following is substituted:

31(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 29, in any registration year, on a renewal of a vehicle registration that was effective for the immediately preceding registration year, the Minister may authorize the Registrar to issue, instead of a registration plate or plates, a device that may be attached to the registration plate or affixed to the windshield or other part of the vehicle, which device shall bear thereon any other particulars the Minister requires, and the Minister shall order in what manner the device is to be attached or affixed to the vehicle.

31(2) The device referred to in subsection (1) shall be attached to the registration plate or affixed to the windshield or other part of the vehicle within 10 days of the renewal.

31(3) On the demand of a peace officer, an owner or driver of the vehicle shall produce evidence of the renewal of the registration.

3 The Act is amended by adding after section 39.1 the following:

39.2 The Minister, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, may make regulations respecting the registration and operation of seasonal vehicles.

4 This Act or any provision of this Act comes into force on a day or days to be fixed by proclamation.