C-24.1 - Highway Safety Code

Section 479 Disposition versions

1987-06-29

479. (Replaced).

1981, c. 7, s. 479; 1984, c. 23, s. 11; 1986, c. 91, s. 674.

1984-06-20

479. The Government may, by regulation, respecting the transport of dangerous substances on a public highway,

(1)  establish categories of road vehicles or combinations of road vehicles according to load or mechanical or physical specifications;

(2)  establish classes and categories of dangerous substances;

(3)  designate a substance as a dangerous substance;

(4)  prescribe, norms, conditions and modalities for the construction, use, custody and maintenance of any road vehicle, combination of road vehicles and any container it may indicate where that vehicle or that container is used for the transport of a dangerous substance;

(5)  prescribe, according to categories of vehicles and classes and categories of dangerous substances, the norms and prohibitions respecting

(a)  the movement of road vehicles and combinations of road vehicles assigned to the transport of a dangerous substance;

(b)  the presence on a public highway of a road vehicle or combination of road vehicles assigned to the transport of a dangerous substance;

(c)  the operations of loading, unloading, placing into containers and packing dangerous substances transported, or to be transported, on a public highway;

(d)  the packing of dangerous substances transported, or to be transported, on a public highway;

(6)  prescribe, and according to categories of vehicles and classes and categories of dangerous substances transported or to be transported on a public highway,

(a)  the indication of danger and other information which must be affixed on dangerous substances and on their packing as well as on the containers, road vehicles and combinations of road vehicles in which they are found;

(b)  the documents that must accompany dangerous substances that are being transported on public highways and the minimum information that these documents must contain.

The regulation-making powers provided by the first paragraph may be exercised in respect of all the public highways or of certain specifically designated public highways or parts thereof.

1981, c. 7, s. 479; 1984, c. 23, s. 11.

1981-11-01

479. The Government may, by regulation, respecting the transport of dangerous substances on a public highway,

(1)  establish categories of road vehicles or combinations of road vehicles according to load or mechanical or physical specifications;

(2)  establish classes and categories of dangerous substances;

(3)  designate a substance as a dangerous substance;

(4)  prescribe, for classes of public highways, norms, conditions and modalities for the construction, use, custody and maintenance of any road vehicle, combination of road vehicles and any container it may indicate where that vehicle or that container is used for the transport of a dangerous substance;

(5)  prescribe, for classes of public highways and according to categories of vehicles and classes and categories of dangerous substances, the norms and prohibitions respecting

(a)  the movement of road vehicles and combinations of road vehicles assigned to the transport of a dangerous substance;

(b)  the presence on a public highway of a road vehicle or combination of road vehicles assigned to the transport of a dangerous substance;

(c)  the operations of loading, unloading, placing into containers and packing dangerous substances transported, or to be transported, on a public highway;

(d)  the packing of dangerous substances transported, or to be transported, on a public highway;

(6)  prescribe, for classes of public highways and according to categories of vehicles and classes and categories of dangerous substances transported or to be transported on a public highway,

(a)  the indication of danger and other information which must be affixed on dangerous substances and on their packing as well as on the containers, road vehicles and combinations of road vehicles in which they are found;

(b)  the documents that must accompany dangerous substances that are being transported on public highways and the minimum information that these documents must contain.

1981, c. 7, s. 479.