C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 293.1 Disposition versions

2011-07-01

293.1. The person responsible for the maintenance of a public highway may, by means of proper signs or signals and for reasons of safety, restrict or prohibit the operation on the highway of all road vehicles or certain road vehicles including the vehicles to which the Transportation of Dangerous Substances Regulation (chapter C-24.2, r. 43) applies.

In the case of a municipality, that power is exercised by by-law or, where the law so authorizes, by ordinance, the coming into force of which is subject to the approval of the Minister of Transport under section 627, except in an emergency; in the absence of approval, the Minister may remove the unauthorized sign or signal.

No person may drive a vehicle referred to in the first paragraph on a public highway on which traffic is prohibited or restricted unless the vehicle is used to maintain the highway or to install or maintain public utilities on the highway.

1990, c. 83, s. 126; 1998, c. 40, s. 86.

1999-04-01

293.1. The person responsible for the maintenance of a public highway may, by means of proper signs or signals and for reasons of safety, restrict or prohibit the operation on the highway of all road vehicles or certain road vehicles including the vehicles to which the Transportation of Dangerous Substances Regulation applies.

In the case of a municipality, that power is exercised by by-law or, where the law so authorizes, by ordinance, the coming into force of which is subject to the approval of the Minister of Transport under section 627, except in an emergency; in the absence of approval, the Minister may remove the unauthorized sign or signal.

No person may drive a vehicle referred to in the first paragraph on a public highway on which traffic is prohibited or restricted unless the vehicle is used to maintain the highway or to install or maintain public utilities on the highway.

1990, c. 83, s. 126; 1998, c. 40, s. 86.

1991-02-01

293.1. The person responsible for the maintenance of a public highway may, by means of proper signs or signals, restrict or prohibit, for reasons of safety, the driving of vehicles, or of certain vehicles, on that highway.

In the case of a municipality, this power is subject to the authorization of the Minister of Transport, except in an emergency; the Minister may remove any sign or signal not previously authorized by him.

No person may drive a road vehicle in contravention of a sign or signal erected under this section unless the vehicle is being used for maintenance of that highway or for the installation and maintenance of public utilities thereon.

1990, c. 83, s. 126.