C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 519.21.3 Disposition versions

2023-09-01

519.21.3. Subject to the cases and conditions prescribed by regulation, an operator shall

(1)  ensure that each heavy vehicle under the operator’s responsibility is equipped with an electronic logging device that meets the requirements prescribed by regulation and that the documents determined by regulation are in the vehicle; and

(2)  require that each driver fill out the record of duty status in accordance with the provisions of section 519.10.

The operator shall also ensure that the electronic logging device carried by a heavy vehicle is maintained and kept in good working order in accordance with the manufacturer’s standards. The operator must, according to the conditions prescribed by regulation, maintain the system of each electronic logging device used to identify the users of the device and a register containing the information in connection with the working order and use of each device, whose particulars are determined by regulation.

If an electronic logging device malfunctions, the operator must repair or replace it within the time prescribed by regulation.

2004, c. 2, s. 42; 2022, c. 13, s. 63.

In respect of heavy vehicles registered in the name of Hydro-Québec or one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the coming into force of the amendments made by 2022, c. 13, s. 63 is fixed at 31 December 2024. (O.C. 76-2023, 2023 G.O. 2, 71)

2023-04-30

519.21.3. Subject to the cases and conditions prescribed by regulation, an operator shall

(1)  ensure that each heavy vehicle under the operator’s responsibility is equipped with an electronic logging device that meets the requirements prescribed by regulation and that the documents determined by regulation are in the vehicle; and

(2)  require that each driver fill out the record of duty status in accordance with the provisions of section 519.10.

The operator shall also ensure that the electronic logging device carried by a heavy vehicle is maintained and kept in good working order in accordance with the manufacturer’s standards. The operator must, according to the conditions prescribed by regulation, maintain the system of each electronic logging device used to identify the users of the device and a register containing the information in connection with the working order and use of each device, whose particulars are determined by regulation.

If an electronic logging device malfunctions, the operator must repair or replace it within the time prescribed by regulation.

2004, c. 2, s. 42; 2022, c. 13, s. 63.

In respect of heavy vehicles registered in the name of the Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable that are under the management of the Centre de gestion de l'équipement roulant of that department, the coming into force of the amendments made by 2022, c. 13, s. 63 is fixed at 1 September 2023 and to 31 December 2024 in respect of heavy vehicles registered in the name of Hydro-Québec or one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries. (O.C. 76-2023, 2023 G.O. 2, 71)

2007-06-15

519.21.3. Unless the conditions prescribed by regulation are met, an operator shall require every driver to maintain a daily log each day that accounts for all the driver’s hours of rest and hours of service for that day.

2004, c. 2, s. 42.