C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 618 Disposition versions

2020-12-30

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a road vehicle may be recognized as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions any of the following documents are issued or invalidated: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(4.1)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information which must appear on the registration certificate and temporary registration certificate, the form of those certificates and of copies of them, and their term of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the cases where a vehicle to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles (chapter V-1.3) applies, a recreation vehicle and a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, other than a snowmobile to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles applies, are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration or for renewing the authorization to put a road vehicle into operation;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and of the additional duties and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit or the contribution of off-highway vehicle owners and the additional duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties and additional duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties and additional duties to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit or the contribution of off-highway vehicle owners exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, additional duties, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit or the contribution of off-highway vehicle owners exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of registration plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of registration plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching registration plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the registration plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the registration plate where the validation stickers must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  determine terms and conditions for obtaining, using and renewing the certificate and the identification sticker provided for in section 11, determine the information that must appear on them, fix their periods of validity and determine the fees exigible for their issue;

(21)  (paragraph replaced);

(22)  (paragraph replaced);

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 49, s. 8; 1996, c. 60, s. 77; 1997, c. 85, s. 15; 2002, c. 29, s. 67; 2004, c. 2, s. 69; 2004, c. 34, s. 26; 2004, c. 35, s. 43; 2008, c. 14, s. 85; 2010, c. 33, s. 25; 2018, c. 18, s. 28; 2020, c. 26, s. 149.

2018-06-12

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a road vehicle may be recognized as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions any of the following documents are issued or invalidated: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(4.1)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information which must appear on the registration certificate and temporary registration certificate, the form of those certificates and of copies of them, and their term of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the cases where a vehicle to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles (chapter V‐1.2) applies, a recreation vehicle and a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, other than a snowmobile to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles applies, are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration or for renewing the authorization to put a road vehicle into operation;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and of the additional duties and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit or the contribution of off-highway vehicle owners and the additional duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties and additional duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties and additional duties to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit or the contribution of off-highway vehicle owners exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, additional duties, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit or the contribution of off-highway vehicle owners exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of registration plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of registration plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching registration plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the registration plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the registration plate where the validation stickers must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  determine terms and conditions for obtaining, using and renewing the certificate and the identification sticker provided for in section 11, determine the information that must appear on them, fix their periods of validity and determine the fees exigible for their issue;

(21)  (paragraph replaced);

(22)  (paragraph replaced);

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 49, s. 8; 1996, c. 60, s. 77; 1997, c. 85, s. 15; 2002, c. 29, s. 67; 2004, c. 2, s. 69; 2004, c. 34, s. 26; 2004, c. 35, s. 43; 2008, c. 14, s. 85; 2010, c. 33, s. 25; 2018, c. 18, s. 28.

2011-02-01

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a road vehicle may be recognized as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(4.1)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information which must appear on the registration certificate and temporary registration certificate and their term of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the cases where a vehicle to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles (chapter V‐1.2) applies, a recreation vehicle and a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, other than a snowmobile to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles applies, are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and of the additional duties and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit or the contribution of off-highway vehicle owners and the additional duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties and additional duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties and additional duties to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit or the contribution of off-highway vehicle owners exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, additional duties, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit or the contribution of off-highway vehicle owners exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of registration plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of registration plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching registration plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the registration plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the registration plate where the validation stickers must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  determine terms and conditions for obtaining, using and renewing the certificate and the identification sticker provided for in section 11, determine the information that must appear on them, fix their periods of validity and determine the fees exigible for their issue;

(21)  (paragraph replaced);

(22)  (paragraph replaced);

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 49, s. 8; 1996, c. 60, s. 77; 1997, c. 85, s. 15; 2002, c. 29, s. 67; 2004, c. 2, s. 69; 2004, c. 34, s. 26; 2004, c. 35, s. 43; 2008, c. 14, s. 85; 2010, c. 33, s. 25.

2008-06-12

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a road vehicle may be recognized as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(4.1)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information which must appear on the registration certificate and temporary registration certificate and their term of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the cases where a vehicle to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles (chapter V‐1.2) applies, a recreation vehicle and a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, other than a snowmobile to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles applies, are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and of the additional duties and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit and the additional duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties and additional duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties and additional duties to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, additional duties, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of registration plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of registration plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching registration plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the registration plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the registration plate where the validation stickers must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  determine terms and conditions for obtaining, using and renewing the certificate and the identification sticker provided for in section 11, determine the information that must appear on them, fix their periods of validity and determine the fees exigible for their issue;

(21)  (paragraph replaced);

(22)  (paragraph replaced);

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 49, s. 8; 1996, c. 60, s. 77; 1997, c. 85, s. 15; 2002, c. 29, s. 67; 2004, c. 2, s. 69; 2004, c. 34, s. 26; 2004, c. 35, s. 43; 2008, c. 14, s. 85.

2004-12-17

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(4.1)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information which must appear on the registration certificate and temporary registration certificate and their term of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the cases where a vehicle to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles (chapter V‐1.2) applies, a recreation vehicle and a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, other than a snowmobile to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles applies, are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and of the additional duties and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit and the additional duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties and additional duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties and additional duties exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties and additional duties to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, additional duties, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation stickers must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  determine terms and conditions for obtaining, using and renewing the certificate and the identification sticker provided for in section 11, determine the information that must appear on them, fix their periods of validity and determine the fees exigible for their issue;

(21)  (paragraph replaced);

(22)  (paragraph replaced);

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 49, s. 8; 1996, c. 60, s. 77; 1997, c. 85, s. 15; 2002, c. 29, s. 67; 2004, c. 2, s. 69; 2004, c. 34, s. 26; 2004, c. 35, s. 43.

2004-04-06

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(4.1)  determine, according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles, the information which must appear on the registration certificate and temporary registration certificate and their term of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the cases where a vehicle to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles (chapter V‐1.2) applies, a recreation vehicle and a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, other than a snowmobile to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles applies, are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and of the additional duty and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties and additional duty exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit and the additional duty exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties and additional duty exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties and additional duty exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties and additional duty exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties and additional duty to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, additional duty, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation stickers must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  determine terms and conditions for obtaining, using and renewing the certificate and the identification sticker provided for in section 11, determine the information that must appear on them and fix their periods of validity;

(21)  (paragraph replaced);

(22)  (paragraph replaced);

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 49, s. 8; 1996, c. 60, s. 77; 1997, c. 85, s. 15; 2002, c. 29, s. 67; 2004, c. 2, s. 69.

2002-09-03

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the farm machines that are exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle to wich the Act respecting off-highway (chapter V-1.2) applies, a tractor owned by a farmer, a recreation vehicle and a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, other than a snowmobile to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles applies, are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and of the additional duty and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties and additional duty exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit and the additional duty exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties and additional duty exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties and additional duty exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties and additional duty exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties and additional duty to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, additional duty, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation stickers must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  determine terms and conditions for obtaining, using and renewing the certificate and the identification sticker provided for in section 11, determine the information that must appear on them and fix their periods of validity;

(21)  (paragraph replaced);

(22)  (paragraph replaced);

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 49, s. 8; 1996, c. 60, s. 77; 1997, c. 85, s. 15; 2002, c. 29, s. 67.

1997-12-19

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle to wich the Act respecting off-highway (chapter V-1.2) applies, a tractor owned by a farmer, a recreation vehicle and a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, other than a snowmobile to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles applies, are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and of the additional duty and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties and additional duty exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit and the additional duty exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties and additional duty exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties and additional duty exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties and additional duty exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties and additional duty to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, additional duty, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation stickers must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  determine terms and conditions for obtaining, using and renewing the identification sticker provided for in section 11 and fix its period of validity;

(21)  (paragraph replaced);

(22)  (paragraph replaced);

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 49, s. 8; 1996, c. 60, s. 77; 1997, c. 85, s. 15.

1997-10-02

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle to wich the Act respecting off-highway (chapter V-1.2) applies, a tractor owned by a farmer, a recreation vehicle and a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, other than a snowmobile to which the Act respecting off-highway vehicles applies, are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation stickers must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  determine terms and conditions for obtaining, using and renewing the identification sticker provided for in section 11 and fix its period of validity;

(21)  (paragraph replaced);

(22)  (paragraph replaced);

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 49, s. 8; 1996, c. 60, s. 77.

1997-07-01

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, a tractor owned by a farmer and a recreation vehicle are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation stickers must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  determine terms and conditions for obtaining, using and renewing the identification sticker provided for in section 11 and fix its period of validity;

(21)  (paragraph replaced);

(22)  (paragraph replaced);

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9; 1997, c. 49, s. 8.

1995-05-01

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, a tractor owned by a farmer and a recreation vehicle are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation sticker and the identification sticker issued to a handicapped person must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  establish the medical standards for the identification of illnesses or physical deficiencies qualifying for the issue of an identification sticker under section 11;

(21)  determine the conditions and formalities to be complied with for the issue and renewal of an identification sticker, its term of validity and the exigible fee;

(22)  determine the cases where the Société may issue an identification sticker to a handicapped person who is the holder of a driver’s licence but who is not the owner of a road vehicle, or to a public institution within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5), and the conditions for its issue;

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 9.

1992-10-01

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, a tractor owned by a farmer and a recreation vehicle are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation sticker and the identification sticker issued to a handicapped person must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  establish the medical standards for the identification of illnesses or physical deficiencies qualifying for the issue of an identification sticker under section 11;

(21)  determine the conditions and formalities to be complied with for the issue and renewal of an identification sticker, its term of validity and the exigible fee;

(22)  determine the cases where the Société may issue an identification sticker to a handicapped person who is the holder of a driver’s licence but who is not the owner of a road vehicle, or to a public institution within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5), and the conditions for its issue;

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1992, c. 21, s. 375.

1991-11-14

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine in which cases and subject to what conditions the Société may issue one or more of the following documents: a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate;

(3)  determine the information forming the registration which is entered in the registers of the Société, to be supplied by the person applying for registration or paying sums with regard thereto;

(4)  determine the information which must appear on each of the following documents: the registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, identification sticker, temporary registration certificate or detachable registration plate, and determine their respective periods of validity;

(5)  (paragraph repealed);

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, a tractor owned by a farmer and a recreation vehicle are exempt from registration;

(7)  determine the documents which must be produced with an application for registration or the payment of amounts under section 31.1 as well as the information they must contain and any other condition or formality for obtaining registration;

(7.1)  establish the conditions and formalities for replacing a registration certificate, registration plate, validation sticker, temporary registration certificate or temporary registration plate;

(8)  prescribe the classes of road vehicles for which registration may be effected under section 10.2;

(8.1)  prescribe the information to be entered in the registers of the Société with regard to the classes of road vehicles prescribed under paragraph 8 and the persons applying for registration under section 10.2;

(8.2)  prescribe the conditions for obtaining registration under section 10.2;

(8.3)  prescribe the methods of computing the duties exigible for obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of the following factors:

(a)  the time remaining between the date of registration and the date of the prescribed day within the prescribed period for payment of annual duties exigible under section 31.1;

(b)  the annual duties fixed pursuant to paragraph 8.4 which would be exigible under section 31.1;

(8.4)  fix the annual duties exigible under section 31.1 with regard to any person obtaining registration under section 10.2 on the basis of one or more of the following factors:

(a)  the class of road vehicles registered;

(b)  their net mass;

(c)  their number of axles;

(d)  their use;

(e)  the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of the applicant;

(f)  the territory where the vehicles are to be used;

(8.5)  establish the method to be applied for rounding off the amount of registration duties and establish the terms and conditions of payment of those duties;

(8.6)  define the meaning of “registration by lot” and determine the terms and conditions therefor;

(8.7)  prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties exigible under section 31.1 must be made;

(8.8)  determine during what periods the payment of duties, fees, the insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 concerning a registered road vehicle must be made according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs, the professional activity, the legal personality or the identity of its owner, the territory where it is used, its net mass or the first letter of its owner’s name;

(8.9)  prescribe with regard to the owner of a road vehicle any exemptions of duties exigible under section 31.1 concerning a road vehicle registered according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which it belongs;

(9)  define, in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and in relation to the fixing and computing of the duties exigible under section 31.1, the terms “axle” and “net mass” and establish the method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle as well as the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or any change in the net mass during the term of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of part of the duties exigible for obtaining the registration of a road vehicle and of the duties exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties to be reimbursed;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(11.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing entitlement to a reduction of the duties exigible in respect of a road vehicle under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;

(11.2)  prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the periods prescribed by regulation or at any later date it fixes, of the duties, fees, insurance contribution and, where applicable, the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 31.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the sums claimed, as well as the maximum period which may be covered by such a claim;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate, a registration plate or a detachable registration plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation sticker and the identification sticker issued to a handicapped person must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  establish the medical standards for the identification of illnesses or physical deficiencies qualifying for the issue of an identification sticker under section 11;

(21)  determine the conditions and formalities to be complied with for the issue and renewal of an identification sticker, its term of validity and the exigible fee;

(22)  determine the cases where the Société may issue an identification sticker to a handicapped person who is the holder of a driver’s licence but who is not the owner of a road vehicle, or to a public establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5), and the conditions for its issue;

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167.

1991-06-20

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine the cases where registration may be effected by the sole issuance of a certificate;

(3)  determine the term of validity of the registration according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or the area where a vehicle is used;

(4)  determine the information that must appear on a registration certificate and the form of such a certificate;

(5)  determine the cases where a temporary registration certificate and a detachable licence plate may be issued and establish their conditions of issue;

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, a tractor owned by a farmer and a recreation vehicle are exempt from registration;

(7)  establish the requirements and formalities governing the registration or the renewal of the registration of a road vehicle according to classes and sub-classes of vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or the area where the vehicle is used;

(8)  establish the amount of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle according to the classes or sub-classes of road vehicles, a fixed tariff or a tariff that varies according to the vehicle’s net mass, number of axles, use, owner’s identity, the area where it is used or according to the principle of registration by lot and prescribe terms of payment of the fee;

(9)  define, for determining the fee exigible to obtain or renew the registration of a road vehicle, the words “axle” and “net mass” and establish a method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle and the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or decrease in net mass during the term of validity of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  determine the cases where a reimbursement of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle may be made and establish the terms and conditions of the reimbursement;

(11.0.1)  prescribe the cases and conditions establishing a right to a reimbursement of a part of the contribution of motorists to public transit exigible under section 21 or section 31.1, and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the contribution to be reimbursed;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

In force: 1991-11-14

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate and a licence plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation sticker and the identification sticker issued to a handicapped person must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  establish the medical standards for the identification of illnesses or physical deficiencies qualifying for the issue of an identification sticker under section 11;

(21)  determine the conditions and formalities to be complied with for the issue and renewal of an identification sticker, its term of validity and the exigible fee;

(22)  determine the cases where the Société may issue an identification sticker to a handicapped person who is the holder of a driver’s licence but who is not the owner of a road vehicle, or to a public establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5), and the conditions for its issue;

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226; 1991, c. 32, s. 167.

1991-01-01

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine the cases where registration may be effected by the sole issuance of a certificate;

(3)  determine the term of validity of the registration according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or the area where a vehicle is used;

(4)  determine the information that must appear on a registration certificate and the form of such a certificate;

(5)  determine the cases where a temporary registration certificate and a detachable licence plate may be issued and establish their conditions of issue;

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, a tractor owned by a farmer and a recreation vehicle are exempt from registration;

(7)  establish the requirements and formalities governing the registration or the renewal of the registration of a road vehicle according to classes and sub-classes of vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or the area where the vehicle is used;

(8)  establish the amount of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle according to the classes or sub-classes of road vehicles, a fixed tariff or a tariff that varies according to the vehicle’s net mass, number of axles, use, owner’s identity, the area where it is used or according to the principle of registration by lot and prescribe terms of payment of the fee;

(9)  define, for determining the fee exigible to obtain or renew the registration of a road vehicle, the words “axle” and “net mass” and establish a method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle and the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or decrease in net mass during the term of validity of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  determine the cases where a reimbursement of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle may be made and establish the terms and conditions of the reimbursement;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

In force: 1991-11-14

(13.1)  establish standards and prohibitions respecting the use and driving of road vehicles according to the class or sub-class of road vehicles to which they belong, their owner’s identity, the territory where they are used or the class of registration plate they carry;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate and a licence plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation sticker and the identification sticker issued to a handicapped person must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  establish the medical standards for the identification of illnesses or physical deficiencies qualifying for the issue of an identification sticker under section 11;

(21)  determine the conditions and formalities to be complied with for the issue and renewal of an identification sticker, its term of validity and the exigible fee;

(22)  determine the cases where the Société may issue an identification sticker to a handicapped person who is the holder of a driver’s licence but who is not the owner of a road vehicle, or to a public establishment within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5), and the conditions for its issue;

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11; 1990, c. 83, s. 226.

1990-06-22

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine the cases where registration may be effected by the sole issuance of a certificate;

(3)  determine the term of validity of the registration according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or the area where a vehicle is used;

(4)  determine the information that must appear on a registration certificate and the form of such a certificate;

(5)  determine the cases where a temporary registration certificate and a detachable licence plate may be issued and establish their conditions of issue;

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, a tractor owned by a farmer and a recreation vehicle are exempt from registration;

(7)  establish the requirements and formalities governing the registration or the renewal of the registration of a road vehicle according to classes and sub-classes of vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or the area where the vehicle is used;

(8)  establish the amount of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle according to the classes or sub-classes of road vehicles, a fixed tariff or a tariff that varies according to the vehicle’s net mass, number of axles, use, owner’s identity, the area where it is used or according to the principle of registration by lot and prescribe terms of payment of the fee;

(9)  define, for determining the fee exigible to obtain or renew the registration of a road vehicle, the words “axle” and “net mass” and establish a method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle and the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or decrease in net mass during the term of validity of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  determine the cases where a reimbursement of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle may be made and establish the terms and conditions of the reimbursement;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes of road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate and a licence plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation sticker and the identification sticker issued to a handicapped person must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  establish the medical standards for the identification of illnesses or physical deficiencies qualifying for the issue of an identification sticker under section 11;

(21)  determine the conditions and formalities to be complied with for the issue and renewal of an identification sticker, its term of validity and the exigible fee;

(22)  determine the cases where the Société may issue an identification sticker to a handicapped person who is the holder of a driver’s licence but who is not the owner of a road vehicle, and the conditions for its issue;

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89; 1990, c. 19, s. 11.

1987-12-18

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine the cases where registration may be effected by the sole issuance of a certificate;

(3)  determine the term of validity of the registration according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or the area where a vehicle is used;

(4)  determine the information that must appear on a registration certificate and the form of such a certificate;

(5)  determine the cases where a temporary registration certificate and a detachable licence plate may be issued and establish their conditions of issue;

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, a tractor owned by a farmer and a recreation vehicle are exempt from registration;

(7)  establish the requirements and formalities governing the registration or the renewal of the registration of a road vehicle according to classes and sub-classes of vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or the area where the vehicle is used;

(8)  establish the amount of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle according to the classes or sub-classes of road vehicles, a fixed tariff or a tariff that varies according to the vehicle’s net mass, number of axles, use, owner’s identity, the area where it is used or according to the principle of registration by lot and prescribe terms of payment of the fee;

(9)  define, for determining the fee exigible to obtain or renew the registration of a road vehicle, the words “axle” and “net mass” and establish a method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle and the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or decrease in net mass during the term of validity of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  determine the cases where a reimbursement of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle may be made and establish the terms and conditions of the reimbursement;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes or road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(12.1)  prescribe, with respect to a class or sub-class of road vehicles, the maximum number of vehicles belonging to one owner that may be registered in that class or sub-class;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate and a licence plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation sticker and the identification sticker issued to a handicapped person must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  establish the medical standards for the identification of illnesses or physical deficiencies qualifying for the issue of an identification sticker under section 11;

(21)  determine the conditions and formalities to be complied with for the issue and renewal of an identification sticker, its term of validity and the exigible fee;

(22)  determine the cases where the Régie may issue an identification sticker to a handicapped person who is the holder of a driver’s licence but who is not the owner of a road vehicle, and the conditions for its issue;

(23)  (paragraph repealed).

1986, c. 91, s. 618; 1987, c. 94, s. 89.

1986-12-18

618. The Government may by regulation

(1)  prescribe the criteria on the basis of which a three-wheel passenger vehicle designed for the transportation of a handicapped person may be recognized as a moped and a road vehicle as an emergency vehicle;

(2)  determine the cases where registration may be effected by the sole issuance of a certificate;

(3)  determine the term of validity of the registration according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or the area where a vehicle is used;

(4)  determine the information that must appear on a registration certificate and the form of such a certificate;

(5)  determine the cases where a temporary registration certificate and a detachable licence plate may be issued and establish their conditions of issue;

(6)  determine the farm machinery that is exempt from registration and the cases where a vehicle designed to be used mainly on snow, a tractor owned by a farmer and a recreation vehicle are exempt from registration;

(7)  establish the requirements and formalities governing the registration or the renewal of the registration of a road vehicle according to classes and sub-classes of vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or the area where the vehicle is used;

(8)  establish the amount of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle according to the classes or sub-classes of road vehicles, a fixed tariff or a tariff that varies according to the vehicle’s net mass, number of axles, use, owner’s identity, the area where it is used or according to the principle of registration by lot and prescribe terms of payment of the fee;

(9)  define, for determining the fee exigible to obtain or renew the registration of a road vehicle, the words “axle” and “net mass” and establish a method for calculating the number of axles of a road vehicle and the rules governing any increase in the number of axles or decrease in net mass during the term of validity of the registration of the vehicle;

(10)  provide, subject to the conditions established by it, cases of exemption or reduction of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle;

(11)  determine the cases where a reimbursement of the fee exigible for obtaining or renewing the registration of a road vehicle may be made and establish the terms and conditions of the reimbursement;

(12)  define, with respect to registration, classes and sub-classes or road vehicles other than those established under this Code;

(13)  determine classes of licence plates according to classes and sub-classes of road vehicles, use, the identity of the owner or according to the area where it is used and impose restrictions on vehicles bearing certain classes of licence plates;

(14)  prescribe a method for attaching licence plates according to their classes;

(15)  determine any other place on the vehicle where a temporary registration certificate and a licence plate may be affixed;

(16)  determine the cases where two duplicates of the licence plate must be issued;

(17)  determine the places on the licence plate where the validation sticker and the identification sticker issued to a handicapped person must be affixed;

(18)  provide, subject to the conditions it determines, other cases of total or partial exemption from registration;

(19)  establish the standards and the conditions according to which a registration plate may be affixed to a motor vehicle manufactured over twenty years ago;

(20)  establish the medical standards for the identification of illnesses or physical deficiencies qualifying for the issue of an identification sticker under section 11;

(21)  determine the conditions and formalities to be complied with for the issue and renewal of an identification sticker, its term of validity and the exigible fee;

(22)  determine the cases where the Régie may issue an identification sticker to a handicapped person who is the holder of a driver’s licence but who is not the owner of a road vehicle, and the conditions for its issue;

(23)  prescribe the procedure for the renewal of several registrations according to the number of road vehicles and establish the conditions and formalities applicable to the owner of the vehicles.

1986, c. 91, s. 618.