619. The Government may by regulation(1) determine, in relation to the nature of a licence, the information it must contain, its form and, except for a restricted licence, its term of validity;
(2) determine the cases where and establish the criteria according to which conditions may be attached to a licence;
(3) determine types and classes of licences according to their nature;
(4) prescribe, on the conditions it determines, cases of exemption or reduction of the duties exigible under sections 69 and 93.1;
(4.1) prescribe at what intervals the payment of duties exigible under section 93.1 must be made;
(4.2) determine the period within which payment of the duties, fees and insurance contribution exigible under section 93.1 must be made;
(5) prescribe the cases and conditions giving entitlement to a reimbursement of part of the duties exigible for obtaining a licence and of the duties exigible under section 93.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of the duties to be reimbursed;
(5.1) prescribe the cases and conditions giving entitlement to a reduction of the duties payable for a probationary licence or a driver’s licence under section 93.1 and establish the calculation method or fix the exact amount of duties to be deducted;
(5.2) prescribe the cases and conditions allowing claims for repayment, upon expiration of the period prescribed by regulation, of the duties, fees and insurance contribution exigible under section 93.1 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;
(6) prescribe, according to the nature, class or category of a licence, the documents and information which must be produced with an application for the issue or renewal of such a licence or the payment of amounts under section 93.1 as well as any other condition or formality for obtaining or renewing that licence;
(6.0.1) prescribe the standards relating to the photograph that must be provided by a person applying for a probationary licence or a driver’s licence or the renewal or replacement thereof;
(6.0.2) determine, according to the category and class of a licence, the circumstances and conditions in and on which the Société may issue a licence that does not bear the photograph or signature of the holder or may issue a licence in paper form;
(6.1) fix, according to the nature and class of licence applied for, a minimum period of time which must lapse before a person who has failed a proficiency examination referred to in section 67 may again undergo such an examination;
(6.2) establish, according to the nature and class of licence applied for, any additional conditions and formalities a person who has failed a proficiency examination referred to in section 67 must comply with to obtain a licence or class of licence;
(6.3) prescribe cases of exemption from the obligation to undergo the proficiency examinations of the Société for obtaining a licence;
(6.4) determine, for obtaining a driver’s licence under any of sections 66 and 90 to 92.0.1, the period during which a person must have held a probationary licence and establish the cases where the period may be reduced and the terms and conditions permitting such a reduction;
(7) establish the particular requirements and procedures for the issue of a learner’s licence, of a probationary licence, of a driver’s licence or of a class of either to a person whose licence or class is cancelled or whose right to obtain one is suspended;
(8) establish the medical and optometrical standards which identify the illnesses, deficiencies and conditions affecting a person that are considered as being essentially or relatively inconsistent with the driving of a road vehicle or class or sub-class of road vehicles;
(9) establish a system of demerit points on the basis of which the Société cancels a licence or suspends the right to obtain a licence; the system shall include a list of offences and the corresponding number of demerit points for each offence and determine the total number of demerit points entered in a person’s file that entails the sending of a notice, the cancellation of a licence or the suspension of the right to obtain a licence;
(9.1) establish under what conditions a learner’s licence or probationary licence shall be suspended on the basis of demerit points or of offences committed;
(9.2) determine which provisions of Division IV of Chapter II of Title II or of a regulation made under paragraph 9 of this section shall apply to the holder of a learner’s licence or probationary licence and provide for derogatory provisions to this division or to that regulation which shall apply to such holders;
(9.3) prescribe the total number of offences or of demerit points entered in a person’s record that shall entail the sending of a notice, the suspension of a learner’s licence and of a probationary licence or of the right to obtain such licences;
(10) determine the cases where a driving school licence may be issued in relation to its class and the number of driving schools in the territory of an urban community, in the territory of a regional county municipality, in the territory composed of the territories of the municipalities enclosed within the territory of Municipalité de Baie-James or in the territory composed of the territories of the municipalities constituted under the Act respecting the municipal reorganization of the territory of Municipalité de Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent (1988, chapter 55) and specify the cases where no licence may be issued in such a territory;
(11) determine in which cases, in relation to the territory of an urban community, in the territory of a regional county municipality, in the territory composed of the territories of the municipalities enclosed within the territory of Municipalité de Baie-James or in the territory composed of the territories of the municipalities constituted under the Act respecting the municipal reorganization of the territory of Municipalité de Côte-Nord-du-Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent, a driving school licence may be issued to a person acting on behalf of a secondary or post-secondary educational institution and prescribe the cases in which no licence may be issued in such territory;
(12) establish the conditions attaching to a driving school licence and to an instructor’s licence;
(13) determine the content of the programs of instruction of a driving school;
(14) determine the content and form of the registers and student’s files that must be kept by the holder of a driving school licence;
(15) determine the cases where a driving school licence may be transferred;
(16) determine other cases where driving courses may be required;
(17) establish, on the conditions determined by it, exemptions from the requirement to take driving courses;
(18) determine the maximum number of students per classroom used by a driving school and establish the minimum ratio between students, instructors and vehicles for driving courses;
(19) establish the standards to be met by the road vehicles used for the operation of driving school licences or instructor’s licences and determine the equipment and signs that such vehicles must carry;
(20) establish criteria for selecting the location of premises to be used by a licensed driving school or instructor and the standards to be met by such premises;
(21) establish standards respecting advertising by the holder of a driving school licence and prohibit certain kinds of advertising;
(22) determine the prescriptions of a regulation concerning driving schools or the instruction given in driving passenger vehicles other than mopeds the violation of which constitutes an offence;
(23) determine in what cases and on what conditions a person may hold more than one driver’s licence under the fifth paragraph of section 94.