EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Explanatory Note was written as a reader’s aid to Bill 65 and does not form part of the law.
Bill 65 has been enacted as Chapter 9 of the Statutes of Ontario, 2017.

The Bill amends the Highway Traffic Act. It addresses the ability of municipalities to set speed limits within their borders and the use of automated speed enforcement systems and red light camera systems.

Section 128 of the Act is amended so that municipalities can designate areas by by-law where they can impose speed limits that are lower than 50 kilometres per hour.

Part XIV.1 (Photo-Radar System Evidence) of the Act is repealed and replaced by a new Part XIV.1 (Automated Speed Enforcement) that authorizes the use of automated speed enforcement systems in community safety zones where the speed limit is below 80 kilometres per hour and in school zones. Section 12 of the Act is amended to allow the Registrar to require the return of number plates and to cancel number plates that are not returned within a specified time. Number plates that are damaged, altered, deteriorated or worn such that they can’t be photographed by an electronic toll system, automated speed enforcement system or red light camera system may be cancelled if not returned within 30 days; other number plates may be cancelled if not returned within 60 days.

Part XIV.2 (Red Light Camera System Evidence) of the Act is amended to remove the restriction in subsection 205.15 (1) that red light camera systems may be used only in areas of the province designated by regulation. Various provisions under Part XIV.2 are amended to specify that information may be superimposed on the front or back of a photograph that is used as evidence, and the Lieutenant Governor in Council’s power to make regulations under this Part is transferred to the Minister.

Bill 65, Safer School Zones Act, 2017

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Bill Summary

Bill 65, Safer School Zones Act, 2017

This Bill Amends The Following Statutes

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