Reporting to the Registrar: Administrative Suspension of Drivers' Licences
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Who this affects. Drivers and others who received a provincial offences ticket or notice.
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O. Reg. 194/16: REPORTING TO THE REGISTRAR: ADMINISTRATIVE SUSPENSION OF DRIVERS' LICENCES, Under: Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8
Highway Traffic Act
REPORTING TO THE REGISTRAR: ADMINISTRATIVE SUSPENSION OF DRIVERS’ LICENCES
Consolidation Period: From April 1, 2024 to the e-Laws currency date.
Last amendment: 116/24.
Legislative History: 742/21, 116/24.
This Regulation is made in English only.
Reporting under s. 172 of the Act
1. (1) A police officer who requests a person to surrender his or her driver’s licence under clause 172 (8) (a) of the Act shall notify the Registrar of the request and provide the person with the notice of suspension required under subsection 172 (15) of the Act. O. Reg. 742/21, s. 1.
(2) A police officer may cause another police officer or a member of a police service to notify the Registrar under subsection (1). O. Reg. 194/16, s. 1 (2); O. Reg. 116/24, s. 1.
(3) Notification shall be given to the Registrar by any means of telecommunication. O. Reg. 194/16, s. 1 (3).
(4) Notification shall be confirmed by the police officer who gave or caused the notification to be given by completing the form provided by the Registrar for that purpose and submitting it to the Registrar electronically at the time of the notification or as soon as practicable afterwards, electronically or otherwise. O. Reg. 194/16, s. 1 (4).
2. Omitted (revokes other Regulations).
3. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation).