Ridge Regional Public Safety Services when performing Traffic duties experience a lot of drivers not having their Operators License in their possession while operating a motor vehicle. Please review below the Traffic Safety Act regarding Operator Licensing. Fines range from $172.00 to $230.00 Part 3 Motor Vehicle Administration Division 1 Licences, Operator’s licences 51 Except as otherwise permitted under this Act, a person shall not do any of the following: (a) drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless that person is the holder of a subsisting operator’s licence; (b) drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless that motor vehicle is of a class or type that is authorized to be operated under the class of operator’s licence held by that person; (c) drive a motor vehicle on a highway contrary to a restriction or condition to which that person’s operator’s licence is subject; (d) drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless that person’s operator’s licence is in that person’s possession; (e) where the person holds an operator’s licence classified as a learner’s operator’s licence, drive a motor vehicle on a highway unless there is a person occupying a front passenger seating position of the motor vehicle who (i) is supervising the person driving the vehicle, (ii) is a holder of a subsisting operator’s licence that is not classified as a learner’s operator’s licence or a probationary operator’s licence and that is valid for the operation of the vehicle being driven, (iii) has the operator’s licence referred to in subclause (ii) in that person’s possession, and (iv) is of the age prescribed by regulation; (f) where a motor vehicle is being driven on a highway by a person holding an operator’s licence classified as a learner’s operator’s licence, supervise the driving of the vehicle by the person holding the learner’s operator’s licence unless the person carrying out that supervision (i) is occupying a front passenger seating position of the motor vehicle, (ii) is a holder of a subsisting operator’s licence that is not classified as a learner’s operator’s licence or a probationary operator’s licence and that is valid for the operation of the vehicle being driven, (iii) has the operator’s licence referred to in subclause (ii) in that person’s possession, and (iv) is of the age prescribed by the regulations; (f.1) notwithstanding clause (e), where the person holds an operator’s licence classified as a learner’s operator’s licence, drive a motor cycle on a highway unless there is a person occupying the passenger seating position on the motor cycle or in or on a motor vehicle that is travelling in close proximity to the motor cycle who (i) is supervising the person driving the motor cycle, (ii) is a holder of a subsisting operator’s licence that is not classified as a learner’s operator’s licence or a probationary operator’s licence and that is valid for the operation of the motor cycle, (iii) has the operator’s licence referred to in subclause (ii) in that person’s possession, and (iv) is of the age prescribed by the regulations; (f.2) notwithstanding clause (f), where a motor cycle is being driven on a highway by a person holding an operator’s licence classified as a learner’s operator’s licence, supervise the driving of the motor cycle by the person holding the learner’s operator’s licence unless the person carrying out that supervision (i) is occupying the passenger seating position on the motor cycle or is in or on a motor vehicle that is travelling in close proximity to the motor cycle, (ii) is a holder of a subsisting operator’s licence that is not classified as a learner’s operator’s licence or a probationary operator’s licence and that is valid for the operation of the motor cycle, (iii) has the operator’s licence referred to in subclause (ii) in that person’s possession, and (iv) is of the age prescribed by the regulations; (f.3) in the case of a motor cycle, where a person holds an operator’s licence classified as a learner’s operator’s licence, operate a motor cycle on a highway while carrying a passenger except as permitted under clause (f.1) or (f.2); (g) where the person holds an operator’s licence classified as a learner’s operator’s licence, drive a motor vehicle on a highway during any period of time that the holder of a learner’s operator’s licence is by regulation prohibited from operating a motor vehicle; (h) where a motor vehicle is in that person’s possession or under that person’s care or control, permit another person to drive that vehicle unless that other person meets the requirements of this Act to drive that vehicle; (i) where a motor vehicle is in that person’s possession or under that person’s care or control, knowingly or willingly permit a person (i) whose operator’s licence is suspended, or (ii) who is disqualified from holding an operator’s licence, to drive that motor vehicle on a highway unless it is a vehicle that the person is permitted to drive under this Act notwithstanding the suspension or disqualification; (j) where the person has been issued an operator’s licence under this Act, have in that person’s possession more than one subsisting operator’s licence issued under this Act; (k) possess an operator’s licence that has been issued to another person; (l) possess an operator’s licence that is not a subsisting operator’s licence; (m) possess any fictitious document purporting to be an operator’s licence; (n) use an operator’s licence that has been issued to another person; (o) use an operator’s licence that is not a subsisting operator’s licence; (p) use any fictitious document purporting to be an operator’s licence; (q) where a person has been issued an operator’s licence, allow another person to use or be in possession of that operator’s licence; (r) apply for, acquire or attempt to acquire an operator’s licence for that person’s own use or in that person’s name (i) during any period that the person is disqualified from driving a motor vehicle in Alberta, another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America, (ii) during any period for which that person’s operator’s licence is suspended, or (iii) during any period for which that person is disqualified from holding an operator’s licence in Alberta, another province or territory of Canada or a state of the United States of America, whether or not the period for which the person’s operator’s licence was issued has expired; (s) where the person holds a subsisting operator’s licence, apply for or obtain another operator’s licence under this Act except (i) for the purpose of obtaining a duplicate of a subsisting operator’s licence that has been lost or destroyed or has become unreadable, or (ii) for the purpose of obtaining a replacement for an operator’s licence that is about to expire. RSA 2000 cT-6 s51;2001 c14 s9
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:56:12 +0000