All-terrain Vehicles Regulations
Regulation- Registration
- R-100-92
- Source
- Unofficial consolidation PDF (justice.gov.nt.ca)
- Under
- All-terrain Vehicles Act
This is an unofficial reading copy parsed from the Department of Justice consolidation PDF above — itself an office consolidation, not an official statement of the law. The authoritative text is in the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988 and the annual Statutes volumes.
- None.
Where words and expressions used in these regulations are defined in section 1 of the Motor Vehicles Act, their definitions in that section apply to these regulations.
The owner of an all-terrain vehicle may apply to the Registrar, on a form established by the Registrar for the purpose of registration of that vehicle under the Motor Vehicles Act.
Where an application is made under section 2, the Registrar may grant the application if he or she thinks fit and if he or she considers that the vehicle meets all the requirements of Part I of the Motor Vehicles Act other than those in respect of which he or she
(a) considers the vehicle can be exempted without endangering the safety of any person using the highways; and
(b) exempts the vehicle.
Where the Registrar grants an application under section 3, he or she
(a) may restrict the operation of the vehicle on roadways and shoulders of roadways, to roadways and shoulders in a specified area of the Northwest Territories, and note the restriction on the certificate of registration of the vehicle; and
(b) shall register the vehicle under the Motor Vehicles Act.
Where the Registrar registers a vehicle under section 4, from that time forward
(a) the vehicle is deemed to be a motor vehicle;
(b) the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act applicable to motor vehicles and their operation, except those provisions of Part I in respect of which exemption has been granted under section 3, shall apply to the vehicle; and
(c) the All-terrain Vehicles Act shall not apply to the vehicle.
(1) These regulations cease to apply to the vehicle and its operation at the following times:
(a) two weeks after notice has been served on the Registrar, on the form established by him or her for the purpose, declaring the intention of the owner to revert to the former treatment of the vehicle as an all- terrain vehicle; or
(b) two weeks after the Registrar serves notice on the owner of the vehicle ordering the reversion to the former treatment of the vehicle as an all-terrain vehicle.
(2) The Registrar shall not act under paragraph (1)(b) unless
(a) there has been a breach in respect of the vehicle by the owner or another person operating with permission of the owner, of any provision referred to in paragraph 5(b), and
(b) that person has been convicted in respect of the breach.
(3) The provisions of section 325 of the Motor Vehicles Act apply with such modifications as the circumstances require in respect of an order given by the Registrar under subsection (1). R-032-2011,s.4.
On these regulations ceasing to apply under section 6, the All-terrain Vehicles Act applies with respect to the vehicle and its operation. R-032-2011,s.5.
The following communities are regulated areas for the purposes of the All-terrain Vehicles Act:
(a) Colville Lake;
(b) Detah;
(c) Gamètì;
(d) Jean Marie River;
(e) Kakisa;
(f) Łutselk,e;
(g) Nahanni Butte;
(h) Sambaa K’e;
(i) Wrigley.
R-100-92,s.2; R-096-99,s.1; R-020-2009,s.2; R-032-2011,s.6; R-020-2017,s.2; R-081-2019,s.2.