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ONTARIO REGULATION 556/07

Pilot Project — EmerGency Response Vehicles

Historical version for theperiod March 25, 2011 to June 30, 2011.

Note: This Regulation is revoked on July 1, 2011. See: O.Reg. 72/11, ss. 1, 2.

Note: This Regulation is revoked on November 23, 2012. See: O.Reg. 556/07, s.11.

Last amendment: O.Reg. 72/11.

This Regulation is made in English only.

Definition

1.In this Regulation,

“emergency response vehicle” means a vehicle within the meaning of the Act operated by an ambulance service, other than an ambulance, that is used to provide emergency response services, and that has been assigned an emergency response vehicle number by the Director of the Emergency Health Services Branch of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. O.Reg. 556/07, s.1.

Pilot project re emergency response vehicles

2.A pilot project to evaluate the operation of emergency response vehicles on highways is established. O.Reg. 556/07, s.2.

Use of equipment

3.(1)In addition to the vehicles listed in subsection 75 (6) of the Act, an emergency response vehicle may be equipped with a siren horn. O.Reg. 556/07, s.3 (1).

(2)In addition to the vehicles listed in subsection 169 (1) of the Act, an emergency response vehicle may be equipped with highbeam headlamps that produce alternating flashes of white light. O.Reg. 556/07, s.3 (2).

(3)An emergency response vehicle may use the equipment authorized under subsections (1) and (2) while being used to provide emergency response services. O.Reg. 556/07, s.3 (3).

Exemption as a commercial motor vehicle

4.For the purposes of sections 16 to 23.1 of the Act, an emergency response vehicle is not a commercial motor vehicle. O.Reg. 556/07, s.4.

Exemptions from rules of the road

5.(1)In addition to the vehicles listed in clause 128 (13) (c) of the Act, an emergency response vehicle, while being used to provide emergency response services, is not subject to the speed limits prescribed under section 128 of the Act or under any regulation or by-law passed under that section. O.Reg. 556/07, s.5 (1).

(2)In addition to the vehicles listed in subsection 134 (4) of the Act, subsection 134 (3) of the Act does not apply to an emergency response vehicle while being used to provide emergency response services. O.Reg. 556/07, s.5 (2).

(3)In addition to the vehicles listed in subsection 150 (3) of the Act, subsection 150 (2) of the Act does not apply to an emergency response vehicle while being used to provide emergency response services. O.Reg. 556/07, s.5 (3).

(4)In addition to the vehicles listed in subsection 157 (2) of the Act, subsection 157 (1) of the Act does not apply to an emergency response vehicle while being used to provide emergency response services. O.Reg. 556/07, s.5 (4).

(5)Despite subsection 144 (18) of the Act, while an emergency response vehicle is being used to provide emergency response services, the driver, after stopping the vehicle, may proceed without a green indication being shown if it is safe to do so. O.Reg. 556/07, s.5 (5).

Exemption, reduced load periods

6.In addition to the vehicles listed in subsection 122 (4) of the Act, subsections 122 (1), (2) and (3) of the Act do not apply to an emergency response vehicle. O.Reg. 556/07, s.6.

Driver duties

7.Subsections 159 (1) and 159.1 (1), (2) and (3) of the Act apply to an emergency response vehicle in the same manner as they apply to an ambulance or emergency vehicle, and the driver of a motor vehicle shall comply with those subsections as if the emergency response vehicle were an ambulance or an emergency vehicle. O.Reg. 556/07, s.7.

Exemption from Part X.2 of Act

8.Part X.2 of the Act does not apply to emergency response vehicles. O.Reg. 556/07, s.8.

Exemption from regulations

9.(1)Emergency response vehicles, while being used to provide emergency response services, are deemed to be an emergency vehicle for the purposes of the following regulations, made under the Act:

1.Ontario Regulation 94/06 (Border Approach Lanes).

2.Ontario Regulation 618/05 (Designation of Bus By-Pass Shoulders On King’s Highway).

3.Ontario Regulation 620/05 (High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes).

4.Ontario Regulation 34/06 (Pre-Empting Traffic Control Signal Devices). O.Reg. 556/07, s.9 (1).

(2)In addition to the vehicles listed in clause 1 (1) (b) of Ontario Regulation 199/07 (Commercial Motor Vehicle Inspections) made under the Act, emergency response vehicles, while being used to provide emergency services, are not included as commercial motor vehicles. O.Reg. 556/07, s.9 (2).

Reports

10.The owner of an emergency response vehicle shall, if requested by the Minister, report on the use of emergency response vehicles under this Regulation or on any aspect of such use as specified by the Minister. O.Reg. 556/07, s.10.

11.Omitted (provides for the revocation of this Regulation). O.Reg. 556/07, s.11.

12.Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation). O.Reg. 556/07, s.12.

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