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PART XIV RECORDS AND REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS AND CONVICTIONS
Duty of person in charge of vehicle in case of accident
200 (1) Where an accident occurs on a highway, every person in charge of a vehicle or street car that is directly or indirectly involved in the accident shall, (a)  remain at or immediately return to the scene of the accident; (b)  render all possible assistance; and (c)  upon request, give in writing to anyone sustaining loss or injury or to any police officer or to any witness his or her name, address, driver’s licence number and jurisdiction of issuance, motor vehicle liability insurance policy insurer and policy number, name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle and the vehicle permit number.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 200 (1); 1997, c. 12, s. 16. Interpretation, dooring (1.1) For the purposes of subsection (1), a motor vehicle is deemed to be involved in an accident if any door of the motor vehicle that is open or opening comes into contact with a cyclist, a bicycle or a moving vehicle, even if the motor vehicle is stationary, stopped or parked. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 19. Penalty (2) Every person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $400 and not more than $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than six months, or to both, and in addition the person’s licence or permit may be suspended for a period of not more than two years.  2009, c. 5, s. 54. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1997, c. 12, s. 16 - 31/12/1997 2009, c. 5, s. 54
- 01/01/2010 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 19 - 01/07/2021
PART XIV RECORDS AND REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS AND CONVICTIONS
Notification of damage to trees, fences, etc.
201 Every person who, as a result of an accident or otherwise, operates or drives a vehicle or leads, rides or drives an animal upon a highway and thereby damages any shrub, tree, pole, light, sign, sod or other property on the highway or a fence bordering the highway shall forthwith report the damage to a police officer.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 201. Reporting by various officials
PART XIV RECORDS AND REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS AND CONVICTIONS
Reporting by various officials
202 (1) Every police officer having knowledge of a fatal accident in which a motor vehicle is involved shall secure the particulars of the accident, the persons involved, and other information as may be necessary to complete a written report to the Registrar on the forms prescribed for that purpose, and shall transmit the report forthwith to the Registrar. 2017, c. 2, Sched. 17, s. 14. Reports re statistics and traffic control (2) Every provincial or municipal official or employee, hospital, charitable institution, insurer or other person or organization shall furnish to the Registrar the reports and other information relating to motor vehicle accident statistics and traffic control generally that may be required by the regulations.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 202 (2). Compensation may be allowed (3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council, by regulation, may allow any person or organization making reports or furnishing information under this section the compensation for so doing that may be considered proper.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 202 (3). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2017, c. 2, Sched. 17, s. 14 - 22/03/2017 Medical reports
PART XIV RECORDS AND REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS AND CONVICTIONS
Medical reports
203 (1) Every prescribed person shall report to the Registrar every person who is at least 16 years old who, in the opinion of the prescribed person, has or appears to have a prescribed medical condition, functional impairment or visual impairment. 2015, c. 14, s. 55. Discretionary reports (2) A prescribed person may report to the Registrar a person who is at least 16 years old who, in the opinion of the prescribed person, has or appears to have a medical condition, functional impairment or visual impairment that may make it dangerous for the person to operate a motor vehicle. 2015, c. 14, s. 55. Authority to make discretionary report prevails over duty of confidentiality (3) The authority to make a report under subsection (2) prevails over any duty of confidentiality imposed on the prescribed person by or under any other Act or by a standard of practice or rule of professional conduct that would otherwise preclude him or her from providing the information described in that subsection to the Registrar. 2015, c. 14, s. 55. Required to meet the person (4) Subsections (1) and (2) only apply if the prescribed person actually met the reported person for an examination or for the provision of medical or other services, or in the circumstances prescribed by regulation. 2015, c. 14, s. 55. Authority to make discretionary report is not a duty (5) Subsections (2) and (3) do not impose a duty on a prescribed person to report to the Registrar. 2015, c. 14, s. 55. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2015, c. 14, s. 55
- 01/07/2018 General rules respecting medical reports
PART XIV RECORDS AND REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS AND CONVICTIONS
General rules respecting medical reports
204 (1) A report required or authorized by section 203 must be submitted in the form and manner specified by the Registrar and must include, (a)  the name, address and date of birth of the reported person; (b)  the condition or impairment diagnosed or identified by the person making the report, and a brief description of the condition or impairment; and (c)  any other information requested by the form. 2015, c. 14, s. 55. No liability for compliance (2) No action or other proceeding shall be brought against a prescribed person required or authorized to make a report under section 203 for making such a report or for reporting to the Registrar in good faith with the intention of reporting under that section. 2015, c. 14, s. 55. Reports privileged (3) A report made under section 203, or made to the Registrar in good faith with the intention of reporting under that section, is privileged for the information of the Registrar only and shall not be open to public inspection. 2015, c. 14, s. 55. Regulations (4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations governing reports made under section 203, including regulations, (a)  prescribing persons for the purpose of subsection 203 (1) or (2); (b)  prescribing medical conditions, functional impairments or visual impairments for the purpose of subsection 203 (1); (c)  prescribing circumstances for the purpose of subsection 203 (4). 2015, c. 14, s. 55. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 18, Sched. G, s. 56 - 01/02/1999 2015, c. 14, s. 55
- 01/07/2018
PART XIV.1 AUTOMATED SPEED ENFORCEMENT
Use of automated speed enforcement system authorized
205.1 (1) An automated speed enforcement system may be used in accordance with this Part and the regulations made under it,  (a)  in a community safety zone designated by by-law passed under subsection 214.1 (1) where the prescribed rate of speed is less than 80 kilometres per hour; or (b)  in a school zone designated by by-law passed under clause 128 (5) (a). 2017, c. 9, s. 5. Limitations on owner liability (2) The owner of a motor vehicle shall not be subject to conviction or penalty as an owner in respect of an alleged contravention of section 128 except on the basis of evidence obtained through the use of an automated speed enforcement system. 2017, c. 9, s. 5. Same (3) The owner of a motor vehicle convicted as an owner of an offence under section 128 on the basis of evidence obtained through the use of an automated speed enforcement system is not liable to a driver’s licence suspension under section 46 as a result of default in payment of a fine resulting from that conviction. 2017, c. 9, s. 5. Limitations on driver liability (4) The driver of a motor vehicle convicted as a driver of an offence under section 128 on the basis of evidence obtained through the use of an automated speed enforcement system is not liable to imprisonment or to a probation order under subsection 72 (1) of the Provincial Offences Act as a result of that conviction or as a result of default in payment of a fine resulting from that conviction. 2017, c. 9, s. 5. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1993, c. 31, s. 2 (9) - 15/08/1994 2017, c. 9, s. 5
- 01/12/2019
PART XIV.2 RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM EVIDENCE
Red light camera system evidence
205.15 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a photograph obtained through the use of a red light camera system shall be received in evidence in a proceeding under the Provincial Offences Act respecting an alleged offence under subsection 144 (18) of the
Highway Traffic Act.  1998, c. 38, s. 4; 2017, c. 9, s. 6 (1). Form and content (2) The photograph must comply with the requirements of the regulations made under clause 205.25 (d).  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Certification of photograph (3) A photograph that purports to be certified by a provincial offences officer as having been obtained through the use of a red light camera system shall be received in evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that the photograph was obtained through the use of a red light camera system.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Use at trial (4) In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a photograph of a vehicle obtained through the use of a red light camera system is proof that, (a)  information shown or superimposed on the front or back of the photograph that was authorized or required by a regulation made under clause 205.25 (d) is true; and (b)  the vehicle and its driver did not stop and the vehicle and its driver proceeded before a green indication was shown, contrary to subsection 144 (18).  1998, c. 38, s. 4; 2017, c. 9, s. 6 (2). Conviction (5) No person who has entered a plea of not guilty at trial shall be convicted of an offence on the basis of a photograph obtained through the use of a red light camera system unless the photograph is tendered in evidence at trial.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004 2017, c. 9, s. 6 (1, 2)
- 01/12/2019
PART XIV.2 RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM EVIDENCE
Application, proceedings commenced by filing certificate of offence
205.16 Sections 205.17 to 205.24 apply in respect of proceedings based on evidence obtained through the use of a red light camera system if the proceedings are commenced by filing a certificate of offence under Part I of the Provincial Offences Act.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004
PART XIV.2 RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM EVIDENCE
Provincial Offences Act, Part I
205.17 (1) No summons shall be issued under clause 3 (2) (b) of the Provincial Offences Act in proceedings based on evidence obtained through the use of a red light camera system.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. (2) Repealed: 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (3). Service of offence notice (3) An offence notice issued in proceedings based on evidence obtained through the use of a red light camera system may be served in accordance with the regulations, in which case subsections 3 (3) to (7) of the
Provincial Offences Act do not apply.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Certificate of service (4) If the provincial offences officer who issues the certificate of offence also serves the offence notice, that officer shall certify, on the certificate of offence, the fact that he or she took the steps authorized by the regulations to serve the offence notice and the date those steps were taken.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Evidence (5) A certificate referred to in subsection (4) purporting to be signed by the provincial offences officer who issued it shall be received in evidence and is proof of service in the absence of evidence to the contrary.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004 2009, c. 33, Sched. 4, s. 3 (1) - 01/07/2014; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 4, s. 3 (2) - 15/12/2009 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (3) - 01/11/2021
PART XIV.2 RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM EVIDENCE
Evidence of ownership
205.18 Evidence of ownership of the vehicle involved in the alleged offence may be contained in the certificate of offence or it may be set out in a separate document.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004 205.19 Repealed: 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (4). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004 2009, c. 33, Sched. 4, s. 3 (3) - 31/03/2012 2017, c. 9, s. 7
- 01/12/2019; 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (4) - 01/11/2021; 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 29 (1, 3) - no effect - see 2017, c. 9, s. 7 - 01/12/2019
PART XIV.2 RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM EVIDENCE
Challenge to officer’s evidence
205.20 (1) The provincial offences officer who used the evidence obtained through the use of a red light camera system to identify the owner or driver of the vehicle involved in the alleged offence and who issued the offence notice and certificate of offence shall not be required to give oral evidence at trial unless a summons requiring the officer to attend is issued at trial under section 39 of the Provincial Offences Act.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Same (2) A provincial offences officer who certifies that a photograph was obtained through the use of a red light camera system shall not be required to give oral evidence at trial unless a summons requiring the officer to attend is issued at trial under section 39 of the Provincial Offences Act.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Summons (3) No summons shall be issued to a provincial offences officer referred to in subsection (1) or (2) unless a justice is satisfied that the defendant will not be able to have a fair trial if the officer is not required to give oral evidence.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004
PART XIV.2 RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM EVIDENCE
Certificate evidence
205.21 (1) The certified statements in a certificate of offence are admissible in evidence as proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts stated in it.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Where statements not proof (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the statements setting out the evidence of an officer referred to in subsection 205.20 (1) in respect of whom a summons has been issued.  1998, c. 38, s. 4. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004 205.22 Repealed: 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (5). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004 2017, c. 2, Sched. 17, s. 15 - 22/03/2017; 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (5) - 01/11/2021 205.23 Repealed: 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (6). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004 2009, c. 33, Sched. 4, s. 3 (4) - 31/03/2012 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (6) - 01/11/2021 Limitations on penalty
PART XIV.2 RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM EVIDENCE
Limitations on penalty
205.24 (1) An owner of a motor vehicle convicted, as an owner, of an offence under subsection 144 (18) on the basis of evidence obtained through the use of a red light camera system is not liable to, (a)  a driver’s licence suspension under section 46 as a result of default in payment of a fine resulting from that conviction; or (b)  imprisonment or a probation order under subsection 72 (1) of the Provincial Offences Act as a result of that conviction or as a result of default in payment of a fine resulting from that conviction.  1998, c. 38, s. 4; 2019, c. 8, Sched. 1, s. 37 (1). Same: driver (2) A driver of a motor vehicle convicted, as a driver, of an offence under subsection 144 (18) on the basis of evidence obtained through the use of a red light camera system is not liable to imprisonment or a probation order under subsection 72 (1) of the Provincial Offences Act
as a result of that conviction or as a result of default in payment of a fine resulting from that conviction.  1998, c. 38, s. 4; 2019, c. 8, Sched. 1, s. 37 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004 2019, c. 8, Sched. 1, s. 37 (1, 2) - 06/06/2019
PART XIV.2 RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM EVIDENCE
Regulations, red light camera system evidence
205.25 The Minister may make regulations, (a)  defining “photograph” for the purposes of this Part; (b)  prescribing what constitutes a red light camera system; (c)  Repealed: 2017, c. 9, s. 8 (2). (d)  governing the form and content of photographs for the purposes of subsection 205.15 (2), including the information that may be or must be shown or superimposed on the front or back of the photographs, and prescribing a system of codes, symbols or abbreviations that may be used to convey the information; (e)  governing the filing of photographs in court for the purposes of this Part; (f)  governing the service of offence notices issued in proceedings based on evidence obtained through the use of red light camera systems, including authorizing service outside Ontario and deeming service to have been effected on a date determined in accordance with the regulations; (g)  prescribing what constitutes evidence of ownership of a vehicle or evidence of the identity of a driver for purposes of this Part; (h)  Repealed: 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (7). 1998, c. 38, s. 4; 2015, c. 14, s. 56; 2017, c. 9, s. 8; 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (7). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1998, c. 38, s. 4 - 20/11/2000; 1998, c. 38, s. 7 (1) - no effect - see 2002, c. 15 - 20/11/2004 2015, c. 14, s. 56
- 01/01/2016 2017, c. 9, s. 8 (1-4)
- 01/12/2019; 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 27 (7) - 01/11/2021; 2017, c. 34, Sched. 35, s. 29 (2, 4) - no effect - see 2017, c. 9, s. 8 (4)
- 01/12/2019 PART XIV.3   SCHOOL BUS CAMERA SYSTEM
PART XIV.4 AUTOMATED STREET CAR ENFORCEMENT
Use of automated street car enforcement system authorized
206.1 (1) An automated street car enforcement system may be used in accordance with this Part and the regulations made under it respecting an alleged offence under section 166. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 20. Limitations on owner liability (2) The owner of a motor vehicle shall not be subject to conviction or penalty as an owner in respect of an alleged contravention of section 166 except on the basis of evidence obtained through the use of an automated street car enforcement system. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 20. Same (3) The owner of a motor vehicle convicted as an owner of an offence under section 166 on the basis of evidence obtained through the use of an automated street car enforcement system is not liable to a driver’s licence suspension under section 46 as a result of default in payment of a fine resulting from that conviction. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 20. Limitations on driver liability (4) The driver of a motor vehicle convicted as a driver of an offence under section 166 on the basis of evidence obtained through the use of an automated street car enforcement system is not liable to imprisonment or to a probation order under subsection 72 (1) of the Provincial Offences Act as a result of that conviction or as a result of default in payment of a fine resulting from that conviction. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 20. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2021, c. 26, Sched. 1, s. 20 - 01/07/2022
PART XV PROCEDURE, ARRESTS AND PENALTIES
Recovery
208 The penalties imposed by or under the authority of this Act for the contravention of this Act or the regulations are recoverable under the Provincial Offences Act.  2002, c. 18, Sched. P, s. 36. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2002, c. 18, Sched. P, s. 36 - 01/06/2003
PART XV PROCEDURE, ARRESTS AND PENALTIES
Return of suspended licences to Registrar
211 (1) In this section, “judge” means a judge, provincial judge or justice of the peace.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 211 (1). Return of suspended driver’s licence to Registrar (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a person whose driver’s licence is suspended shall immediately forward the driver’s licence to the Registrar. 2015, c. 14, s. 58 (1). Judge to secure possession (3) Where a judge makes a conviction and the driver’s licence of the person convicted is suspended by the judge or by operation of this Act, the judge shall take the driver’s licence and forward it to the Registrar.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 211 (3). Exception (4) Subsection (2) does not apply to a person whose driver’s licence is suspended under a provision or for a reason under this Act that is prescribed by regulation made under subsection (5). 2015, c. 14, s. 58 (2). Regulations (5) The Minister may make regulations prescribing provisions and reasons under this Act for the purpose of subsection (4). 2015, c. 14, s. 58 (2). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2008, c. 17, s. 47
- 06/03/2009 2015, c. 14, s. 58 (1, 2) - 01/07/2018
PART XV PROCEDURE, ARRESTS AND PENALTIES
Police officer may secure possession of suspended licence
212 (1) Where a person who is required by section 211 to immediately forward his or her suspended driver’s licence to the Registrar refuses or fails to do so, any police officer may take possession of the licence and return it to the Registrar and the Registrar may direct any police officer to take possession of the licence and return it to the Registrar. 2015, c. 14, s. 59. Penalty (2) Every person who fails or refuses to surrender his or her driver’s licence when required by a police officer under subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and on conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $100.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 212 (2). (3) Repealed:  2008, c. 17, s. 48. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2008, c. 17, s. 48 - 06/03/2009 2015, c. 14, s. 59
- 01/07/2018
PART XV PROCEDURE, ARRESTS AND PENALTIES
When owner may appear before justice of the peace
213 (1) If an owner of a motor vehicle is served with a summons to appear in a local municipality other than that in which the owner resides for an offence against this Act, and the owner’s defence is that neither the owner nor the owner’s motor vehicle was at the place of the alleged offence at the time the offence occurred, and that the summons must have been issued against the owner through an error of the informant as to the number on the official number plate, then and in that case only the owner may appear before a justice of the peace in the local municipality in which the owner resides and, in the same manner as if the owner were being tried for an offence against this Act, the owner may give evidence corroborated by the evidence of at least two other credible witnesses that neither the owner nor the owner’s motor vehicle was at the place of the alleged offence at the time the offence occurred, and that the summons must have been issued against the owner through an error of the informant as to the number on the official number plate.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 213 (1). Certificate (2) The justice, if satisfied of the truth of the evidence, shall forthwith make out a certificate in English or in French in the form set out in the Schedule to this Act and forward it by registered mail to the justice before whom the summons is returnable.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 213 (2). Dismissal or adjournment (3) The justice before whom the summons is returnable shall, upon receiving the certificate, thereupon dismiss the charge unless he or she has reason to believe that the testimony is untrue in whole or in part, in which case he or she may adjourn the case and again summon the defendant, who shall then be required to attend before him or her at the place and time mentioned in the summons.  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 213 (3).