PART XV PROCEDURE, ARRESTS AND PENALTIES
Out-of-province evidence re vehicle ownership
210.1 (1) A document or copy of a document certified by a provincial offences officer as having been obtained from the government of any province or territory of Canada or from the government of a state of the United States of America, or from a person or entity authorized by any such government to keep records of vehicle permits, number plates or other evidence of vehicle ownership in that jurisdiction, shall be received in evidence in all courts, without proof of the provincial offences officer’s signature, of the manner of his or her obtaining, preparing or certifying the document or copy or of the origin of the document or copy, and is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the facts contained in the document or copy in the following proceedings: 1.  A proceeding relating to the parking, standing or stopping of a vehicle contrary to any Act, regulation or by-law. 2.  A proceeding relating to a contravention of subsection 175 (19), (19.1), (20) or (20.1). 2.1  A proceeding that is based on evidence obtained through the use of an automated speed enforcement system. 3.  A proceeding that is based on evidence obtained through the use of a red light camera system. 2015, c. 14, s. 57; 2017, c. 9, s. 10; 2017, c. 26, Sched. 4, s. 25. Certificate (2) The certificate described in subsection (1) must be signed by the provincial offences officer who obtained the document or copy of the document from a government, person or entity described in that subsection and attached to the document or copy. 2015, c. 14, s. 57. Signature (3) The signature of the provincial offences officer on the certificate may be an original signature or an engraved, lithographed, printed or otherwise mechanically or electronically reproduced signature or facsimile signature. 2015, c. 14, s. 57. Information re officer’s position (4) The certificate must indicate the clause in the definition of “provincial offences officer” in subsection 1 (1) of the Provincial Offences Act that describes the provincial offences officer’s position as a provincial offences officer and, if his or her position is described in clause (f) of that definition, a copy of the designation must be reproduced in or attached to the certificate. 2015, c. 14, s. 57. Evidence attached to certificate of offence, certificate of parking infraction (5) Despite subsections (2) and (4), where evidence of the ownership of a vehicle obtained as described in subsection (1) is attached to a certificate of offence or to a certificate of parking infraction, (a)  the certificate that is required by subsection (1) may be attached to the certificate of offence or to the certificate of parking infraction or filed as a separate document; and (b)  the copy of the provincial offences officer’s designation that is required by subsection (4) to be reproduced in or attached to the certificate that is required by subsection (1) may be attached to the certificate of offence or to the certificate of parking infraction or filed as a separate document. 2015, c. 14, s. 57. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2015, c. 14, s. 57
- 01/01/2016 2017, c. 9, s. 10
- 01/12/2019; 2017, c. 26, Sched. 4, s. 25 - 01/09/2020