jswizzle3737/ontario_laws_and_regs huggingface dataset:
1. In this Regulation, “emergency” means a situation that constitutes a danger to life or property; “employee” means, (a) a person employed in the service of the Crown or any agency of the Crown, (b) a police officer, conservation officer or other person appointed for the preservation and maintenance of the public peace or any officer appointed for enforcing or carrying out the provisions of this Act or the Off-Road Vehicles Act, (c) an employee of a fire department as defined in the Fire Departments Act and a volunteer firefighter as defined in that Act, (d) an employee of an ambulance service as defined in the Ambulance Act, (e) an employee of a county, metropolitan municipality, regional municipality, district municipality, city, town, village, township, improvement district or a local board as defined in the Municipal Affairs Act, (f) an employee of a board, commission or other local authority exercising any power with respect to municipal affairs or purposes, (g) an employee or agent of the operator of a water works, gas works, electric heat, light or power works, telegraph and telephone lines, railways, street railways or works for the transmission of gas, oil, water or electrical power or energy or any similar works supplying the general public with necessaries or conveniences; “off-road vehicle” means the same as in the Off-Road Vehicles Act; “serviced roadway” means the part of a highway that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic, and the shoulder of the highway, and if a highway includes two or more separate serviced roadways, “serviced roadway” refers to each serviced roadway separately and not to all of the serviced roadways collectively. O. Reg. 195/97, s. 1. Public Work Function
Public Work Function
2. (1) Parts II, IV or VI of the Act do not apply to prevent an employee who is complying with this section from driving an off-road vehicle on a highway in the course of his or her employment duties or in responding to an emergency so long as the vehicle is not driven on the serviced roadway portion of the highway. (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), an employee may drive an off-road vehicle on a serviced roadway where there is no non-serviced roadway portion of the highway or where the non-serviced roadway portion of the highway is obstructed so that it cannot be used by the vehicle. (3) A vehicle driven on a serviced roadway must be driven as far to the side of the serviced roadway as it is safe and practical to do. (4) An off-road vehicle shall not be driven on any of the serviced roadway portions of the highways listed in Schedule A. O. Reg. 195/97, s. 2. Far Northern Ontario
Far Northern Ontario
3. (1) Parts II, IV or VI of the Act do not apply to prevent a person who is complying with this section from driving an off-road vehicle on a highway in the areas designated in Schedule B so long as the vehicle is not driven on the serviced roadway portion of the highway. (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the vehicle may be driven on the serviced roadway portion of a highway where there is no non-serviced roadway portion of the highway or where the non-serviced roadway portion of the highway is obstructed so that it cannot be used by the vehicle. (3) A vehicle driven on a serviced roadway must be driven as far to the side of the serviced roadway as it is safe and practical to do. (4) No person shall drive an off-road vehicle on a serviced roadway of a King’s Highway or a secondary highway in the areas designated in Schedule B. (5) This section does not apply to allow a person who does not hold a valid driver’s licence or does not hold a valid motorized snow vehicle operator’s licence and is 16 years of age or older to drive an off-road vehicle on a highway. O. Reg. 195/97, s. 3. General
General
4. No person shall operate an off-road vehicle unless he or she complies with the requirements of the Off-Road Vehicles Act and the regulations made under that Act that would apply if the vehicle were being operated off the highway. O. Reg. 195/97, s. 4.
General
5. No person shall drive an off-road vehicle on a highway while carrying passengers unless the vehicle is specifically designed by the manufacturer with a seating capacity for the number of passengers carried. O. Reg. 195/97, s. 5.