64 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations respecting any matter necessary or advisable to effectively carry out the intent and purpose of this Act and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may make regulations, (a)  governing anything referred to as being prescribed or anything that is required or permitted to be done in accordance with the regulations or otherwise as provided by the regulations; (b)  further defining or clarifying the definitions of “towing”, “towing services” and “vehicle storage yard facility” in section 1; (c)  defining any word or expression used in this Act that has not already been expressly defined in this Act; (d)  governing certificates and their issuance, renewal, suspension and cancellation, including, (i)  governing applications for issuance or renewal, (ii)  establishing and governing classes in relation to tow certificates, tow driver’s certificates or vehicle storage certificates, (iii)  governing qualifications and requirements for a certificate, (iv)  governing conditions that may be attached to a certificate, subject to subsection 6 (2), (v)  if the Director determines that the holders of two or more tow operator certificates, tow driver’s certificates or vehicle storage certificates, as the case may be, are related persons as determined by the regulations, providing for steps that the Director may or shall take, and specifying other consequences, in relation to the certificates held by those persons, (vi)  establishing and governing procedures for the purposes of section 8, (vii)  providing for an appeal from a decision referred to in subsection 9 (1) to a person or entity specified by the regulations, including specifying circumstances in which a decision may not be appealed, and governing such appeals, including specifying the parties to an appeal, the powers of the prescribed person or entity in the appeal, and circumstances in which an appeal does not operate as a stay of the decision; (e)  prescribing and governing requirements and standards for the purposes of each of sections 11, 12 and 15, including, as applicable, requirements and standards respecting, (i)  the manner in which towing services or vehicle storage services shall be provided or offered, (ii)  equipment on, or the use of any equipment or other thing on or in, tow trucks or vehicle storage yard facilities, (iii)  security requirements respecting tow trucks, towed vehicles or vehicle storage yard facilities, (iv)  words, phrases, signs and markings and other information to be displayed on tow trucks or in vehicle storage yard facilities, and the timing and manner of their display, (v)  the storage, display and provision of copies of a certificate, (vi)  changes in a certificate holder’s name, or in any other information respecting the holder, that is specified by the regulations; (f)  for the purposes of section 14, requiring police officers and inspectors to keep records of impoundments for a specified period of time and to report specified information with respect to the impoundments to the Director, and governing such records and reports; (g)  governing consent to towing services and vehicle storage services; (h)  governing estimates and invoicing for towing services and vehicle storage services, including setting out and governing requirements respecting invoices and receipts; (i)  Repealed: 2023, c. 9, Sched. 36, s. 28 (4). (j)  governing the refund of amounts under subsection 32 (2); (k)  governing the provision of information to persons who request or receive towing services or vehicle storage services; (l)  for the purposes of section 37, (i)  establishing and governing a process for making, reviewing and dealing with complaints, (ii)  providing for the referral of complaints to a specified complaint resolution process and governing that process, (iii)  respecting the sanctions that may be imposed, and actions that may be taken, by the Director under clause 37 (1) (d), (iv)  providing for an appeal of a sanction imposed or action taken by the Director to a person or entity specified by the regulations and governing such appeals, including specifying the parties to an appeal and the powers of the prescribed person or entity in the appeal, and whether the appeal operates as a stay of the sanction or action; (m)  establishing a standard form of agreement for towing services or vehicle storage services and requiring and governing its use; (n)  for the purposes of section 41, (i)  designating restricted towing zones, (ii)  prescribing municipalities that may designate restricted towing zones, (iii)  governing the erection of signs and the placing of markings to indicate a restricted towing zone and governing such signs and markings, (iv)  providing that any power that may be exercised, or duty that shall be performed, by the Director in relation to restricted towing zones may be exercised or shall be performed by a municipality prescribed under subclause (ii) with respect to a restricted towing zone designated by the municipality, subject to such modifications as the regulations may specify, and governing the exercise and performance of the powers and duties; (o)  governing the designation of dispatch services for the purposes of section 44 and governing their use, including requiring registration with a dispatch service or requiring that specified documents or information be provided to a specified person or entity for the purposes of a dispatch service; (p)  governing administrative penalties for the purposes of section 45; (q)  prescribing additional powers and duties of the Director; (r)  governing the making of information public by the Director under section 51; (s)  prescribing fees for anything that may or must be done under this Act and requiring and governing their payment; (t)  governing the use of electronic documents for the purposes of this Act, including, (i)  the use, issuance, creation, recording, storage, transmission, copying, display, appearance, form or content of electronic documents, (ii)  governing the sending and receipt of documents and information by email, including requiring that a certificate holder or any other person specified by the regulations maintain an email address and specifying requirements respecting the maintaining of such an email address; (t.1)  providing that any Part or provision of this Act, or any regulation or provision of a regulation, applies to a specified class of vehicles in addition to the motor vehicles that the Part, provision or regulation otherwise applies to, prescribing modifications to that Part, provision or regulation for any such application and prescribing conditions and circumstances for any such application; (u)  providing for exemptions from this Act or any of its provisions, or that a provision of this Act does not apply, and prescribing circumstances and conditions for any such exemption or non-application; (v)  governing such transitional matters as the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to facilitate the implementation of this Act or to deal with any problems or issues arising as a result of the enactment or application of this Act. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 3, s. 64 (1); 2023, c. 9, Sched. 36, s. 28. Same, administrative penalties (2) Clause (1) (p) may include regulations, (a)  respecting the determination of penalties that may be imposed under section 45, including, (i)  prescribing the amount of a penalty, or a method for calculating the amount, and prescribing different penalties or ranges of penalties for different types of contraventions or failures to comply and different penalties or ranges of penalties depending on specified criteria, (ii)  authorizing a prescribed person to determine the amount of a penalty, if the amount of the penalty or method for calculating the amount of the penalty is not prescribed, and prescribing criteria that may or must be considered when making an order under subsection 45 (2), (iii)  authorizing that a penalty may be imposed for each day or part of a day on which a contravention or failure to comply continues, (iv)  prescribing a lesser maximum penalty and the provisions of this Act or of the regulations to which the lesser maximum penalty applies, for the purpose of subsection 45 (10), (v)  authorizing higher penalties, not exceeding the maximum penalty established under subsection 45 (10) or prescribed under subclause (iv), for a second or subsequent contravention or failure to comply; (b)  governing the payment of penalties, including requiring that a penalty be paid before a specified deadline, and authorizing the Director to approve a plan of periodic payments that extends beyond the deadline; (c)  authorizing the imposition of late payment fees respecting penalties that are not paid before the specified deadline, including graduated late payment fees, and providing that such fees are included as part of the penalty for enforcement purposes; (d)  prescribing and governing procedures for making and serving an order under section 45, including prescribing rules for service and prescribing the day on which an order is deemed to have been received; (e)  governing the appeal of an order under subsection 45 (7); (f)  providing for anything necessary or advisable for carrying out the intent and purposes of section 45. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 3, s. 64 (2). Same, regulations governing appeals (3) For greater certainty, regulations made under subsection (1) governing appeals may include regulations, (a)  establishing procedures for commencing and conducting an appeal; (b)  establishing time limits for the stages of an appeal and authorizing the person or entity hearing the appeal to extend any time limit; (c)  prescribing that an appeal must or may be conducted orally, electronically or in writing or authorizing the person or entity hearing the appeal to make that determination; (d)  establishing criteria to be considered and criteria not to be considered by the person or entity hearing the appeal when making a determination on the appeal. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 3, s. 64 (3). Same, classes (4) For greater certainty, regulations made under subsection (1) may be made with respect to any class that may be prescribed under subclause (1) (d) (ii) or any other class of person, place or thing. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 3, s. 64 (4). Same, transitional regulations (5) In the event of a conflict between a regulation made under clause (1) (v) and this Act, the regulation prevails. 2021, c. 26, Sched. 3, s. 64 (5). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2023, c. 9, Sched. 36, s. 1 - 01/01/2024; 2023, c. 9, Sched. 36, s. 28 (1-5) - 01/07/2023 65-68 Omitted (amends, repeals or revokes other legislation). 69 Omitted
(provides for coming into force of provisions of this Act). 70 Omitted (enacts short title of this Act). ______________  Français