B.C. Reg. 225/2004, deposited May 21, 2004, pursuant to the INDUSTRIAL ROADS ACT [Section 28]. Order in Council 524/2004, approved and ordered May 20, 2004.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Vehicular Traffic on Industrial Roads Regulation, B.C. Reg. 450/59, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— K. FALCON, Minister of Transportation; G. CAMPBELL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 Section 1 of the Vehicular Traffic On Industrial Roads Regulations, B.C. Reg. 450/59, is repealed.

2 Section 2 is amended

(a) by repealing the definitions of "access road", "cat road", "company", "construction site", "equipment", "industrial road", "minister", "ministry", "motor vehicle", "road", "tote road" and "traffic", and

(b) by repealing the definition of "Act" and substituting the following:

"Act" means the Industrial Roads Act; .

3 Sections 9, 41, 54 (c), 60 and 67 are amended by striking out "company" wherever it appears and substituting "industrial road administrator".

4 Section 45 is repealed and the following substituted:

Operator's obligations

45 (1) If a motor vehicle is or is to be operated on an industrial road, the operator of the motor vehicle must

(a) ensure that the motor vehicle is in a safe operating condition before and during its operation on the industrial road, and

(b) if, for any reason, the motor vehicle is not in a safe operating condition,

(i) notify the industrial road administrator, and

(ii) refrain from operating the motor vehicle on the industrial road until the problem is rectified.

(2) If a motor vehicle that is operating on an industrial road is carrying a load, the operator of the motor vehicle must perform a running brake test before operating the motor vehicle down a heavy grade.

5 Sections 46 to 48, 51, 55, 56, 58 and 61 to 65 are repealed.

6 Section 69 is repealed and the following substituted:

Meeting school bus

69 (1) In this section, "school bus" means a bus that displays, on the bus or on a sign attached to the bus, wording designating the bus as a school bus.

(2) The driver of a motor vehicle on an industrial road who encounters a school bus that has stopped on the industrial road must, if there is, on or near the school bus, a sign or signal indicating that the school bus is receiving or discharging school children, stop the motor vehicle before reaching the school bus and not proceed until

(a) the school bus resumes motion, or

(b) the driver of the school bus signals to the driver of the motor vehicle that it is safe for the driver of the motor vehicle to proceed.

7 Sections 70 to 83 are repealed.

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