BILL 24
An Act to Amend An Act to
Amend the Motor Vehicle Act
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, enacts as follows:
1 Section
2 of An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicle Act, chapter 33 of the Acts
of New Brunswick, 2010, is amended
(a) in section 265.01 as enacted by section 2 by repealing the
definition “display screen”;
(b) in section 265.03 as enacted by section 2
(i) by repealing paragraph (c) and substituting
the following:
(c) who uses a hand-operated electronic device
while operating a motor vehicle on a highway if it is configured and
equipped to be used as a hands-free telephone, used in a hands-free
manner, and used exclusively by voice commands or by touching the
device only once to initiate or accept a telephone call and only once
to end it, while all other actions in relation to the call are performed
exclusively by voice commands,
(ii) by adding after paragraph (d) the following:
(d.1) who uses a two-way radio while operating
a commercial vehicle as defined in section 265.1 on a highway,
(iii) in paragraph (f) by striking out “global
positioning system” and substituting “portable
global positioning system”;
(c) by repealing subsection 265.04(2) as enacted by section
2 and substituting the following:
265.04(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply to a person
(a) who is operating an authorized emergency
vehicle on a highway,
(b) who is operating a taxi on a highway,
(c) who is employed by a telecommunications
enterprise and who, in the course of his or her duties or employment,
operates on a highway a motor vehicle with a computer screen that
is visible to the driver and monitors service levels and disruptions,
or
(d) who is operating a motor vehicle on a highway
with a built-in display screen that is visible to the driver if the
screen is installed by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle or according
to the manufacturer’s instructions and the screen meets any
of the following criteria:
(i) displays information on the condition,
the status of various systems or in the immediate environment of the
motor vehicle;
(ii) displays information on road or weather
conditions; or
(iii) functions as a global positioning
system navigation device.
(d) in section 265.05 as enacted by section 2
(i) by repealing paragraph (d);
(ii) in paragraph (f) by striking out “from
the application of this Part” and substituting “from
the application of this Part or any provision of it”.