Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. M-9)
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Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act
R.S.C., 1985, c. M-9
An Act respecting motor vehicle fuel consumption standards
SHORT TITLE
Marginal note:Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Standards Act.
- 1980-81-82-83, c. 113, s. 1.
INTERPRETATION
Marginal note:Definitions
2. In this Act,
“company”
« compagnie »
“company” means a person
(a) engaged in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles in Canada,
(b) engaged in the business of importing motor vehicles into Canada, or
(c) engaged in the business of selling to other persons, principally for the purpose of resale, motor vehicles obtained directly from a person described in paragraph (a) or his agent;
“company average fuel consumption”
« moyenne de consommation de carburant d’une compagnie »
“company average fuel consumption” means, in relation to a given company, the average fuel consumption of all motor vehicles of a prescribed class, calculated in accordance with section 10;
“fuel”
« carburant »
“fuel” means gasoline, diesel oil or any other combustible matter and includes any other prescribed form of energy;
“fuel consumption”
« consommation de carburant »
“fuel consumption” means the quantity of fuel used by a motor vehicle when driven a given distance;
“fuel consumption number”
« cote de consommation de carburant »
“fuel consumption number” means a number that represents the fuel consumption of a motor vehicle under controlled test conditions;
“fuel consumption standard”
« norme de consommation de carburant »
“fuel consumption standard” means a standard prescribed pursuant to section 3;
“inspector”
« inspecteur »
“inspector” means a person designated as an inspector pursuant to subsection 23(1);
“Minister”
« ministre »
“Minister” means the Minister of Transport;
“motor vehicle”
« véhicule automobile »
“motor vehicle” means any vehicle designed to be driven or drawn on roads by any means other than exclusively by muscular power, and includes pedal cycles with auxiliary motors, minibikes and motorized snow vehicles, but does not include any vehicle designed for running exclusively on rails;
“prescribed”
Version anglaise seulement“prescribed” means prescribed by regulation;
“year”
« année »
“year” means a calendar year.
- 1980-81-82-83, c. 113, s. 2.
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