National Capital Commission Traffic and Property Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1044)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-26

PART I

OPERATION OF VEHICLES

Registration and Permits

 No person shall operate a vehicle on a driveway unless

  • (a) he holds all the licences and permits that he is required to hold in order to operate the vehicle in the province and municipality in which the driveway is situated; and

  • (b) the vehicle is registered and equipped as required by the laws of the province and municipality in which the driveway is situated.

Compliance with Provincial and Municipal Laws

  •  (1) No person shall operate a vehicle, or cause or permit a vehicle that he has the right to control to be operated, on a driveway otherwise than in accordance with the laws of the province and municipality in which the driveway is situated.

  • (2) No person shall park a vehicle on a driveway except in compliance with the laws of the province and municipality in which the driveway is situated.

  • (3) In this section, the expression “laws of the province and municipality” does not include laws that are inconsistent with or repugnant to any of the provisions of these Regulations.

Traffic Control, Parking and Speed Limit

  •  (1) No person shall operate a vehicle on a driveway at a rate of speed, in kilometres per hour, that is greater than the speed posted.

  • (2) Where no rate of speed is posted on a driveway, no person shall operate a vehicle on that driveway at a rate of speed greater than 60 kilometres per hour.

  • (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), where traffic on a driveway is controlled by a peace officer, every person operating a vehicle on that driveway shall do so at the rate of speed indicated by that peace officer.

  • SOR/85-99, s. 1.

 No person shall operate or park a vehicle, or permit a vehicle under his control to remain parked, on property of the Commission otherwise than in accordance with the directions set out on a traffic sign or device erected under the authority of these Regulations and applicable to such person.

 Except as expressly authorized by the Commission, no person shall park a vehicle on any property of the Commission other than in an area designated by a sign or device erected under the authority of these Regulations as an area in which parking is permitted.

 Sections 5, 6 and 7 do not apply to

  • (a) operators of police vehicles engaged in the chase of persons charged with or suspected, on reasonable grounds, of being violators of the law; and

  • (b) operators of police vehicles, fire vehicles or ambulances who believe, on reasonable grounds, that the conduct that would otherwise be an offence is justified by an emergency.

 The operator of a vehicle and the person in control of a parked vehicle on any property of the Commission shall obey all reasonable instructions given by any peace officer.

Pedestrians

 No pedestrian shall proceed onto property of the Commission at a place where a sign or device has been erected under the authority of these Regulations otherwise than in accordance with the instructions indicated by such sign or device.