Marginal note:Exceptions for certain importations
7 (1) Sections 5 and 6 do not apply in respect of the importation of a vehicle or equipment if
(a) the person importing the vehicle or equipment makes a declaration in the prescribed form and manner that the vehicle or equipment will be used in Canada solely for purposes of exhibition, demonstration, evaluation or testing and will remain in Canada for not longer than one year or such other period as the Minister specifies in relation to the vehicle or equipment; or
(b) the vehicle or equipment is being imported exclusively for use by a visitor to Canada or by a person passing through Canada to another country.
Marginal note:Vehicles purchased in United States
(2) Except as otherwise provided by the regulations, a vehicle that has been sold at the retail level in the United States and that fails to satisfy an applicable requirement of section 5 or 6 may be imported into Canada notwithstanding that section if the person importing the vehicle makes a declaration in the prescribed form and manner that, before the vehicle is presented for registration under the laws of a province, the vehicle
(a) will be made to conform to that requirement; and
(b) will be certified in the prescribed form and manner to so conform by such person as may be designated by the regulations.
Marginal note:Change in standard since manufacture
(3) A vehicle that does not conform to a standard prescribed for vehicles of its class at the time of its main assembly may be imported notwithstanding section 5 or 6 if, at the time of its importation, the standard is no longer in effect and
(a) the vehicle conforms to the corresponding standard prescribed for vehicles of its class at that time; or
(b) there is no corresponding standard at that time.
Marginal note:Imported vehicles
(4) A vehicle that is imported into Canada must conform to the standard prescribed for the class of equivalent non-imported vehicle, or made to conform to this standard prior to the presentation for registration under the laws of a province.
Marginal note:Declarations binding
(5) No person who makes a declaration referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or subsection (2) in respect of a vehicle or equipment shall use or dispose of the vehicle or equipment in a manner contrary to the terms of that declaration.
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