Motor Vehicle Transport Act

Marginal note:Withdrawal of power to issue safety fitness certificates

• 9 (1) If the Minister is satisfied after consultation with the provinces that the provincial authority in a province is not issuing safety fitness certificates in accordance with this Act, the Minister may, by order, withdraw its power to issue such certificates.

• Marginal note:Effective date of withdrawal

  (2) An order made under subsection (1) takes effect on the date of its publication in the Canada Gazette.

• Marginal note:Undertaking that holds a certificate

  (3) An extra-provincial motor carrier undertaking that holds a safety fitness certificate issued by a provincial authority whose power to issue certificates under this section has been withdrawn shall, not later than sixty days after publication of an order made under subsection (1), file a declaration with another provincial authority that the undertaking is subject to supervision by it.