Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

5.1 (1) Notwithstanding section 4 of the Act, a manufacturer may ship from one province to another, or deliver to any person for the purpose of so shipping, a vehicle of a prescribed class manufactured in Canada that does not bear the national safety mark if

• (a) the manufacturer files with the Minister a declaration, signed by that person or that person’s duly authorized representative, setting out the information referred to in subsection (2);

• (b) the vehicle is being shipped or delivered for the purpose of exhibition, demonstration, evaluation or testing; and

• (c) the vehicle is destroyed or returned to the province of origin within one year.

(2) A declaration made pursuant to subsection (1) shall set out the following information:

• (a) the name and address of the manufacturer of the vehicle;

• (b) the month and year the vehicle was manufactured;

• (c) the class, make, model and vehicle identification number of the vehicle;

• (d) the use to be made of the vehicle;

• (e) the estimated period of time the vehicle will be used on public roads;

• (f) whether the vehicle will be destroyed or returned to the province of origin after completion of the purpose for which it was shipped or delivered; and

• (g) the date the vehicle will be destroyed or returned to the province of origin.

(3) The declarations made in accordance with subsection (2)

• (a) shall be filed prior to shipping or delivering the vehicle; or

• (b) in the case of a company whose world production of vehicles is 2,500 or more a year, may be filed with the Minister quarterly.