Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations (SOR/2005-313)
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Regulations are current to 2021-04-05 and last amended on 2020-11-03. Previous Versions
Interpretation (continued)
1.1 (1) For the purposes of these Regulations, every reference to “HOS Regulations” in the Technical Standard shall be read as a reference to these Regulations.
(2) [Repealed, SOR/2020-240, s. 1]
(3) [Repealed, SOR/2020-240, s. 1]
(4) [Repealed, SOR/2020-240, s. 1]
- SOR/2019-165, s. 2
- SOR/2020-240, s. 1
Application
2 (1) These Regulations apply to all commercial vehicles other than the following:
(a) a two or three-axle commercial vehicle being used for
(i) transporting the primary products of a farm, forest, sea or lake, if the driver or the motor carrier is the producer of the products, or
(ii) a return trip after transporting the primary products of a farm, forest, sea or lake, if the vehicle is empty or is transporting products used in the principal operation of a farm, forest, sea or lake;
(b) an emergency vehicle; and
(c) a vehicle engaged in providing relief in the case of a public welfare emergency, as that expression is defined in section 5 of the Emergencies Act.
(d) [Repealed, SOR/2009-157, s. 1]
(e) [Repealed, SOR/2019-165, s. 3]
(2) [Repealed, SOR/2019-165, s. 3]
- SOR/2009-157, s. 1
- SOR/2019-165, s. 3
Directors
3 (1) The minister responsible for highway safety in a province may designate a person to exercise in the province the duties and functions of a director for the purposes of these Regulations.
(2) A director may designate inspectors for the purposes of these Regulations.
Responsibilities of Motor Carriers, Shippers, Consignees and Drivers
4 No motor carrier, shipper, consignee or other person shall request, require or allow a driver to drive and no driver shall drive if
(a) [Repealed, SOR/2019-165, s. 4]
(b) driving would be likely to jeopardize the safety or health of the public, the driver or the employees of the motor carrier;
(c) the driver is the subject of an out-of-service declaration; or
(d) the driver, in doing so, would not be in compliance with these Regulations.
- SOR/2019-165, s. 4
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Travelling as a Passenger — Off-duty Time
10 If a driver who has, at the request of the motor carrier by whom the driver is employed or otherwise engaged, spent time travelling as a passenger, by any mode of transportation, to the destination at which the driver will begin driving takes 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time before beginning to drive, the time spent as a passenger shall be counted as off-duty time.
- SOR/2020-240, s. 2
Scheduling — Driving South of Latitude 60°N
Application
11 Sections 12 to 29 apply in respect of driving south of latitude 60°N.
Daily Driving and On-duty Time
12 (1) No motor carrier shall request, require or allow a driver to drive and no driver shall drive after the driver has accumulated 13 hours of driving time in a day.
(2) No motor carrier shall request, require or allow a driver to drive and no driver shall drive after the driver has accumulated 14 hours of on-duty time in a day.
Mandatory Off-duty Time
13 (1) No motor carrier shall request, require or allow a driver to drive and no driver shall drive after the driver has accumulated 13 hours of driving time unless the driver takes at least 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time before driving again.
(2) No motor carrier shall request, require or allow a driver to drive and no driver shall drive after the driver has accumulated 14 hours of on-duty time unless the driver takes at least 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time before driving again.
(3) No motor carrier shall request, require or allow a driver to drive and no driver shall drive after 16 hours of time have elapsed between the conclusion of the most recent period of 8 or more consecutive hours of off-duty time and the beginning of the next period of 8 or more consecutive hours of off-duty time.
Daily Off-duty Time
14 (1) A motor carrier shall ensure that a driver takes and the driver shall take at least 10 hours of off-duty time in a day.
(2) Off-duty time other than the mandatory 8 consecutive hours may be distributed throughout the day in blocks of no less than 30 minutes each.
(3) The total amount of off-duty time taken by a driver in a day shall include at least 2 hours of off-duty time that does not form part of a period of 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time required by section 13.
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Deferral of Daily Off-duty Time
16 Despite sections 12 and 14, a driver who is not splitting off-duty time in accordance with section 18 or 19 may defer a maximum of 2 hours of the daily off-duty time to the following day if
(a) the off-duty time deferred is not part of the mandatory 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time;
(b) the total off-duty time taken in the 2 days is at least 20 hours;
(c) the off-duty time deferred is added to the 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time taken in the second day;
(d) the total driving time in the 2 days does not exceed 26 hours; and
(e) there is a declaration in the “Remarks” section of the daily log that states that the driver is deferring off-duty time under this section and that clearly indicates whether the driver is driving under day one or day two of that time.
Ferries
17 Despite sections 13 and 14, a driver travelling by a ferry crossing that takes more than 5 hours is not required to take the mandatory 8 consecutive hours of off-duty time if
(a) the time spent resting in a sleeper berth while waiting at the terminal to board the ferry, in rest accommodations on the ferry and at a rest stop that is no more than 25 km from the point of disembarkation from the ferry combine to total a minimum of 8 hours;
(b) the hours are recorded in the daily log as off-duty time spent in a sleeper berth;
(c) the driver retains, as a supporting document, the receipt for the crossing and rest accommodation fees; and
(d) the supporting document coincides with the daily log entries.
Splitting of Daily Off-duty Time — Single Driver
18 (1) A driver who is driving a commercial vehicle fitted with a sleeper berth may meet the mandatory off-duty time and daily off-duty time requirements of sections 13 and 14 by accumulating off-duty time in no more than 2 periods if
(a) neither period of off-duty time is shorter than 2 hours;
(b) the total of the 2 periods of off-duty time is at least 10 hours;
(c) the off-duty time is spent resting in the sleeper berth;
(c.1) the sleeper berth meets the requirements of Schedule 1;
(d) the total of the driving time in the periods immediately before and after each of the periods of off-duty time does not exceed 13 hours;
(e) the elapsed time in the periods immediately before and after each of the periods of off-duty time does not include any driving time after the 16th hour after the driver comes on-duty;
(f) none of the daily off-duty time is deferred to the next day; and
(g) the total of the on-duty time in the periods immediately before and after each of the periods of off-duty time referred to in paragraph (b) does not include any driving time after the 14th hour.
(2) The 16th hour is calculated by
(3) [Repealed, SOR/2019-165, s. 6]
- SOR/2019-165, s. 6
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