Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

11 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 5(1)(b) of the Act, a person that imports a vehicle of a prescribed class must, before importation, produce evidence that the vehicle conforms to the standards set out in these Regulations by providing the Minister with the following information:

• (a) the importer’s name, mailing address, telephone number, facsimile number and email address and, if the importer is a company, the contact information of a contact person at the company;

• (b) the name of the manufacturer of the vehicle;

• (c) the date on which the vehicle is to be presented for importation;

• (d) the prescribed class, make, model, model year and vehicle identification number of the vehicle;

• (e) the status of the vehicle;

• (f) the month and year of the date of manufacture of the vehicle; and

• (g) a statement indicating that the vehicle bears an information label or compliance label, as the case may be, or, if the importer is an individual, a statement from the manufacturer that the vehicle conformed to the standards — prescribed under these Regulations — that were applicable on the date of manufacture.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a person that imports at least 2,500 vehicles annually is not required to provide the information referred to in subsection (1) unless the Minister makes a written request and, in that case, the person must provide that information to the Minister within 30 days after the day on which the request is made.

(3) Subsection 5(3) of the Act does not apply to a vehicle sold at the retail level in the United States or a prescribed vehicle from Mexico, if the vehicle does not meet the condition set out in paragraph 7(2)(a) of the Act.

(4) A company that imports a vehicle under subsection 5(3) of the Act must provide the Minister, before importation, with the information referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (d) and the following information:

• (a) a list of the applicable requirements of these Regulations to which the vehicle does not conform;

• (b) a statement from the manufacturer that completed the main assembly of the vehicle indicating that the vehicle, when completed in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, will conform to the standards — prescribed under these Regulations — that were applicable on the date of manufacture;

• (c) a statement indicating that the vehicle will be completed in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions; and

• (d) the name of the company that will complete the vehicle.