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Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act

Government Bill

14th Assembly, 6th Session

Introduced on Feb. 17, 2003

Bill Sponsor

Events

Timeline of key legislative events

  • First Reading
    Completed Feb. 17, 2003 (Debate)
  • Second Reading
    Completed Feb. 18, 2003 (Debate)
  • Third Reading
    Completed June 6, 2003 (Debate)
  • Commissioner's Assent
    Completed June 13, 2003 (Debate)

    • Status

    Bill Text



    Discussion & Mentions

    Bill 16: Justice Administration Statutes Amendment Act, 2003
    Item 21: Third Reading Of Bills

    June 12th, 2003

    Page 1076


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    Commissioner Hansen

    Mr. Speaker, Premier and Members of the Legislative Assembly.

    I would like to commend you for your time, commitment and the amount of work you have been able to complete in this short session. Your legislative schedule has been intense. I'm sure each of you is looking forward to an opportunity to return to your constituencies across the Northwest Territories.

    As you do, I wish you Godspeed and safe travels. I hope that a good part of your summer will be spent in the surroundings of your families, friends, homes and communities.

    I urge you to take the time to stop and appreciate the beauty, the warmth, the uniqueness and the potential of this territory you collectively represent.

    At this time of year, many of our territory's young people are celebrating their graduation from high school - a sure sign of spring. Congratulations to all graduates.

    It was my pleasure to travel recently with the Honourable Ethel Blondin-Andrew up to Paulatuk to attend graduation ceremonies for three ladies: Mary Green, Irene Ruben, Molly Ruben -- all of whom graduated from the early childhood education program at Aurora College in Inuvik.

    For them, and for all graduates, the ceremony represents the realization of a dream, a time of transition, a time of change and a time to move forward. It was a big day.

    This month also marks the beginning of our summer assembly season. I hope that these occasions will be an opportunity for us to come together as people of the Northwest Territories and be a source of renewal and inspiration.

    On June 21st we will celebrate, with all Canadians, National Aboriginal Day. It is both fitting and a source of personal pride that in the Northwest Territories, we choose to acknowledge this day with a statutory holiday.

    The June 21st celebrations will provide a special opportunity for families to celebrate the values, traditions, languages and cultures of the Inuvialuit, Dene, Metis, and people who help define us as a territory.

    The NWT is a place that values healthy people and communities, a place where the system of governance reflects the rightful role of aboriginal governments, and a place where economic partnerships are flourishing among southern, northern and especially aboriginal companies.

    I encourage you all to join in the many cultural events and celebrations that are scheduled to take place across the NWT.

    As Commissioner I look forward to traveling this weekend to Inuvik to join in the celebrations for opening the new Inuvik Regional Hospital. Next week in Yellowknife, I am looking forward to attending the gala ball and musical ride celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Northwest Territories.

    I trust and hope that I will encounter many of you during these and my other travels.

    And now, as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, I am pleased to assent to the following Bills: Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act; Bill 10, An Act to Amend the Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act; Bill 12, Nursing Profession Act; Bill 13, Deh Cho Bridge Act; Bill 14, An Act to Amend the Public Service Act; Bill 15, An Act to Amend the Workers' Compensation Act; Bill 16, Justice Administration Statutes Amendment Act, 2003; Bill 17, An Act to Amend the Labour Standards Act; and, Bill 18, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2003-2004. Thank you.

    Bill 5: An Act To Amend The Motor Vehicles Act
    Item 21: Third Reading Of Bills

    June 5th, 2003

    Page 861


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    Joe Handley

    Joe Handley Weledeh

    Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

    Bill 5: An Act To Amend The Motor Vehicles Act
    Item 19: Second Reading Of Bills

    February 17th, 2003

    Page 139


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    Joe Handley

    Joe Handley Weledeh

    Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act, be read for the second time. Mr. Speaker, this bill amends the Motor Vehicles Act to provide that the driver's licence of a person who is licensed in the Territories will be suspended and that a person who holds a driver's licence issued in another jurisdiction will be disqualified from driving, if the person operates or has the care or control of a motor vehicle on a highway while the concentration of alcohol in his or her blood exceeds specified limits or if he or she fails or refuses to comply with a demand to provide a breath or blood sample. The length of the suspension or disqualification varies from 24 hours to 90 days, depending on the amount of alcohol in a person's blood, whether the person is a novice driver and whether the person has been subject to a previous suspension or disqualification. If a 90-day suspension or disqualification is imposed, the person is permitted to drive for seven days before it commences unless he or she is a novice driver.

    Persons who are convicted of criminal offences for impaired driving or failing or refusing to comply with a demand to provide a sample of breath or blood are prohibited from driving in the Territories. The period of the prohibition increases with each successive conviction in a 10-year period or if death is caused. There is an exception for persons who have been issued driver's licences by other jurisdictions after any prohibition period imposed by a judge or court in respect of the offence has expired.

    The registrar may require a person who has been subject to specified suspensions, disqualifications or prohibitions to satisfy conditions, including undergoing assessments and completing programs, before reinstating a person's driver's license or issuing a driver's licence to a person. If the registrar issues a driver's licence to such a person, the registrar may impose a condition upon the driver's licence that the person participates in a prescribed alcohol ignition interlock device program.

    The bill provides for the 30-day seizure of a motor vehicle that is driven by a person who is disqualified from driving because he or she was convicted of an offence in respect of operating or having the care or control of a motor vehicle while impaired or of failing or refusing to supply a sample of breath or blood under the Criminal Code.

    The bill authorizes the enactment of regulations to establish a graduated driver's licence program. It also amends the act to provide that a person is not entitled by right to a driver's licence. A number of other minor amendments are made to this act. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

    Bill 5: An Act To Amend The Motor Vehicles Act
    Item 18: First Reading Of Bills

    February 16th, 2003

    Page 108


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    Joe Handley

    Joe Handley Weledeh

    Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.