The 2025 Annotated Ontario Highway Traffic Act, Print and ProView eBook

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The 2025 Edition of the Annotated Ontario Highway Traffic Act updates all relevant Highway Traffic Act cases, all legislation, including legislation not net proclaimed, and all regulatory activity.This edition includes amendments made to the Highway Traffic Act by the following amending instruments:Get It Done Act, 2024, S.O. 2024, c. 9 (former Bill 162);An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act, S.O. 2024, c. 21 (former Bill 197);An Act to enact two Acts and to amend various Acts with respect to public safety and the justice system, S.O. 2024, c. 27 (former Bill 223);Cutting Red Tape, Building Ontario Act, 2024, S.O. 2024, c. 28 (former Bill 227)Recent case law introduced to the annotations of the legislation in the new edition include the following:Abara v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles (2024, Ontario) -- According to the court, subsection 204(3) does not require an adjudicator to consider whether a medical suspension from driving had been made in good faith.Brampton (City) v. Comrie (2023, Ontario) -- Although the Act prohibits stunt-driving on a highway , the court found Ontario Regulation 455/07, s. 5, to include in the offence such driving in a parking lot.Gregory v. R.M.V. (2024, Prince Edward Island) -- When reviewing a Registrar's cancellation of a licence for health reasons, the court need not consider hardship to, inconvenience to, or the number of years of driving experience had by the licence-holder.Kawartha Lakes (City) v. Kaszina (2024, Ontario) -- The Crown provided the defence with a letter indicating the officer had been qualified to operate the radar, and the court found no further proof of his level of qualification to be necessary.R. v. Holliday (2024, British Columbia) -- Since the officer had misinformed of no legal consequence to pleading guilty, the impact of demerit points led the court to strike the accused's plea and to order a new trial.