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Snow Vehicles Regulations

made under Section 37 of the

Road Trails Act

S.N.S. 2023, c. 4

O.I.C. 2025-135 (effective May 6, 2025), N.S. Reg. 91/2025

Table of Contents

Please note: this table of contents is provided for convenience of reference and does not form part of the regulations.
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Citation

Definitions

Snow vehicle prescribed class of vehicle

Trail grooming prohibited

Stopping or parking on roadway or shoulder prohibited

Offences and penalties

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Citation

1        These regulations may be cited as the Snow Vehicles Regulations.

Definitions

2        In these regulations, “Act” means the Road Trails Act.

Snow vehicle prescribed class of vehicle

3        A snow vehicle is a prescribed class of vehicle for the purpose of Section 6 of the Act.

Trail grooming prohibited

4        Equipment used in the grooming of snow vehicle trails must not be used to conduct grooming maintenance on the roadway or shoulder of a designated trail.

Stopping or parking on roadway or shoulder prohibited

5        A person must not stop or park a snow vehicle on the roadway or shoulder of a designated trail.

Offences and penalties

6        (1)    A person who violates Section 4 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to the penalties provided for a category F offence in the Summary Proceedings Act.

 

          (2)    A person who violates Section 5 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to the penalties provided for a category F offence in the Summary Proceedings Act.

 

 

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Legislative History
Reference Tables

Snow Vehicles Regulations	N.S. Reg. 91/2025
Road Trails Act
Note:  The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Snow Vehicles Regulations made under the Road Trails Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue
91/2025	May 6, 2025	date specified	May 16, 2025

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added am. = amended	fc. = fee change ra. = reassigned		rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected		How affected
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Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

	Note	Effective date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S. Regulation	Title	In force date	Repealed date

Note:  Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this table.  It may not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.

 

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