Exemptions under section 16. of the Motor Vehicle Transport Act

Pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Transport Act, the following exemptions from certain regulatory provisions of the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations have been granted. Each exemption granted was deemed to be in the public interest and includes terms and conditions that are intended to maintain an equivalent level of motor carrier safety. The exemption is available to qualified motor carriers who operate in an industry sector and are not just members of the applicant association. The affected jurisdictions were consulted before the Minister of Transport granted these exemptions:

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Active exemptions

Applicant: Driveaway-Towaway sector

Exemption from having to use an electronic logging device to monitor compliance with the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations

The purpose of this exemption is to allow eligible motor carriers and their drivers to record their record of duty status in accordance with either s. 77 or s. 82 of the Regulations, as an alternative to the mandatory use of an electronic logging device under s.77. This is being done to address material and operational problems presented by using electronic logging devices to monitor compliance with the Regulations in these specific sectors of the motor carrier industry.

Applicant: Canadian Association of Energy Contractors

Exemption from having to maintain or fill out a record of duty status under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations

The purpose of this exemption is to allow eligible motor carriers and their drivers to avoid the duplication of having to complete both a record of duty status and other industry documents, thereby making use of existing documentation to demonstrate compliance with the work limits, rest requirements, and record-keeping requirements.

Applicant: Canadian Pacific Railway

Exemption to allow an alternative to the on-duty time limit before having to take 24 hours off in cycle 2 under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian Pacific Railway and its maintenance of way workers who drive commercial vehicles as part of their duties to take larger periods of daily consecutive off-duty time as an alternative to meeting the mandatory off-duty time requirements of clause 27(b) of the Regulations.

Applicant: Fertilizer Canada

Exemption to allow an alternative to operating under the duty cycles established under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations

The purpose of this exemption is to allow extra-provincial truck undertakings and their drivers to operate under a more flexible work schedule as an alternative to the accumulation of on-duty hours by drivers under either cycle 1 or cycle 2.


Expired exemptions

Expired - Applicant: Driveaway Operations

Exemption from having to use an Electronic Logging Device (ELD) to maintain or fill out a record of duty status under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations

The purpose of this exemption is to allow eligible motor carriers and their drivers to record their record of duty status in accordance with s. 82 of the Regulations, rather than under s.77. This is being done to address material and operational problems presented by using electronic logging devices to monitor compliance with the Regulations in these specific sectors of the motor carrier industry.

Expired - Targeted Essential Freight Transport Exemption to Support the Emergency Response to wildfires in British Columbia and Yukon

Exemption to allow relief from the requirements established under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations

The purpose of this exemption is to support efforts by extra-provincial truck undertakings and their drivers to transport essential supplies and equipment, in direct assistance to the emergency relief efforts in response to the wildfires in British Columbia and Yukon.

Expired - Targeted Essential Freight Transport Exemption to Support the Emergency Response to wildfires in Alberta and Northwest Territories

Exemption to allow relief from the requirements established under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations

The purpose of this exemption is to support efforts by extra-provincial truck undertakings and their drivers to transport essential supplies and equipment, in direct assistance to the emergency relief efforts in response to the wildfires in Alberta and Northwest Territories.

Expired - Targeted Essential Freight Transport Exemption to Support the Emergency Response to wildfires in Nova Scotia

Exemption to allow relief from the requirements established under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations

The purpose of this exemption is to support efforts by extra-provincial truck undertakings and their drivers to transport essential supplies and equipment, in direct assistance to the emergency relief efforts in response to the wildfires in Nova Scotia.