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Document ID (ISN)19169
CIS number 73-634
ISSN - Serial title 0045-4206 - Canada Gazette - Gazette du Canada
Year 1972
Convention or series no. DORS/72-430 SOR/72-430
Author(s)
(Ministère du travail, Ottawa)
Title Regulations respecting the hours of service for motor vehicle operators engaged in inter-provincial trade or the transportation of mail and the returns to be made by motor carriers (Canada motor vehicles operators hours of service regulations)
Original title Règlement concernant la durée du service des conducteurs de véhicules automobiles occupés au commerce interprovincial ou au transport du courrier et les rapports exigés des transporteurs routiers (Règlement du Canada sur la durée du service des conducteurs de véhicules automobiles) [in French]
Bibliographic information 25 Oct. 1972, Part II, Vol.106, No.20, p.1885-1895.
Abstract Issued pursuant to the Canada Labour Code, Part IV (Safety of Employees), these regulations apply to the hours of service for motor vehicle operators engaged in inter-provincial trade or the transportation of mail (with certain exceptions such as disaster relief) and the returns to be made by motor carriers. Except in certain circumstances, operators must not commence a workshift without at least 8 consecutive hours of duty. Hours of service are limited on 10h driving and 10h total duty in a workshift to a maximum of 60h on duty during a work week, unless precluded by unusual operational requirements; mechanical failure, special cargoes; adverse road, traffic, weather conditions. Operators daily logs and carriers' records of operators' hours of service must be maintained. Replaced by CIS 86-1483.
Descriptors (primary) Canada; road transport; hours of work
Descriptors (secondary) conditions of work; work time schedules; workbreaks; prohibited work; replaced; law; work-rest schedules
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceCanada
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Hours of work
Road transportation