Bill C-73 · 41th Parliament · Stephen Harper
Dangerous and Impaired Driving Act
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences in relation to conveyances) and the Criminal Records Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Government bill. Died when Parliament ended.
- IntroducedJune 16, 2015
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- Stephen HarperPrime Minister
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What it set out to do
On 16 June 2015, the Minister of Justice introduced Bill C-73, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences in relation to conveyances) and the Criminal Records Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (Dangerous and Impaired Driving Act), in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. Bill C-73 amends the provisions of the Criminal Code that govern offences in relation to conveyances. The amendments, among other things, • harmonize the prohibitions and penalties for offences in relation to the operation of conveyances; • increase the penalties for repeat offences in relation to the operation of conveyances; • modernize the procedures for determining whether a person’s ability to operate a conveyance is impaired by a drug, and for analyzing breath samples to determine a person’s blood alcohol concentration; • provide for rules governing the disclosure of information with respect to the results of analyzing breath samples; and • recognize that evaluating officers are experts in determining whether a person’s ability to operate a conveyance is impaired by a drug. • The enactment also amends the Criminal Records Act to remove the offences of impaired driving and …
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