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Transport Act

The Transport Act is a law of Québec. As part of its mandate, the SAAQ enforces certain aspects of this law, which falls mainly under the responsibility of the Ministère des Transports.

The Transport Act in brief

This Québec law establishes rules that govern:

• modes of transportation
• the transportation of passengers, e.g. bus transport and transportation of school children
• the transportation of goods

The Canada Transportation Act (S.C. 1996, c. 10), governs transportation on a national basis.

To consult the Act and its Order in Council

• Transport Act (CQLR, c. T12)
• Order in Council concerning exclusion of certain goods and materials from the definition of "motor freight transportation" (T12, r. 5)

To consult the attendant regulations

• Regulation respecting the requirements for bills of lading (T12, r. 6)
• Regulation respecting the requirements applicable to shipping documents (T12, r. 7)
• Regulation respecting the training of drivers of buses and minibuses used for the transportation of schoolchildren and of vehicles used for the transportation of schoolchildren (T12, r. 8)
• Bus Leasing Regulation (T12, r. 10)
• Bus Transport Regulation (T12, r. 16)
• Regulation respecting road vehicles used for the transportation of school children (T12, r. 17)
• Règlement sur l'accroissement temporaire du nombre d'autobus affectés au transport des touristes transitant par les aéroports internationaux de Montréal, l'aéroport international Jean-Lesage et les ports de Montréal et de Québec (Order 927-2001 issued on August 9, 2001) (in French only) (PDF, 39.8 ko)This file does not meet the Web accessibility standard.

Last update: July  5, 2022