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B.C. Reg. 97/2012
O.C. 261/2012
Deposited April 30, 2012
effective June 1, 2012
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Motor Vehicle Act

Designation of Motorcycle
Safety Helmets Regulation

[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 179/2019, July 19, 2019]

Motorcycle safety helmet standards

1   For the purposes of section 194 of the Motor Vehicle Act, a motorcycle safety helmet that meets at least one of the following requirements is designated as an approved motorcycle safety helmet:

(a) certification in accordance with the Snell Memorial Foundation 2005 Standard for Protective Headgear For Use with Motorcycles and Other Motorized Vehicles, as amended from time to time before or after the making of this regulation;

(b) certification in accordance with the Snell Memorial Foundation 2010 Standard for Protective Headgear For Use with Motorcycles and Other Motorized Vehicles, as amended from time to time before or after the making of this regulation;

(b.1) certification in accordance with the Snell Memorial Foundation 2015 Standard for Protective Headgear For Use with Motorcycles and Other Motorized Vehicles, as amended from time to time before or after the making of this regulation;

(b.2) certification in accordance with the Snell Memorial Foundation 2020 Standard for Protective Headgear For Use with Motorcycles and Other Motorized Vehicles, as amended from time to time before or after the making of this regulation;

(c) conformance with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 218; Motorcycle helmets (United States of America), also known as FMVSS 218 (49 CFR 571.218), as amended from time to time before or after the making of this regulation;

(d) approved in accordance with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) ECE Regulation No. 22 – Uniform provisions concerning the approval of protective helmets and of their visors for drivers and passengers of motor cycles and mopeds, as amended from time to time before or after the making of this regulation.

[am. B.C. Regs. 56/2015; 179/2019.]

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 318, ss. 194 and 210.]