In this regulation:
Act means the Motor Vehicle Act;
passenger capacity means the number of persons, excluding the operator, carried by a pedicab;
pedicab means a cycle that
has a track width of not less than 1 metre,
has a passenger capacity of
not more than 3 persons when equipped with a cab only, or
not more than 5 persons when equipped with a cab and trailer,
is offered for hire with an operator, and
is operated under a current business licence issued by a municipality;
quadricycle means a cycle that
has a track width of not less than 1 metre,
has a rear track width that is greater than the height of the seat frame as measured from level ground to the seat frame,
is equipped with at least 2 sets of pedals for motive power,
is equipped with disc or drum brakes, and
is controlled by a single operator.
A bicycle safety helmet must have a label showing that the bicycle safety helmet meets one of the standards set out in section 1 of the Bicycle Safety Helmet Standards Regulation.
The following persons are exempt from the requirement under section 184 of the Act to wear a bicycle safety helmet:
a person for whom the wearing of a helmet would interfere with an essential religious practice;
the operator of, and each passenger carried by, a pedicab or quadricycle;
Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 305/99, s. 2 (b).]
a person who is in possession of, and produces on request to a peace officer, a valid and subsisting certificate issued by the superintendent on the recommendation of a medical practitioner certifying that the person is, for the period stated in the certificate, unable for medical reasons to wear a bicycle safety helmet;
a person under the age of 12 years who operates a non-chain driven 3 or 4 wheeled cycle which is designed for recreational use by children.