For-Hire Carrier Licensing Requirements

Attention Carriers / Operators applying for:

1. Permanent / Temporary / Trip / Special Operating Licences issued under the TTA and the Motor Vehicle Transport Act (MVTA)
2. Competency Certificates
3. Inter-corporate Exemption Certificates
4. Bill of Lading Exemption Certificates
5. Load Brokers Certificate issued under the TTA

On Tuesday November 26, 2002 the Legislature of Ontario passed a bill that eliminates the need for a for-hire Operating Licence, Inter-corporate Exemption Certificate, Bill of Lading Exemption Certificate and Load Brokers Certificate issued under the TTA and/or MVTA.

This law will go into effect on January 1, 2006, to correspond with amendments to the Federal MVTA and the introduction of the Motor Carrier Safety Fitness Certificate Regulations that also come into force on January 1, 2006. These amendments will eliminate the requirement for:

1. For-hire carriers to hold an operating licence
2. Competency certificates
3. Inter-corporate Exemption Certificates
4. Bill of Lading exemptions
5. Load Brokers Certificates and holding a Surety Bond (Trust account requirement remains in effect)

Note: There have been no changes to the for-hire bus requirement under the Public Vehicles Act.

For more information, contact:

Carrier Sanctions & Investigations Office
301 St. Paul Street, 3rd Floor
St. Catharines, Ontario
L2R 7R4

Phone: 416-246-7166 or 1-800-387-7736 (in Ontario)