Highways and Public Works
Department Overview
National Safety Code
The National Safety Code (NSC) is a set of uniform, national minimum safety standards pertaining to the operation of commercial vehicles with a registered gross vehicle weight of more than 4,500 kg or commercial buses capable of carrying more than 10 passengers, including the driver.
The standards were developed in 1988 by federal, provincial and territorial governments in consultation with the trucking industry, labour organizations, safety groups, and other interested parties. They are now provincial/territorial law in most Canadian Jurisdictions.
Standards 1-6, and 8 are legislated under the Motor Vehicles Act and are administered by the Motor Vehicles Branch of the Department of Community Services. Standards 7 and 9-15 will become regulations under the Motor Vehicles Act as of May 1, 2008 and will be administered by the National Safety Code Office in the Transport Services Branch of the Department of Highways and Public Works.
For further information on the National Safety Code Program or for an application for please contact:
Julius Debuschewitz, B.A.
Manager, National Safety Code
2nd Floor, 9010 Quartz Road
Box 2703
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6
Phone: 867.667.5066
FAX:867.667.5799
Contact Transport Services
Government of Yukon
Department of Highways and Public Works
Box 2703 (W-17)
Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6
Phone: (867) 667-5832
Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408, local 5832
Fax: (867) 667-5799
Email: hpw-info@gov.yk.ca